Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Powercast Corporation

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Powercast Corporation currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that each pending application is being reviewed by a different examiner in a separate administrative unit, which may result in different prosecution timelines or outcomes.

The busiest examiner for the company is MILLER, BRANDON J, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This accounts for a portion of the 2 pending office actions currently facing the company. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the Communications technology being patented may span different sub-specialties within the patent office's classification system.

With 2 distinct examiners involved, there is no concentration of pending matters under a single authority. MILLER, BRANDON J, handling 1 pending office action, is a contact for the company's current Communications filings. Each of the pending office actions must be addressed according to the specific requirements of its respective examiner and art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
100% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MILLER, BRANDON J 1 87.5% +8.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18795069 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC RF POWER TRANSMISSION AND SINGLE ANTENNA ENERGY HARVESTING MILLER, BRANDON J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2647 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18795069 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC RF POWER TRANSMISSION AND SINGLE ANTENNA ENERGY HARVESTING MILLER, BRANDON J 2647 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Powercast Corporation have?

Powercast Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Powercast Corporation applications?

Brandon J Miller has the most, with 1 of Powercast Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Powercast Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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