Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Powerx Inc. is managing 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. LAM, ALEX W is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. The data shows that while there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, they are grouped into 3 distinct art units.
This indicates that at least two examiners are working within the same art unit. However, the busiest examiner, LAM, ALEX W, only handles 1 action, showing that the workload is spread across the 4 examiners. The prosecution strategy must account for the specific technical standards of the 3 art units involved in semiconductors and optics. Practitioners must manage 4 separate relationships and sets of examiner preferences across the 3 distinct art units.
The lack of concentration under LAM, ALEX W means that no single examiner habits will dictate the outcome of the entire portfolio. Strategy should be focused on the individual requirements of each art unit within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area. The 4 pending office actions represent a set of challenges across the USPTO. Each application requires a unique approach tailored to the specific examiner and the technical standards of their respective art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAM, ALEX W | 1 | 91.7% | +2.1% |
| INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH | 1 | 57.9% | +32.7% |
| GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE | 1 | 76.3% | +28.6% |
| WANG, MICHAEL H | 1 | 52.1% | +25.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115309 | POWER GENERATION FACILITY AND POWER OUTPUT METHOD | LAM, ALEX W | 2d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18681985 | RAPID-CHARGING DEVICE AND SYSTEM | INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH | — |
| 18288273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING ENERGY BY SHIP | WANG, MICHAEL H | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18681985 | RAPID-CHARGING DEVICE AND SYSTEM | INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH | — |
| 18575369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING ENERGY BY SHIP | GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE | — |
| 18288273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING ENERGY BY SHIP | WANG, MICHAEL H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 2 |
| 2842 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19115309 | POWER GENERATION FACILITY AND POWER OUTPUT METHOD | LAM, ALEX W | 2842 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 18681985 | RAPID-CHARGING DEVICE AND SYSTEM | INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH | 2859 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18575369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING ENERGY BY SHIP | GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18288273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING ENERGY BY SHIP | WANG, MICHAEL H | 3642 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPowerx Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Alex W Lam has the most, with 1 of Powerx Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
