Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ronald Quan has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct art unit and involves a distinct examiner. The prosecution is currently limited to the point of contact within the patent office. Having the 1 pending office action allows for a focused approach to securing patent rights in the Communications field. This concentration simplifies the management of the application, as there are no competing deadlines or conflicting examiner requirements within the portfolio.
FAN, CHIEH M is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding the 1 pending office action. Because there is only a distinct examiner, the prosecution strategy is focused on the individual examiner's review. This concentration allows the applicant to study the specific patterns of FAN, CHIEH M within the distinct art unit. The focused nature of the pending office action means that all resources can be directed toward resolving the issues raised by this examiner. This streamlined process is typical for portfolios with an active matter in the Communications sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAN, CHIEH M | 1 | 48.5% | +13.4% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE FREQUENCY TRANSLATION OF AUDIO SIGNAL VIA SWITCHING AND/OR DC RESTORATION | FAN, CHIEH M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18824411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE FREQUENCY TRANSLATION OF AUDIO SIGNAL VIA SWITCHING AND/OR DC RESTORATION | FAN, CHIEH M | 2632 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialRonald Quan has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Chieh M Fan has the most, with 1 of Ronald Quan's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
