Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Computing & Software

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd. currently has 5 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. This workload is distributed across 5 distinct examiners, which suggests that the company is engaging with a variety of individual perspectives at the USPTO. The presence of 5 distinct art units indicates that these applications span several different technical classifications within the broader Computing & Software field.

The busiest examiner for the company is HUSON, ZACHARY K, who is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This means that the 5 pending office actions are spread thinly, with no single examiner managing more than 1 of the current cases. This lack of examiner concentration may require the company to adapt to 5 different sets of prosecution styles simultaneously.

From a practitioner's perspective, the diversity shown by the 5 distinct art units and 5 distinct examiners suggests a decentralized prosecution environment. Each of the 5 pending office actions likely requires a tailored approach, as the data does not show any clustering of cases under HUSON, ZACHARY K beyond the 1 busiest examiner pending action. The strategy must account for the unique requirements of each of the 5 distinct art units involved.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUSON, ZACHARY K 1 89.3% +6.4%
VO, TED T 1 81.2% +9.3%
NGUYEN, CHAU T 1 67.7% +31.3%
NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 1 54.0% +23.5%
DUONG, HUY 1 69.7% +28.5%

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
18284396 PROCESSING SYSTEM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORK HUSON, ZACHARY K —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17565008 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCT NGUYEN, CHAU T 27d
17361828 DATA NORMALIZATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DUONG, HUY 69d
18374262 COMPILING METHOD, RUNNING METHOD, AND RELATED PRODUCT VO, TED T —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17565008 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCT NGUYEN, CHAU T 27d
17361828 DATA NORMALIZATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DUONG, HUY 69d
17554521 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCTS NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2181 1
2144 1
2145 1
2147 1
2182 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18284396 PROCESSING SYSTEM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORK HUSON, ZACHARY K 2181 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18374262 COMPILING METHOD, RUNNING METHOD, AND RELATED PRODUCT VO, TED T 2144 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2023
17565008 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCT NGUYEN, CHAU T 2145 §101§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Dec 29, 2021
17554521 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCTS NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 2147 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2021
17361828 DATA NORMALIZATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DUONG, HUY 2182 §101 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jun 29, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd. have?

Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd. applications?

Zachary K Huson has the most, with 1 of Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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