Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions focused in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are spread across 6 distinct examiners, which means every pending matter is currently being reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio involves 5 distinct art units, showing that the company's software innovations are being evaluated across several different technical departments.

SHAWN DOMAN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because the pending office actions are divided among distinct examiners, the prosecution strategy must account for diverse perspectives rather than a centralized examiner relationship. The presence of several art units further confirms that the legal team is navigating multiple examination frameworks simultaneously. This variety in examiners and art units suggests a broad intellectual property footprint within the computing sector.

The company must maintain a flexible approach to address the specific requirements of each unique examiner and technical group involved in the process.

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
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.

4
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other2 (33%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
67% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, DAVID VAN 1 87.5% +14.6%
HUSON, ZACHARY K 1 89.3% +6.5%
VO, TED T 1 81.2% +9.3%
NGUYEN, CHAU T 1 67.9% +30.5%
NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 1 53.8% +23.4%
DUONG, HUY 1 69.6% +27.3%

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 (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 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
18846635 DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM NGUYEN, DAVID VAN —
18374262 COMPILING METHOD, RUNNING METHOD, AND RELATED PRODUCT VO, TED T —

Interview Candidates (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 4 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
18846635 DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM NGUYEN, DAVID VAN —
17554521 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCTS NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2617 1
2144 1
2145 1
2147 1
2182 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18846635 DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM NGUYEN, DAVID VAN 2617 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18284396 PROCESSING SYSTEM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORK HUSON, ZACHARY K — §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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