Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute Co. Ltd. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution activity is distributed across 2 distinct art units. The presence of multiple art units indicates that the company's innovations are being evaluated by different specialized groups within the patent office. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area encompasses all of the company's current pending work.
The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, with HIJAZ, OMAR F identified as the busiest examiner for this company. HIJAZ, OMAR F is responsible for 2 of the pending office actions. The 4 pending office actions represent the current active challenges for the company. Practitioners should note that while the examiner pool consists of 3 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed such that the busiest examiner handles more actions than the other distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIJAZ, OMAR F | 2 | 55.5% | +35.4% |
| WASIL, DANIEL D | 1 | 79.9% | +24.7% |
| GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 1 | 68.2% | +16.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101186 | INTEGRATED REACTOR, AND CHARGING AND REFUELING SYSTEM AND METHOD | WASIL, DANIEL D | — |
| 18555354 | TARGET AND TARGET GROUP USED FOR HEAVY WATER REACTOR PRODUCTION OF C-14 ISOTOPES | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101186 | INTEGRATED REACTOR, AND CHARGING AND REFUELING SYSTEM AND METHOD | WASIL, DANIEL D | — |
| 18558338 | CAST-IN-PLACE COMPOSITE SHIELDING SHELL WITH ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (UHPC) | HIJAZ, OMAR F | — |
| 18558326 | SEMI-FABRICATED COMPOSITE SHIELDING SHELL WITH ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (UHPC) | HIJAZ, OMAR F | — |
| 18555354 | TARGET AND TARGET GROUP USED FOR HEAVY WATER REACTOR PRODUCTION OF C-14 ISOTOPES | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 2 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19101186 | INTEGRATED REACTOR, AND CHARGING AND REFUELING SYSTEM AND METHOD | WASIL, DANIEL D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 18558338 | CAST-IN-PLACE COMPOSITE SHIELDING SHELL WITH ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (UHPC) | HIJAZ, OMAR F | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18558326 | SEMI-FABRICATED COMPOSITE SHIELDING SHELL WITH ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (UHPC) | HIJAZ, OMAR F | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18555354 | TARGET AND TARGET GROUP USED FOR HEAVY WATER REACTOR PRODUCTION OF C-14 ISOTOPES | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 3646 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
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