Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Shanghai Zhangmen Science And Technology Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Networking & Security

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Shanghai Zhangmen Science And Technology Co. Ltd. is active in the Networking & Security technology area and currently has 1 pending office action. This indicates a focused effort to obtain patent protection for their networking or security developments. The single pending action suggests that the company is currently navigating the examination process for a specific innovation.

The prosecution of this portfolio is centralized, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the technical scope of the company's current patent work is specialized and fits within a single art unit's expertise. For a practitioner, this concentration allows for a focused strategy that addresses the specific standards and practices of that one unit and examiner.

The busiest examiner for Shanghai Zhangmen Science And Technology Co. Ltd. is PATEL, HARESH N, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since this examiner is the only one currently assigned to the company's pending work, their specific approach to networking and security claims is a key factor. Practitioners should analyze the examiner's past decisions to effectively manage the 1 pending action.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, HARESH N 1 77.8% +21.4%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
16796965 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS CONNECTION PRE-AUTHORIZATION ON A USER DEVICE USING WAP PATEL, HARESH N —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2496 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
16796965 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS CONNECTION PRE-AUTHORIZATION ON A USER DEVICE USING WAP PATEL, HARESH N 2496 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2020

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