Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Shining Sea Trading Company

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Shining Sea Trading Company currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution spans 2 distinct art units, reflecting the technical distribution of the company's Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics filings. This distribution across 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's active matters are subject to the specific standards of those assigned art units at the patent office.

The busiest examiner for this portfolio is LEE, NATHANIEL J., who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This count of 1 pending office action for the busiest examiner is part of the total 2 pending office actions. With 2 distinct examiners involved, practitioners managing this portfolio must coordinate across individual examiner preferences. The fact that LEE, NATHANIEL J. handles this workload highlights the distribution of the current prosecution pipeline. This requires a strategy that accounts for the requirements of the 2 distinct examiners across the 2 distinct art units.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.3% +24.5%
LEE, NATHANIEL J. 1 63.4% +21.5%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19264837 TRUNK SIZE ADAPTER AND TREE STAND SYSTEM IJAZ, MUHAMMAD —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19264837 TRUNK SIZE ADAPTER AND TREE STAND SYSTEM IJAZ, MUHAMMAD —
19000356 MULTI-ORIENTATION LIGHT CLIP LEE, NATHANIEL J. —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3632 1
2875 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19264837 TRUNK SIZE ADAPTER AND TREE STAND SYSTEM IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2025
19000356 MULTI-ORIENTATION LIGHT CLIP LEE, NATHANIEL J. 2875 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Shining Sea Trading Company have?

Shining Sea Trading Company has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Shining Sea Trading Company applications?

Muhammad Ijaz has the most, with 1 of Shining Sea Trading Company's pending office actions.

What technology area are Shining Sea Trading Company's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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