Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute Tsinghua University has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The prosecution profile is very narrow, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the institute's current patenting activity is focused on a specific semiconductor or optical technology handled by a single specialized unit. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the research being patented is highly specialized.
SUN, XIUQIN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. As the total pending office actions and the busiest examiner pending count are each 1, this examiner is the sole official currently reviewing the institute's active filings. The presence of only 1 distinct examiner means that the outcome of the portfolio's current prosecution phase depends on the interactions with this official. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history of SUN, XIUQIN to navigate the prosecution of this single pending application effectively.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUN, XIUQIN | 1 | 72.5% | +4.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18092526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CARBON EMISSION OF DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | SUN, XIUQIN | 13d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18092526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CARBON EMISSION OF DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | SUN, XIUQIN | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jan 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSichuan Energy Internet Research Institute Tsinghua University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Xiuqin Sun has the most, with 1 of Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute Tsinghua University's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
