Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Smart Electronics Inc.

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

Analysis

Smart Electronics Inc. has a patent portfolio that currently features 1 pending office action. This active prosecution is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, which centralizes the company's current legal efforts at the patent office. The data shows 0 distinct art units, which may reflect the current stage of the pending application or its specific administrative status.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is HYEON, HAE M, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the success of the current prosecution cycle is tied to the 1 distinct examiner assigned to the case, the company must focus on the specific responses of this individual. The portfolio's current activity is limited to this single interaction, requiring a focused approach to resolve the matter.

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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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
HYEON, HAE M 1 85.7% +10.2%

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
18663011 HIGH CURRENT TERMINAL FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PROTECTION HYEON, HAE M —

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
18663011 HIGH CURRENT TERMINAL FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PROTECTION HYEON, HAE M —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18663011 HIGH CURRENT TERMINAL FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PROTECTION HYEON, HAE M — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024

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