Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Solum Co., Ltd.

Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Solum Co., Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so each reported action has a separate examination assignment.

SHEN, YUZHEN is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending action. No repeated examiner or art-unit relationship appears in the reported data, making matter-specific docket management the appropriate focus.

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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (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
1
Communications
50% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% 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
SHEN, YUZHEN 1 70.9% +12.5%
GROSS, JASON PATRICK 1 64.0% +43.3%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19432180 MIRRORLESS HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE SHEN, YUZHEN —
19145995 OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION SENSOR, WEARABLE DEVICE INCLUDING OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION SENSOR, AND OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME GROSS, JASON PATRICK —

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
19432180 MIRRORLESS HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE SHEN, YUZHEN —
19145995 OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION SENSOR, WEARABLE DEVICE INCLUDING OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION SENSOR, AND OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME GROSS, JASON PATRICK —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2623 1
3797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19432180 MIRRORLESS HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE SHEN, YUZHEN 2623 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 24, 2025
19145995 OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION SENSOR, WEARABLE DEVICE INCLUDING OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION SENSOR, AND OPTICAL-BASED SKIN DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME GROSS, JASON PATRICK 3797 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Solum Co., Ltd. have?

Solum Co., Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Solum Co., Ltd. applications?

Yuzhen Shen has the most, with 1 of Solum Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Solum Co., Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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