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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sos Lab Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These cases are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This suggests that at least two of the 3 pending office actions are being handled within the same specialized division of the patent office. Practitioners should be aware of the specific standards in these 2 distinct art units when responding to the 3 pending office actions.
LIMA, FABIO S is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since there are 3 distinct examiners for the active cases, each application is receiving individual attention from a different person. The involvement of 2 distinct art units indicates that the technology is split between different primary classifications. Practitioners must adapt their strategies to the individual styles of the 3 distinct examiners while navigating the procedural norms of each unit. This distribution allows for a relatively focused prosecution strategy while managing several distinct examiner relationships.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOHN, SEUNG C | 1 | 87.1% | +9.0% |
| HAWKINS, ZAKI KEHINDE | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19000167 | LASER OUTPUT ARRAY, RECEPTION OPTICS, AND LIDAR DEVICE USING SAME | SOHN, SEUNG C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18659598 | LIDAR DATA PROCESSING METHOD | HAWKINS, ZAKI KEHINDE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2878 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19000167 | LASER OUTPUT ARRAY, RECEPTION OPTICS, AND LIDAR DEVICE USING SAME | SOHN, SEUNG C | 2878 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18659598 | LIDAR DATA PROCESSING METHOD | HAWKINS, ZAKI KEHINDE | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSos Lab Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Seung C Sohn has the most, with 1 of Sos Lab Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
