Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
State Grid Corporation of China has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio is distributed across 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, with no overlap between the individual matters currently under review. This one-to-one ratio between the 6 pending office actions and the 6 distinct examiners indicates a decentralized prosecution landscape for the company.
The busiest examiner, MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the 6 pending actions are split among the distinct examiners, each examiner manages exactly one case. This distribution requires the company to navigate different sets of examiner preferences simultaneously within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The use of 6 distinct art units for the pending actions indicates that each application is being processed by a different specialized group within the USPTO. This variety in art units suggests that the company's filings are technically diverse, requiring a strategy that accounts for the specific practices of these 6 distinct art units. No single examiner or art unit has oversight of more than one pending action in this data set.
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 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1 | 55.1% | +49.9% |
| PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | 1 | 79.2% | +21.5% |
| YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 1 | 73.7% | +5.3% |
| SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 1 | 10.8% | +14.8% |
| ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 1 | 27.4% | +36.8% |
| LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO | 1 | 60.0% | +50.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19007098 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE INTUMESCENT FIRE-RETARDANT COATING MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
| 18874115 | INTER-TURN PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTER TRANSFORMER | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | — |
| 18717473 | MULTI-AIR-GAP MAGNETORESISTANCE CURRENT SENSOR FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT AND DIRECT CURRENT, AND CURRENT MEASURING METHOD | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | — |
| 18578470 | METERING ABNORMALITY ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICE | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18557552 | RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WINDAGE YAW FLASHOVER, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19007098 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE INTUMESCENT FIRE-RETARDANT COATING MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
| 18874115 | INTER-TURN PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTER TRANSFORMER | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | — |
| 18578470 | METERING ABNORMALITY ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICE | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18557552 | RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WINDAGE YAW FLASHOVER, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | — |
| 18195392 | BEACON TIMESLOT ALLOCATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 2419 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19007098 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE INTUMESCENT FIRE-RETARDANT COATING MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18874115 | INTER-TURN PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTER TRANSFORMER | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | 2116 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18717473 | MULTI-AIR-GAP MAGNETORESISTANCE CURRENT SENSOR FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT AND DIRECT CURRENT, AND CURRENT MEASURING METHOD | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18578470 | METERING ABNORMALITY ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICE | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 3621 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18557552 | RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WINDAGE YAW FLASHOVER, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 3624 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18195392 | BEACON TIMESLOT ALLOCATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO | 2419 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialState Grid Corporation of China has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Bethany Mackenzie Miller has the most, with 1 of State Grid Corporation of China's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
