Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Stepwise Electric, Inc.

Technology area: Computing & Software

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Stepwise Electric, Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within a single distinct art unit. WANG, ZHIPENG is the busiest examiner for this portfolio.

Because there is only a single pending office action, the busiest examiner is responsible for the entire pending workload. The presence of a sole distinct examiner and a sole distinct art unit for this action indicates a very specific point of contact within the patent office. This ratio between pending matters and examiners suggests that the prosecution is highly concentrated.

Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the assigned art unit. The Computing & Software designation provides the technical context for this pending matter. This concentration suggests that the examiner's individual preferences will be the primary factor in the outcome of the case.

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
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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
WANG, ZHIPENG 1 80.8% +23.6%

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
18418941 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL DEVICES MORE FLEXIBLE TO OVERCOME BEHIND-THE-METER INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS WANG, ZHIPENG —

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
18418941 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL DEVICES MORE FLEXIBLE TO OVERCOME BEHIND-THE-METER INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS WANG, ZHIPENG —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2115 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18418941 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL DEVICES MORE FLEXIBLE TO OVERCOME BEHIND-THE-METER INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS WANG, ZHIPENG 2115 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Stepwise Electric, Inc. have?

Stepwise Electric, Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Stepwise Electric, Inc. applications?

Zhipeng Wang has the most, with 1 of Stepwise Electric, Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Stepwise Electric, Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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