Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Taicang Yifeng Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution is also split across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's patent applications are being reviewed in different specialized sections of the patent office. This structural variety suggests that the 2 pending matters may involve distinct technical aspects of the company's fiber technology.
Deirdre D Hatcher is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. Given that there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is divided between the 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners should be prepared for potential differences in examination styles, as the 2 distinct art units may have varying internal guidelines. The current data shows a portfolio with a small but technically dispersed set of active patent applications, including the 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest examiner.
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 (50%) |
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 1 | 28.1% | +24.2% |
| WALLACE, JOHN R | 1 | 78.3% | +22.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18814939 | YARN SPINDLE WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18814939 | YARN SPINDLE WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | — |
| 18787962 | MODEL TRAINING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSES | WALLACE, JOHN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 1 |
| 2682 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18814939 | YARN SPINDLE WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18787962 | MODEL TRAINING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSES | WALLACE, JOHN R | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTaicang Yifeng Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Deirdre D Hatcher has the most, with 1 of Taicang Yifeng Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
