Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Weihai Tianda Automobile Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This 1 pending office action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, LAXTON, GARY L. As the sole examiner for this portfolio, LAXTON, GARY L is also the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The activity is centered in 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a narrow technical focus for the company's current filings in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
For the practitioner, managing 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit is a highly efficient arrangement. There are no competing examiner styles to balance and no variations in art unit procedures to navigate. The focus remains entirely on the 1 busiest examiner pending action and the specific feedback from LAXTON, GARY L. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technology is likely very specific to a particular sub-field of Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The simplicity of having 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action allows for a clear and direct prosecution strategy. This 1:1:1 ratio of actions to examiners to art units ensures that the prosecution process remains highly focused and manageable.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAXTON, GARY L | 1 | 86.5% | +5.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18804319 | H-BRIDGE TYPE PARALLEL MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER SWITCH MODULE, METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE SAME AND INVERTER USING THE SAME | LAXTON, GARY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18804319 | H-BRIDGE TYPE PARALLEL MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER SWITCH MODULE, METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE SAME AND INVERTER USING THE SAME | LAXTON, GARY L | 2838 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWeihai Tianda Automobile Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gary L Laxton has the most, with 1 of Weihai Tianda Automobile Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
