Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Yuyao Hengchi Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending case. The prosecution is handled within 1 distinct art unit, representing a single point of contact for the company's current filing. This concentration allows for a direct and singular focus on the specific requirements of the assigned examiner.
The presence of only 1 pending office action means that the company's immediate prosecution risk is limited to a single case. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the applicant can dedicate resources to understanding the specific prior art preferences of SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH. This singular focus within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area simplifies the administrative burden compared to larger portfolios. Practitioners can tailor their arguments specifically to the standards of the 1 distinct art unit identified in the data.
With 1 pending office action, the company does not currently face the challenge of coordinating responses across multiple examiners or technical groups. The busiest examiner, SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH, holds the entirety of the company's pending workload. This 1 pending office action serves as the primary indicator of the company's current engagement with the USPTO. The lack of additional pending actions suggests a highly targeted approach to its electrical appliance filings at this time.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | 1 | 76.8% | +30.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18928568 | Non-contact magnetically suspended hair clipper | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18928568 | Non-contact magnetically suspended hair clipper | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18928568 | Non-contact magnetically suspended hair clipper | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialYuyao Hengchi Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Daniel Keith Schlak has the most, with 1 of Yuyao Hengchi Electric Appliance Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
