Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zesty AI Inc. is currently navigating 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner, KWONG, CHO YIU, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. The company's current efforts are focused within 1 distinct art unit.
The concentration of the portfolio under the distinct examiner allows for a focused prosecution strategy. Since KWONG, CHO YIU manages the pending office action, the applicant can tailor their responses to the specific requirements and historical patterns of this individual. This focus reduces the complexity often associated with managing multiple examiners across different technological disciplines.
Furthermore, the limitation to 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current intellectual property interests are narrowly defined within the USPTO's organizational structure. This lack of departmental diversity means the company can develop a deep familiarity with the specific standards of the art unit. The pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current active engagement with the examiner's office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KWONG, CHO YIU | 1 | 32.1% | +3.9% |
| RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 1 | 76.0% | +10.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18805393 | Predicting Climate Event Occurrences and Damage Using Property Features and Artificial Intelligence | KWONG, CHO YIU | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789427 | Wind Predictions Using Artificial Intelligence | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3693 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18805393 | Predicting Climate Event Occurrences and Damage Using Property Features and Artificial Intelligence | KWONG, CHO YIU | 3693 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18789427 | Wind Predictions Using Artificial Intelligence | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 2857 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZesty AI Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Cho Yiu Kwong has the most, with 1 of Zesty AI Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
