Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhejiang Alibaba Robot Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action within the Communications technology area. This action is being processed in 1 distinct art unit, which points to a focused technical application for this specific filing. The 1 pending action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD, who is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's pending matters.
SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing the 1 pending office action. This specific action constitutes the total pending workload for the company at the USPTO. The use of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the examination is occurring within a single specialized division. This centralized structure means that the company's current communications-related intellectual property is subject to the review of just 1 examiner, simplifying the prosecution landscape.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 1 | 58.0% | +48.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685019 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685019 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18685019 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 2658 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZhejiang Alibaba Robot Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Zeeshan Mahmood Shaikh has the most, with 1 of Zhejiang Alibaba Robot Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
