Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Zhicheng Song currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These active matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, which ensures that each application is reviewed by a different professional. The prosecution is also spread across 2 distinct art units, reflecting a technical breadth that covers different classifications within the mechanical systems domain.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HEWITT, JAMES M, who is currently managing 1 pending office action. This distribution indicates that the workload is evenly split, with each examiner responsible for a single matter. For practitioners, the presence of 2 pending office actions across different examiners and art units suggests a need for a flexible prosecution strategy. The lack of overlap in examiner assignments means that the outcomes of these matters are likely to be independent, requiring tailored arguments that address the specific technical requirements and examiner preferences in each of the 2 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEWITT, JAMES M | 1 | 69.7% | +45.4% |
| HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 1 | 78.8% | +12.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838829 | EFFICIENT HYDROKINETIC ROTATING DISC GENERATOR SET | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838808 | INTERNAL PRESSURE SELF-SEALING ROTARY COMPENSATOR | HEWITT, JAMES M | 67d overdue |
| 18838829 | EFFICIENT HYDROKINETIC ROTATING DISC GENERATOR SET | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838808 | INTERNAL PRESSURE SELF-SEALING ROTARY COMPENSATOR | HEWITT, JAMES M | 3679 | §103 | Final Rejection | 67d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18838829 | EFFICIENT HYDROKINETIC ROTATING DISC GENERATOR SET | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 3745 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialZhicheng Song has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
James M Hewitt has the most, with 1 of Zhicheng Song's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
