Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhuhai Nanxin Semiconductor Technology Co. Ltd. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are both located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated technical focus for the company's current semiconductor research. The prosecution workload is split between 2 distinct examiners, requiring the company to manage two different perspectives within the same art unit.
TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. For a practitioner, the fact that 2 pending office actions are in 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent set of technical hurdles, even though they are being reviewed by different individuals. TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX is responsible for 1 of these cases, making this examiner a key point of contact for the company's active filings.
The alignment of multiple actions within a single art unit can often lead to more predictable examination outcomes. However, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners means that individual examiner preferences will still play a role in the prosecution process. The company must balance its strategy to address the specific requirements of the art unit while negotiating with TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX and the other assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX | 1 | 86.7% | +11.1% |
| PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | 1 | 87.3% | +7.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004167 | AUTOMOTIVE-GRADE CHIP, PROTECTION CIRCUIT, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED CIRCUIT | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19065684 | OUTPUT CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY | TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19065684 | OUTPUT CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY | TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19065684 | OUTPUT CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY | TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19004167 | AUTOMOTIVE-GRADE CHIP, PROTECTION CIRCUIT, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED CIRCUIT | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZhuhai Nanxin Semiconductor Technology Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Alex Torres-Rivera has the most, with 1 of Zhuhai Nanxin Semiconductor Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
