Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Law Offices Of James Zhou

33 pending office actions • 29 clients • 32 examiners • 27 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,173 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (6%)
24
Medium (73%)
7
Easy (21%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§103 only21 (64%)
§102 only3 (9%)
§112 only7 (21%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

9
Life Sciences
27% of docket
3
Information Tech
9% of docket
3
Communications
9% of docket
3
Semiconductors
9% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TURNER, SONJI 2 73.8% +21.8%
PATEL, TAJASH D 1 80.7% +6.9%
CHIN, JAMES BRIAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
CHOI, YUK TING 1 71.5% +36.9%
PHAN, AN BACH 1
SCHERMERHORN, JON 1 57.0% +34.2%
STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 1 62.7% +49.4%
BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 1 52.0% -15.0%
DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 1 72.3% +19.9%
NGUYEN, PHONG H 1 70.7% +20.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19220669 Embroidery Machine And Thread Clamping Device PATEL, TAJASH D 73d overdue
18936263 Remote-Controlled Dismantling Robot and Dismantling Method for Nuclear Facility Decommissioning CHIN, JAMES BRIAN 22d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18524296 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE MONITORING OF TEMPERATURE IN CURRENT TERMINAL BLOCKS BASED ON THERMAL IMAGING BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 20d
18331887 INDOOR PASSIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE BAKER, EZRA JAMES 34d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18776763 KNIFE SHARPENER AND KNIFE SHARPENING METHOD NGUYEN, PHONG H 49d overdue
18801457 FLUID HEAT DISSIPATION FLAT TUBE STRUCTURE SCHERMERHORN, JON 45d overdue
18789138 Composite Safety Self-Destructing Injection Syringe STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 24d overdue
19012175 AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF TURNER, SONJI 16d overdue
18917867 Method and apparatus for data writing and reading CHOI, YUK TING 9d overdue
18781092 ADJUSTABLE UNIVERSAL SUPPORT DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 4d overdue
18424755 MICRO ELECTROSTATIC PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR RESISTING HIGH HUMIDITY TURNER, SONJI 62d

Client Portfolio (29 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17763
37633
26712
16552
37321
36561
21641
37831
36321
37241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19220669 Embroidery Machine And Thread Clamping Device Zhejiang Hehe Electric Machinery Co.,Ltd PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending May 28, 2025
19012175 AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AirQuality Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. TURNER, SONJI 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2025
18936263 Remote-Controlled Dismantling Robot and Dismantling Method for Nuclear Facility Decommissioning China National Nuclear Corporation Sichuan Environmental Protection Engineering Co., Ltd. CHIN, JAMES BRIAN 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 04, 2024
18917867 Method and apparatus for data writing and reading Beijing Eswin Computing Technology Co., Ltd. CHOI, YUK TING 2164 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18801397 FLUID FLAT TUBE HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE Jinlian Industry Hardware Co., Ltd. PHAN, AN BACH 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18801457 FLUID HEAT DISSIPATION FLAT TUBE STRUCTURE Jinlian Industry Hardware Co., Ltd. SCHERMERHORN, JON 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18789138 Composite Safety Self-Destructing Injection Syringe Guangdong Hongshan Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd. STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 §102 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18834525 REFRIGERATING APPLIANCE FOR HIGH-SPEED VAPORIZATION OF A WATER WORKING MEDIUM AND A DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Jianhua Lyu BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18781092 ADJUSTABLE UNIVERSAL SUPPORT Wuxi Haoxiu Building Materials Technology Co., Ltd. DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 3632 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18776763 KNIFE SHARPENER AND KNIFE SHARPENING METHOD Yuyao Nuodun Electric Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, PHONG H 3724 §112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2024
18738012 Detachable flowerpot Taizhou Pushangqu Gardening Products Co., Ltd. KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 3642 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2024
18675032 METHOD FOR IMAGE MOTION DEBLURRING, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM THEREFOR Nanjing University Of Posts And Telecommunications KUDO, KEN 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending May 27, 2024
18660588 MULTI-WHEEL SERVING MACHINE Dongguan Chundeng Sports Equipment Co., Ltd. SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18644013 Smart Mirror Shenzhen Wivitouch Technology Co., Ltd. VU, PHU 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 23, 2024
18640495 Assembled Sofa Armrest Structure Anji Cozy Home Co., Ltd. ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3644 §112 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18639308 OVER-THE-COUNTER TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE FOR WEIGHT LOSS Chongqing Kangershou Biopharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. AMIN, ALPA NILESH 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 18, 2024
18598001 GLUE SPREADING BLOCK, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BONDING MOTOR CORE AND GLUE DOT THEREOF Wuxi Vision Tool & Die Co., Ltd. BETIT, JACOB F 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18584262 OIL SPILL RISK PREDICTION METHOD AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX China Waterborne Transport Research Institute BOYCE, ANDRE D 3623 §102 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18434817 NECK-MOUNTED WEARABLE COMPUTER AND A USING METHOD THEREOF Xiaosong Xiao BIBBEE, CHAYCE R 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
18424755 MICRO ELECTROSTATIC PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR RESISTING HIGH HUMIDITY AirQuality Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. TURNER, SONJI 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jan 27, 2024
18414916 LIQUID-WASHING AIR PURIFYING AND DISINFECTING DEVICE Xuzhou Xinkun Electric Co., Ltd. HOBSON, STEPHEN 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18573107 CHARGING GUN THAT CAN REALIZE CHANGEABLE COLOR ACCORDING TO TEMPERATURE CHANGE AND A PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Suzhou Yihang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, TRUC T 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18525722 KIND OF BENDING BOLT TYPE ANTI-LOOSENING NUT Xi'An Xiongfeng Energy Saving Technology Co., Ltd. PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18524296 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE MONITORING OF TEMPERATURE IN CURRENT TERMINAL BLOCKS BASED ON THERMAL IMAGING Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd. BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §101 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18502848 CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING TRANSIENT STABILITY AREA OF GRID-CONNECTED INVERTER Tianjin University CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE 2118 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18469508 PROCESSING METHOD FOR REALIZING CONVENIENT WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENTATION BASED ON CONTAINER SHIP COMBINED SUPPORTS WATER BLOCKING COVER Zhejiang International Maritime College HAYES, JOVON E 3615 §112 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18234230 CARRIER FOR SUSTAINED-RELEASE OF DRUG AND USE THEREOF Kunming Qingcheng Healthcare Tech Ltd. NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1615 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18364722 ELECTRONIC ATOMIZER WITH TOBACCO PIPE SHAPE Shenzhen Impetus Technology Co., Ltd. MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN 1747 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18275117 TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Liang Ma HANNON, TIMOTHY 3655 §112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18274673 MICROBIAL CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE FEED HAVING EFFECTS OF DETOXICATION,MUTTONY ODOR REMOVAL, FLAVOR ENHANCEMENT AND MUTTON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Xia Zhang HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §112 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18347160 SPECIAL ADDITIVE FOR FULLY RECYCLED AGGREGATE COMMERCIAL CONCRETE Huizhou Senluoke Material Technology Co., Ltd. OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jul 05, 2023
18331887 INDOOR PASSIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE Nanjing University Of Posts And Telecommunications BAKER, EZRA JAMES 2126 §101 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18094867 HIGH-PRECISION POINT CLOUD COMPLETION METHOD BASED ON DEEP LEARNING AND DEVICE THEREOF Nanjing University Of Posts And Telecommunications CHOI, TIMOTHY WING HO 2671 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023

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