Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Wood Ip LLC - Gepc

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

8 pending office actions • 3 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Wood IP LLC - GEPC has 8 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 426 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 90.79%, with an average of 3.84 office actions per allowance.

The historical measures provide context for an active semiconductor, circuit, and optics docket. The allowance rate describes resolved outcomes across the reported application base, while the office-action average indicates that allowed matters generally require repeated examination exchanges. Practitioners can use the figures to inform prosecution planning for technically detailed claims, but should review each application’s disclosure, cited art, and claim structure independently.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=426 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.8%
Allowance Rate
n=426
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=426
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=276
+0.25σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=276
1030 days
Time to Allowance
n=276
+5.4pp
Interview Lift
n=426
33.9%
RCE Rate
n=426
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=426

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.4%
§101 Overcome
n=26
81.5%
§102 Overcome
n=157
81.6%
§103 Overcome
n=228
76.1%
§112 Overcome
n=163

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H02M, H02K
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=426
2
Practitioners
n=426
213.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=426

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

7
Hard (88%)
1
Medium (12%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (88%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
50% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ELNAKIB, AHMED 1 78.9% +8.6%
TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 1 83.4% +25.0%
FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 1 84.4% +16.7%
TAN, DING Y 1 76.2% +17.6%
EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE 1 62.7% +21.6%
GBLENDE, JEFFREY A 1 85.8% +8.6%
LIAN, MANG TIN BIK 1 70.4% +26.0%
LEE, GEOFFREY S 1 60.6% +20.4%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18764587 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND TRIGGERING DETECTION METHODS FOR ELECTRIC CIRCUITS FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 23d
18628240 MOUNTING ARRANGEMENTS TAN, DING Y 56d
16923266 MECHANICAL DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED MOTOR COMPRESSOR LEE, GEOFFREY S 56d
19169703 GEARLESS MILL DRIVES ELNAKIB, AHMED —
18941659 DYNAMIC VIBRATION ABSORBER TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH —
18433855 ARC FURNACLE FACILITY EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE —
18167743 POWER CONVERTER GBLENDE, JEFFREY A —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18764587 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND TRIGGERING DETECTION METHODS FOR ELECTRIC CIRCUITS FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 23d
18628240 MOUNTING ARRANGEMENTS TAN, DING Y 56d
16923266 MECHANICAL DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED MOTOR COMPRESSOR LEE, GEOFFREY S 56d
18941659 DYNAMIC VIBRATION ABSORBER TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH —
18433855 ARC FURNACLE FACILITY EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE —
17916342 LIQUID/FLUID COOLING SYSTEMS FOR HIGH POWER-DENSITY (HPD) TRANSFORMERS LIAN, MANG TIN BIK —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28341
36551
28581
36321
37611
28381
28371
37461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19169703 GEARLESS MILL DRIVES GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited ELNAKIB, AHMED 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2025
18941659 DYNAMIC VIBRATION ABSORBER GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 3655 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18764587 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND TRIGGERING DETECTION METHODS FOR ELECTRIC CIRCUITS GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 05, 2024
18628240 MOUNTING ARRANGEMENTS GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited TAN, DING Y 3632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18433855 ARC FURNACLE FACILITY GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18167743 POWER CONVERTER Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Vtip) GBLENDE, JEFFREY A 2838 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2023
17916342 LIQUID/FLUID COOLING SYSTEMS FOR HIGH POWER-DENSITY (HPD) TRANSFORMERS General Electric Company LIAN, MANG TIN BIK 2837 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2022
16923266 MECHANICAL DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED MOTOR COMPRESSOR GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 08, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Wood Ip LLC - Gepc's patent allowance rate?

90.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Wood Ip LLC - Gepc were allowed, across 426 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Wood Ip LLC - Gepc average before allowance?

3.84 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Wood Ip LLC - Gepc have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 8 examiners in 8 art units.

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