Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Academia Sinica

14 pending office actions • 14 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (7%)
9
Medium (64%)
2
Easy (14%)
2
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only9 (64%)
§112 only2 (14%)
No statute on record2 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
93% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VOLENTINE, REBECCA A 1 76.5% +17.4%
CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1 60.0% +66.7%
PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1 42.7% +49.8%
TURNER, FELICIA C 1 26.0% +30.6%
RAO, PADMAJA S 1 69.5% +35.9%
STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1 50.0% +100.0%
EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1 59.9% +5.6%
HUANG, MICKEY NMN 1 61.5% +50.4%
PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1 69.1% +18.4%
ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1 59.2% +28.6%

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
17806932 METHOD AND BIOMARKER FOR DETECTION OR DIAGNOSIS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION HORTH, LISA ANNE 13d
18286943 BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DISEASES, PROMOTING GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AN ANIMAL BY USING THE SAME TURNER, FELICIA C 21d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18919277 MICROSCOPE-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE-GUIDED MICROSCOPIC ILLUMINATION VOLENTINE, REBECCA A 112d overdue
17908585 METHOD FOR NATURAL KILLER CELL EXPANSION ROGERS, ERIC JASON 78d overdue
17925119 FLOW CHEMISTRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS HUANG, MICKEY NMN 49d overdue
18533542 THIN-SHELL POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES AND USES THEREOF PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 23d overdue
18282219 POLYHYDROXYLATED INDOLIZIDINE AND PYRROLIZIDINE DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF RAO, PADMAJA S 8d
17918947 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF PUTTLITZ, KARL J 8d
18286943 BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DISEASES, PROMOTING GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AN ANIMAL BY USING THE SAME TURNER, FELICIA C 21d
18645166 METHOD FOR PROMOTING GROWTH OF PLANTS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 33d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2483 1
1662 1
1613 1
1793 1
1627 1
1645 1
1796 1
1758 1
1646 1
1638 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18919277 MICROSCOPE-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE-GUIDED MICROSCOPIC ILLUMINATION VOLENTINE, REBECCA A 2483 Other Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2024
18645166 METHOD FOR PROMOTING GROWTH OF PLANTS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 24, 2024
18533542 THIN-SHELL POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES AND USES THEREOF PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18286943 BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DISEASES, PROMOTING GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AN ANIMAL BY USING THE SAME TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18282219 POLYHYDROXYLATED INDOLIZIDINE AND PYRROLIZIDINE DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18281977 ANTI- ENOLASE 1 (ENO1) ANTIBODY AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 §112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18358320 REACTION PLATFORM FOR ACCELERATED BIOCHEMICAL REACTION EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 25, 2023
17925119 FLOW CHEMISTRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS HUANG, MICKEY NMN 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17918947 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1646 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17908585 METHOD FOR NATURAL KILLER CELL EXPANSION ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 Other Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17806932 METHOD AND BIOMARKER FOR DETECTION OR DIAGNOSIS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION HORTH, LISA ANNE 1681 §101 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 14, 2022
17760803 METHOD FOR IMPROVING GROWTH, STRESS TOLERANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PLANT, AND INCREASING SEED QUALITY OF PLANT MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 1663 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 16, 2022
17627212 CHIMERIC HEMAGGLUTININ PROTEIN AND A VACCINE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1641 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2022
17612635 METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING AND DETECTING RIBONUCLEIC ACID (RNA) FRAGMENTS VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 1682 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Nov 19, 2021

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