Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Central South University has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. PATEL, DEVANG R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The data shows complete distribution across the listed examination assignments.
This structure calls for organized portfolio management and matter-specific prosecution. Counsel should maintain consistent definitions for chemical and materials concepts while reviewing each examiner’s objections, cited art, and amendment possibilities independently. The distinct art units may reflect different technical contexts, so grouping responses solely by subject matter could obscure important examination differences. A central disclosure and claim review can reduce inconsistency, while interviews and written responses should be tailored to the assigned examiner and art-unit record.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (40%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, DEVANG R | 1 | 65.6% | +39.0% |
| MENSING, RODGER STEWART | 1 | — | — |
| CONTRERAS, CIEL P | 1 | 54.3% | +33.6% |
| SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 1 | 40.6% | +23.8% |
| WISE, OLIVIA M. | 1 | 33.9% | +29.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18610408 | Magnetotelluric Impedance Estimation Method | MENSING, RODGER STEWART | — |
| 18267450 | TRAIN COMPARTMENT AIR ADJUSTMENT AND CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | WISE, OLIVIA M. | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729247 | Nanoparticle Dispersion Strengthened Copper Alloy and Preparation Method and Use Thereof | PATEL, DEVANG R | — |
| 18287658 | METHOD FOR PREPARING TITANIUM METAL BY MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYSIS | CONTRERAS, CIEL P | — |
| 18371883 | HOLOGRAPHIC ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPLORATION METHOD BASED ON FULL-AREA OBSERVATION ALTERNATING COVERAGE INTEGRAL-DIFFERENCE MIXED STIMULUS | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| 18267450 | TRAIN COMPARTMENT AIR ADJUSTMENT AND CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | WISE, OLIVIA M. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 1685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18729247 | Nanoparticle Dispersion Strengthened Copper Alloy and Preparation Method and Use Thereof | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18610408 | Magnetotelluric Impedance Estimation Method | MENSING, RODGER STEWART | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18287658 | METHOD FOR PREPARING TITANIUM METAL BY MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYSIS | CONTRERAS, CIEL P | 1794 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18371883 | HOLOGRAPHIC ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPLORATION METHOD BASED ON FULL-AREA OBSERVATION ALTERNATING COVERAGE INTEGRAL-DIFFERENCE MIXED STIMULUS | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18267450 | TRAIN COMPARTMENT AIR ADJUSTMENT AND CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | WISE, OLIVIA M. | 1685 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCentral South University has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Devang R Patel has the most, with 1 of Central South University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
