Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Changchun Institute Of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy Of Sciences is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio is currently assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specialized area of research and patenting. For the applicant, this means the entire success of the current portfolio rests on a single thread of interaction within the USPTO. The concentration in a single technology area further emphasizes the specialized nature of these filings.
Shane Fang is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 art unit, the prosecution is highly focused. This lack of variety in examiners and art units means the outcome of the current portfolio depends on the interactions with this specific official. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination history and preferences of this examiner, as there are no other pending matters to provide alternative paths to allowance. Navigating this single relationship is the central task for the institute's legal representatives.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FANG, SHANE | 1 | 76.6% | +18.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18452443 | METHOD OF PERFORMING LIVING CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF MONOMERS BY SUPERMOLECULAR ANION-BINDING CATALYSIS | FANG, SHANE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18452443 | METHOD OF PERFORMING LIVING CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF MONOMERS BY SUPERMOLECULAR ANION-BINDING CATALYSIS | FANG, SHANE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18452443 | METHOD OF PERFORMING LIVING CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF MONOMERS BY SUPERMOLECULAR ANION-BINDING CATALYSIS | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialChangchun Institute Of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy Of Sciences has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Shane Fang has the most, with 1 of Changchun Institute Of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy Of Sciences's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
