Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

China Agricultural University

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

China Agricultural University has 9 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 9 examiners and 9 art units, indicating complete dispersion across both examination dimensions.

TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner or art unit has multiple matters in the profile. Prosecution management should therefore remain matter-specific, with centralized tracking used to maintain consistency across otherwise separate examination paths.

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

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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.

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

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

9
Hard (90%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (20%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (70%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
90% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 1 8.3% -12.5%
DOYLE, BRANDI M 1 62.6% +12.1%
ELHILO, EISA B 1 82.9% +16.2%
MARTINEZ, TARA L 1 62.7% +65.6%
CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1 54.9% +60.1%
CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN 1 80.0% +33.3%
SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1 66.9% +46.0%
SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1 56.6% +37.2%
BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1 60.9% +21.7%
KARUNASENA, ENUSHA 1 25.0% +100.0%

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18325900 Endophytic Pediococcus pentosaceus EL5 in alfalfa and application thereof KARUNASENA, ENUSHA 2d overdue
18393145 Preparation Method and Enrichment Method for Cyanidin-3-Diglucoside-5-Glucoside SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 22d
18449727 COMPOSITE SOLUTION FOR ENHANCING INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LENTINAN (LNT) TO PLANT, PREPARATION METHOD OF COMPOSITE SOLUTION, AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LNT TO PLANT BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 69d
19196029 METHOD FOR INCORPORATING FUTURE CROP PRODUCTION INTO SAFE CLIMATIC SPACE TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE —
19024487 METHOD FOR PREPARING TRANSPORTATION FUEL FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION PRODUCED BIO-CRUDE OIL DOYLE, BRANDI M —
18981602 METHOD FOR BLUING ANTHOCYANIN ELHILO, EISA B —
18841685 USE OF SU3327 IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY OF POLYMYXIN AGAINST BACTERIAL INFECTION MARTINEZ, TARA L —
18735444 BACILLUS VELEZENSIS AND USE THEREOF CURRENS, GRANT CARSON —

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
18325900 Endophytic Pediococcus pentosaceus EL5 in alfalfa and application thereof KARUNASENA, ENUSHA 2d overdue
18393145 Preparation Method and Enrichment Method for Cyanidin-3-Diglucoside-5-Glucoside SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 22d
18449727 COMPOSITE SOLUTION FOR ENHANCING INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LENTINAN (LNT) TO PLANT, PREPARATION METHOD OF COMPOSITE SOLUTION, AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LNT TO PLANT BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 69d
19024487 METHOD FOR PREPARING TRANSPORTATION FUEL FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION PRODUCED BIO-CRUDE OIL DOYLE, BRANDI M —
18981602 METHOD FOR BLUING ANTHOCYANIN ELHILO, EISA B —
18841685 USE OF SU3327 IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY OF POLYMYXIN AGAINST BACTERIAL INFECTION MARTINEZ, TARA L —
18735444 BACILLUS VELEZENSIS AND USE THEREOF CURRENS, GRANT CARSON —
18603428 IN-SITE COMPOSTING SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY KITCHEN WASTE CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3625 1
1771 1
1761 1
1654 1
1651 1
1799 1
1633 1
1657 1
1693 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19196029 METHOD FOR INCORPORATING FUTURE CROP PRODUCTION INTO SAFE CLIMATIC SPACE TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 3625 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2025
19024487 METHOD FOR PREPARING TRANSPORTATION FUEL FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION PRODUCED BIO-CRUDE OIL DOYLE, BRANDI M 1771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18981602 METHOD FOR BLUING ANTHOCYANIN ELHILO, EISA B 1761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2024
18841685 USE OF SU3327 IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY OF POLYMYXIN AGAINST BACTERIAL INFECTION MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18735444 BACILLUS VELEZENSIS AND USE THEREOF CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1651 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18603428 IN-SITE COMPOSTING SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY KITCHEN WASTE CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN 1799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18690946 PIG EMBRYO-DERIVED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND USE THEREOF SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18393145 Preparation Method and Enrichment Method for Cyanidin-3-Diglucoside-5-Glucoside SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1657 §103§112Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18449727 COMPOSITE SOLUTION FOR ENHANCING INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LENTINAN (LNT) TO PLANT, PREPARATION METHOD OF COMPOSITE SOLUTION, AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LNT TO PLANT BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §103§112 Final Rejection 69d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18325900 Endophytic Pediococcus pentosaceus EL5 in alfalfa and application thereof KARUNASENA, ENUSHA 1653 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 30, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does China Agricultural University have?

China Agricultural University has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most China Agricultural University applications?

Gabriel Jose Torres Chanza has the most, with 1 of China Agricultural University's pending office actions.

What technology area are China Agricultural University's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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