Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

China University of Petroleum (east China)

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

2
Hard (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1 62.4% +24.8%
WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN 1 83.9% +11.9%
GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1 73.3% +16.7%
GOLDBERG, IVAN R 1 35.4% +35.6%

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
19292548 Method and System For Calculating Extension Length of Main Fracture In Hydraulic Fracturing, and Medium WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN
18600138 TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY TOLERANT MAGNETIC NANOFLUID, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18074679 COLLABORATIVE OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR GAS INJECTION HUFF-N-PUFF PARAMETERS IN TIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS GOLDBERG, IVAN R 61d
19421858 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WAX-BASED CHEMICALS AND ALPHA-OLEFINS FROM WASTE PLASTICS BASED ON SELF-HEATING MELT DECHLORINATION CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L
19292548 Method and System For Calculating Extension Length of Main Fracture In Hydraulic Fracturing, and Medium WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN
18293960 ACYLHYDRAZONE BOND-CONTAINING AMPHIPHOBIC POLYMER AND PREPARATION METHOD OF NANO AMPHIPHOBIC REVERSAL AGENT LENIHAN, JEFFREY S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1772 1
3672 1
1762 1
3619 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19421858 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WAX-BASED CHEMICALS AND ALPHA-OLEFINS FROM WASTE PLASTICS BASED ON SELF-HEATING MELT DECHLORINATION CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2025
19292548 Method and System For Calculating Extension Length of Main Fracture In Hydraulic Fracturing, and Medium WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN 3672 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2025
18600138 TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY TOLERANT MAGNETIC NANOFLUID, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18293960 ACYLHYDRAZONE BOND-CONTAINING AMPHIPHOBIC POLYMER AND PREPARATION METHOD OF NANO AMPHIPHOBIC REVERSAL AGENT LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1762 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18074679 COLLABORATIVE OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR GAS INJECTION HUFF-N-PUFF PARAMETERS IN TIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS GOLDBERG, IVAN R 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Dec 05, 2022

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