Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Chinese Research Academy Of Environmental Sciences has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing a decentralized prosecution landscape. The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests that the academy's research covers several different technical classifications within the semiconductor and optics fields. Each of the 3 distinct art units presents a unique set of examination standards, requiring a tailored approach for each of the three pending matters currently under review.
AHMED, MOIN UDDIN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 3 pending office actions in total and 3 distinct examiners involved, the workload is split evenly, with no single examiner handling multiple cases. This distribution requires the academy to manage three separate prosecution tracks, each subject to the specific nuances of a different art unit and examiner. The current workload is light, but the diversity of 3 distinct examiners suggests a need for versatile legal arguments across the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, MOIN UDDIN | 1 | — | — |
| KEYWORTH, PETER | 1 | 58.5% | +23.8% |
| HANN, JAY B | 1 | 61.3% | +31.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18503234 | SILICATE MODIFIED MANGANESE-BASED MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | KEYWORTH, PETER | — |
| 18261405 | INTELLIGENT SIMULATION DEVICE FOR BOTTOM SEDIMENT POLLUTION PROCESS AND CONTROL AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTAL METHOD | HANN, JAY B | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18503234 | SILICATE MODIFIED MANGANESE-BASED MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | KEYWORTH, PETER | — |
| 18261405 | INTELLIGENT SIMULATION DEVICE FOR BOTTOM SEDIMENT POLLUTION PROCESS AND CONTROL AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTAL METHOD | HANN, JAY B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18396325 | GROUNDWATER POLLUTION SOURCE IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | AHMED, MOIN UDDIN | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18503234 | SILICATE MODIFIED MANGANESE-BASED MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | KEYWORTH, PETER | 1776 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18261405 | INTELLIGENT SIMULATION DEVICE FOR BOTTOM SEDIMENT POLLUTION PROCESS AND CONTROL AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTAL METHOD | HANN, JAY B | 2186 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialChinese Research Academy Of Environmental Sciences has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Moin Uddin Ahmed has the most, with 1 of Chinese Research Academy Of Environmental Sciences's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
