Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
44 pending office actions • 42 art units • 43 examiners • 0 of 44 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 126 patents granted in the last 365 days
The City University of Hong Kong currently manages 45 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This portfolio is characterized by a high degree of dispersion, with 44 distinct examiners and 43 distinct art units involved in the review process. The fact that there are 43 distinct art units for 45 actions suggests that almost every application is being reviewed in a unique technological context, highlighting the broad and interdisciplinary nature of the university's research.
ABELSON, EVAN MATVEY is the busiest examiner for the university, currently responsible for 2 pending office actions. With 44 distinct examiners in total, the university's patent strategy must be highly individualized, as there is very little overlap in the personnel reviewing the applications. The 43 distinct art units represent a significant challenge for maintaining consistency across the portfolio, as each unit may have its own specific interpretations of chemistry and materials standards. Practitioners should be prepared for a wide variety of examination styles and technical requirements across this diverse set of 45 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (9%) |
| §103 only | 14 (32%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 3 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 20 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABELSON, EVAN MATVEY | 2 | — | — |
| HASKE, WOJCIECH | 1 | 73.2% | +17.6% |
| TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1 | 22.1% | +10.9% |
| SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | 1 | 86.1% | +10.8% |
| CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S | 1 | 93.0% | +6.2% |
| HORGER, KIM S. | 1 | 70.4% | +20.6% |
| TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL | 1 | 22.2% | +55.6% |
| HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 1 | 54.7% | +22.5% |
| MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | 1 | 53.1% | +34.8% |
| RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 1 | 76.0% | +10.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18918215 | METHOD FOR ENABLING GENERAL SENSING APPLICATIONS WITH COMPRESSED BEAMFORMING REPORTS | CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18162927 | METHODS FOR TREATING AMBLYOPIA | ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | 149d overdue |
| 17457044 | Method and System for Predicting a Synergistic Effect | WISE, OLIVIA M. | 147d overdue |
| 18685422 | DEVELOPMENT OF SYNTHETIC PSEUDAMINIC ACID-BASED ANTIBACTERIAL VACCINES AGAINST ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII | DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN | 16d overdue |
| 18331209 | PHASE-CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE MONOLAYER CRYSTALS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 14d |
| 18785193 | METHOD OF MAKING FLAT POTASSIUM-INTERCALATED METALLIC TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGEN NANOARRAYS | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 22d |
| 18452885 | Use of Histamine Antagonists and Glucocorticoid for Treating and Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases | SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L | 34d |
| 18457426 | Sweat Extraction and Monitoring System | GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER | 83d |
| 19219029 | PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND ITS PREPARATION | TRINH, THANH TRUC | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18785193 | METHOD OF MAKING FLAT POTASSIUM-INTERCALATED METALLIC TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGEN NANOARRAYS | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 22d |
| 19283277 | METHODS, CATALYSTS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION REACTIONS IN STRONG ACIDIC MEDIUM | HASKE, WOJCIECH | — |
| 19219029 | PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND ITS PREPARATION | TRINH, THANH TRUC | — |
| 19032524 | Classification of Cognitively Normal Condition, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease Based on Convolutional Neural Networks with Attention Mechanism | SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | — |
| 18884162 | ULTRA-TOUGH, HIGH-STRENGTH TRANSPARENT PROTECTIVE LAYERS ON FLEXIBLE DISPLAY GLASS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | HORGER, KIM S. | — |
| 18806743 | PORTABLE AND FILTER-FREE SINGLE-PASS AIR DISINFECTION SYSTEM FOR DISINFECTION OF CONTAMINATED AIRFLOW OR BIOAEROSOLS | TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL | — |
| 18735676 | MICRONEEDLE, MICRONEEDLE PATCH, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | — |
| 18678956 | BEAM SEARCH-BASED JOINT RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR VVC INTRA CODING | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| 1721 | 2 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 2665 | 1 |
| 2471 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19283277 | METHODS, CATALYSTS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION REACTIONS IN STRONG ACIDIC MEDIUM | HASKE, WOJCIECH | 1794 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19219029 | PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND ITS PREPARATION | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19032524 | Classification of Cognitively Normal Condition, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease Based on Convolutional Neural Networks with Attention Mechanism | SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | 2665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18918215 | METHOD FOR ENABLING GENERAL SENSING APPLICATIONS WITH COMPRESSED BEAMFORMING REPORTS | CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S | 2471 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18884162 | ULTRA-TOUGH, HIGH-STRENGTH TRANSPARENT PROTECTIVE LAYERS ON FLEXIBLE DISPLAY GLASS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18806743 | PORTABLE AND FILTER-FREE SINGLE-PASS AIR DISINFECTION SYSTEM FOR DISINFECTION OF CONTAMINATED AIRFLOW OR BIOAEROSOLS | TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18785193 | METHOD OF MAKING FLAT POTASSIUM-INTERCALATED METALLIC TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGEN NANOARRAYS | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 1717 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18735676 | MICRONEEDLE, MICRONEEDLE PATCH, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18678956 | BEAM SEARCH-BASED JOINT RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR VVC INTRA CODING | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18657038 | METHOD FOR PREPARING POLYMER FILM AND POLYMER FILM PREPARED BY THE METHOD | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18650149 | METHODS OF TAGGING RNA MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH EPIGENETICALLY MODIFIED CHROMATIN IN LIVING CELLS | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | 1652 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18648538 | DENDRITE-FREE ZINC-BASED FLOW BATTERY WITH HIGH AREAL CAPACITY | BERMUDEZ, CHARLENE | 1721 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18633494 | 3D/4D ADDITIVE-SUBTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING OF CERAMIC/GLASS COMPONENTS IN 3C PRODUCTS | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1741 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18619199 | METHOD FOR INDUCING DEDIFFERENTIATION OF ADIPOCYTES | WILSON, MICHAEL C | 1638 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18611730 | SIZE-SIEVING ENHANCED ZINC-IODINE FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING WATER/HYDRATED ION CLUSTER MIGRATION | ABELSON, EVAN MATVEY | 1752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18607920 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING OF DELIVERY OF LABEL-FREE DRUGS | SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H | 1618 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18685422 | DEVELOPMENT OF SYNTHETIC PSEUDAMINIC ACID-BASED ANTIBACTERIAL VACCINES AGAINST ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII | DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN | 1645 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18414414 | PORTABLE CONDENSATION-FREE TEMPERATURE-ADJUSTABLE RADIANT COOLING BOARD SYSTEM | LANE, DEVON | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18399743 | AQUEOUS ZINC-ION BATTERY WITH STABLE PERFORMANCE DURING OVERCHARGING | DOMONE, CHRISTOPHER P | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18399594 | A 4D-PRINTED HUMIDITY AND MAGNETIC DUAL RESPONSIVE ACTUATOR | PATEL, RONAK C | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18525903 | 3D LIQUID DIODE AND PERMEABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES BASED ON THE SAME | ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18522053 | DEFECT-RICH MOS2 MONOLAYER, METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18490160 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING BLOOD PLASMA FROM WHOLE BLOOD | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18490124 | VISUAL DETERMINATION OF PRESENCE AND/OR QUANTIFICATION OF ONE OR MORE SPECIES IN A SAMPLE SOLUTION | BEISNER, WILLIAM H | 1799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18465403 | Robot Operable to Fly and Hop | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18463306 | ULTRA-STRONG AND DUCTILE MULTIFUNCTIONAL TITANIUM ALLOY AND METHODS FOR PREPARING THE SAME | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18457426 | Sweat Extraction and Monitoring System | GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18452885 | Use of Histamine Antagonists and Glucocorticoid for Treating and Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases | SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L | 1628 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18451132 | RECHARGEABLE AQUEOUS Zn||IS FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM | ABELSON, EVAN MATVEY | 1721 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18358899 | HIGH PHASE-PURITY GROWTH OF 1T'-TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE MONOLAYERS | PENNY, TABATHA L | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18345430 | METHODS FOR THERAPY AND REHABILITATION OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS | SCHWECHTER, BRANDON ROSS | 1674 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18331209 | PHASE-CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE MONOLAYER CRYSTALS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18330541 | TRAINING AND OPERATING NEURAL NETWORK BASED RANKING MODEL | LI, LIANG Y | 2143 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18300390 | ABSORPTION VACUUM DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME | LAU, JASON | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18193640 | HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH ENERGY DENSITY AND HIGH POWER REVERSIBLE Li-Cl2 BATTERY SYSTEM | MARTIN, MATTHEW T | 1728 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18188527 | ONE-POT PATHOGEN DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME LATERAL FLOW ASSAY | LI, BAO Q | 1671 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18170621 | DEEP LEARNING BASED OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND/OR CLASSIFICATION | YANG, JIANXUN | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18162927 | METHODS FOR TREATING AMBLYOPIA | ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | 1654 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 149d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18070429 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ROBUST LOW-RANK MATRIX RECOVERY VIA HYBRID ORDINARY-WELSCH FUNCTION | LAROCQUE, EMILY E | 2182 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17992232 | PREDICTION OF INDOOR BIOAEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS FROM INDOOR AIR QUALITY SENSOR DATA BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 2128 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17883619 | MACHINE LEARING BASED METHOD OF SCREENING POTENTIAL DRUG CANDIDATE, AND A METHOD THEREOF | PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE | 1687 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2022 |
| 17809433 | SINGLE-ATOMICALLY DISPERSED METAL / UNCONVENTIONAL-PHASE TRANSITION-METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOSHEET HYBRIDS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF | KEELING, ALEXANDER W | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 17727047 | OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND PHOTODETECTOR FOR OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEM | HRNJIC, ADIN | 2817 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 17457044 | Method and System for Predicting a Synergistic Effect | WISE, OLIVIA M. | 1685 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialCity University of Hong Kong has 44 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 42 art units and 43 examiners.
Evan Matvey Abelson has the most, with 2 of City University of Hong Kong's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
