Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dalian University of Technology currently manages 12 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 8 distinct art units, indicating a range of technical subject matter within the sector. The prosecution work involves 12 distinct examiners, suggesting that the university interacts with a broad segment of the patent office staff.
Among the active examiners, Kassim, Hafiz A is the busiest for this portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. The overall ratio of 12 pending office actions to these examiners demonstrates a decentralized prosecution strategy where no two actions are handled by the same person. Practitioners should prepare for varied examination styles across the 8 art units involved. The presence of 12 distinct examiners for 12 pending office actions means that every examiner is reviewing an individual application for this institution. This distribution across these art units reflects the specialized nature of the semiconductor filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 only | 2 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 5 (42%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KASSIM, HAFIZ A | 1 | 44.7% | +53.8% |
| FRANK, RODNEY T | 1 | 72.7% | +3.6% |
| COOMBER, KEVIN M | 1 | 84.2% | +21.2% |
| TIMILSINA, SHARAD | 1 | 74.4% | +11.1% |
| HE, QIANPING | 1 | 66.8% | +15.9% |
| PROSSER, ALISSA J | 1 | 15.7% | +11.2% |
| BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 1 | 63.7% | +37.6% |
| KANAAN, SIMON P | 1 | 82.8% | +16.0% |
| BETIT, JACOB F | 1 | 33.9% | +17.0% |
| SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1 | 62.5% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18280581 | COUPLED PHYSICS-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORK FOR SOLVING DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION OF BOUNDED VIBRATION STRING UNDER UNKNOWN EXTERNAL DRIVING FORCE | KANAAN, SIMON P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18021493 | OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING VARIATIONAL MODE DECOMPOSITION PARAMETERS BASED ON BEARING VIBRATION SIGNALS | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 24d overdue |
| 18293608 | SILICON DIOXIDE VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM TAKING VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES AS TEMPLATE, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF SILICON DIOXIDE VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM | PROSSER, ALISSA J | 16d |
| 17564588 | ACTIVE DATA LEARNING SELECTION METHOD FOR ROBOT GRASP | SCHALLHORN, TYLER J | 26d |
| 19234960 | METHOD FOR RISK ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF PRE-FLOOD ENERGY STORAGE IN A CASCADE HYDRO-WIND-SOLAR COMPLEMENTARY SYSTEM | KASSIM, HAFIZ A | — |
| 18923138 | METHOD FOR IMPACT ANALYSIS OF PORT CONSTRUCTION ON COASTAL ECOTONE BASED ON REMOTE SENSING DATA | COOMBER, KEVIN M | — |
| 18641022 | MULTI-PHASE WAVEFIELD INVERSION METHOD CONSIDERING BOTH BODY WAVES AND SURFACE WAVES IN HALF-SPACE OF ROCK MEDIA | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | — |
| 17883126 | METHOD FOR DESCRIBING POWER OUTPUT OF A CLUSTER OF WIND AND SOLAR POWER STATIONS CONSIDERING TIME-VARYING CHARACTERISTICS | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18207634 | Seesaw-type feeding device for collecting solid suspended materials | BETIT, JACOB F | 147d overdue |
| 18021493 | OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING VARIATIONAL MODE DECOMPOSITION PARAMETERS BASED ON BEARING VIBRATION SIGNALS | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 24d overdue |
| 18293608 | SILICON DIOXIDE VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM TAKING VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES AS TEMPLATE, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF SILICON DIOXIDE VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM | PROSSER, ALISSA J | 16d |
| 19234960 | METHOD FOR RISK ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF PRE-FLOOD ENERGY STORAGE IN A CASCADE HYDRO-WIND-SOLAR COMPLEMENTARY SYSTEM | KASSIM, HAFIZ A | — |
| 18923138 | METHOD FOR IMPACT ANALYSIS OF PORT CONSTRUCTION ON COASTAL ECOTONE BASED ON REMOTE SENSING DATA | COOMBER, KEVIN M | — |
| 18641022 | MULTI-PHASE WAVEFIELD INVERSION METHOD CONSIDERING BOTH BODY WAVES AND SURFACE WAVES IN HALF-SPACE OF ROCK MEDIA | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | — |
| 18587403 | LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATED DEVICE OF CO2 CAPTURE, SEQUESTRATION AND UTILIZATION | HE, QIANPING | — |
| 18280581 | COUPLED PHYSICS-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORK FOR SOLVING DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION OF BOUNDED VIBRATION STRING UNDER UNKNOWN EXTERNAL DRIVING FORCE | KANAAN, SIMON P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2407 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| 2144 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19234960 | METHOD FOR RISK ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF PRE-FLOOD ENERGY STORAGE IN A CASCADE HYDRO-WIND-SOLAR COMPLEMENTARY SYSTEM | KASSIM, HAFIZ A | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 18876433 | QANTITATIVE DETECTION METHOD OF MICRO-DEFECTS THROUGH LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASONIC MULTI-RESOLUTION SCANNING IMAGING | FRANK, RODNEY T | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18923138 | METHOD FOR IMPACT ANALYSIS OF PORT CONSTRUCTION ON COASTAL ECOTONE BASED ON REMOTE SENSING DATA | COOMBER, KEVIN M | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18641022 | MULTI-PHASE WAVEFIELD INVERSION METHOD CONSIDERING BOTH BODY WAVES AND SURFACE WAVES IN HALF-SPACE OF ROCK MEDIA | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18587403 | LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATED DEVICE OF CO2 CAPTURE, SEQUESTRATION AND UTILIZATION | HE, QIANPING | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18293608 | SILICON DIOXIDE VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM TAKING VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES AS TEMPLATE, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF SILICON DIOXIDE VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM | PROSSER, ALISSA J | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18021493 | OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING VARIATIONAL MODE DECOMPOSITION PARAMETERS BASED ON BEARING VIBRATION SIGNALS | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 2858 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18280581 | COUPLED PHYSICS-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORK FOR SOLVING DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION OF BOUNDED VIBRATION STRING UNDER UNKNOWN EXTERNAL DRIVING FORCE | KANAAN, SIMON P | 2407 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18207634 | Seesaw-type feeding device for collecting solid suspended materials | BETIT, JACOB F | 1777 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18303402 | REAL-TIME MULTI-PARAMETER COORDINATING 3D PRINTING AUXILIARY FORMING PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 17883126 | METHOD FOR DESCRIBING POWER OUTPUT OF A CLUSTER OF WIND AND SOLAR POWER STATIONS CONSIDERING TIME-VARYING CHARACTERISTICS | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 2186 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2022 |
| 17564588 | ACTIVE DATA LEARNING SELECTION METHOD FOR ROBOT GRASP | SCHALLHORN, TYLER J | 2144 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Dec 29, 2021 |
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