Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dalian University Of Technology

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 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.

2
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (40%)
4
Easy (40%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (20%)
§103 only3 (30%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only4 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
40% of docket
2
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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
FRANK, RODNEY T 1 72.7% +3.7%
HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME 1 42.9% -41.7%
PROSSER, ALISSA J 1 15.9% +12.1%
WIEST, ANTHONY D 1 70.8% +34.9%
BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 1 63.4% +42.5%
BETIT, JACOB F 1 37.0% +16.7%
CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1 41.7% +11.1%
PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1 58.9% +16.7%
COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 1 39.0% +43.7%
SCHALLHORN, TYLER J 1 34.5% +14.3%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17799474 A DIGITAL TWIN FRAMEWORK OF WELD JOINT FATIGUE BASED ON STRUCTURAL STRESS METHOD COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 91d 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

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18207634 Seesaw-type feeding device for collecting solid suspended materials BETIT, JACOB F 147d overdue
17799474 A DIGITAL TWIN FRAMEWORK OF WELD JOINT FATIGUE BASED ON STRUCTURAL STRESS METHOD COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 91d overdue
18043670 HIGH-EFFICIENT MAGNESIUM ION REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR SALT LAKE BRINE BASED ON IN SITU ALKALI PRODUCTION USING BIPOLAR MEMBRANE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 67d 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
17564588 ACTIVE DATA LEARNING SELECTION METHOD FOR ROBOT GRASP SCHALLHORN, TYLER J 26d
18560453 CAVITATION LOAD-REDUCTION DEVICE FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE HAVING ADJUSTABLE WATER ENTRY ANGLE WIEST, ANTHONY D 28d
18249801 MULTI-CHANNEL INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND METHOD FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT PREPARATION OF MONODISPERSE MICROGELS USING THE SAME CHIU, MAY LEUNG 78d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2855 1
3664 1
1619 1
3615 1
2858 1
1777 1
1758 1
1795 1
2188 1
2144 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18901918 METHOD OF DUST POLLUTION MONITORING AND RISK FOREWARNING FOR DRY BULK PORT BASED ON INSPECTION ROBOT HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 30, 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
18560453 CAVITATION LOAD-REDUCTION DEVICE FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE HAVING ADJUSTABLE WATER ENTRY ANGLE WIEST, ANTHONY D 3615 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18021493 OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING VARIATIONAL MODE DECOMPOSITION PARAMETERS BASED ON BEARING VIBRATION SIGNALS BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §101 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Sep 28, 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
18249801 MULTI-CHANNEL INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND METHOD FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT PREPARATION OF MONODISPERSE MICROGELS USING THE SAME CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1758 §112 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18043670 HIGH-EFFICIENT MAGNESIUM ION REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR SALT LAKE BRINE BASED ON IN SITU ALKALI PRODUCTION USING BIPOLAR MEMBRANE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §102 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
17799474 A DIGITAL TWIN FRAMEWORK OF WELD JOINT FATIGUE BASED ON STRUCTURAL STRESS METHOD COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §101 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17564588 ACTIVE DATA LEARNING SELECTION METHOD FOR ROBOT GRASP SCHALLHORN, TYLER J 2144 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 29, 2021

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