Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 29, 2026

Dalian University

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

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 (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
2
Business / Other
50% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TON, DANG T 1 88.9% +0.9%
MARU, MATIYAS T 1 62.1% +3.6%
STARKS, WILBERT L 1 74.7% +3.2%
LUO, JAMMY NMN 1 — —

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18906321 METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF DATE COMMUNICATION TON, DANG T —

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
18697677 FEDERATED UNLEARNING METHOD BASED ON MALICIOUS TERMINAL INTERVENTION TRAINING STARKS, WILBERT L —
18457348 IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR ULTRASENSITIVE BRINK CONTROL FOR DELAYED ENZYMATIC REACTION BASED ON DNA STRAND DISPLACEMENT LUO, JAMMY NMN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2476 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18906321 METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF DATE COMMUNICATION TON, DANG T 2476 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18719628 Method for Recognizing Motor Imagery Electroencephalography (MI-EEG) Signal Based on Capsule Network (CAPSNET) MARU, MATIYAS T 3791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18697677 FEDERATED UNLEARNING METHOD BASED ON MALICIOUS TERMINAL INTERVENTION TRAINING STARKS, WILBERT L — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18457348 IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR ULTRASENSITIVE BRINK CONTROL FOR DELAYED ENZYMATIC REACTION BASED ON DNA STRAND DISPLACEMENT LUO, JAMMY NMN — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2023

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