Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
East China University of Science and Technology has 4 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. These matters are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. TATGE, LEXUS MARC is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. The distribution of 4 pending office actions across separate art units indicates a diverse set of technical challenges.
With the workload spread among 4 distinct examiners, the university's prosecution is highly decentralized. TATGE, LEXUS MARC is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, meaning no official has a higher workload for this portfolio. The presence of 4 distinct art units suggests that each matter belongs to a different technical niche within Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. This lack of concentration requires the university to manage four separate examination environments simultaneously.
Practitioners should prepare for varied feedback across the different technical groups assigned to these matters. Each official is managing exactly one action, ensuring independent reviews for each application. The distribution across 4 distinct art units highlights the wide-ranging nature of the university's research. A versatile strategy is necessary to address the unique procedural nuances and technical standards of each individual group.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TATGE, LEXUS MARC | 1 | 25.0% | +100.0% |
| COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 1 | 45.2% | +15.5% |
| MAPAR, BIJAN | 1 | 67.7% | +27.9% |
| SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | 1 | 69.1% | +6.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18043419 | COMPOUND FOR INHIBITING MUTANT EGFR AND USE THEREOF | SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | 118d overdue |
| 18649214 | METHOD FOR PREPARING STABLE ISOTOPE-LABELED ssDNA BY BIOSYNTHESIS WITH ESCHERICHIA COLI | TATGE, LEXUS MARC | — |
| 18227069 | ANTI-FATIGUE AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD FOR ULTRA-LONG LIFE SERVICE STRUCTURES UNDER EXTREME ENVIRONMENT | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | — |
| 18031318 | TIME-DEPENDENT LOCAL STRESS-STRAIN METHOD AND TOOL SOFTWARE FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL STRENGTH AND SERVICE LIFE ANALYSIS | MAPAR, BIJAN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18649214 | METHOD FOR PREPARING STABLE ISOTOPE-LABELED ssDNA BY BIOSYNTHESIS WITH ESCHERICHIA COLI | TATGE, LEXUS MARC | — |
| 18227069 | ANTI-FATIGUE AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD FOR ULTRA-LONG LIFE SERVICE STRUCTURES UNDER EXTREME ENVIRONMENT | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | — |
| 18031318 | TIME-DEPENDENT LOCAL STRESS-STRAIN METHOD AND TOOL SOFTWARE FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL STRENGTH AND SERVICE LIFE ANALYSIS | MAPAR, BIJAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1637 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| 1624 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18649214 | METHOD FOR PREPARING STABLE ISOTOPE-LABELED ssDNA BY BIOSYNTHESIS WITH ESCHERICHIA COLI | TATGE, LEXUS MARC | 1637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18227069 | ANTI-FATIGUE AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD FOR ULTRA-LONG LIFE SERVICE STRUCTURES UNDER EXTREME ENVIRONMENT | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18031318 | TIME-DEPENDENT LOCAL STRESS-STRAIN METHOD AND TOOL SOFTWARE FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL STRENGTH AND SERVICE LIFE ANALYSIS | MAPAR, BIJAN | 2189 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 18043419 | COMPOUND FOR INHIBITING MUTANT EGFR AND USE THEREOF | SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | 1624 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 118d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEast China University of Science and Technology has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Lexus Marc Tatge has the most, with 1 of East China University of Science and Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
