Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fudan University currently manages 9 pending office actions, primarily within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This workload is distributed across 7 distinct art units, indicating a diverse range of technical subjects under review. The prosecution involves 9 distinct examiners, showing a high degree of fragmentation across the portfolio. Each pending matter is handled by a different individual, as the 9 actions are spread across 9 distinct examiners.
MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y is identified as the busiest examiner for the university, though they are responsible for 1 pending action. This specific examiner's workload matches the broader trend where no examiner holds a majority of the pending cases. Practitioners should prepare for varied examiner styles across the 7 different art units involved. The lack of concentration among examiners suggests that prosecution strategies may need to be tailored to the specific preferences of 9 different individuals.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 + other | 1 (9%) |
| §103 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 3 (27%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 2 | 68.6% | -8.4% |
| MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | 1 | 70.8% | +42.7% |
| LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | 1 | 58.2% | +40.0% |
| ABEL, GARY ROBERT | 1 | 87.5% | +11.0% |
| BAUER, BRIANNA LEE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
| ALLEN, NICHOLAS E | 1 | 75.6% | +14.6% |
| HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J | 1 | 51.4% | +45.0% |
| MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE | 1 | 46.4% | +40.9% |
| WANG, CHANG YU | 1 | 33.5% | +53.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18304987 | USE OF FOLIC ACID AND FOLATE MODIFICATION IN INDUCING B-CELL IMMUNE TOLERANCE AND TARGETING mIgM-POSITIVELY-EXPRESSED B-CELL LYMPHOMA | MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE | 88d overdue |
| 18520221 | DATA SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | ALLEN, NICHOLAS E | 21d |
| 18717525 | SMALL MOLECULE TRACERS BINDING TO ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATES AND THEIR USES | LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | — |
| 18716081 | SPLIT-GATE SILICON CARBIDE DEVICE WITH BURIED FIELD LIMITING RING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | ABEL, GARY ROBERT | — |
| 18707314 | COMPOUNDS HAVING ACTIVITY OF DEGRADING GSPT1 AND APPLICATION THEREOF | BAUER, BRIANNA LEE | — |
| 18285915 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DEUTERATED CHEMICAL BY MEANS OF DEUTERATION REACTION OF CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND WITH DEUTERIUM GAS UNDER CATALYSIS OF ALKALI | HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J | — |
| 18275291 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR TETRA-SUBSTITUTED ALLENOIC ACID COMPOUND BASED ON PALLADIUM CATALYTIC SYSTEM | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18304987 | USE OF FOLIC ACID AND FOLATE MODIFICATION IN INDUCING B-CELL IMMUNE TOLERANCE AND TARGETING mIgM-POSITIVELY-EXPRESSED B-CELL LYMPHOMA | MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE | 88d overdue |
| 18520221 | DATA SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | ALLEN, NICHOLAS E | 21d |
| 18885576 | Three-dimensional model of exposed microbial membranes at gas-liquid interface and preparation method thereof | MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | — |
| 18717525 | SMALL MOLECULE TRACERS BINDING TO ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATES AND THEIR USES | LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | — |
| 18716081 | SPLIT-GATE SILICON CARBIDE DEVICE WITH BURIED FIELD LIMITING RING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | ABEL, GARY ROBERT | — |
| 18285915 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DEUTERATED CHEMICAL BY MEANS OF DEUTERATION REACTION OF CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND WITH DEUTERIUM GAS UNDER CATALYSIS OF ALKALI | HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J | — |
| 17437968 | METHOD FOR SCREENING COMPOUND FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING POLYQ-RELATED NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | WANG, CHANG YU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1691 | 2 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 2897 | 1 |
| 1623 | 1 |
| 2154 | 1 |
| 1627 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 1675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18885576 | Three-dimensional model of exposed microbial membranes at gas-liquid interface and preparation method thereof | MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2024 |
| 18717525 | SMALL MOLECULE TRACERS BINDING TO ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATES AND THEIR USES | LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | 1615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18716081 | SPLIT-GATE SILICON CARBIDE DEVICE WITH BURIED FIELD LIMITING RING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | ABEL, GARY ROBERT | 2897 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18707314 | COMPOUNDS HAVING ACTIVITY OF DEGRADING GSPT1 AND APPLICATION THEREOF | BAUER, BRIANNA LEE | 1623 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18625907 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ON-LINE CONTINUOUS RECOVERY OF EXCESS NITRIC ACID IN NITRATION REACTION | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18520221 | DATA SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | ALLEN, NICHOLAS E | 2154 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18285915 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DEUTERATED CHEMICAL BY MEANS OF DEUTERATION REACTION OF CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND WITH DEUTERIUM GAS UNDER CATALYSIS OF ALKALI | HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J | 1627 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18276365 | TOTAL SYNTHESIS METHOD FOR VITAMIN A AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF AND DEUTERATED COMPOUND THEREOF | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18275291 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR TETRA-SUBSTITUTED ALLENOIC ACID COMPOUND BASED ON PALLADIUM CATALYTIC SYSTEM | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1691 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18304987 | USE OF FOLIC ACID AND FOLATE MODIFICATION IN INDUCING B-CELL IMMUNE TOLERANCE AND TARGETING mIgM-POSITIVELY-EXPRESSED B-CELL LYMPHOMA | MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE | 1618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 88d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 17437968 | METHOD FOR SCREENING COMPOUND FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING POLYQ-RELATED NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | WANG, CHANG YU | 1675 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2021 |
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