Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Fudan University

12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

8
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (17%)
§103 only2 (17%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
17% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
33% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1 76.6% +8.0%
LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1 56.6% +41.3%
ABEL, GARY ROBERT 1 88.2% +9.6%
MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN 1 50.0% +0.0%
WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 1 86.2% -20.3%
KIFLE, BRUCK 1 79.3% +15.8%
CARR, DEBORAH D 1 81.8% +2.8%
HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1 50.9% +28.8%
SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1 68.8% -9.0%
MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1 50.0% +60.0%

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue 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
18571013 A SMALL MOLECULE TNF-a INHIBITOR AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF KIFLE, BRUCK 17d overdue
18024277 FERROELECTRIC FIELD MODULATED POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PHOTO-RESPONSE DETECTOR, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF REAMES, MATTHEW L 16d overdue
18716081 SPLIT-GATE SILICON CARBIDE DEVICE WITH BURIED FIELD LIMITING RING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF ABEL, GARY ROBERT
18434874 NAPHTHALENESULFONYL COMPOUNDS, AND PREPARATION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A
18568571 METHOD FOR LIGHT-PROMOTED OXIDATION OF COMPOUND CONTAINING SATURATED CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND CARR, DEBORAH D
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

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue 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
18571013 A SMALL MOLECULE TNF-a INHIBITOR AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF KIFLE, BRUCK 17d overdue
18717525 SMALL MOLECULE TRACERS BINDING TO ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATES AND THEIR USES LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1615 1
2897 1
1624 1
1627 1
1691 1
1618 1
2896 1
1645 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18807978 PREPARATION OF INDOLONE-3YL-HYDRAZONO-SUBSTITUTED 1,3-THIAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVES AND APPLICATION THEREOF SEAMAN, D MARGARET M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2024
18717525 SMALL MOLECULE TRACERS BINDING TO ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATES AND THEIR USES LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1615 §103 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
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
18434874 NAPHTHALENESULFONYL COMPOUNDS, AND PREPARATION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
18571013 A SMALL MOLECULE TNF-a INHIBITOR AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF KIFLE, BRUCK 1624 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18568571 METHOD FOR LIGHT-PROMOTED OXIDATION OF COMPOUND CONTAINING SATURATED CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND CARR, DEBORAH D §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 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 Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 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
18024277 FERROELECTRIC FIELD MODULATED POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PHOTO-RESPONSE DETECTOR, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF REAMES, MATTHEW L 2896 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18021868 COMPOSITION OF DRUG AND WILD-TYPE CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1645 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2023

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