Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guangdong University of Technology has 7 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are perfectly distributed across 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, meaning every pending matter is being handled by a different examiner in a different administrative group. The busiest examiner for the university is HASSAN, LIBAN M, who is responsible for 1 pending action.
This total lack of concentration across the 7 pending actions suggests that the university's research in chemistry and materials is highly diversified across different technical specialties. Practitioners should note that the 7 distinct art units involved will likely result in varied prosecution timelines and outcomes. Because no actions share an examiner or an art unit, there is no centralized administrative path for the current portfolio of 7 pending actions.
The requirement to manage 7 distinct examiners across 7 distinct art units for only 7 pending actions indicates a high degree of technical variety. Each application likely represents a unique scientific inquiry, as evidenced by the lack of overlap in the 7 art units assigned. This profile suggests that the university's patent strategy is driven by a broad array of independent research projects rather than a single, concentrated technology development program.
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 (14%) |
| §103 only | 3 (43%) |
| §112 only | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASSAN, LIBAN M | 1 | 50.8% | +31.1% |
| PAN, YUHUI R | 1 | 83.1% | +22.4% |
| GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 1 | 76.1% | +28.2% |
| THOMAS, NATALIE NICOLE | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| PEO, JONATHAN M | 1 | 48.4% | +47.6% |
| KARAVIAS, DENISE R | 1 | 63.2% | +30.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18916505 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING PRODUCT ASSEMBLY QUALITY BASED ON LONGITUDINAL UNIFIED LEARNING | PAN, YUHUI R | — |
| 18665553 | ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY SOUND-INSULATION RUBBER MORTAR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18621119 | MICRO-NANO MEDICAL STENT FOR DIRECTIONAL, QUANTITATIVE AND TIMED RELEASE OF DRUG AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | THOMAS, NATALIE NICOLE | — |
| 17779187 | NON-INTRUSIVE LOAD MONITORING METHOD | KARAVIAS, DENISE R | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19024005 | AN IN VITRO TRANS-DERMAL DIFFUSION APPARATUS FOR GAS EXPOSURE | HASSAN, LIBAN M | — |
| 18916505 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING PRODUCT ASSEMBLY QUALITY BASED ON LONGITUDINAL UNIFIED LEARNING | PAN, YUHUI R | — |
| 18653997 | ENERGY-SAVING AND ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY NON-AUTOCLAVED PIPE PILE CONCRETE MATERIAL WITH HIGH IMPACT RESISTANCE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | — |
| 18231263 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER WITH SCREENING CURRENT COLLECTOR-BASED FLOW ANODE | PEO, JONATHAN M | — |
| 17779187 | NON-INTRUSIVE LOAD MONITORING METHOD | KARAVIAS, DENISE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1799 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19024005 | AN IN VITRO TRANS-DERMAL DIFFUSION APPARATUS FOR GAS EXPOSURE | HASSAN, LIBAN M | 1799 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18916505 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING PRODUCT ASSEMBLY QUALITY BASED ON LONGITUDINAL UNIFIED LEARNING | PAN, YUHUI R | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18665553 | ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY SOUND-INSULATION RUBBER MORTAR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1759 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18653997 | ENERGY-SAVING AND ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY NON-AUTOCLAVED PIPE PILE CONCRETE MATERIAL WITH HIGH IMPACT RESISTANCE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 1731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18621119 | MICRO-NANO MEDICAL STENT FOR DIRECTIONAL, QUANTITATIVE AND TIMED RELEASE OF DRUG AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | THOMAS, NATALIE NICOLE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18231263 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER WITH SCREENING CURRENT COLLECTOR-BASED FLOW ANODE | PEO, JONATHAN M | 1779 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 17779187 | NON-INTRUSIVE LOAD MONITORING METHOD | KARAVIAS, DENISE R | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGuangdong University of Technology has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.
Liban M Hassan has the most, with 1 of Guangdong University of Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
