Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guangzhou Institute Of Energy Conversion Chinese Academy Of Sciences currently oversees 4 pending office actions within its company patent portfolio. These actions are situated in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio shows a high degree of technical diversity, as the 4 pending actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, meaning every active case is being evaluated within a unique administrative group.
The prosecution workload is handled by 4 distinct examiners, matching the total number of 4 pending office actions. This 1 to 1 ratio suggests that the institute's applications are being reviewed by a wide range of individuals, each bringing their own perspective to the examination. WOOD, DOUGLAS S is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action for the institute.
With 4 distinct art units and 4 distinct examiners involved, the institute faces a broad range of procedural expectations. The 4 pending office actions are the primary focus of the current prosecution cycle. WOOD, DOUGLAS S, despite being the busiest examiner, only holds 1 pending action, illustrating that the institute's patenting activities are currently spread across the patent office's resources.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 1 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
| PO, MING CHEUNG | 1 | 37.7% | +13.7% |
| BURGESS, MARC R | 1 | 33.9% | +24.1% |
| KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | 1 | 20.8% | +95.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18419579 | ALTERNATING STEPPING DEEP-SEA MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON CLEAN ENERGY PLATFORM | BURGESS, MARC R | — |
| 17926148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING POLLUTANTS FROM ORGANIC SOLID WASTE BY PYROLYSIS COUPLED WITH CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645427 | METHOD FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING HYDRATE WITH HIGH NATURAL GAS STORAGE CAPACITY | PO, MING CHEUNG | 19d overdue |
| 18919482 | METHOD FOR UNDERSEA IN-SITU EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL GAS HYDRATES | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — |
| 18419579 | ALTERNATING STEPPING DEEP-SEA MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON CLEAN ENERGY PLATFORM | BURGESS, MARC R | — |
| 17926148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING POLLUTANTS FROM ORGANIC SOLID WASTE BY PYROLYSIS COUPLED WITH CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18919482 | METHOD FOR UNDERSEA IN-SITU EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL GAS HYDRATES | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 3679 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18645427 | METHOD FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING HYDRATE WITH HIGH NATURAL GAS STORAGE CAPACITY | PO, MING CHEUNG | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18419579 | ALTERNATING STEPPING DEEP-SEA MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON CLEAN ENERGY PLATFORM | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 17926148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING POLLUTANTS FROM ORGANIC SOLID WASTE BY PYROLYSIS COUPLED WITH CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
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