Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hangzhou City University

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Hangzhou City University has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Each matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, indicating a fully dispersed docket.

ZARROLI, MICHAEL C is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The data supports separate application-level prosecution planning and does not show a repeated examiner or art-unit environment from which to derive a broader pattern.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§101 + other2 (50%)
§103 only1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZARROLI, MICHAEL C 1 72.4% +15.8%
JIN, SELENA MENG 1 45.7% +21.3%
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.1% +32.0%
MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1 74.0% +31.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19217352 Real-Time Heading Angle Calculation Method Based on Polarized Light Field Vector Characteristics ZARROLI, MICHAEL C —
19217338 INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERING MACHINE JIN, SELENA MENG —
18917049 USE OF SMALL-MOLECULE COMPOUND HOMOHARRINGTONINE IN MANUFACTURING DRUG FOR TREATING ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME MCDOWELL, BRIAN E —

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
19193528 UNMANNED WAREHOUSE-GOODS SORTING OPERATION DEVICE DEVINE, MOLLY K 33d
19217352 Real-Time Heading Angle Calculation Method Based on Polarized Light Field Vector Characteristics ZARROLI, MICHAEL C —
19217338 INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERING MACHINE JIN, SELENA MENG —
18917049 USE OF SMALL-MOLECULE COMPOUND HOMOHARRINGTONINE IN MANUFACTURING DRUG FOR TREATING ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME MCDOWELL, BRIAN E —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3658 1
3667 1
3653 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19217352 Real-Time Heading Angle Calculation Method Based on Polarized Light Field Vector Characteristics ZARROLI, MICHAEL C 3658 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19217338 INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERING MACHINE JIN, SELENA MENG 3667 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19193528 UNMANNED WAREHOUSE-GOODS SORTING OPERATION DEVICE DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 29, 2025
18917049 USE OF SMALL-MOLECULE COMPOUND HOMOHARRINGTONINE IN MANUFACTURING DRUG FOR TREATING ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Hangzhou City University have?

Hangzhou City University has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Hangzhou City University applications?

Michael C Zarroli has the most, with 1 of Hangzhou City University's pending office actions.

What technology area are Hangzhou City University's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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