Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hefei Polytechnic University has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, including DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending case. Despite having multiple examiners, all prosecution activity is centralized within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a specific technical focus for the university's current communications research and patenting efforts. The 2 pending office actions represent the current workload for this technology area.
The 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, which may lead to different examination styles within the same 1 distinct art unit. DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH manages 1 busiest examiner pending action, which is part of the current active portfolio. This structure indicates that while the technical focus is narrow, the university is engaging with multiple individuals at the patent office to advance its 2 pending office actions. Managing 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit requires attention to how different individuals interpret the same technical standards. The 1 busiest examiner pending case is a primary focus for the university's prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 1 | 67.9% | +12.5% |
| GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | 1 | 72.3% | +25.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286428 | DRONE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON INFRARED POLARIZATION | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 22d |
| 18262714 | REAL-TIME DYNAMIC PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE OF HIGH-PRESSURE JET GROUTING PILE | GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286428 | DRONE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON INFRARED POLARIZATION | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 22d |
| 18262714 | REAL-TIME DYNAMIC PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE OF HIGH-PRESSURE JET GROUTING PILE | GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18286428 | DRONE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON INFRARED POLARIZATION | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 2677 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18262714 | REAL-TIME DYNAMIC PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE OF HIGH-PRESSURE JET GROUTING PILE | GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
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