Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hefei University of Technology has 6 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, so each listed case follows a separate examination path.
WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate core software and computing terminology across the docket while tailoring claim and prior-art arguments to each examiner and art unit.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. | 1 | 59.0% | +31.5% |
| DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 1 | 66.7% | +18.1% |
| BHAT, VIBHA NARAYAN | 1 | — | — |
| GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| YOO, HONG THI | 1 | 46.0% | +25.3% |
| JAMES, GREGORY MARK | 1 | 19.6% | +14.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055565 | METHOD, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT FOR PATTERN DESIGN IN FILAMENT WINDING | WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. | 72d |
| 19037341 | ROAD LONGITUDINAL SLOPE ESTIMATION METHOD BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEO | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | — |
| 18820279 | ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON PU CONTRASTIVE LEARNING WITHIN MULTIMODAL PROTOTYPE NETWORK | BHAT, VIBHA NARAYAN | — |
| 18582689 | Wet-Resistant Fluoride Red Phosphor and Preparation and Application thereof, and White Light LED Device | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | — |
| 18420136 | DRY POWDER FERMENTER AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF CURED MEAT PRODUCTS | YOO, HONG THI | — |
| 17893405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER ELECTRICITY TRADING BASED ON DOUBLE-LAYER BLOCKCHAIN | JAMES, GREGORY MARK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055565 | METHOD, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT FOR PATTERN DESIGN IN FILAMENT WINDING | WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. | 72d |
| 19037341 | ROAD LONGITUDINAL SLOPE ESTIMATION METHOD BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEO | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | — |
| 18420136 | DRY POWDER FERMENTER AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF CURED MEAT PRODUCTS | YOO, HONG THI | — |
| 17893405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER ELECTRICITY TRADING BASED ON DOUBLE-LAYER BLOCKCHAIN | JAMES, GREGORY MARK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2187 | 1 |
| 2677 | 1 |
| 2142 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 3692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19055565 | METHOD, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT FOR PATTERN DESIGN IN FILAMENT WINDING | WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. | 2187 | §101 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19037341 | ROAD LONGITUDINAL SLOPE ESTIMATION METHOD BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEO | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 2677 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18820279 | ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON PU CONTRASTIVE LEARNING WITHIN MULTIMODAL PROTOTYPE NETWORK | BHAT, VIBHA NARAYAN | 2142 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18582689 | Wet-Resistant Fluoride Red Phosphor and Preparation and Application thereof, and White Light LED Device | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1759 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18420136 | DRY POWDER FERMENTER AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF CURED MEAT PRODUCTS | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 17893405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER ELECTRICITY TRADING BASED ON DOUBLE-LAYER BLOCKCHAIN | JAMES, GREGORY MARK | 3692 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialHefei University of Technology has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Alfred H. Wechselberger has the most, with 1 of Hefei University of Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
