Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hefei University of Technology is currently overseeing 4 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the university's research spans at least 2 different technical classifications within the computing field. The use of 2 art units requires the prosecution team to be familiar with the specific examination practices of both divisions.
The 4 pending office actions are being handled by 4 distinct examiners, meaning that each case is under the review of a different individual. This distribution prevents any single examiner from having a dominant influence over the university's active patent portfolio. With 4 distinct examiners for 4 actions, the university must navigate four different sets of examiner expectations.
WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Since the busiest examiner's load is only 1 of the 4 pending office actions, the university's prosecution workload is evenly spread. This decentralized approach ensures that the progress of the portfolio is not tied to the schedule or allowance rate of a single USPTO official.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 | 58.5% | +32.9% |
| DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 1 | 67.9% | +12.5% |
| BHAT, VIBHA NARAYAN | 1 | — | — |
| GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| YOO, HONG THI | 1 | 45.8% | +26.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 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 | — |
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 3 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2187 | 1 |
| 1792 | 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 | — | §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 | — | §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 | — | §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 |
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