Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Hungkuang University

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Hungkuang University has a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's current prosecution is spread across multiple specialized sections of the patent office.

The busiest examiner for the company is SAPKOTA, SURAJ. This examiner is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This specific action is one of the 2 total pending office actions for the company. SAPKOTA, SURAJ is one of the individuals reviewing the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering applications.

The 2 pending office actions are assigned to the distinct examiners and the distinct art units. SAPKOTA, SURAJ is the busiest examiner with the busiest examiner pending office action. This distribution indicates that the company's prosecution is spread, with each of the pending office actions being handled by a different examiner in a different art unit. Practitioners should be prepared for unique examiner perspectives and art unit requirements for each pending matter.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
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
1
Due this month
0
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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAPKOTA, SURAJ 1 0.0% +0.0%
EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 1 55.1% +27.1%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18476811 EARLY DEMENTIA RISK ASSESSMENT DEVICE EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 20d
18391648 METHOD FOR IMPROVING DIABETIC WOUND HEALING USING MIR-200B SAPKOTA, SURAJ —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18476811 EARLY DEMENTIA RISK ASSESSMENT DEVICE EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 20d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
4100 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18391648 METHOD FOR IMPROVING DIABETIC WOUND HEALING USING MIR-200B SAPKOTA, SURAJ 4100 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18476811 EARLY DEMENTIA RISK ASSESSMENT DEVICE EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Sep 28, 2023

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