Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Institute Of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Institute Of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Academy Of Sciences has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. The matter is handled by 1 examiner in 1 art unit, limiting the number of examination contexts requiring separate review.

LEE, CRYSTAL J is the listed examiner and has 1 pending matter. Prosecution planning can therefore remain centered on this single pending assignment.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, CRYSTAL J 1 82.2% +21.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18720574 METHANE REFORMING REACTION SYSTEM LEE, CRYSTAL J —

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
18720574 METHANE REFORMING REACTION SYSTEM LEE, CRYSTAL J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1738 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18720574 METHANE REFORMING REACTION SYSTEM LEE, CRYSTAL J 1738 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Institute Of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Academy Of Sciences have?

Institute Of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Academy Of Sciences has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Institute Of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Academy Of Sciences applications?

Crystal J Lee has the most, with 1 of Institute Of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Academy Of Sciences's pending office actions.

What technology area are Institute Of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Academy Of Sciences's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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