Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Institute Of Geochemistry Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

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

Analysis

Institute Of Geochemistry Chinese Academy Of Sciences has 1 pending office action in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HUYNH, PHUONG, who is the busiest examiner with a workload matching the total pending count. The prosecution is limited to a single art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's current USPTO activity is focused under a sole examiner's review.

With only a single pending matter, the company's interaction with the office is highly streamlined. The busiest examiner is responsible for the entirety of the pending workload, ensuring that there are no conflicting examination styles to manage. This parity between actions and examiners allows for a focused prosecution strategy. Practitioners should note that the specific art unit involved will define the primary technical criteria for the portfolio.

Because the portfolio is small, the prosecution strategy is centralized. HUYNH, PHUONG has a workload that represents the total volume of pending work for the company. This focus in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics allows for a direct approach to addressing any rejections. The practitioner can concentrate on the specific tendencies of the assigned examiner without needing to reconcile different behaviors across multiple groups.

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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

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
1
Semiconductors
100% 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
HUYNH, PHUONG 1 85.8% +14.5%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18705125 Method and System for Analyzing Bimetallic Isotope Source of Cd/Pb Composite Pollution in Soil HUYNH, PHUONG —

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
18705125 Method and System for Analyzing Bimetallic Isotope Source of Cd/Pb Composite Pollution in Soil HUYNH, PHUONG —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18705125 Method and System for Analyzing Bimetallic Isotope Source of Cd/Pb Composite Pollution in Soil HUYNH, PHUONG 2857 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Institute Of Geochemistry 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 Geochemistry Chinese Academy Of Sciences applications?

Phuong Huynh has the most, with 1 of Institute Of Geochemistry Chinese Academy Of Sciences's pending office actions.

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

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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