Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jilin University is managing 7 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct art units, showing that the university's pharmaceutical innovations are being reviewed in a wide variety of technical contexts. The prosecution involves 7 distinct examiners, ensuring that each of the 7 pending office actions receives an independent review. This structure suggests a broad technical footprint across different regulatory groups within the pharmaceutical sector.
RODNEY T FRANK is identified as the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. This indicates a highly decentralized prosecution environment where each of the 7 pending office actions is assigned to a different examiner. No single examiner holds a concentrated portion of the pending workload. This lack of overlap means that the university's success is not tied to the discretion of any one individual but is spread across 7 distinct examiners.
With 7 distinct examiners working across 7 distinct art units, the university must manage multiple parallel prosecution tracks. This structure suggests that the technology is broadly distributed across different regulatory classifications. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate the specific nuances of 7 different examiners for the 7 pending office actions. The legal strategy must be flexible enough to address the varying requirements of 7 distinct art units while maintaining consistency across the portfolio.
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 | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §112 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANK, RODNEY T | 1 | 72.8% | +3.8% |
| SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | 1 | 56.6% | +19.0% |
| POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1 | 12.5% | +18.2% |
| MALEVIC, DJURA | 1 | 78.1% | +10.1% |
| DUNN, MCKENZIE A | 1 | 54.2% | +57.3% |
| ANGELL, JON E | 1 | 71.1% | +21.0% |
| STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17834161 | CROP YIELD PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM | STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS | 2d overdue |
| 18758054 | SOIL NITROGEN CONTENT SOFT MEASUREMENT METHOD BASED ON THE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ON-DEMAND FERTILIZATION OF CORN | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | — |
| 18431976 | Method for high-resolution spatial omic detection of tissue sample | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
| 18037057 | APPLICATION OF SCTAG IN PREPARATION OF KIT USED TO DIAGNOSE GASTRIC CANCER | DUNN, MCKENZIE A | — |
| 18349353 | APPLICATION OF ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE TARGETING PBX1 PROMOTER REGION G-QUADRUPLEX IN PREPARATION OF MEDICINE FOR TREATING MELANOMA | ANGELL, JON E | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18758054 | SOIL NITROGEN CONTENT SOFT MEASUREMENT METHOD BASED ON THE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ON-DEMAND FERTILIZATION OF CORN | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | — |
| 18431976 | Method for high-resolution spatial omic detection of tissue sample | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
| 18414426 | METHOD FOR HIGH PRESSURE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF PHOTOELECTRIC DETECTION BASED ON BiOBr | MALEVIC, DJURA | — |
| 18037057 | APPLICATION OF SCTAG IN PREPARATION OF KIT USED TO DIAGNOSE GASTRIC CANCER | DUNN, MCKENZIE A | — |
| 18349353 | APPLICATION OF ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE TARGETING PBX1 PROMOTER REGION G-QUADRUPLEX IN PREPARATION OF MEDICINE FOR TREATING MELANOMA | ANGELL, JON E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 1678 | 1 |
| 1637 | 1 |
| 1686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18769988 | BIONIC REGULATION METHOD FOR NUMBER OF BOUNCES OF DROPLET ON METAL SURFACE BASED ON ACOUSTIC IN-SITU MONITORING | FRANK, RODNEY T | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18758054 | SOIL NITROGEN CONTENT SOFT MEASUREMENT METHOD BASED ON THE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ON-DEMAND FERTILIZATION OF CORN | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18431976 | Method for high-resolution spatial omic detection of tissue sample | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1683 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2024 |
| 18414426 | METHOD FOR HIGH PRESSURE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF PHOTOELECTRIC DETECTION BASED ON BiOBr | MALEVIC, DJURA | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18037057 | APPLICATION OF SCTAG IN PREPARATION OF KIT USED TO DIAGNOSE GASTRIC CANCER | DUNN, MCKENZIE A | 1678 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18349353 | APPLICATION OF ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE TARGETING PBX1 PROMOTER REGION G-QUADRUPLEX IN PREPARATION OF MEDICINE FOR TREATING MELANOMA | ANGELL, JON E | 1637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 17834161 | CROP YIELD PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM | STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS | 1686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialJilin University has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.
Rodney T Frank has the most, with 1 of Jilin University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
