Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Jinan University

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WORJLOH, JALATEE 1 64.3% +38.0%
HAILE, BENYAM 1 62.0% +24.2%
DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE 1 61.5% +30.0%
VANWORMER, SKYLAR K 1 45.2% +25.4%
DROUIN, STEVE HOANG 1 100.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18355219 USE OF SMO INHIBITOR IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR ALLEVIATING ACCESS STENOSIS OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA DROUIN, STEVE HOANG 11d overdue
19294174 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDITABLE OFF-CHAIN TRANSACTION IN BLOCK-CHAIN NETWORK WORJLOH, JALATEE
18666700 FLEXIBLE HOSE MATERIAL AND A WATER PIPE MADE OF THE FLEXIBLE HOSE MATERIAL DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE
18613006 METHOD FOR BUILDING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SECURE AGGREGATION IN FEDERATED LEARNING WITH DATA REMOVAL VANWORMER, SKYLAR K

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18768343 DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES HAILE, BENYAM 8d overdue
19294174 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDITABLE OFF-CHAIN TRANSACTION IN BLOCK-CHAIN NETWORK WORJLOH, JALATEE
18666700 FLEXIBLE HOSE MATERIAL AND A WATER PIPE MADE OF THE FLEXIBLE HOSE MATERIAL DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE
18613006 METHOD FOR BUILDING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SECURE AGGREGATION IN FEDERATED LEARNING WITH DATA REMOVAL VANWORMER, SKYLAR K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3697 1
2688 1
1627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19294174 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDITABLE OFF-CHAIN TRANSACTION IN BLOCK-CHAIN NETWORK WORJLOH, JALATEE 3697 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2025
18768343 DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES HAILE, BENYAM 2688 §102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18666700 FLEXIBLE HOSE MATERIAL AND A WATER PIPE MADE OF THE FLEXIBLE HOSE MATERIAL DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18613006 METHOD FOR BUILDING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SECURE AGGREGATION IN FEDERATED LEARNING WITH DATA REMOVAL VANWORMER, SKYLAR K §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18355219 USE OF SMO INHIBITOR IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR ALLEVIATING ACCESS STENOSIS OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA DROUIN, STEVE HOANG 1627 §102§103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023

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