Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jinan University has 5 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating that the university's communications research spans several specialized technical fields. The presence of 5 pending office actions shows an active engagement with the patent office across multiple communication-related disciplines.
The university's portfolio is reviewed by 5 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is assigned to a different individual. HAILE, BENYAM is the busiest examiner for the university, with 1 pending office action. The distribution of 5 pending office actions among 5 distinct examiners ensures that each application receives an independent evaluation. This variety of examiner assignments can lead to different prosecution experiences for each of the university's communications applications.
The spread across 5 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units suggests a diverse but structured approach to its communications patent prosecution. For practitioners, this means that the university's patent strategy must account for the varying standards and practices of 3 distinct art units. The fact that HAILE, BENYAM is the busiest examiner with only 1 pending office action highlights the high degree of examiner diversity currently present in the university's portfolio.
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.
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 + other | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 1 | 60.8% | +28.9% |
| VANWORMER, SKYLAR K | 1 | 46.9% | +28.1% |
| LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 1 | 13.3% | +40.0% |
| KLINKEL, KORTNEY L | 1 | 39.8% | +43.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESCROW-FREE ATOMIC CROSS-CHAIN SWAP WITH RECIPIENT'S CONFIRMATION | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 176d overdue |
| 18355219 | USE OF SMO INHIBITOR IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR ALLEVIATING ACCESS STENOSIS OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA | KLINKEL, KORTNEY L | 11d overdue |
| 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 | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESCROW-FREE ATOMIC CROSS-CHAIN SWAP WITH RECIPIENT'S CONFIRMATION | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 176d overdue |
| 18355219 | USE OF SMO INHIBITOR IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR ALLEVIATING ACCESS STENOSIS OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA | KLINKEL, KORTNEY L | 11d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3698 | 1 |
| 1627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18537839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESCROW-FREE ATOMIC CROSS-CHAIN SWAP WITH RECIPIENT'S CONFIRMATION | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 3698 | §101§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 176d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18355219 | USE OF SMO INHIBITOR IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR ALLEVIATING ACCESS STENOSIS OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA | KLINKEL, KORTNEY L | 1627 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
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