Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kunming University Of Science And Technology

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Kunming University Of Science And Technology has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating complete dispersion across the active docket.

NIEVES, NELSON J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Each matter therefore requires its own examiner and art-unit assessment, with limited opportunity to reuse examiner-specific prosecution tactics.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
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.

2
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
§112 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
50% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NIEVES, NELSON J 1 75.5% +16.5%
PATEL, DEVANG R 1 65.6% +39.0%
CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1 83.4% +12.8%
STCLAIR, ANDREW D 1 60.1% +25.6%

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
18681366 VACUUM DISTILLATION FURNACE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY COPPER PARTICLES CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE —

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17739184 Method and Device for Processing Programming Data STCLAIR, ANDREW D 490d overdue
18805621 METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY INDIUM PATEL, DEVANG R —

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
17739184 Method and Device for Processing Programming Data STCLAIR, ANDREW D 490d overdue
19054731 ANTI-HEAT SOURCE FLUCTUATION HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM BASED ON ACTIVE FLOW REGULATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF NIEVES, NELSON J —
18805621 METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY INDIUM PATEL, DEVANG R —
18681366 VACUUM DISTILLATION FURNACE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY COPPER PARTICLES CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 1
1735 1
1738 1
2178 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19054731 ANTI-HEAT SOURCE FLUCTUATION HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM BASED ON ACTIVE FLOW REGULATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF NIEVES, NELSON J 3763 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
18805621 METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY INDIUM PATEL, DEVANG R 1735 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18681366 VACUUM DISTILLATION FURNACE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY COPPER PARTICLES CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1738 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2024
17739184 Method and Device for Processing Programming Data STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §101 Non-Final OA 490d overdue Pending May 09, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Kunming University Of Science And Technology have?

Kunming University Of Science And Technology has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Kunming University Of Science And Technology applications?

Nelson J Nieves has the most, with 1 of Kunming University Of Science And Technology's pending office actions.

What technology area are Kunming University Of Science And Technology's patent applications in?

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

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