Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Kunming University Of Science And Technology

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 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. 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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§112 only4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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
LEWIS, MONICA 1 31.7% +17.1%
FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1 44.2% +2.3%
NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1 65.0% +28.2%
RIPA, BRYAN D 1 53.3% +37.5%
STCLAIR, ANDREW D 1 60.3% +25.3%

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
17739184 Method and Device for Processing Programming Data STCLAIR, ANDREW D 490d overdue

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
18898636 Active Arc Voltage-Current Conversion Method, System, and Medium for Distribution Networks LEWIS, MONICA
18701911 METHOD FOR SINGLE-CRYSTALLIZATION REGENERATION OF WASTE CATHODE MATERIAL BY VACUUM PYROLYSIS PROCESS NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D
18397411 METHOD FOR PREPARING METALLIC TITANIUM USING TITANIUM-CONTAINING OXIDE SLAG RIPA, BRYAN D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 1
1749 1
1761 1
2178 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18898636 Active Arc Voltage-Current Conversion Method, System, and Medium for Distribution Networks LEWIS, MONICA 2838 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18638651 UAV surface coating, preparation method thereof and UAV FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18701911 METHOD FOR SINGLE-CRYSTALLIZATION REGENERATION OF WASTE CATHODE MATERIAL BY VACUUM PYROLYSIS PROCESS NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18397411 METHOD FOR PREPARING METALLIC TITANIUM USING TITANIUM-CONTAINING OXIDE SLAG RIPA, BRYAN D §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
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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