Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
23 pending office actions • 10 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days
National Cheng Kung University currently has 23 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These matters are distributed across 10 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse research output that touches multiple biological and pharmaceutical disciplines. The 23 pending office actions are assigned to 23 distinct examiners, which means that every single pending action is being reviewed by a different individual at the patent office.
SPIELER, WILLIAM is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio with 1 pending office action. Because each of the 23 distinct examiners is only handling 1 pending office action, there is no examiner concentration whatsoever in the current pipeline. This distribution across 10 distinct art units and 23 distinct examiners requires the university to manage 23 separate examiner relationships simultaneously. The 23 pending office actions represent a broad front of prosecution activity where no single examiner's tendencies will dominate the overall portfolio outcome.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (13%) |
| §103 only | 8 (35%) |
| §102 only | 2 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIELER, WILLIAM | 1 | 73.6% | +9.7% |
| FERNANDES, PATRICK M | 1 | 59.8% | +31.7% |
| SPANN, COURTNEY P | 1 | 80.0% | +22.1% |
| COLLINS, GARY | 1 | 83.2% | +15.5% |
| CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 70.7% | +15.1% |
| RUBY, TRAVIS C | 1 | 53.9% | +27.4% |
| KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED | 1 | 86.7% | +11.0% |
| NGUYEN, KHANH V | 1 | 93.5% | +2.0% |
| ACHILLE, ASHMEED CARCIA | 1 | — | — |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18732332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANOMALY BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND DETECTION IN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS | WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED | — |
| 18671348 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, KHANH V | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18327163 | NEAR-OPTIMAL SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR CONSIDERING PROCESSING-TIME VARIATIONS AND REAL-TIME DATA STREAMING AND METHOD THEREOF | DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 121d overdue |
| 17988041 | FUNCTIONAL POWDER DELIVERY DEVICE AND SYSTEM THEREOF | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 8d overdue |
| 18480009 | USE AND DETECTION METHOD OF FLAVIVIRUS PROTEIN MICROARRAY | CHESTNUT, BARRY A | 28d |
| 19221557 | KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM BASED ON LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL AND CONSTRUCTING METHOD THEREOF | SPIELER, WILLIAM | — |
| 18966561 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH SURVEILLANCE USING WI-FI TO QUANTIFY GAIT PARAMETER | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — |
| 18963825 | PROCESSOR WITH SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION FUNCTION AND SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION METHOD | SPANN, COURTNEY P | — |
| 18960038 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE BY USING LASER AND SYSTEM THEREOF | COLLINS, GARY | — |
| 18949079 | GLUED LAMINATED BAMBOO BEAM | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18966561 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH SURVEILLANCE USING WI-FI TO QUANTIFY GAIT PARAMETER | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — |
| 18963825 | PROCESSOR WITH SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION FUNCTION AND SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION METHOD | SPANN, COURTNEY P | — |
| 18960038 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE BY USING LASER AND SYSTEM THEREOF | COLLINS, GARY | — |
| 18949079 | GLUED LAMINATED BAMBOO BEAM | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18818771 | HEAT TRANSFER STRUCTURE WITH IMPROVED THERMAL CONVECTION EFFECT AND THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAME | RUBY, TRAVIS C | — |
| 18732332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANOMALY BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND DETECTION IN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS | WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2159 | 1 |
| 2183 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 1621 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1672 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 1686 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19221557 | KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM BASED ON LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL AND CONSTRUCTING METHOD THEREOF | SPIELER, WILLIAM | 2159 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 18966561 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH SURVEILLANCE USING WI-FI TO QUANTIFY GAIT PARAMETER | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18963825 | PROCESSOR WITH SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION FUNCTION AND SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION METHOD | SPANN, COURTNEY P | 2183 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18960038 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE BY USING LASER AND SYSTEM THEREOF | COLLINS, GARY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18949079 | GLUED LAMINATED BAMBOO BEAM | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 3633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18818771 | HEAT TRANSFER STRUCTURE WITH IMPROVED THERMAL CONVECTION EFFECT AND THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAME | RUBY, TRAVIS C | 3763 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18805548 | VIRTUAL METROLOGY METHOD BASED ON A LONG SEQUENCE TIME-SERIES PREDICTION FRAMEWORK AND SYSTEM THEREOF | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18732332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANOMALY BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND DETECTION IN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS | WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18671348 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, KHANH V | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18640920 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA BASED ON SHARED VIRTUAL MEMORY | ACHILLE, ASHMEED CARCIA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18434834 | LASER DEVICE AND LASER GENERATION METHOD | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18418791 | UPPER LIMB REHABILITATION DEVICE | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18409670 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TINNITUS TREATMENT | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18528829 | SOLID-STATE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY | LEE, DANIEL H. | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18523965 | METHODS OF TREATING PANCREATIC CANCER BY USING BET INHIBITOR AND PARP INHIBITOR | MAYHEW, BRADLEY SCOTT | 1621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18510995 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD AND BATTERY STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SAME | HAMMOND, KRISHNA R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18506757 | CONTACT LENS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC INACTIVATION OF GERMS, PRODUCT AND METHOD OF TREATING FUNGAL KERATITIS BY APPLYING THE SAME | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18480009 | USE AND DETECTION METHOD OF FLAVIVIRUS PROTEIN MICROARRAY | CHESTNUT, BARRY A | 1672 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18473508 | GASEOUS FUEL PRODUCTION SYSTEM | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18327163 | NEAR-OPTIMAL SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR CONSIDERING PROCESSING-TIME VARIATIONS AND REAL-TIME DATA STREAMING AND METHOD THEREOF | DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 3624 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 121d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18118153 | Computing in Memory Accelerator for Applying to a Neural Network | GUDAS, JAKOB OSCAR | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 17992341 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ASSISTED PREDICTION OF EMBRYO IMPLANTATION RATE IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY | KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP | 1686 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17988041 | FUNCTIONAL POWDER DELIVERY DEVICE AND SYSTEM THEREOF | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
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