Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

National Cheng Kung University

21 pending office actions • 12 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

10
Hard (48%)
10
Medium (48%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other3 (14%)
§103 only7 (33%)
§102 only3 (14%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
19% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
9
Business / Other
43% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COLEY, ZADE JAMES 1 72.1% +26.0%
HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 1 83.3% +33.3%
SPANN, COURTNEY P 1 80.2% +21.2%
CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 1 70.6% +15.2%
NGUYEN, NYCA T 1 67.3% +25.0%
RUBY, TRAVIS C 1 53.5% +27.8%
KAKARLA, BHASKAR 1
NGUYEN, KHANH V 1 93.5% +2.0%
ACHILLE, ASHMEED CARCIA 1
ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S 1 88.4% +11.8%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18975040 FEEDBACK-BASED NEURAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN
18671348 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF NGUYEN, KHANH V
18434834 LASER DEVICE AND LASER GENERATION METHOD ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S

Hard Cases (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18327163 NEAR-OPTIMAL SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR CONSIDERING PROCESSING-TIME VARIATIONS AND REAL-TIME DATA STREAMING AND METHOD THEREOF DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 121d overdue
17738944 QUANTUM CIRCUIT FOR DAUBECHIES-6 (D6) WAVELET TRANSFORM AND INVERSE TRANSFORM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE 18d overdue
18518644 METHOD OF PRODUCING A MEDICAL IMPLANT ADOPTING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FLORES, JAVIER 12d
18480009 USE AND DETECTION METHOD OF FLAVIVIRUS PROTEIN MICROARRAY CHESTNUT, BARRY A 28d
18982857 CUSTOMIZED MANDIBULAR PLATE MODEL BUILDING METHOD AND SYSTEM COLEY, ZADE JAMES
18963825 PROCESSOR WITH SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION FUNCTION AND SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION METHOD SPANN, COURTNEY P
18949079 GLUED LAMINATED BAMBOO BEAM CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T
18926824 GRIP STRENGTH TRAINING AND MEASURING DEVICE NGUYEN, NYCA T

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18982857 CUSTOMIZED MANDIBULAR PLATE MODEL BUILDING METHOD AND SYSTEM COLEY, ZADE JAMES
18975040 FEEDBACK-BASED NEURAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN
18963825 PROCESSOR WITH SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION FUNCTION AND SECURE BRANCH PREDICTION METHOD SPANN, COURTNEY P
18949079 GLUED LAMINATED BAMBOO BEAM CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T
18926824 GRIP STRENGTH TRAINING AND MEASURING DEVICE NGUYEN, NYCA T
18818771 HEAT TRANSFER STRUCTURE WITH IMPROVED THERMAL CONVECTION EFFECT AND THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAME RUBY, TRAVIS C
18434834 LASER DEVICE AND LASER GENERATION METHOD ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3775 1
2183 1
3633 1
3784 1
3763 1
1735 1
1613 1
1672 1
3624 1
1686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18982857 CUSTOMIZED MANDIBULAR PLATE MODEL BUILDING METHOD AND SYSTEM COLEY, ZADE JAMES 3775 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18975040 FEEDBACK-BASED NEURAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 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
18949079 GLUED LAMINATED BAMBOO BEAM CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 3633 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18926824 GRIP STRENGTH TRAINING AND MEASURING DEVICE NGUYEN, NYCA T 3784 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 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
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
18518644 METHOD OF PRODUCING A MEDICAL IMPLANT ADOPTING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FLORES, JAVIER 1735 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 24, 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
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
17986782 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING KNOWLEDGE GRAPH AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THEREOF ROBERTS, SHAUN A 2655 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17738944 QUANTUM CIRCUIT FOR DAUBECHIES-6 (D6) WAVELET TRANSFORM AND INVERSE TRANSFORM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE 2123 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending May 06, 2022

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