Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

National Institute Of Metrology China

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§101 + other2 (40%)
§103 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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
JEANTY, ROMAIN 1 75.5% +19.8%
DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 1 78.6% +4.4%
GUSSOW, ANNE 1 58.0% +42.6%
STOFFA, WYATT A 1 79.5% +23.1%
VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1 67.0% +24.4%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17577348 SEQUENCING METHOD, SYSTEM AND KIT OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN OLIGOSACCHARIDES VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 62d
19134644 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMAL SELECTION AND AVOIDANCE OF TESTING EXPERTS IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTING JEANTY, ROMAIN
18731788 CAVITY IONIZATION CHAMBER FOR MEASURING DOSE RATE AT PROTECTION-LEVEL DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR
18600305 KIT FOR CALIBRATION OF ISOTHERMAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) ANALYZER AND USE THEREOF GUSSOW, ANNE

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
17577348 SEQUENCING METHOD, SYSTEM AND KIT OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN OLIGOSACCHARIDES VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 62d
19134644 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMAL SELECTION AND AVOIDANCE OF TESTING EXPERTS IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTING JEANTY, ROMAIN
18600305 KIT FOR CALIBRATION OF ISOTHERMAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) ANALYZER AND USE THEREOF GUSSOW, ANNE
18343405 NANO-LITER PHOTOIONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY ION SOURCE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF STOFFA, WYATT A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3624 1
2838 1
2881 1
1686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19134644 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMAL SELECTION AND AVOIDANCE OF TESTING EXPERTS IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTING JEANTY, ROMAIN 3624 §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
18731788 CAVITY IONIZATION CHAMBER FOR MEASURING DOSE RATE AT PROTECTION-LEVEL DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 2838 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18600305 KIT FOR CALIBRATION OF ISOTHERMAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) ANALYZER AND USE THEREOF GUSSOW, ANNE §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18343405 NANO-LITER PHOTOIONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY ION SOURCE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2023
17577348 SEQUENCING METHOD, SYSTEM AND KIT OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN OLIGOSACCHARIDES VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 62d Pending Jan 17, 2022

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