Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

National Institute Of Metrology China

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The National Institute Of Metrology China currently has 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners. The portfolio spans 4 distinct art units, which suggests that the institute's research in mechanical systems is technically diverse.

JEANTY, ROMAIN is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action. This indicates that no examiner holds a majority of the 5 pending office actions. The distribution across 4 distinct art units means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to the specific requirements of multiple examination groups. With 5 distinct examiners involved, the institute faces a variety of examination styles within the transportation and e-commerce sector. The lack of concentration under any 1 examiner reflects a broad approach to its current patent filings.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

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.

5
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§101 + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

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
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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 75.7% +19.6%
MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN 1 79.2% +27.8%
DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1 33.3% +0.0%
FIN, CAROLYN 1 62.0% +29.6%
VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1 67.4% +24.4%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 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 —
18879958 TEST METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT SENSING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN —
18661630 VERTICALLY-MOUNTED MICRO FRICTION DRAG CHAIN MECHANISM DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS —
18071147 METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU CALIBRATION OF FIXED RADIATION DOSE RATE INSTRUMENT FIN, CAROLYN —

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 —
18879958 TEST METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT SENSING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN —
18071147 METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU CALIBRATION OF FIXED RADIATION DOSE RATE INSTRUMENT FIN, CAROLYN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3624 1
3725 1
2884 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
18879958 TEST METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT SENSING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18661630 VERTICALLY-MOUNTED MICRO FRICTION DRAG CHAIN MECHANISM DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 3725 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 12, 2024
18071147 METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU CALIBRATION OF FIXED RADIATION DOSE RATE INSTRUMENT FIN, CAROLYN 2884 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2022
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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