Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
National Pingtung University Of Science And Technology has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, resulting in a one to one ratio across actions, examiners, and art units. ERIC WAYNE GOLIGHTLY is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
This distribution indicates that each of the university's 2 pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner in a separate art unit. The applicant must manage 2 distinct examiner relationships and navigate 2 different sets of administrative procedures within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Because there is no overlap between the 2 distinct examiners or the 2 distinct art units, each case requires an independent prosecution strategy. The progress of each matter depends on the unique timeline of its assigned examiner. Practitioners should prepare for two separate review processes, as the busiest examiner, ERIC WAYNE GOLIGHTLY, only oversees 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This decentralized structure defines the current portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE | 1 | 77.7% | +25.2% |
| MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND | 1 | 62.2% | +39.5% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18948917 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES FROM USED MOLDING SAND | GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE | — |
| 18394532 | PORCINE BIVALENT SUBUNIT VACCINE COMPOSITION IN A SINGLE DOSE | MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1714 | 1 |
| 1644 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18948917 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES FROM USED MOLDING SAND | GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18394532 | PORCINE BIVALENT SUBUNIT VACCINE COMPOSITION IN A SINGLE DOSE | MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND | 1644 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNational Pingtung University Of Science And Technology has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Eric Wayne Golightly has the most, with 1 of National Pingtung University Of Science And Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
