Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
National University Corporation Chiba University currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions involve 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution is spread across 2 distinct art units, showing a lack of concentration in a single group.
BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. Each of the 2 examiners handles 1 pending action. This distribution means the university must navigate the requirements of 2 separate art units and 2 different examiners for its current pending portfolio.
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.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIAO, DAVID A | 1 | 75.5% | +30.9% |
| BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 1 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
| HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 1 | 45.8% | +35.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16484523 | BED MONITORING SYSTEM | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 72d overdue |
| 19107770 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER CIRCUIT ELECTROMAGNETICALLY COUPLED WITH EACH OTHER | SHIAO, DAVID A | — |
| 18690884 | MASSAGE APPARATUS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16484523 | BED MONITORING SYSTEM | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 72d overdue |
| 19107770 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER CIRCUIT ELECTROMAGNETICALLY COUPLED WITH EACH OTHER | SHIAO, DAVID A | — |
| 18690884 | MASSAGE APPARATUS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19107770 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER CIRCUIT ELECTROMAGNETICALLY COUPLED WITH EACH OTHER | SHIAO, DAVID A | 2836 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 18690884 | MASSAGE APPARATUS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 16484523 | BED MONITORING SYSTEM | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialNational University Corporation Chiba University has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
David A Shiao has the most, with 1 of National University Corporation Chiba University's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
