Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
National University Corporation Okayama University has 5 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, indicating that prosecution is distributed across separate examination environments.
TRUONG, THOMAS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. The broad assignment pattern favors independent docket and response management, supported by consistent treatment of related biotechnology issues.
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 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUONG, THOMAS | 1 | 73.5% | +15.8% |
| LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | 1 | 57.1% | +43.4% |
| VAN, QUANG T | 1 | 74.3% | +8.3% |
| HADDAD, MAHER M | 1 | 50.6% | +53.8% |
| TAKENAKA, RISA | 1 | 26.1% | +100.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17761518 | LBM, CPC, OPC, PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, KIT, GRAFT MATERIAL, AND DISEASE MODEL | TAKENAKA, RISA | 67d overdue |
| 18900527 | ROTOR, MOTOR, COMPRESSOR, AND REFRIGERATION UNIT | TRUONG, THOMAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17761518 | LBM, CPC, OPC, PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, KIT, GRAFT MATERIAL, AND DISEASE MODEL | TAKENAKA, RISA | 67d overdue |
| 18900527 | ROTOR, MOTOR, COMPRESSOR, AND REFRIGERATION UNIT | TRUONG, THOMAS | — |
| 18712729 | METHOD FOR BONDING POLYIMIDE FILM, BONDING DEVICE, AND BONDED STRUCTURE HAVING POLYIMIDE FILM BONDING PART | LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | — |
| 17768865 | PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR INFLAMMATORY PULMONARY DISEASE | HADDAD, MAHER M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 1641 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18900527 | ROTOR, MOTOR, COMPRESSOR, AND REFRIGERATION UNIT | TRUONG, THOMAS | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18712729 | METHOD FOR BONDING POLYIMIDE FILM, BONDING DEVICE, AND BONDED STRUCTURE HAVING POLYIMIDE FILM BONDING PART | LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18419870 | INDUCTION HEATING COIL UNIT AND INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE | VAN, QUANG T | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 17768865 | PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR INFLAMMATORY PULMONARY DISEASE | HADDAD, MAHER M | 1641 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2022 |
| 17761518 | LBM, CPC, OPC, PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, KIT, GRAFT MATERIAL, AND DISEASE MODEL | TAKENAKA, RISA | 1632 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNational University Corporation Okayama University has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Thomas Truong has the most, with 1 of National University Corporation Okayama University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
