Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 4 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 manages 5 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 5 pending office actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, providing a broad range of examiner interactions. The matters are spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating a diverse research portfolio within the biotech sector. GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A is the busiest examiner, though he only handles 1 pending office action. This distribution suggests a highly specialized approach to patenting.
This distribution of 5 pending office actions among 5 distinct examiners suggests that the university's patent applications are highly specialized and rarely overlap under the same examiner. The 4 distinct art units involved further highlight the breadth of their work in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A is responsible for 1 pending office action, reflecting the individualized nature of the prosecution. Practitioners must navigate 4 distinct art units to manage the 5 pending office actions effectively across the university's diverse research interests.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 1 | 76.0% | +12.4% |
| LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | 1 | 57.4% | +43.0% |
| VAN, QUANG T | 1 | 74.2% | +8.3% |
| HADDAD, MAHER M | 1 | 50.4% | +53.9% |
| TAKENAKA, RISA | 1 | 27.3% | +100.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 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 |
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 |
| 18811900 | STATOR | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | — |
| 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 |
| 1641 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18811900 | STATOR | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 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 | — | §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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