Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

National University of Singapore

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

45 pending office actions • 37 art units • 44 examiners • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

National University of Singapore has 45 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The portfolio reaches 44 distinct examiners across 37 distinct art units, showing broad distribution throughout the examination system. The pending workload is therefore not confined to a narrow set of art units or examiner relationships.

SHIN, DANA H is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That limited concentration contrasts with the overall spread of assignments. Counsel managing this portfolio should maintain centralized status control while preserving application-specific strategies for different art units, examiner expectations, and biotechnology subject matter.

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

Portfolio Summary

45
Total Pending OAs
29
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

22
Hard (49%)
19
Medium (42%)
4
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (7%)
§103 only13 (29%)
§102 only4 (9%)
§112 only4 (9%)
Double-patenting + other2 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)19 (42%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

25
Life Sciences
56% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
10
Semiconductors
22% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
13% of docket
2
Business / Other
4% 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.

450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
90 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
158 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHIN, DANA H 2 26.9% +26.9%
GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1 71.8% +33.0%
CURRAN, GREGORY H 1 90.2% +5.3%
METZGER, MICHAEL J 1 90.7% +7.5%
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 54.8% +13.6%
NGUYEN, SANG H 1 88.7% +11.6%
TRAN, MAI THI NGOC 1 86.2% +4.6%
HON, SOW FUN 1 57.6% +64.9%
PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG 1 57.9% +14.7%
TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M 1 66.5% +6.3%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18865877 Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry (MRR) Measurement to Predict Chondrogenic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCS) CURRAN, GREGORY H —
19193344 RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR AND A METHOD OF IMPROVING AN EFFICIENCY OF THE RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR METZGER, MICHAEL J —
19059830 NANOMETROLOGY DEVICE NGUYEN, SANG H —
18873185 DETECTOR SCHEME FOR DETECTING LASER VOLTAGE PROBING ATTACKS TRAN, MAI THI NGOC —

Hard Cases (22)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18028432 NUCLEIC ACID NANOSTRUCTURES WITH TUNABLE FUNCTIONAL STABILITY BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 42d overdue
18288401 METHOD OF DETECTING BACTERIAL/FUNGAL CONTAMINATION SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 8d
18705455 SPRAY-DRIED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION PEEBLES, KATHERINE 34d
19111834 AN OPTICAL MEDIA, METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICAL MEDIA AND A PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOW GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 84d
18862392 NEAR-FIELD MICROWAVE 3D PRINTING OF FUNCTIONAL DEVICES TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M —
18853557 IMAGING SYSTEM NIGAM, NATASHA —
18845819 MULTI-LAYER CONTACT STACK, PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS MADE THEREOF AND METHODS TO FORM THEM MEKHLIN, ELI S —
18845350 Method and device for weight adjustment in an optical neural network BEATTY, COLLIN X —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19111834 AN OPTICAL MEDIA, METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICAL MEDIA AND A PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOW GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 84d
19282491 VAPOR-PHASE PRECURSOR SEEDING FOR DIAMOND FILM DEPOSITION GAMBETTA, KELLY M —
19059830 NANOMETROLOGY DEVICE NGUYEN, SANG H —
18866448 A Composition and a Composite Material HON, SOW FUN —
18863218 SENSOR, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT SENSING OF A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF A BODY PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG —
18309443 MITOCHONDRIAL DELIVERY OF RECOMBINANT NUCLEIC ACIDS SHIN, DANA H —
17984846 TRANS-SPLICING RNA (tsRNA) SHIN, DANA H —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1682 3
2877 2
1759 2
2872 2
4100 2
1656 2
1635 2
1718 1
2852 1
2183 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19282491 VAPOR-PHASE PRECURSOR SEEDING FOR DIAMOND FILM DEPOSITION GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 28, 2025
18865877 Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry (MRR) Measurement to Predict Chondrogenic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCS) CURRAN, GREGORY H 2852 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2025
19193344 RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR AND A METHOD OF IMPROVING AN EFFICIENCY OF THE RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR METZGER, MICHAEL J 2183 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
19111834 AN OPTICAL MEDIA, METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICAL MEDIA AND A PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOW GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 14, 2025
19059830 NANOMETROLOGY DEVICE NGUYEN, SANG H 2877 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
18873185 DETECTOR SCHEME FOR DETECTING LASER VOLTAGE PROBING ATTACKS TRAN, MAI THI NGOC 2878 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18866448 A Composition and a Composite Material HON, SOW FUN 1759 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18863218 SENSOR, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT SENSING OF A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF A BODY PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG 3798 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18862392 NEAR-FIELD MICROWAVE 3D PRINTING OF FUNCTIONAL DEVICES TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M 1684 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18853557 IMAGING SYSTEM NIGAM, NATASHA 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18845819 MULTI-LAYER CONTACT STACK, PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS MADE THEREOF AND METHODS TO FORM THEM MEKHLIN, ELI S 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18845350 Method and device for weight adjustment in an optical neural network BEATTY, COLLIN X 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18777827 RELATIONSHIP EXTRACTING APPARATUS, RELATIONSHIP EXTRACTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ZHAO, LEI 2668 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18725504 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRIAGING SEPSIS PATIENTS USING HEART RATE N-VARIABILITY (HRnV) D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 3796 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18715497 TWO-TERMINAL TANDEM SOLAR MODULE BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB 2812 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18715527 SOLAR CELL FABRICATION DULKA, JOHN P 2817 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18705455 SPRAY-DRIED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18614045 DOPING BY MOLECULAR LAYER DEPOSITION STEWART, ROBERT LINCOLN 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18609273 ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ON SI-CHALCOGEN PRECURSORS DINKE, BITEW A 4100 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 19, 2024
18689539 SPECTROMETER AND METHOD OF DETECTING A SPECTRUM FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18686844 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENERGY TRANSFER VUONG, QUOCHIEN B 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2024
18583551 BLOCKADE OF CD7 EXPRESSION AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF T-CELL MALIGNANCIES KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18396410 SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING PREDICTED COMPONENT CONCENTRATIONS OF A TARGET MIXTURE BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2023
18570994 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION, PURIFICATION, ANALYSIS AND/OR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES CROW, ROBERT THOMAS 1682 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 15, 2023
18561266 PROTEIN ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1671 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18288401 METHOD OF DETECTING BACTERIAL/FUNGAL CONTAMINATION SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18557090 MENTAL AROUSAL LEVEL REGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2023
18553840 DONOR-ACCEPTOR CONJUGATED OLIGOELECTROLYTES FOR CELL LABELLING AND METHODS THEREOF CHONG, YONG SOO 1623 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2023
18548073 POROUS CERAMIC SUPPORTS, MEMBRANES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 1741 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 26, 2023
18264340 EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE DRUG ANALYSIS FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF TARGETED THERAPY DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 04, 2023
18200156 Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Steatosis-Associated Disorders KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1692 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 22, 2023
18251277 DIGITAL CRISPR-BASED METHOD FOR THE RAPID DETECTION AND ABSOLUTE QUANTIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 01, 2023
18309443 MITOCHONDRIAL DELIVERY OF RECOMBINANT NUCLEIC ACIDS SHIN, DANA H 1635 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 28, 2023
18250686 OPTICAL RANGE FINDING FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18028432 NUCLEIC ACID NANOSTRUCTURES WITH TUNABLE FUNCTIONAL STABILITY BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 1682 §102§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
18006541 TARGETING IMMUNE PATHOLOGIES INDUCED BY HIGHLY PATHOGENIC CORONAVIRUSES SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 23, 2023
17991931 AREA SELECTIVE DEPOSITION THROUGH SURFACE SILYLATION LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2022
17984846 TRANS-SPLICING RNA (tsRNA) SHIN, DANA H 1635 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 10, 2022
17914304 A SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE CHIU, TAK LIANG 1777 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 23, 2022
17759820 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CHARACTERIZING NANOVESICLES AND BOUND OR ASSOCIATED TARGETS THEREOF ADAMS, MICHELLE 1797 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2022
17739856 CONFORMAL METAL DICHALCOGENIDES ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K 2891 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 09, 2022
17709811 THERMAL MATERIAL AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2022
17621407 METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE LIKELIHOOD OF LUNG CANCER COOK, LISA V 1642 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 21, 2021
17436338 NON-VIRAL MODIFICATION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103Other Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 03, 2021
17434186 ENGINEERED IMMUNE CELLS REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 26, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does National University of Singapore have?

National University of Singapore has 45 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 37 art units and 44 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most National University of Singapore applications?

Dana H Shin has the most, with 2 of National University of Singapore's pending office actions.

What technology area are National University of Singapore's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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