Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
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
Nihon University is managing 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution is further divided across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the applications involve different technical specializations within the broader chemistry field, which requires a nuanced approach to each filing.
SINES, BRIAN J is the busiest examiner for the university, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With a total of 2 pending office actions, the workload is distributed evenly between the 2 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration means that the university's prosecution success is not tied to a single examiner or art unit, providing a level of diversification in its legal challenges at the USPTO.
The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the patent office has categorized the university's filings into different examination groups. Each of the 2 pending office actions requires a tailored response to the specific examiner involved. Because the busiest examiner only handles 1 pending office action, the university must maintain active communication with two separate USPTO officials. Effectively managing these 2 distinct examiners is essential for advancing the portfolio through the 2 distinct art units.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINES, BRIAN J | 1 | 80.1% | +5.2% |
| MRABI, HASSAN | 1 | 78.2% | +32.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17913643 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING EVENT CLASS BY AI | MRABI, HASSAN | 26d overdue |
| 18374781 | Indole Carboxylic Acid Compound, Indole Carboxylic Acid Compound Mixture, and Analytical Method | SINES, BRIAN J | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17913643 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING EVENT CLASS BY AI | MRABI, HASSAN | 26d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1796 | 1 |
| 2147 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18374781 | Indole Carboxylic Acid Compound, Indole Carboxylic Acid Compound Mixture, and Analytical Method | SINES, BRIAN J | 1796 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 17913643 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING EVENT CLASS BY AI | MRABI, HASSAN | 2147 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNihon University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Brian J Sines has the most, with 1 of Nihon University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
