Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Peking University

20 pending office actions • 12 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

11
Hard (55%)
3
Medium (15%)
6
Easy (30%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (15%)
§103 only2 (10%)
§112 only5 (25%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
7
Business / Other
35% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROLLAND, ALEX A 1 47.4% +26.4%
KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO 1 33.3% +0.0%
XU, JUSTIN 1 59.6% +36.7%
CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 1 100.0% +0.0%
CHAPEL, DEREK S 1 70.2% +21.9%
LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1 56.6% +41.3%
LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1 41.0% +79.2%
JACKSON III, WALTER 1 100.0% +0.0%
LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1 64.8% +49.7%
MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1 71.8% +16.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18727308 CIRCULAR RNA VACCINES AGAINST SARS-COV-2 VARIANTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE
18018569 Method for Producing Cardiomyocytes by Means of Reprogramming JACKSON III, WALTER

Hard Cases (11)

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
18499063 MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERVENTIONAL APPARATUS INCLUDING MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 163d overdue
18339332 DRUG INJECTION DEVICE BASED ON ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR DRUG INJECTION PUMP NICHOLS, CHARLES W 30d overdue
18845476 INDUCED TOTIPOTENT POTENTIAL STEM CELLS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO
18667105 OPTICAL INSTRUMENT, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD FOR MINIATURE MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPE CHAPEL, DEREK S
18696438 BACTERIAL CAPSULAR OLIGOSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF LEE, HOI YAN NMN
18391740 CHEMILUMINESCENT LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY METHOD LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT
18289614 METHOD FOR INITIATING POLYMERIZATION OF AMINO ACID N-CARBOXYANHYDRIDES IN AQUEOUS PHASE LAZARO, DOMINIC
18288858 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING IN-MEMORY COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE APPLIED TO NEURAL NETWORK AND DEVICE HALES, BRIAN J

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
18859527 TRANSITION-METAL CHALCOGENIDE WAFER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND DEVICE THEREOF ROLLAND, ALEX A
18796282 Intelligent deformable microneedle and manufacturing method therefor XU, JUSTIN
18667105 OPTICAL INSTRUMENT, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD FOR MINIATURE MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPE CHAPEL, DEREK S
18709848 GRANZYME B-TARGETING COMPLEX, RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM
18696438 BACTERIAL CAPSULAR OLIGOSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF LEE, HOI YAN NMN
18391740 CHEMILUMINESCENT LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY METHOD LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT
18566878 METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS EPITAXY OF CARBON FILM MCCRACKEN, DANIEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1631 2
1759 1
2872 1
1677 1
1736 1
1611 1
3794 1
3783 1
1618 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18859527 TRANSITION-METAL CHALCOGENIDE WAFER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND DEVICE THEREOF ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18845476 INDUCED TOTIPOTENT POTENTIAL STEM CELLS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18796282 Intelligent deformable microneedle and manufacturing method therefor XU, JUSTIN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18727308 CIRCULAR RNA VACCINES AGAINST SARS-COV-2 VARIANTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18667105 OPTICAL INSTRUMENT, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD FOR MINIATURE MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPE CHAPEL, DEREK S 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18709848 GRANZYME B-TARGETING COMPLEX, RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18696438 BACTERIAL CAPSULAR OLIGOSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF LEE, HOI YAN NMN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18018569 Method for Producing Cardiomyocytes by Means of Reprogramming JACKSON III, WALTER 1631 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18391740 CHEMILUMINESCENT LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY METHOD LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18566878 METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS EPITAXY OF CARBON FILM MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18289614 METHOD FOR INITIATING POLYMERIZATION OF AMINO ACID N-CARBOXYANHYDRIDES IN AQUEOUS PHASE LAZARO, DOMINIC 1611 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18499063 MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERVENTIONAL APPARATUS INCLUDING MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18288858 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING IN-MEMORY COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE APPLIED TO NEURAL NETWORK AND DEVICE HALES, BRIAN J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18285494 CHEMICAL REPROGRAMMING OF HUMAN SOMATIC CELLS INTO PLURIPOTENT CELLS MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL 1631 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18339332 DRUG INJECTION DEVICE BASED ON ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR DRUG INJECTION PUMP NICHOLS, CHARLES W 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18038555 RADIATION-ACTIVATED TETRAVALENT PLATINUM COMPLEX AND USE THEREOF ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2023
18253726 COMPOUNDS AS PU. 1 INHIBITORS MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §112 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18182413 NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING HUMAN HGF AND USE THEREOF JOHNSON, TIRONE DEREK 1675 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2023
18015200 RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR AND RANDOM NUMBER GENERATING METHOD SANDIFER, MATTHEW D §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2023
17281357 SINGLE-GENE SINGLE-BASE RESOLUTION RATIO DETECTION METHOD FOR RNA CHEMICAL MODIFICATION POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 30, 2021

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