Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shaanxi University Of Science And Technology currently has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. DRODGE, JOSEPH W is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action.
Having 3 pending office actions assigned to 3 distinct examiners means that each case is being reviewed by a different person. This lack of examiner overlap suggests that the university cannot use a unified negotiation strategy for its current docket. The involvement of 3 distinct art units also indicates that the 3 pending office actions cover different technical aspects of chemistry and materials. Practitioners must adapt to the individual styles of three different examiners, as DRODGE, JOSEPH W only manages 1 pending office action. This distribution requires a more complex management approach than a concentrated docket, as each of the 3 pending office actions may face different procedural hurdles and examination standards. The presence of 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions ensures that the university's patent prospects are not tied to the discretion of a single individual.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.3% | +38.0% |
| GO, RICKY | 1 | 80.2% | +9.0% |
| BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18772728 | SUGAR CANE SHRED PRESS ROLLER AND PRESSER COMPRISING SAME | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18381600 | FINGERPRINT SPECTRUM CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR NEW COMPOUND ALOE CAPSULE AND FINGERPRINT SPECTRUM | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18772728 | SUGAR CANE SHRED PRESS ROLLER AND PRESSER COMPRISING SAME | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1773 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18772728 | SUGAR CANE SHRED PRESS ROLLER AND PRESSER COMPRISING SAME | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18628190 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FINGERPRINT OF XIN SU NING CAPSULE AND FINGERPRINT | GO, RICKY | 2857 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18381600 | FINGERPRINT SPECTRUM CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR NEW COMPOUND ALOE CAPSULE AND FINGERPRINT SPECTRUM | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialShaanxi University Of Science And Technology has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Joseph W Drodge has the most, with 1 of Shaanxi University Of Science And Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
