Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

Shandong University

15 pending office actions • 14 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

11
Hard (73%)
3
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (33%)
§103 only1 (7%)
§102 only2 (13%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
53% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
13% of docket
2
Business / Other
13% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1 71.8% +11.3%
YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1 67.3% +43.3%
MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 1 57.9% +75.8%
LEE, SANGKYUNG 1 60.5% +9.7%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1 36.1% +46.1%
SULTANA, DILARA 1 80.5% +16.5%
EVANS, GEOFFREY T 1 85.3% +8.7%
CHEN, HUO LONG 1 53.8% +29.8%
PATEL, RONAK C 1 51.1% +56.1%
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1 51.7% +77.8%

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
18405293 FAST MEDICAL HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE (MHSI) CLASSIFICATION METHOD BASED ON SIMILARITY TANGENT MAPPING CHEN, HUO LONG 58d overdue
17910556 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FOR PREDICTING DISEASE RISK BASED ON MULTIMODAL FUSION SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 27d
18292022 DIGITAL TWIN ENHANCED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND COMPENSATING COMPLEX EQUIPMENT EVANS, GEOFFREY T 55d
18270249 SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SELF-LUMINOUS CONCRETE MATERIAL FOR 3D PRINTING AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME PATEL, RONAK C 83d
18732149 NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE PHOTOAFFINITY PROBE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF YAMASAKI, ROBERT J
18649137 METHOD FOR ROBOTIC MULTI-PEG-IN-HOLE ASSEMBLY BASED ON HIERARCHICAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING AND SYSTEM THEREOF MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH
18611740 HIGH-IMPEDANCE FAULT POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON SYNCHRONOUS LISSAJOUS CURVE CHARACTERISTICS LEE, SANGKYUNG
18691547 Method for Treating Ilk Signaling Pathway Related Diseases Using Exosome Derived from Mesenchymal Stem Cells, and Pharmaceutical Composition BOECKELMAN, JACOB A

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18405293 FAST MEDICAL HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE (MHSI) CLASSIFICATION METHOD BASED ON SIMILARITY TANGENT MAPPING CHEN, HUO LONG 58d overdue
18737723 SOLVENT EXTRACTION METHOD FOR PETROLEUM SLUDGE/OIL SAND ASSISTED BY PARTICLE DISPERSANT GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 41d
18270249 SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SELF-LUMINOUS CONCRETE MATERIAL FOR 3D PRINTING AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME PATEL, RONAK C 83d
18732149 NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE PHOTOAFFINITY PROBE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF YAMASAKI, ROBERT J
18649137 METHOD FOR ROBOTIC MULTI-PEG-IN-HOLE ASSEMBLY BASED ON HIERARCHICAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING AND SYSTEM THEREOF MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH
18691547 Method for Treating Ilk Signaling Pathway Related Diseases Using Exosome Derived from Mesenchymal Stem Cells, and Pharmaceutical Composition BOECKELMAN, JACOB A
18434529 MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGING (MPI) RECONSTRUCTION METHOD BASED ON TIME-DOMAIN SYSTEM MATRIX AND X-SPACE SULTANA, DILARA
18034530 COMPOUND CONTAINING 2,4-THIAZOLE RING, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1771 1
1657 1
3656 1
1655 1
4100 1
2852 1
2682 1
1788 1
1691 1
1677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18737723 SOLVENT EXTRACTION METHOD FOR PETROLEUM SLUDGE/OIL SAND ASSISTED BY PARTICLE DISPERSANT GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18732149 NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE PHOTOAFFINITY PROBE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1657 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18649137 METHOD FOR ROBOTIC MULTI-PEG-IN-HOLE ASSEMBLY BASED ON HIERARCHICAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING AND SYSTEM THEREOF MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 3656 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2024
18611740 HIGH-IMPEDANCE FAULT POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON SYNCHRONOUS LISSAJOUS CURVE CHARACTERISTICS LEE, SANGKYUNG §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18691547 Method for Treating Ilk Signaling Pathway Related Diseases Using Exosome Derived from Mesenchymal Stem Cells, and Pharmaceutical Composition BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18434529 MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGING (MPI) RECONSTRUCTION METHOD BASED ON TIME-DOMAIN SYSTEM MATRIX AND X-SPACE SULTANA, DILARA 4100 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18292022 DIGITAL TWIN ENHANCED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND COMPENSATING COMPLEX EQUIPMENT EVANS, GEOFFREY T 2852 §103§112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18405293 FAST MEDICAL HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE (MHSI) CLASSIFICATION METHOD BASED ON SIMILARITY TANGENT MAPPING CHEN, HUO LONG 2682 §101§103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18270249 SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SELF-LUMINOUS CONCRETE MATERIAL FOR 3D PRINTING AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18034530 COMPOUND CONTAINING 2,4-THIAZOLE RING, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 28, 2023
18162234 LECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY-NUCLEIC ACID TESTING SYNCHRONOUS MULTICOMPONENT ANALYSIS METHOD BASED ON SPECTRAL RESOLUTION PRINCIPLE LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2023
17910556 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FOR PREDICTING DISEASE RISK BASED ON MULTIMODAL FUSION SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 09, 2022
17890555 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH-SPEED TRANSIENT THERMAL SIMULATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN 2188 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2022
17786541 EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION BLOOD PUMP AND METHOD THEREOF KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB 3700 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2022
17701770 ORTHOPHOSPHATE THERMAL BARRIER COATING MATERIAL WITH HIGH COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 §102 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2022

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