Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Shanghaitech University

17 pending office actions • 16 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

7
Hard (41%)
6
Medium (35%)
4
Easy (24%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only4 (24%)
§112 only4 (24%)
Double-patenting + other2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
71% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
3
Communications
18% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HASKE, WOJCIECH 1 73.0% +17.8%
GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1 35.2% +42.1%
TRAN, LOC 1 83.8% +23.7%
ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN 1 81.3% +12.2%
DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY 1 80.4% +18.5%
ZENG, WENWEI 1
YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1 67.4% +43.3%
KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1 63.3% +51.5%
POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1 64.0% +17.9%
BRETZ, COREY LANE 1 0.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18571748 EDITABLE FREE-VIEWPOINT VIDEO USING A LAYERED NEURAL REPRESENTATION DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY 17d overdue
18418386 NEURAL IMPLICIT FUNCTION FOR END-TO-END RECONSTRUCTION OF DYNAMIC CRYO-EM STRUCTURES ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN 35d
18702793 FINE-GRAINED FILE SYSTEM AND FILE READING AND WRITING METHOD TRAN, LOC

Hard Cases (8)

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
18559264 USES AND METHODS FOR ELEMENTOMIC CHARACTERIZATION ANALYSIS IN DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF MEDICAL DISEASES AND CONDITIONS YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 6d
18067732 Decontamination of Environmental Water Sources Using Living Engineered Biofilm Materials UNDERDAHL, THANE E 30d
19122273 Method for converting hydrocarbon raw materials and device THEREOF HASKE, WOJCIECH
18994072 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SPATIAL ELECTRIC FIELD FOR 3D PRINTING GROUX, JENNIFER LILA
18387463 HIGH-EFFICIENT QUANTIZATION METHOD FOR DEEP PROBABILISTIC NETWORK ZENG, WENWEI
18478861 INHIBITION OF UNINTENDED MUTATIONS IN GENE EDITING BRETZ, COREY LANE
18451700 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS AND USES ZEMAN, ROBERT A
17921856 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCERS SHOWING HIGH EXPRESSION OF PIWI AND/OR NMD COMPLEX PROTEIN DENT, ALANA HARRIS

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
18571748 EDITABLE FREE-VIEWPOINT VIDEO USING A LAYERED NEURAL REPRESENTATION DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY 17d overdue
18559264 USES AND METHODS FOR ELEMENTOMIC CHARACTERIZATION ANALYSIS IN DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF MEDICAL DISEASES AND CONDITIONS YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 6d
18418386 NEURAL IMPLICIT FUNCTION FOR END-TO-END RECONSTRUCTION OF DYNAMIC CRYO-EM STRUCTURES ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN 35d
19122273 Method for converting hydrocarbon raw materials and device THEREOF HASKE, WOJCIECH
18994072 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SPATIAL ELECTRIC FIELD FOR 3D PRINTING GROUX, JENNIFER LILA
18702793 FINE-GRAINED FILE SYSTEM AND FILE READING AND WRITING METHOD TRAN, LOC
18557232 INTRAMUSCULAR COMPOSITIONS OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXINS KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M
18553729 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING BETA-HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1699 2
1794 1
1754 1
2164 1
2669 1
2662 1
2146 1
1657 1
1674 1
1637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19122273 Method for converting hydrocarbon raw materials and device THEREOF HASKE, WOJCIECH 1794 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
18994072 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SPATIAL ELECTRIC FIELD FOR 3D PRINTING GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1754 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
18702793 FINE-GRAINED FILE SYSTEM AND FILE READING AND WRITING METHOD TRAN, LOC 2164 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2024
18418386 NEURAL IMPLICIT FUNCTION FOR END-TO-END RECONSTRUCTION OF DYNAMIC CRYO-EM STRUCTURES ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN 2669 §112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jan 22, 2024
18571748 EDITABLE FREE-VIEWPOINT VIDEO USING A LAYERED NEURAL REPRESENTATION DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18387463 HIGH-EFFICIENT QUANTIZATION METHOD FOR DEEP PROBABILISTIC NETWORK ZENG, WENWEI 2146 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18559264 USES AND METHODS FOR ELEMENTOMIC CHARACTERIZATION ANALYSIS IN DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF MEDICAL DISEASES AND CONDITIONS YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1657 §103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18557232 INTRAMUSCULAR COMPOSITIONS OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXINS KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18553729 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING BETA-HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18478861 INHIBITION OF UNINTENDED MUTATIONS IN GENE EDITING BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18451700 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS AND USES ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1645 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18223575 ACCELERATED TRAINING OF NEURAL RADIANCE FIELDS-BASED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 2668 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18021334 IMMUNOREGULATORY COMPOUND AND ANTITUMOR APPLICATION THEREOF JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 §112 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023
18067732 Decontamination of Environmental Water Sources Using Living Engineered Biofilm Materials UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17921856 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCERS SHOWING HIGH EXPRESSION OF PIWI AND/OR NMD COMPLEX PROTEIN DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 27, 2022
17801689 APPLICATION OF DISULFIRAM IN CORONAVIRUS RESISTANCE AGUIRRE, AMANDA L 1626 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 23, 2022
17623792 ANTIBODY TO LEPTIN RECEPTOR BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1671 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2021

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