Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software • Communications
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanxi University currently has 3 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are split among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW, is responsible for 1 pending office action, meaning each examiner in the portfolio is currently handling exactly one case. The use of 3 distinct art units for only 3 pending office actions indicates a high degree of technical variety in the university's biotechnology filings.
Practitioners should be prepared for three different prosecution environments, as each action is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different art unit. This lack of overlap means that a successful outcome or a specific argument used in one case may not have a direct influence on the other 3 pending office actions. The company's current strategy involves navigating 3 distinct sets of art unit guidelines and examiner expectations within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. With 3 distinct examiners involved, practitioners cannot rely on a single relationship to advance the portfolio. Instead, they must address the specific technical standards of each of the 3 distinct art units to resolve the 1 pending office action assigned to each examiner successfully.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1 | 60.8% | +43.6% |
| NILSSON, ERIC | 1 | 82.8% | +16.8% |
| JONES, ANDREW B | 1 | 71.7% | +24.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013153 | Pseudomonas Putida omega-Transaminase Gene with Broad Substrate Spectrum and Application Thereof | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| 18534295 | MULTI-VIEW HYPERBOLIC-HYPERBOLIC GRAPH REPRESENTATION LEARNING METHOD | NILSSON, ERIC | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013153 | Pseudomonas Putida omega-Transaminase Gene with Broad Substrate Spectrum and Application Thereof | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| 18534295 | MULTI-VIEW HYPERBOLIC-HYPERBOLIC GRAPH REPRESENTATION LEARNING METHOD | NILSSON, ERIC | — |
| 18387862 | GROUP INFORMATION GUIDED SMOOTH INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS METHOD FOR BRAIN FUNCTIONAL NETWORK ANALYSIS | JONES, ANDREW B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1652 | 1 |
| 2151 | 1 |
| 2667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19013153 | Pseudomonas Putida omega-Transaminase Gene with Broad Substrate Spectrum and Application Thereof | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18534295 | MULTI-VIEW HYPERBOLIC-HYPERBOLIC GRAPH REPRESENTATION LEARNING METHOD | NILSSON, ERIC | 2151 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18387862 | GROUP INFORMATION GUIDED SMOOTH INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS METHOD FOR BRAIN FUNCTIONAL NETWORK ANALYSIS | JONES, ANDREW B | 2667 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialShanxi University has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Todd Matthew Epstein has the most, with 1 of Shanxi University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
