Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shaoxing University maintains a focused presence in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area with 1 pending office action currently active. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which suggests a singular focus for the university's current intellectual property efforts. The portfolio is also confined to 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the technology being patented falls within a specific technical niche. This concentration allows for a streamlined interaction with the USPTO's examination staff and a consistent application of legal arguments across the active portfolio.
The busiest examiner for Shaoxing University is SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH, who is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this is the only active matter, SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH handles the entirety of the university's current prosecution workload. For practitioners, this means that the outcome of the pending application is dependent on the specific standards and preferences of this examiner. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit reflects a highly centralized strategy for securing patent rights. Success in this matter requires a deep understanding of the specific examination patterns of SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1 | 62.9% | +18.6% |
| SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1 | 52.8% | +51.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996952 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR DISTILLERS GRAIN-BASED LYOCELL FIBER PULP | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996952 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR DISTILLERS GRAIN-BASED LYOCELL FIBER PULP | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18503250 | SUPPORTED HYDROFORMYLATION CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING 4-ACETYLOXY-2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996952 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR DISTILLERS GRAIN-BASED LYOCELL FIBER PULP | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1748 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18503250 | SUPPORTED HYDROFORMYLATION CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING 4-ACETYLOXY-2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialShaoxing University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Anthony J Calandra has the most, with 1 of Shaoxing University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
