Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy Of Sciences has 9 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, indicating that every listed action follows a separate examiner and art-unit path.

ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The docket therefore has no examiner concentration in the supplied data. Practitioners should use portfolio-level review to identify common technical positions, while maintaining separate response strategies and deadlines for each examination assignment.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

8
Hard (89%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (78%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
44% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE 1 78.2% +8.0%
FRITH, SEAN A 1 62.5% +26.6%
LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON 1 87.7% +7.2%
GREENE, IVAN A 1 18.8% +6.1%
PRATHER, GREGORY T 1 68.8% +21.5%
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 43.2% +67.7%
KWAK, DEAN P 1 58.8% +37.1%
MUSTANSIR, ABID A 1 78.3% +10.7%
WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 1 66.7% +68.3%

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
19189199 DEVICE FOR DETECTING WAIST AND BACK PAINS IN SMALL ANIMALS ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE —
19063760 UNIVERSAL WIRELESS RADIO FREQUENCY COIL SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FRITH, SEAN A —
19019221 CHEMICAL SHIFT CODED IMAGING METHOD BASED ON TRANSITION REGION AND REGIONAL ITERATIVE PHASOR EXTRACTION LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON —
18910172 USE OF PHOSPHORUS-BASED MATERIAL IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING TUMORS GREENE, IVAN A —
18650549 SWINGING DEVICE, UNDERWATER BIONIC PROPELLER AND USE THEREOF PRATHER, GREGORY T —
18650088 TRANSGENIC ANIMAL MODEL, METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SAME, AND USE THEREOF SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR —
18689508 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BIOMARKER, AND SCREENING METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF KWAK, DEAN P —
18543140 ACOUSTIC MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM FOR CELL FUSION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19063760 UNIVERSAL WIRELESS RADIO FREQUENCY COIL SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FRITH, SEAN A —
18650549 SWINGING DEVICE, UNDERWATER BIONIC PROPELLER AND USE THEREOF PRATHER, GREGORY T —
18650088 TRANSGENIC ANIMAL MODEL, METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SAME, AND USE THEREOF SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR —
18689508 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BIOMARKER, AND SCREENING METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF KWAK, DEAN P —
18399430 MUSCLE OXYGEN SATURATION DETECTION METHOD, AND MUSCLE OXYGEN SATURATION RECOVERY METHOD AND SYSTEM MUSTANSIR, ABID A —
18543140 ACOUSTIC MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM FOR CELL FUSION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3644 1
3798 1
2674 1
1619 1
3618 1
1632 1
1795 1
3791 1
1798 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19189199 DEVICE FOR DETECTING WAIST AND BACK PAINS IN SMALL ANIMALS ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE 3644 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2025
19063760 UNIVERSAL WIRELESS RADIO FREQUENCY COIL SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FRITH, SEAN A 3798 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19019221 CHEMICAL SHIFT CODED IMAGING METHOD BASED ON TRANSITION REGION AND REGIONAL ITERATIVE PHASOR EXTRACTION LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON 2674 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18910172 USE OF PHOSPHORUS-BASED MATERIAL IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING TUMORS GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18650549 SWINGING DEVICE, UNDERWATER BIONIC PROPELLER AND USE THEREOF PRATHER, GREGORY T 3618 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18650088 TRANSGENIC ANIMAL MODEL, METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SAME, AND USE THEREOF SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18689508 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BIOMARKER, AND SCREENING METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF KWAK, DEAN P 1795 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18399430 MUSCLE OXYGEN SATURATION DETECTION METHOD, AND MUSCLE OXYGEN SATURATION RECOVERY METHOD AND SYSTEM MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3791 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18543140 ACOUSTIC MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM FOR CELL FUSION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 1798 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy Of Sciences have?

Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy Of Sciences has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy Of Sciences applications?

Yvonne Renee Abbott-Lewis has the most, with 1 of Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy Of Sciences's pending office actions.

What technology area are Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy Of Sciences's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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