Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen University is currently managing 9 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 9 distinct examiners and the assigned art units. Devang R Patel is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.
This ratio between 9 actions and 9 examiners indicates a highly diverse and fragmented prosecution landscape. No single examiner or art unit has a concentrated influence over the university's pending chemistry portfolio. Each of the cases must be prosecuted independently according to the specific requirements of the individual examiner and art unit involved. Practitioners should be prepared to manage different examiner interactions across the specialized departments. This structure ensures that the outcome of any single case does not disproportionately affect the overall pending workload. The involvement of the 9 distinct art units suggests that the university's chemistry and materials research spans a wide variety of technical classifications. This level of dispersion requires a flexible and robust approach to prosecution to ensure that the unique standards of each art unit are met for all 9 pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (22%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §112 only | 2 (22%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, DEVANG R | 1 | 65.6% | +39.0% |
| VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1 | 52.9% | +26.8% |
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 1 | 54.6% | +22.8% |
| ZOU, NIANXIANG | 1 | 64.0% | +25.0% |
| KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 1 | 74.1% | +10.5% |
| FLYNN, ABBY J | 1 | 33.0% | +55.4% |
| APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA | 1 | 43.5% | +7.9% |
| BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | 1 | 28.1% | +74.3% |
| ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1 | 62.1% | +20.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18457947 | DATA ACTIVE SELECTION AND ANNOTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POINT CLOUD | KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 62d |
| 18522987 | METHOD FOR SELF-REPAIRING OF DAMAGE TO INORGANIC PROTECTIVE LAYER ON METAL SURFACE | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
| 18219569 | METHOD FOR STRENGTHENING SHEAR STRENGTH OF RC BEAM WITH COMPRESSED STEEL BAR | FLYNN, ABBY J | — |
| 18008826 | POLYPEPTIDE VACCINE COUPLED WITH TLR7 AGONIST FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND USE THEREOF | BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17754714 | RUBBER CONCRETE PRODUCT | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 103d overdue |
| 18457947 | DATA ACTIVE SELECTION AND ANNOTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POINT CLOUD | KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 62d |
| 19539006 | AUTOMATIC HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL BUTT WELDING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF FOR EXPANDABLE PROFILE LINERS | PATEL, DEVANG R | — |
| 18730872 | MICRONEEDLE PATCH FOR ENHANCING ACCUMULATION OF PROTOPORPHYRIN IX IN SOLID TUMOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | — |
| 18522987 | METHOD FOR SELF-REPAIRING OF DAMAGE TO INORGANIC PROTECTIVE LAYER ON METAL SURFACE | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
| 18565013 | TLR7 AGONIST CONJUGATED PEPTIDE-BASED NOVEL CORONAVIRUS NANOEMULSION VACCINE AND PREPARATION THEREOF | ZOU, NIANXIANG | — |
| 18219569 | METHOD FOR STRENGTHENING SHEAR STRENGTH OF RC BEAM WITH COMPRESSED STEEL BAR | FLYNN, ABBY J | — |
| 18008826 | POLYPEPTIDE VACCINE COUPLED WITH TLR7 AGONIST FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND USE THEREOF | BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1671 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1672 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19539006 | AUTOMATIC HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL BUTT WELDING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF FOR EXPANDABLE PROFILE LINERS | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2026 |
| 18730872 | MICRONEEDLE PATCH FOR ENHANCING ACCUMULATION OF PROTOPORPHYRIN IX IN SOLID TUMOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1612 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18522987 | METHOD FOR SELF-REPAIRING OF DAMAGE TO INORGANIC PROTECTIVE LAYER ON METAL SURFACE | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18565013 | TLR7 AGONIST CONJUGATED PEPTIDE-BASED NOVEL CORONAVIRUS NANOEMULSION VACCINE AND PREPARATION THEREOF | ZOU, NIANXIANG | 1671 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18457947 | DATA ACTIVE SELECTION AND ANNOTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POINT CLOUD | KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 2857 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18219569 | METHOD FOR STRENGTHENING SHEAR STRENGTH OF RC BEAM WITH COMPRESSED STEEL BAR | FLYNN, ABBY J | 3663 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18118139 | COMPOSITE BINDER FOR SELF-EXTINGUISHING LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18008826 | POLYPEPTIDE VACCINE COUPLED WITH TLR7 AGONIST FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND USE THEREOF | BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | 1672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17754714 | RUBBER CONCRETE PRODUCT | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1744 | §103 | Final Rejection | 103d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialShenzhen University has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 9 examiners.
Devang R Patel has the most, with 1 of Shenzhen University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
