Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Shenzhen University

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due later (2)

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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEVY, MERRITT E 1 32.6% +31.6%
ZOU, NIANXIANG 1 64.0% +24.4%
KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF 1 74.0% +12.2%
APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1 50.0% +55.6%
BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1 28.6% +77.1%
ROBINSON, MICHAEL 1 61.9% +20.5%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18457947 DATA ACTIVE SELECTION AND ANNOTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POINT CLOUD KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF 62d
18730380 HIGHLY RELIABLE AND HIGH-PRECISION NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UAV UNDER GPS-DENIED CONDITIONS LEVY, MERRITT E
18008826 POLYPEPTIDE VACCINE COUPLED WITH TLR7 AGONIST FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND USE THEREOF BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI

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
17754714 RUBBER CONCRETE PRODUCT ROBINSON, MICHAEL 103d overdue
18457947 DATA ACTIVE SELECTION AND ANNOTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POINT CLOUD KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF 62d
18118139 COMPOSITE BINDER FOR SELF-EXTINGUISHING LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 71d
18730380 HIGHLY RELIABLE AND HIGH-PRECISION NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UAV UNDER GPS-DENIED CONDITIONS LEVY, MERRITT E
18565013 TLR7 AGONIST CONJUGATED PEPTIDE-BASED NOVEL CORONAVIRUS NANOEMULSION VACCINE AND PREPARATION THEREOF ZOU, NIANXIANG
18008826 POLYPEPTIDE VACCINE COUPLED WITH TLR7 AGONIST FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND USE THEREOF BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3648 1
1671 1
2857 1
1725 1
1672 1
1744 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18730380 HIGHLY RELIABLE AND HIGH-PRECISION NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UAV UNDER GPS-DENIED CONDITIONS LEVY, MERRITT E 3648 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18565013 TLR7 AGONIST CONJUGATED PEPTIDE-BASED NOVEL CORONAVIRUS NANOEMULSION VACCINE AND PREPARATION THEREOF ZOU, NIANXIANG 1671 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 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
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 Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2022
17754714 RUBBER CONCRETE PRODUCT ROBINSON, MICHAEL 1744 §103 Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2022

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