Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen University currently manages 9 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 9 actions are distributed across 9 distinct examiners, which means that every single pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The 7 distinct art units involved indicate that the company's intellectual property spans several specialized examination groups, requiring a strategy that accounts for different procedural nuances within the patent office.
Among the active personnel, Patel, Devang R is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 of the pending office actions. This assignment of 1 action to each examiner, including Patel, Devang R, highlights a completely decentralized prosecution environment for the portfolio. For a practitioner, the presence of 9 pending office actions across 7 distinct art units necessitates a versatile approach to prosecution, as each unit may apply different interpretations of Chemistry & Materials guidelines.
The fact that 9 distinct examiners are handling 9 pending office actions implies that no institutional knowledge gained from one prosecution will carry over to others through examiner overlap. This lack of overlap, where Patel, Devang R and all other examiners manage only 1 pending action, means that individual examiner preferences will dictate the outcome of every case. Consequently, the 9 pending office actions represent a fragmented landscape where practitioners must engage with 9 different individuals across 7 distinct art units.
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 only | 1 (11%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, DEVANG R | 1 | 65.6% | +39.2% |
| LEVY, MERRITT E | 1 | 32.3% | +33.5% |
| EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | 1 | 58.4% | +6.0% |
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 1 | 54.4% | +22.9% |
| KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 1 | 74.1% | +11.4% |
| FLYNN, ABBY J | 1 | 33.0% | +55.4% |
| APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA | 1 | 43.5% | +7.9% |
| BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | 1 | 25.8% | +78.1% |
| ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1 | 62.0% | +20.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 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 |
| 18730380 | HIGHLY RELIABLE AND HIGH-PRECISION NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UAV UNDER GPS-DENIED CONDITIONS | LEVY, MERRITT E | — |
| 18571564 | FIBER-REINFORCED METAL COMPOSITE MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | — |
| 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 7 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 | — |
| 18730380 | HIGHLY RELIABLE AND HIGH-PRECISION NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UAV UNDER GPS-DENIED CONDITIONS | LEVY, MERRITT E | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 2857 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18571564 | FIBER-REINFORCED METAL COMPOSITE MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | 1783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18522987 | METHOD FOR SELF-REPAIRING OF DAMAGE TO INORGANIC PROTECTIVE LAYER ON METAL SURFACE | RUFO, LOUIS J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 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 | — | §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 | 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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