Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Sichuan University

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (30%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (30%)
§103 only2 (20%)
§112 only2 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STEVENS, MARK V 1 65.5% +41.9%
SITTNER, MICHAEL J 1 11.1% +14.7%
CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 1 48.5% +20.6%
ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ 1 66.7% +0.0%
MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1 30.4% +37.9%
TSAY, MARSHA M 1 45.7% +52.5%
SMITH, JENNIFER A 1 61.3% +26.2%
HASAN, KHALEDA B 1 58.5% +50.1%
SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1 66.1% +50.7%
MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1 60.7% +52.4%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17637028 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 92d overdue
18206595 Method for Preparing N-P Compound Fertilizer from Incinerated Sewage Sludge Ash (ISSA) SMITH, JENNIFER A 60d overdue
18822218 ACCOUNTING METHOD FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT OF LEATHER PRODUCT CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 9d
18928222 INJECTABLE ANTI-HEART FAILURE HYDROGEL WITH MYOCARDIAL TISSUE REPAIR FUNCTION, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF STEVENS, MARK V
18927523 MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARBON EMISSIONS IN LEATHER MANUFACTURING PROCESS SITTNER, MICHAEL J

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17637028 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 92d overdue
18206595 Method for Preparing N-P Compound Fertilizer from Incinerated Sewage Sludge Ash (ISSA) SMITH, JENNIFER A 60d overdue
17798719 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR AND USE THEREOF SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 2d overdue
18822218 ACCOUNTING METHOD FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT OF LEATHER PRODUCT CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 9d
18928222 INJECTABLE ANTI-HEART FAILURE HYDROGEL WITH MYOCARDIAL TISSUE REPAIR FUNCTION, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF STEVENS, MARK V
18927523 MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARBON EMISSIONS IN LEATHER MANUFACTURING PROCESS SITTNER, MICHAEL J
18568523 CLASS OF IMIDAZOLIDINOPYRIMIDONE COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF IN TREATMENT OF HSCLPP-MEDIATED DISEASES MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA
18483496 A RECOMBINANT COLLAGEN PROTEIN AND ITS USE IN CARTILAGE REPAIR MATRIX TSAY, MARSHA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3621 1
3698 1
1773 1
1623 1
1656 1
1731 1
1636 1
1633 1
1645 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18928222 INJECTABLE ANTI-HEART FAILURE HYDROGEL WITH MYOCARDIAL TISSUE REPAIR FUNCTION, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF STEVENS, MARK V §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18927523 MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARBON EMISSIONS IN LEATHER MANUFACTURING PROCESS SITTNER, MICHAEL J 3621 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2024
18822218 ACCOUNTING METHOD FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT OF LEATHER PRODUCT CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 3698 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 01, 2024
18432193 METHOD FOR IMPROVING BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFECT OF LOW-TEMPERATURE SEWAGE ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ 1773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 05, 2024
18568523 CLASS OF IMIDAZOLIDINOPYRIMIDONE COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF IN TREATMENT OF HSCLPP-MEDIATED DISEASES MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18483496 A RECOMBINANT COLLAGEN PROTEIN AND ITS USE IN CARTILAGE REPAIR MATRIX TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2023
18206595 Method for Preparing N-P Compound Fertilizer from Incinerated Sewage Sludge Ash (ISSA) SMITH, JENNIFER A 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18150477 AAV CAPSID DESIGNS HASAN, KHALEDA B 1636 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2023
17798719 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR AND USE THEREOF SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2022
17637028 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1645 §101§112 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2022

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