Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

South China Agricultural University

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE 1 100.0% +0.0%
KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1 33.3% +30.0%
WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 1 22.2% +100.0%
BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1 25.9% +74.7%
HOBAN, MATTHEW E 1 60.0% +24.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18914003 GENES FOR REGULATING ROOT GROWTH ANGLE AND LOGING RESISTANCE IN MAIZE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE 9d

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
17696646 METHOD FOR RAPID PREPARATION OF EPIDEMIC INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VACCINE BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 72d overdue
17775590 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BODY SIZE AND WEIGHT OF PIG BASED ON DEEP LEARNING WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 60d overdue
17778034 OLIGOPEPTIDE HAVING BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCING EFFECT, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 11d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17696646 METHOD FOR RAPID PREPARATION OF EPIDEMIC INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VACCINE BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 72d overdue
17775590 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BODY SIZE AND WEIGHT OF PIG BASED ON DEEP LEARNING WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 60d overdue
17778034 OLIGOPEPTIDE HAVING BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCING EFFECT, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 11d overdue
17689329 ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOSPHORESCENT METAL-FREE CARBON DOTS IN A CONTINUOUS SILICA NETWORK AND METHODS OF MAKING HOBAN, MATTHEW E 36d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1662 1
1658 1
2188 1
1672 1
1734 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18914003 GENES FOR REGULATING ROOT GROWTH ANGLE AND LOGING RESISTANCE IN MAIZE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE 1662 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 11, 2024
17778034 OLIGOPEPTIDE HAVING BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCING EFFECT, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §101 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 19, 2022
17775590 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BODY SIZE AND WEIGHT OF PIG BASED ON DEEP LEARNING WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 10, 2022
17696646 METHOD FOR RAPID PREPARATION OF EPIDEMIC INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VACCINE BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1672 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2022
17689329 ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOSPHORESCENT METAL-FREE CARBON DOTS IN A CONTINUOUS SILICA NETWORK AND METHODS OF MAKING HOBAN, MATTHEW E 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Mar 08, 2022

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