Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

South China University of Technology

16 pending office actions • 13 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

8
Hard (50%)
5
Medium (31%)
3
Easy (19%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only5 (31%)
§112 only3 (19%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
31% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
19% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAMADYK, ANNA N 1 88.7% +7.0%
HOPKINS, ROBERT A 1 84.5% +7.4%
SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL 1 91.0% +8.2%
COX, THADDEUS B 1 76.9% +18.8%
YU, HONG 1 31.1% +5.5%
SERGENT, RABON A 1 54.8% +24.2%
NICELY, JOSEPH C 1 77.6% +19.8%
PATEL, PRANAV N 1 68.6% +21.6%
FAN, LYNN Y 1 47.6% +48.7%
BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1 63.6% +39.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18572505 METASURFACE-BASED DUAL-BAND POLARIZED TWO-BEAM BASE STATION ANTENNA HAMADYK, ANNA N 9d
18754201 RECYCLABLE ELECTRET FILTERING MEMBRANE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND CLEANING AND CHARGE REGENERATION METHOD THEREFOR HOPKINS, ROBERT A
18723738 High-contrast display screen LED device and manufacturing method therefor SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18271678 CHIP FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF REAMES, MATTHEW L 56d overdue
18030516 PREPARATION METHOD OF DOUBLE-T-SHAPED GATE BASED ON DOUBLE-LAYER PASSIVATION ACCURATE ETCHING NGUYEN, DUY T V 16d overdue
18278911 A CLOCK OSCILLATOR FOR BIOCHEMICAL REACTION COMPUTERS FAN, LYNN Y 23d
18009578 CARRIER FOR IMMOBILIZING PROTEIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR FEELY, MICHAEL J 42d
18365239 FUSION PROTEIN BASED ON SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODY FRAGMENT, NANO-ASSEMBLY, AND PREPARATION METHODS THEREFOR AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 76d
18571477 N-TYPE CONJUGATED POLYMER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF SERGENT, RABON A
18513678 DISPLAY MODULE NICELY, JOSEPH C
17922034 METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, TARGET MATERIAL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER

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
18278911 A CLOCK OSCILLATOR FOR BIOCHEMICAL REACTION COMPUTERS FAN, LYNN Y 23d
18365239 FUSION PROTEIN BASED ON SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODY FRAGMENT, NANO-ASSEMBLY, AND PREPARATION METHODS THEREFOR AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 76d
18719851 METHOD FOR ENHANCING ACTIVITY OF PHOTOSENSITIZER BY MAGNETIC FIELD COX, THADDEUS B
18571477 N-TYPE CONJUGATED POLYMER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF SERGENT, RABON A
18513678 DISPLAY MODULE NICELY, JOSEPH C
18552956 METHOD FOR ENHANCED SEPARATION OF ORGANIC MATTERS IN MIXED COMPONENT WITH SUPERCRITICAL FLUID COMBINATION MEDIUM PATEL, PRANAV N

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 1
1614 1
1765 1
2813 1
1777 1
1759 1
1643 1
1646 1
2896 1
1766 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18572505 METASURFACE-BASED DUAL-BAND POLARIZED TWO-BEAM BASE STATION ANTENNA HAMADYK, ANNA N 2845 §112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 13, 2024
18754201 RECYCLABLE ELECTRET FILTERING MEMBRANE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND CLEANING AND CHARGE REGENERATION METHOD THEREFOR HOPKINS, ROBERT A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18723738 High-contrast display screen LED device and manufacturing method therefor SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18719851 METHOD FOR ENHANCING ACTIVITY OF PHOTOSENSITIZER BY MAGNETIC FIELD COX, THADDEUS B §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18667863 BIO-INK, APPLICATION THEREOF, PENILE CORPUS CAVERNOSUM PROSTHESIS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF YU, HONG 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending May 17, 2024
18571477 N-TYPE CONJUGATED POLYMER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF SERGENT, RABON A 1765 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18513678 DISPLAY MODULE NICELY, JOSEPH C 2813 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18552956 METHOD FOR ENHANCED SEPARATION OF ORGANIC MATTERS IN MIXED COMPONENT WITH SUPERCRITICAL FLUID COMBINATION MEDIUM PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18278911 A CLOCK OSCILLATOR FOR BIOCHEMICAL REACTION COMPUTERS FAN, LYNN Y 1759 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18365239 FUSION PROTEIN BASED ON SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODY FRAGMENT, NANO-ASSEMBLY, AND PREPARATION METHODS THEREFOR AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 76d Pending Aug 04, 2023
18363747 SERUM ALBUMIN-BASED FUSION PROTEIN, AND NANO-ASSEMBLY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF HALVORSON, MARK 1646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2023
18271678 CHIP FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF REAMES, MATTHEW L 2896 §103§112 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18009578 CARRIER FOR IMMOBILIZING PROTEIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR FEELY, MICHAEL J 1766 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jun 05, 2023
18030516 PREPARATION METHOD OF DOUBLE-T-SHAPED GATE BASED ON DOUBLE-LAYER PASSIVATION ACCURATE ETCHING NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
17922034 METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, TARGET MATERIAL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 28, 2022
17772104 Production and Purification Method for Polypeptide CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT 1674 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2022

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