Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Sun Yat-sen University

10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

7
Hard (70%)
2
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (20%)
§103 only2 (20%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
30% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
50% 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
GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1 68.7% +44.2%
BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1 66.6% +31.9%
DAVIS, RUTH A 1 60.7% +31.2%
CREWS, JARET JAMES 1 43.5% +73.8%
KWAN, MATTHEW K 1 70.9% +34.1%
CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE 1 79.8% +24.2%
LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1 32.9% +58.5%
LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 1 81.3% +13.3%
NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT 1 55.8% +34.1%
HARVEY, MINSUN OH 1 77.1% -12.6%

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
18276700 EPITOPE PEPTIDE AND ANTIBODY FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING EB VIRUS INFECTION AND RELATED DISEASES LANDSMAN, ROBERT S

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18318728 DFB LASER MANUFACTURING METHOD BASED ON DIELECTRIC LATERALLY COUPLED GRATING WITH DETERMINISTIC GRATING COUPLING COEFFICIENT HARVEY, MINSUN OH 30d
18999089 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR SIMULATINGPOLYURETHANE PERMEATION GROUTING DIFFUSION GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ
18959230 BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SUBSP. INFANTIS, MICROBIAL AGENT AND USE THEREOF BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W
18917849 GUT BACTERIUM STARIN AND USE THEREOF DAVIS, RUTH A
18698233 POINT CLOUD ENCODING METHOD, POINT CLOUD DECODING METHOD, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KWAN, MATTHEW K
17619922 METHOD FOR PREPARING PT-BASED ALLOY / MOFS CATALYST WITH HIGH HYDROGENATION SELECTIVITY AND APPLICATION THEREOF CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE
18512177 CHIRAL OR RACEMIC PYRIMIDINE-FUSED DIAZEPINONE DERIVATIVES, PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION THEREOF LEE, CHIHYI NMN

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
18999089 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR SIMULATINGPOLYURETHANE PERMEATION GROUTING DIFFUSION GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ
18959230 BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SUBSP. INFANTIS, MICROBIAL AGENT AND USE THEREOF BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W
18917849 GUT BACTERIUM STARIN AND USE THEREOF DAVIS, RUTH A
18717426 USE OF SODIUM FORMATE IN PREPARATION OF AN ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUG CREWS, JARET JAMES
18698233 POINT CLOUD ENCODING METHOD, POINT CLOUD DECODING METHOD, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KWAN, MATTHEW K
17619922 METHOD FOR PREPARING PT-BASED ALLOY / MOFS CATALYST WITH HIGH HYDROGENATION SELECTIVITY AND APPLICATION THEREOF CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE
18512177 CHIRAL OR RACEMIC PYRIMIDINE-FUSED DIAZEPINONE DERIVATIVES, PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION THEREOF LEE, CHIHYI NMN
18276700 EPITOPE PEPTIDE AND ANTIBODY FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING EB VIRUS INFECTION AND RELATED DISEASES LANDSMAN, ROBERT S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1748 1
2482 1
1628 1
1647 1
2828 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18999089 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR SIMULATINGPOLYURETHANE PERMEATION GROUTING DIFFUSION GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1748 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18959230 BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SUBSP. INFANTIS, MICROBIAL AGENT AND USE THEREOF BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18917849 GUT BACTERIUM STARIN AND USE THEREOF DAVIS, RUTH A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18717426 USE OF SODIUM FORMATE IN PREPARATION OF AN ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUG CREWS, JARET JAMES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18698233 POINT CLOUD ENCODING METHOD, POINT CLOUD DECODING METHOD, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KWAN, MATTHEW K 2482 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
17619922 METHOD FOR PREPARING PT-BASED ALLOY / MOFS CATALYST WITH HIGH HYDROGENATION SELECTIVITY AND APPLICATION THEREOF CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18512177 CHIRAL OR RACEMIC PYRIMIDINE-FUSED DIAZEPINONE DERIVATIVES, PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION THEREOF LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18276700 EPITOPE PEPTIDE AND ANTIBODY FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING EB VIRUS INFECTION AND RELATED DISEASES LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 1647 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18232363 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) RISK PREDICTION MODEL NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18318728 DFB LASER MANUFACTURING METHOD BASED ON DIELECTRIC LATERALLY COUPLED GRATING WITH DETERMINISTIC GRATING COUPLING COEFFICIENT HARVEY, MINSUN OH 2828 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 17, 2023

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