Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Texas A&M University System is managing 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the university's current research output is being examined across different specialized technical groups. This spread requires a prosecution approach that can adapt to the varying standards of 2 distinct art units.
The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners, with CHONG, JASON Y serving as the busiest examiner. CHONG, JASON Y is responsible for 1 pending office action, which represents 1 of the 2 total pending office actions for the system. This even split between 2 distinct examiners means that no single examiner dominates the current prosecution landscape, requiring balanced attention to both active files.
For practitioners, the presence of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners suggests a lack of examiner-specific concentration. Strategy should be developed independently for each case, as the busiest examiner, CHONG, JASON Y, only oversees 1 pending office action. The diversity in art units further reinforces the need for specialized technical arguments tailored to the specific chemistry or materials sub-discipline of each application in the pipeline.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHONG, JASON Y | 1 | 73.3% | +18.1% |
| HAVLIN, ROBERT H | 1 | 51.3% | +28.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19015974 | FOAMING SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT PLASMA PROCESSING OF HEAVY HYDROCARBON | CHONG, JASON Y | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18168409 | SARS-COV-2 MAIN PROTEASE INHIBITORS | HAVLIN, ROBERT H | 45d overdue |
| 19015974 | FOAMING SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT PLASMA PROCESSING OF HEAVY HYDROCARBON | CHONG, JASON Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19015974 | FOAMING SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT PLASMA PROCESSING OF HEAVY HYDROCARBON | CHONG, JASON Y | 1772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18168409 | SARS-COV-2 MAIN PROTEASE INHIBITORS | HAVLIN, ROBERT H | 1626 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTexas A&M University System has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jason Y Chong has the most, with 1 of Texas A&M University System's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
