Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

27 pending office actions • 19 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
11
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.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 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.

16
Hard (59%)
10
Medium (37%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other7 (26%)
§103 only10 (37%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
67% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
4
Business / Other
15% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SABOUR, GHAZAL 1 37.8% +43.2%
HSIEH, PING Y 1 79.1% +15.5%
SOREY, ROBERT A 1 49.3% +45.1%
FIEBIG, RUSSELL G 1 62.7% +25.3%
SINHA, TARUN 1 76.8% +17.7%
COLE, HOUSTON DAVID 1
MATHEW, SEEMA 1 71.4% +26.4%
KIM, YOUNG J 1 64.8% +18.0%
MYERS, CARLA J 1 49.0% +46.6%
TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1 4.8% -5.9%

Hard Cases (16)

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
17441922 SUMO PEPTIDES FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES FISCHER, JOSEPH 45d overdue
18763336 SP-8356, EMODIN, AND IT603 ENHANCE BEIGE ADIPOCYTE ACTIVITY AND ALLEVIATE OBESITY AND DIABETES VIA UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1 (UCP1)-INDEPENDENT MECHANISM FIEBIG, RUSSELL G
18725918 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACADE OPERATIONS WITH ROBOTICS CARRIERS SINHA, TARUN
18597485 MODULAR FOOT CONTROLLED CABLE ACTUATED PROSTHESIS MATHEW, SEEMA
18403634 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR SP0495 KIM, YOUNG J
18540667 METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF CELLS OF A PARTICULAR CELL LINEAGE MYERS, CARLA J
18495414 ADRM1/RPN13 SPLICED VARIANT IN THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK
18477775 CHAOTROPES-ASSISTED DEEP IMMUNOSTAINING NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19272962 NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF TISSUE ABNORMALITY USING METHYLATION SABOUR, GHAZAL 36d
19004686 FUSIONNET AND ENSEMBLE LEARNING-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CLASSIFICATION FROM OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY THICKNESS AND DEVIATION MAPS HSIEH, PING Y
18777770 METHOD FOR PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE, A METHOD FOR TRAINING A DEEP-LEARNING NETWORK AND A DEEP-LEARNING BASED MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY SYSTEM USING ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY SOREY, ROBERT A
18763336 SP-8356, EMODIN, AND IT603 ENHANCE BEIGE ADIPOCYTE ACTIVITY AND ALLEVIATE OBESITY AND DIABETES VIA UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1 (UCP1)-INDEPENDENT MECHANISM FIEBIG, RUSSELL G
18725918 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACADE OPERATIONS WITH ROBOTICS CARRIERS SINHA, TARUN
18597485 MODULAR FOOT CONTROLLED CABLE ACTUATED PROSTHESIS MATHEW, SEEMA
18403634 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR SP0495 KIM, YOUNG J
18540667 METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF CELLS OF A PARTICULAR CELL LINEAGE MYERS, CARLA J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1686 3
1681 2
1682 2
3682 1
3774 1
1762 1
1758 1
2874 1
1625 1
1763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19272962 NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF TISSUE ABNORMALITY USING METHYLATION SABOUR, GHAZAL 1686 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Jul 17, 2025
19004686 FUSIONNET AND ENSEMBLE LEARNING-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CLASSIFICATION FROM OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY THICKNESS AND DEVIATION MAPS HSIEH, PING Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
18777770 METHOD FOR PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE, A METHOD FOR TRAINING A DEEP-LEARNING NETWORK AND A DEEP-LEARNING BASED MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY SYSTEM USING ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY SOREY, ROBERT A 3682 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2024
18763336 SP-8356, EMODIN, AND IT603 ENHANCE BEIGE ADIPOCYTE ACTIVITY AND ALLEVIATE OBESITY AND DIABETES VIA UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1 (UCP1)-INDEPENDENT MECHANISM FIEBIG, RUSSELL G §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18725918 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACADE OPERATIONS WITH ROBOTICS CARRIERS SINHA, TARUN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18667437 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO PROTEIN LABELING COLE, HOUSTON DAVID §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18597485 MODULAR FOOT CONTROLLED CABLE ACTUATED PROSTHESIS MATHEW, SEEMA 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18403634 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR SP0495 KIM, YOUNG J 1681 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2024
18540667 METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF CELLS OF A PARTICULAR CELL LINEAGE MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §101§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18495414 ADRM1/RPN13 SPLICED VARIANT IN THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2023
18477775 CHAOTROPES-ASSISTED DEEP IMMUNOSTAINING NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1762 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18370820 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE TRAPPING AND RAPID LIGHT-DRIVEN SELECTIVE RELEASE OF DROPLETS HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR 1758 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18278594 HIGH COUPLING EFFICIENCY BLAZED WAVEGUIDE GRATING COUPLER ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA 2874 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2023
18333872 REPURPOSED COMPOUND AS THERAPEUTIC FOR HPV-ASSOCIATED CANCERS MCANANY, JOHN D 1625 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 2023
18324587 FACILE FABRICATION OF A 3D-PRINTABLE (BIO)MATERIAL USE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME WHITELEY, JESSICA 1763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
18169958 BIOACTIVE DECELLULARIZED STEM CELL SHEET FOR TISSUE REPAIR FOX, ALLISON M 1633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2023
18156945 NOVEL DNA METHYLATION MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH RENAL FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIING RENAL FUNCTION BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2023
18063604 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL THERAPY WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
17991701 CODON DE-OPTIMIZATION OR OPTIMIZATION USING GENETIC ARCHITECTURE STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS 1686 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022
17933753 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROCESSING BOTANICAL MATERIALS GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §112 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17872597 ANALYSIS OF CELL-FREE DNA IN URINE AND OTHER SAMPLES GUSSOW, ANNE 1683 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2022
17533991 HYDROGEL-BASED 3D CELL TRAINING BIOREACTOR HURST, JONATHAN M 1799 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2021
17610124 EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MATERIAL AND USES THEREOF TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 09, 2021
17441922 SUMO PEPTIDES FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2021
17313880 SIZE-BASED ANALYSIS OF CELL-FREE TUMOR DNA FOR CLASSIFYING LEVEL OF CANCER VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2021
16949581 METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A MOTION PATTERN OF A LIMB LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P 3791 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2020
17062387 PREDICTION MODELS INCORPORATING STRATIFICATION OF DATA ALGHAZZY, SHAMCY 2128 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 02, 2020

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