Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

11 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
10
Medium (91%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (82%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
55% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
36% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YANG, YI-SHAN 1 69.4% +56.7%
LI, JOHN DENNY 1 64.7% +47.0%
LANGHALS, RENEE C 1 58.7% +46.1%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1
VO, TU A 1 60.8% +58.0%
KIM, YOUNG J 1 64.8% +17.9%
MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1 57.5% +22.7%
DOAN, NGHIA M 1 87.0% +17.3%
EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1 48.1% +42.8%

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
18087443 DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS DOAN, NGHIA M 4d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18592423 METHOD OF TREATING INFLAMMATION AND PHOTORECEPTOR CELL DEGENERATION IN RETINAL DEGENERATION PATIENTS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 82d

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
18173097 ALL-IN-ONE LUMINESCENCE-BASED POINT-OF-CARE TESTING DEVICE FOR VIRUS DIAGNOSIS KIM, YOUNG J 96d overdue
18901085 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING COMPATIBLE RAPID DYNAMIC SUPPORT CONTROL SYSTEM LANGHALS, RENEE C 50d overdue
18005682 HIGH FILTRATION FILTER WITH DISINFECTION, LOW PRESSURE DROP AND REDUCED CAKE FORMATION MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 29d overdue
18000689 CONTROLLABLE LIQUID TRANSPORT MATERIAL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THEREOF EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 15d overdue
18246885 Air-Conditioned Facemask VO, TU A 5d overdue
18087443 DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS DOAN, NGHIA M 4d overdue
19051676 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR RENAL FIBROSIS ASSESSMENT YANG, YI-SHAN 14d
19015285 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GUIDED AND MONITORED EXERCISE ROUTINES LI, JOHN DENNY 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3798 2
3797 1
1615 1
1623 1
3785 1
1681 1
1776 1
2851 1
1789 1
1617 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19051676 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR RENAL FIBROSIS ASSESSMENT YANG, YI-SHAN 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 12, 2025
19015285 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GUIDED AND MONITORED EXERCISE ROUTINES LI, JOHN DENNY 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 09, 2025
18901085 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING COMPATIBLE RAPID DYNAMIC SUPPORT CONTROL SYSTEM LANGHALS, RENEE C 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18592423 METHOD OF TREATING INFLAMMATION AND PHOTORECEPTOR CELL DEGENERATION IN RETINAL DEGENERATION PATIENTS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §102 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18501136 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR REDUCING MYOPIA PROGRESSION BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1623 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18246885 Air-Conditioned Facemask VO, TU A 3785 §112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18173097 ALL-IN-ONE LUMINESCENCE-BASED POINT-OF-CARE TESTING DEVICE FOR VIRUS DIAGNOSIS KIM, YOUNG J 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
18005682 HIGH FILTRATION FILTER WITH DISINFECTION, LOW PRESSURE DROP AND REDUCED CAKE FORMATION MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2023
18087443 DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS DOAN, NGHIA M 2851 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18000689 CONTROLLABLE LIQUID TRANSPORT MATERIAL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THEREOF EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2022
17595855 Surface Modified Gas Vesicles, Preparation and Applications thereof MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 26, 2022

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