Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

12 pending office actions • 10 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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 (67%)
4
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (25%)
§103 only4 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
17% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD 1
SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY 1 12.5% +25.6%
REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN 1
DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1 65.3% +55.0%
VALENROD, YEVGENY 1 72.6% +25.1%
BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1
BANERJEE, KOYELI 1
JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1 55.6% +55.4%
MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1 100.0% +0.0%
DOAN, NGHIA M 1 87.1% +17.2%

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
18550178 Chiral TACN/NOTA compounds/derivatives with and without metals for application MOSHER, ERIC PARKER

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
18000689 CONTROLLABLE LIQUID TRANSPORT MATERIAL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THEREOF EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 15d overdue
18087443 DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS DOAN, NGHIA M 4d overdue
18760667 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING LIVING TISSUE CELL SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY
18642902 METHOD FOR ENHANCING GROWTH OF DUNALIELLA SPECIES AND BIOMASS PRODUCTION THEREFROM DEVI, SARVAMANGALA
18568898 METHODS FOR TREATING BACTERIAL CELL POPULATIONS VALENROD, YEVGENY
18483597 COMPOUND, COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR LOWERING CIRCULATING GLUCOSE BANERJEE, KOYELI
18475228 HIGH ENERGY-DENSITY LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME JONES, OLIVIA ANN
17654603 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION OF A SUBSTANCE BECKER, BRANDON J

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18087443 DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS DOAN, NGHIA M 4d overdue
18760667 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING LIVING TISSUE CELL SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY
18642902 METHOD FOR ENHANCING GROWTH OF DUNALIELLA SPECIES AND BIOMASS PRODUCTION THEREFROM DEVI, SARVAMANGALA
18568898 METHODS FOR TREATING BACTERIAL CELL POPULATIONS VALENROD, YEVGENY
18475228 HIGH ENERGY-DENSITY LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME JONES, OLIVIA ANN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1789 2
1652 1
1651 1
1645 1
1628 1
1623 1
1658 1
1612 1
2851 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18726607 BIOSYNTHESIS OF HIERARCHICAL METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-BACTERIAL CELLULOSE COMPOSITES KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD 1652 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18760667 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING LIVING TISSUE CELL SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY 1651 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18705620 Prevention and treatment of osteoarticular diseases by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18642902 METHOD FOR ENHANCING GROWTH OF DUNALIELLA SPECIES AND BIOMASS PRODUCTION THEREFROM DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18568898 METHODS FOR TREATING BACTERIAL CELL POPULATIONS VALENROD, YEVGENY 1628 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 11, 2023
18501136 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR REDUCING MYOPIA PROGRESSION BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1623 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18483597 COMPOUND, COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR LOWERING CIRCULATING GLUCOSE BANERJEE, KOYELI 1658 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18475228 HIGH ENERGY-DENSITY LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18550178 Chiral TACN/NOTA compounds/derivatives with and without metals for application MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2023
18087443 DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS DOAN, NGHIA M 2851 §102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18000689 CONTROLLABLE LIQUID TRANSPORT MATERIAL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THEREOF EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1789 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2022
17654603 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION OF A SUBSTANCE BECKER, BRANDON J 2857 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2022

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