Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
16 pending office actions • 15 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is currently managing 16 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 16 actions are handled by 16 distinct examiners, which means every pending matter is assigned to a different individual. This high level of examiner diversity suggests that the university must adapt to many different prosecution styles across its biotechnology portfolio.
The 16 pending actions are spread across 15 distinct art units, indicating an exceptionally broad range of technical subject matter. SUZANNE MARIE NOAKES is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, although they are only responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that no single examiner or art unit dominates the university's pending workload, requiring a highly individualized approach to patent prosecution for nearly every application.
With 16 examiners and 15 art units involved, the university faces a highly fragmented landscape where insights from one prosecution are unlikely to apply to others. This structure demands significant coordination to ensure consistency across 16 separate tracks. The lack of concentration, evidenced by the busiest examiner having only 1 pending office action, highlights the diverse and specialized nature of the university's research and patenting activities.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (12%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE | 1 | 73.3% | +18.2% |
| GANNON, LEVI | 1 | 82.7% | +7.1% |
| LANGHALS, RENEE C | 1 | 58.3% | +43.0% |
| RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1 | 73.6% | +26.4% |
| KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD | 1 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| GOEBEL, EMMA ROSE | 1 | 52.2% | +33.5% |
| SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| BANERJEE, KOYELI | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| MOSHER, ERIC PARKER | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| WARD, AARON DUREL | 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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864790 | PHASE-SHIFT MODULATED FULL-BRIDGE POWER INVERTERS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF | GANNON, LEVI | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18087443 | DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS | DOAN, NGHIA M | 4d overdue |
| 17595855 | Surface Modified Gas Vesicles, Preparation and Applications thereof | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 33d |
| 18592423 | METHOD OF TREATING INFLAMMATION AND PHOTORECEPTOR CELL DEGENERATION IN RETINAL DEGENERATION PATIENTS | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 82d |
| 18888874 | COMBINATION OF HYDROLASES AND ANTI-MICROORGANISM DRUGS AND USES THEREOF | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | — |
| 18726607 | BIOSYNTHESIS OF HIERARCHICAL METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-BACTERIAL CELLULOSE COMPOSITES | KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18901085 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING COMPATIBLE RAPID DYNAMIC SUPPORT CONTROL SYSTEM | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 50d overdue |
| 18993653 | BIOSENSOR COMPRISING A MODIFIED BETA-LACTAMASE AND USES THEREOF | NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE | — |
| 18888874 | COMBINATION OF HYDROLASES AND ANTI-MICROORGANISM DRUGS AND USES THEREOF | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | — |
| 18608548 | EYELASH REMOVAL FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION ULTRA-WIDE-FIELD FUNDUS IMAGES | GOEBEL, EMMA ROSE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1656 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1636 | 1 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18993653 | BIOSENSOR COMPRISING A MODIFIED BETA-LACTAMASE AND USES THEREOF | NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE | 1656 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18864790 | PHASE-SHIFT MODULATED FULL-BRIDGE POWER INVERTERS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF | GANNON, LEVI | 2836 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18901085 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING COMPATIBLE RAPID DYNAMIC SUPPORT CONTROL SYSTEM | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18888874 | COMBINATION OF HYDROLASES AND ANTI-MICROORGANISM DRUGS AND USES THEREOF | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18726607 | BIOSYNTHESIS OF HIERARCHICAL METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-BACTERIAL CELLULOSE COMPOSITES | KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD | 1652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18608548 | EYELASH REMOVAL FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION ULTRA-WIDE-FIELD FUNDUS IMAGES | GOEBEL, EMMA ROSE | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18592423 | METHOD OF TREATING INFLAMMATION AND PHOTORECEPTOR CELL DEGENERATION IN RETINAL DEGENERATION PATIENTS | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18483597 | COMPOUND, COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR LOWERING CIRCULATING GLUCOSE | BANERJEE, KOYELI | 1658 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18550178 | Chiral TACN/NOTA compounds/derivatives with and without metals for application | MOSHER, ERIC PARKER | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18447362 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE, ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS AND SYMPTOMS | WARD, AARON DUREL | 1636 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18173097 | ALL-IN-ONE LUMINESCENCE-BASED POINT-OF-CARE TESTING DEVICE FOR VIRUS DIAGNOSIS | KIM, YOUNG J | 1681 | §103 | Final Rejection | 96d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2023 |
| 18005682 | HIGH FILTRATION FILTER WITH DISINFECTION, LOW PRESSURE DROP AND REDUCED CAKE FORMATION | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 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 |
| 17595855 | Surface Modified Gas Vesicles, Preparation and Applications thereof | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Apr 26, 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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