Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

27 pending office actions • 21 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

12
Hard (44%)
11
Medium (41%)
4
Easy (15%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (15%)
§103 only6 (22%)
§102 only4 (15%)
§112 only4 (15%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
30% of docket
3
Information Tech
11% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
7
Semiconductors
26% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
5
Business / Other
19% 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
SU, SARAH 1 80.2% +18.0%
COOK, CHRISTOPHER L 1 47.2% +26.6%
PERRY, MONICA L 1 55.8% +37.8%
GRAMLING, SEAN P 1 66.5% +28.2%
PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 1 88.6% +3.1%
ALMO, KHAREEM E 1 87.3% +5.3%
PHAN, THO GIA 1 91.4% +4.0%
SONNERS, SCOTT E 1 69.4% +11.9%
AURORA, REENA 1 87.1% -13.4%
HUSON, MONICA ANNE 1 79.5% +13.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19021244 DYNAMIC TWO-STEP GATE DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN
18942814 SPACE-TIME MULTIPORT ANTENNA SYSTEM PHAN, THO GIA

Hard Cases (12)

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
18736547 COLLABORATIVE NEXUS DEVICE FOR SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND WATER SUSTAINABILITY AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THEREOF SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 46d overdue
18673481 BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEREOF CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 46d overdue
18020029 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING PROTEIN EXPRESSION NICOL, ALEXANDER W 30d overdue
18349174 METHOD OF PREPARING ULTRATHIN METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AS DUAL-ATOM ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION WILKINS III, HARRY D 10d overdue
18057249 Model-Order-Reduction Method for Large-Scale Topology Optimization Designs Based on Domain Decomposition and Artificial Neural Networks TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN 27d
19173756 ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOF GENERATION SU, SARAH
19084991 ACCELERATED COUPLED FILTERING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TISSUE DEFORMATION ANALYSIS COOK, CHRISTOPHER L
19008638 A Method for Enhancing Controllability on Switching Speed of Electronic Cascode Power Device ALMO, KHAREEM E

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18782175 METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL HUSON, MONICA ANNE 23d overdue
19173756 ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOF GENERATION SU, SARAH
19084991 ACCELERATED COUPLED FILTERING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TISSUE DEFORMATION ANALYSIS COOK, CHRISTOPHER L
19056835 GROOMING DEVICE FOR ANIMALS WITH ASYNCHRONOUS INTERMITTENT LIGHT EXPOSURE PERRY, MONICA L
19036783 DISPLAY BASED ON COLOR SELECTIVE DIFFRACTION GRATINGS GRAMLING, SEAN P
18916747 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLABLE TEXT-TO-3D ROOM MESH GENERATION WITH LAYOUT CONSTRAINTS SONNERS, SCOTT E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2849 2
1613 2
4100 2
2431 1
3797 1
2875 1
2845 1
2613 1
2858 1
1742 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19173756 ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOF GENERATION SU, SARAH 2431 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2025
19084991 ACCELERATED COUPLED FILTERING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TISSUE DEFORMATION ANALYSIS COOK, CHRISTOPHER L 3797 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2025
19056835 GROOMING DEVICE FOR ANIMALS WITH ASYNCHRONOUS INTERMITTENT LIGHT EXPOSURE PERRY, MONICA L §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 2025
19036783 DISPLAY BASED ON COLOR SELECTIVE DIFFRACTION GRATINGS GRAMLING, SEAN P 2875 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
19021244 DYNAMIC TWO-STEP GATE DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 2849 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
19008638 A Method for Enhancing Controllability on Switching Speed of Electronic Cascode Power Device ALMO, KHAREEM E 2849 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18942814 SPACE-TIME MULTIPORT ANTENNA SYSTEM PHAN, THO GIA 2845 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18916747 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLABLE TEXT-TO-3D ROOM MESH GENERATION WITH LAYOUT CONSTRAINTS SONNERS, SCOTT E 2613 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18806742 SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ELECTRONIC LOAD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC I-V CURVE TRACING AURORA, REENA 2858 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18782175 METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL HUSON, MONICA ANNE 1742 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18736547 COLLABORATIVE NEXUS DEVICE FOR SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND WATER SUSTAINABILITY AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THEREOF SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 3626 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18673481 BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEREOF CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18672020 Method and Apparatus for Decoding Channel Codes Employing Compute-In-Memory KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C 2192 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18635130 METHODS FOR PREPARING BUTENOLIDES SHIAO, REI TSANG 4100 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2024
18585161 Transient Feature Recognition Technique for Defect Detection, Classification and Location Identification in Water Supply BECKER, BRANDON J §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18411052 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AI NEURAL NETWORK SPEED ENHANCEMENT BY IMPLEMENTING NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE WITH PARTIAL CONVOLUTION GONZALES, VINCENT §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18485386 COMPOSITE SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM METAL BATTERY PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18262738 LIQUID-BASED CMOS MEMS MICRO THERMAL CONVECTIVE ACCELEROMETER PARCO JR, RUBEN C 2853 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2023
18349175 ALIGNED AND MULTICHANNEL PERIPHERAL NERVE CONDUIT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF WILLSE, DAVID H 3774 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18349174 METHOD OF PREPARING ULTRATHIN METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AS DUAL-ATOM ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION WILKINS III, HARRY D 1794 §103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18020029 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING PROTEIN EXPRESSION NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18073969 MULTILEVEL ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMERIC COLLOIDS AND DEVICE SCREENS CONTAINING SAME MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103DP Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
18057249 Model-Order-Reduction Method for Large-Scale Topology Optimization Designs Based on Domain Decomposition and Artificial Neural Networks TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN 2188 §103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17996498 PROTEIN MARKERS FOR ASSESSING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1675 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2022
17934842 VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE BASED STRAIN SENSOR TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17816747 Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Bipolar Charge-Trapping Non-Volatile Memory with Single Insulating Layer and A Fabrication Method Thereof WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2022
17792968 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF TARGET AGENT JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 14, 2022

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