Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tianjin University

11 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 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.

7
Hard (64%)
2
Medium (18%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (27%)
§103 only2 (18%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

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
GAWORECKI, MARK R 1 90.5% +7.0%
HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 1 55.7% +39.6%
SHOSTAK, ANDREY 1 52.2% +61.9%
EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1 100.0% +0.0%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 50.5% +16.0%
CHONG, JASON Y 1 73.6% +17.4%
MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN 1 50.0% +0.0%
EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE 1 65.6% +17.2%
HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 1 65.0% +46.7%
D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1 68.0% +41.7%

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
19013703 FIBER-OPTIC SEAWATER SALINITY SENSOR SYSTEM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF GAWORECKI, MARK R

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18102495 AUTOMATIC DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER BASED ON HIGH FREQUENCY AUDITORY STEADY-STATE RESPONSE HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 89d overdue
17793009 4-UREIDO-5-CARBOXYL-IMIDAZOLE-AMIDE HYDROLASE AND USE THEREOF KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 74d overdue
18199371 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FILLING WELDING PARAMETERS OF LARGE DEFORMATION PIPELINE STEEL BASED ON SECONDARY REGULATION METHOD EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE 5d
18407501 iNPH PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON THE VISUAL ODDBALL PARADIGM SHOSTAK, ANDREY
18502200 Multi-element membrane separator and separation method based on spiral-wound membrane elements EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU
18217824 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER CHEMICAL RATIOMETRIC SENSOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR MEASURING UNDERWATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K
18202730 MEDIUM-ENTROPY PEROVSKITE OXYGEN CARRIER AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18214777 METHOD FOR PREPARING AROMATIC HYDROCARBON-RICH PYROLYTIC OIL BY CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS OF WASTE MASK CHONG, JASON Y 149d overdue
18102495 AUTOMATIC DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER BASED ON HIGH FREQUENCY AUDITORY STEADY-STATE RESPONSE HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 89d overdue
18199371 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FILLING WELDING PARAMETERS OF LARGE DEFORMATION PIPELINE STEEL BASED ON SECONDARY REGULATION METHOD EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE 5d
18412617 INPH PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON THE NEW/OLD STIMULUS BCI PARADIGM HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN
18407501 iNPH PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON THE VISUAL ODDBALL PARADIGM SHOSTAK, ANDREY
18217824 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER CHEMICAL RATIOMETRIC SENSOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR MEASURING UNDERWATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K
17980220 CAPACITY-COMPENSATION ELECTROLYTE, SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME AND APPLICATION D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
2884 1
3796 1
1776 1
1796 1
1772 1
1738 1
3761 1
1723 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19013703 FIBER-OPTIC SEAWATER SALINITY SENSOR SYSTEM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF GAWORECKI, MARK R 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18412617 INPH PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON THE NEW/OLD STIMULUS BCI PARADIGM HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3796 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2024
18407501 iNPH PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON THE VISUAL ODDBALL PARADIGM SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18502200 Multi-element membrane separator and separation method based on spiral-wound membrane elements EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18217824 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER CHEMICAL RATIOMETRIC SENSOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR MEASURING UNDERWATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1796 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2023
18214777 METHOD FOR PREPARING AROMATIC HYDROCARBON-RICH PYROLYTIC OIL BY CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS OF WASTE MASK CHONG, JASON Y 1772 §112 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2023
18202730 MEDIUM-ENTROPY PEROVSKITE OXYGEN CARRIER AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN 1738 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18199371 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FILLING WELDING PARAMETERS OF LARGE DEFORMATION PIPELINE STEEL BASED ON SECONDARY REGULATION METHOD EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE 3761 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending May 19, 2023
18102495 AUTOMATIC DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER BASED ON HIGH FREQUENCY AUDITORY STEADY-STATE RESPONSE HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
17980220 CAPACITY-COMPENSATION ELECTROLYTE, SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME AND APPLICATION D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1723 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2022
17793009 4-UREIDO-5-CARBOXYL-IMIDAZOLE-AMIDE HYDROLASE AND USE THEREOF KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1653 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2022

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