Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital And Institute Of Gerontology is currently managing a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio contains 1 pending office action, which is the only active prosecution matter for the institution at this time. This 1 pending office action is being handled by XU, XIAOYUN, who is the busiest examiner for this entity. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the institution's immediate success in securing patent protection depends on the outcome of this examination.
The prosecution profile is concentrated, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This level of focus suggests that the institution is pursuing a specific technological path within the Chemistry & Materials field. By interacting with 1 distinct art unit, the institution can focus its strategy on the specific procedural requirements of that unit. The presence of 1 distinct examiner means that the institution does not have to manage multiple examiner relationships or varying styles of feedback. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the institution's current workload, allowing for a dedicated response to the issues raised by the examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| XU, XIAOYUN | 1 | 59.9% | +31.6% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17625534 | MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD, MASS SPECTROMETRY APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM | XU, XIAOYUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17625534 | MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD, MASS SPECTROMETRY APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM | XU, XIAOYUN | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialTokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital And Institute Of Gerontology has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Xiaoyun Xu has the most, with 1 of Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital And Institute Of Gerontology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
