Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tongji University

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (33%)
1
Medium (17%)
3
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARBEE, MANUEL L 1 81.7% +14.3%
TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 1 83.4% +26.0%
HASSAN, LIBAN M 1 50.4% +31.4%
XIA, XUYANG 1 72.1% +52.7%
SMITH, JENNIFER A 1 61.3% +26.2%
MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.9% +13.9%

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
18727343 DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION SELF-CENTERING FRICTION DAMPER TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH
18375368 ON-LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF ALTERNATING CURRENT IMPEDANCE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED FUEL CELL AND METHOD THEREOF MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19026592 HIGH-PRECISION MAPPING METHOD FOR UNDERGROUND POOR TEXTURE SPACE BASED ON MOBILE-FIXED COLLABORATIVE DEVIATION CORRECTION BARBEE, MANUEL L
18513241 CLOSED-LOOP ONLINE SELF-LEARNING FRAMEWORK APPLIED TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE XIA, XUYANG

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
19026592 HIGH-PRECISION MAPPING METHOD FOR UNDERGROUND POOR TEXTURE SPACE BASED ON MOBILE-FIXED COLLABORATIVE DEVIATION CORRECTION BARBEE, MANUEL L
18727343 DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION SELF-CENTERING FRICTION DAMPER TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH
18684692 MULTI-MODE MAGNETIC TREATMENT DEVICE COMBINING PERMANENT MAGNETIC FIELD AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD HASSAN, LIBAN M
18513241 CLOSED-LOOP ONLINE SELF-LEARNING FRAMEWORK APPLIED TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE XIA, XUYANG
18288122 METHOD FOR IMPROVING ALKALINE SOIL AND ENHANCING CARBON CAPTURE USING SLUDGE STABILIZATION PRODUCT SMITH, JENNIFER A
18375368 ON-LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF ALTERNATING CURRENT IMPEDANCE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED FUEL CELL AND METHOD THEREOF MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 2
3655 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19026592 HIGH-PRECISION MAPPING METHOD FOR UNDERGROUND POOR TEXTURE SPACE BASED ON MOBILE-FIXED COLLABORATIVE DEVIATION CORRECTION BARBEE, MANUEL L 2857 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jan 17, 2025
18727343 DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION SELF-CENTERING FRICTION DAMPER TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 3655 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18684692 MULTI-MODE MAGNETIC TREATMENT DEVICE COMBINING PERMANENT MAGNETIC FIELD AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD HASSAN, LIBAN M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 2024
18513241 CLOSED-LOOP ONLINE SELF-LEARNING FRAMEWORK APPLIED TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE XIA, XUYANG §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18288122 METHOD FOR IMPROVING ALKALINE SOIL AND ENHANCING CARBON CAPTURE USING SLUDGE STABILIZATION PRODUCT SMITH, JENNIFER A 1731 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18375368 ON-LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF ALTERNATING CURRENT IMPEDANCE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED FUEL CELL AND METHOD THEREOF MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023

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