Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Tongji University

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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 (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

1
Hard (20%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D 1 71.9% +28.3%
MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.8% +14.0%
BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1 65.4% +24.5%
TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. 1 84.6% +11.0%
HUANG, RYAN 1 51.8% +32.2%

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
18375368 ON-LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF ALTERNATING CURRENT IMPEDANCE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED FUEL CELL AND METHOD THEREOF MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18020453 METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION, MONITORING, AND EARLY WARNING OF VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION EVENT OF LONG-SPAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. 107d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18020453 METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION, MONITORING, AND EARLY WARNING OF VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION EVENT OF LONG-SPAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. 107d overdue
18159302 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION PERFORMANCE OF SLUDGE BY IN-SITU CRYSTALLIZATION OF WATER HUANG, RYAN 9d
18770446 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING STRUCTURAL SEMANTIC MAP UNDER UNDERGROUND WEAK-LIGHT AND LOW-TEXTURE ENVIRONMENT SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D 19d
18035429 APPLICATION OF ISOQUINOLINE COMPOUND IN TUMOR TREATMENT BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 53d
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
2613 1
2857 1
1624 1
2858 1
1777 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18770446 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING STRUCTURAL SEMANTIC MAP UNDER UNDERGROUND WEAK-LIGHT AND LOW-TEXTURE ENVIRONMENT SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D 2613 §112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jul 11, 2024
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
18035429 APPLICATION OF ISOQUINOLINE COMPOUND IN TUMOR TREATMENT BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 Other Non-Final OA 53d Pending May 04, 2023
18020453 METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION, MONITORING, AND EARLY WARNING OF VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION EVENT OF LONG-SPAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. 2858 §101 Final Rejection 107d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2023
18159302 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION PERFORMANCE OF SLUDGE BY IN-SITU CRYSTALLIZATION OF WATER HUANG, RYAN 1777 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 25, 2023

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