Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tongling University holds a company patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Currently, there is 1 pending office action assigned to a distinct examiner. This prosecution activity takes place within a distinct art unit, reflecting the technical focus of the application.
The busiest examiner identified is WU, JENNY R, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As this figure matches the total number of pending office actions, the examiner is responsible for all active matters in the portfolio. This arrangement provides a consistent examination environment for the university's intellectual property.
In the Chemistry & Materials sector, the presence of only one distinct examiner simplifies the management of the active workload. The data confirms that no other examiners or art units are currently involved in the prosecution. Practitioners can utilize this centralized structure to maintain a uniform approach across the university's pending filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WU, JENNY R | 1 | 63.6% | +15.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18490724 | SMELTING OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE OF COPPER-CONTAINING CONCENTRATE | WU, JENNY R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18490724 | SMELTING OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE OF COPPER-CONTAINING CONCENTRATE | WU, JENNY R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18490724 | SMELTING OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE OF COPPER-CONTAINING CONCENTRATE | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTongling University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jenny R Wu has the most, with 1 of Tongling University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
