Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
41 pending office actions • 29 art units • 41 examiners • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 91 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tsinghua University has 40 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These 40 actions are assigned to 40 distinct examiners, ensuring that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different person. This high level of examiner variety suggests that the university must manage forty separate prosecution tracks, tailoring its approach to the specific requirements of each individual official.
The portfolio's pending actions are distributed across 28 distinct art units, reflecting a very broad technical range within the computing and software sector. WHALEN, MICHAEL F is the busiest examiner for the university, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because each of the 40 examiners handles exactly 1 action, the workload is evenly spread across the 28 art units involved. This decentralized structure means that the university's overall success is not tied to the performance or timeline of any single examiner, but rather to the collective progress of 40 independent applications being reviewed by 40 different officials at the patent office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 4 (10%) |
| §101 + other | 12 (29%) |
| §103 only | 11 (27%) |
| §112 only | 2 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHALEN, MICHAEL F | 1 | 64.8% | +18.8% |
| FOWLER, ALAN JEROME | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MCPHERSON, JAMES M | 1 | 82.2% | +17.3% |
| MCNALLY, MICHAEL S | 1 | 89.9% | +8.7% |
| DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR | 1 | 79.1% | +5.9% |
| THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HANCOCK, DIANA ROBERT | 1 | 81.3% | +6.0% |
| NGUYEN, DUNG T | 1 | 82.2% | +0.9% |
| WU, NICHOLAS S | 1 | 52.4% | +31.4% |
| TRAN, TAN H | 1 | 60.9% | +32.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880406 | COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR QUANTUM DIRECT COMMUNICATION AND QUANTUM DIRECT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | MCNALLY, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18834382 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD | HANCOCK, DIANA ROBERT | — |
| 18754400 | LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTED PHOTOELECTRIC INTELLIGENT COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE AND CHIP SYSTEM | NGUYEN, DUNG T | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18128819 | NONINTRUSIVE TARGET TRACKING METHOD, SURGICAL ROBOT AND SYSTEM | POTTS, RYAN PATRICK | 110d overdue |
| 18234384 | RETRIEVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESERVOIR WATER STORAGE | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 38d overdue |
| 18259563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK | PRESSLY, KURT NICHOLAS | 19d overdue |
| 18249162 | Method and Apparatus for Weight-Sharing Neural Network with Stochastic Architectures | BEAN, GRIFFIN TANNER | 3d overdue |
| 18652506 | RANGING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 40d |
| 18699448 | BEAM TRAINING METHOD, FIRST NODE, SECOND NODE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MEDIUM | YUN, EUGENE | 70d |
| 19147049 | AUTONOMOUS DECISION-MAKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING SECONDARY COLLISION OF VEHICLE | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | — |
| 19219376 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IONIC LIQUID PREPARATION AND TISSUE, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | FOWLER, ALAN JEROME | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19147049 | AUTONOMOUS DECISION-MAKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING SECONDARY COLLISION OF VEHICLE | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | — |
| 19124639 | CHASSIS DOMAIN CONTROLLER FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING, AND CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE | MCPHERSON, JAMES M | — |
| 18749144 | NEUROMORPHIC OPTICAL COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM AND APPARATUS | WU, NICHOLAS S | — |
| 18711327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTITY ALIGNMENT | TRAN, TAN H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2128 | 2 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19147049 | AUTONOMOUS DECISION-MAKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING SECONDARY COLLISION OF VEHICLE | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | 3661 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19219376 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IONIC LIQUID PREPARATION AND TISSUE, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | FOWLER, ALAN JEROME | 1691 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19124639 | CHASSIS DOMAIN CONTROLLER FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING, AND CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE | MCPHERSON, JAMES M | 3663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 18880406 | COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR QUANTUM DIRECT COMMUNICATION AND QUANTUM DIRECT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | MCNALLY, MICHAEL S | 2432 | §102§103§112DPOther | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18878613 | CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE | DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR | 2884 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18714053 | IMPLANTABLE LIQUID TRANSFER DEVICE AND LIQUID TRANSFER CONTROL SYSTEM | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18834382 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD | HANCOCK, DIANA ROBERT | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18754400 | LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTED PHOTOELECTRIC INTELLIGENT COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE AND CHIP SYSTEM | NGUYEN, DUNG T | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18749144 | NEUROMORPHIC OPTICAL COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM AND APPARATUS | WU, NICHOLAS S | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18711327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTITY ALIGNMENT | TRAN, TAN H | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18652506 | RANGING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 3648 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18629958 | MIRROR MILLING MACHINING EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR LARGE-SCALE ROTARY SPHERICAL THIN-WALLED PARTS | VITALE, MICHAEL J | 3722 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18699448 | BEAM TRAINING METHOD, FIRST NODE, SECOND NODE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MEDIUM | YUN, EUGENE | 2648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18695316 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD | HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18590669 | UNIT COMMITMENT METHOD FOR POWER SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS | ULLAH, ARIF | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18590757 | DAY-AHEAD SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 2117 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18422057 | Spin-Orbit Torque Material and Device, and Use of Delafossite Oxide Thin Film | RONO, VINCENT KIPKEMOI | 2891 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18580872 | COMPUTING APPARATUS AND ROBUSTNESS PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 2824 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18416131 | BIODEGRADABLE FILMS COMPRISING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES | YOON, TAE H | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18578195 | PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE, AND PHARMACEUTIAL COMPOSITION THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF | DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE | 1622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18572377 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER VISION PROCESSING | LEE, TSU-CHANG | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18391374 | SHARED ENERGY STORAGE SCHEDULING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON ENERGY FREQUENCY REGULATION AND LOAD DEMAND | DIAO, M BAYE | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18565510 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEEP LEARNING | STARKS, WILBERT L | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18490744 | CARBON EMISSION FLOW CALCULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18461717 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | NGUYEN, VU ANH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18546811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF BOUNDARY REFINEMENT FOR INSTANCE SEGMENTATION | RHIM, WOO CHUL | 2676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18546842 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUAL REASONING | CORRIELUS, JEAN M | 2159 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18234384 | RETRIEVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESERVOIR WATER STORAGE | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 3645 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18263576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS HAVING ABILITY FOR ADVERSARIAL DETECTION | PEACH, POLINA G | 2126 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18259563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK | PRESSLY, KURT NICHOLAS | 2125 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18338313 | NOVEL METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTIBODIES | NATARAJAN, MEERA | 1643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18197746 | MODULARIZED PARAMETRIC VISUAL PROGRAM INDUCTION ALGORITHM, DEVICE, MEDIUM AND PRODUCT | LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 2128 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18249162 | Method and Apparatus for Weight-Sharing Neural Network with Stochastic Architectures | BEAN, GRIFFIN TANNER | 2121 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18248917 | Method and Apparatus for Neural Network Based on Energy-Based Latent Variable Models | SACKALOSKY, COREY MATTHEW | 2128 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18128819 | NONINTRUSIVE TARGET TRACKING METHOD, SURGICAL ROBOT AND SYSTEM | POTTS, RYAN PATRICK | 2672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 110d overdue | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18017829 | MINIATURE SPECTRUM CHIP BASED ON UNITS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MICRO-NANO STRUCTURE ARRAY IN MINIATURE SPECTRUM CHIP | DINKE, BITEW A | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 18096021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING GRAPH REPRESENTATION FOR OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION GENERALIZATION, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LEY, SALLY THI | 2147 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 17790414 | ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY BASED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL BLOOD PERFUSION IMAGE | GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17782886 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING DESIGN CHANGES IN BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 2188 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2022 |
| 17750052 | METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING IN NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM | NYE, LOUIS CHRISTOPHER | 2141 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2022 |
| 17605122 | MICROELECTRODE, OCCLUDING DEVICE, MICROELECTRODE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICROELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR USING MICROELECTRODE | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2021 |
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