Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Turun Yliopisto has 4 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, placing each pending action on its own reported examination path.
HAY, GRANT DAVID is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The even distribution means prosecution planning should address each examiner and art unit separately rather than rely on a single portfolio-wide approach.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAY, GRANT DAVID | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| LAU, TUNG S | 1 | 83.0% | +14.5% |
| GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 63.5% | +40.2% |
| GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18572828 | A RADIATION SENSING MATERIAL | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18867260 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOISTENING A POLISHING PAD | HAY, GRANT DAVID | — |
| 18715893 | A SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A FOOD SERVING SYSTEM | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| 18697961 | METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF ACTINOMYCETES BY SINGLE CELL MUTANT SELECTION | GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18715893 | A SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A FOOD SERVING SYSTEM | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| 18697961 | METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF ACTINOMYCETES BY SINGLE CELL MUTANT SELECTION | GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18867260 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOISTENING A POLISHING PAD | HAY, GRANT DAVID | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18715893 | A SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A FOOD SERVING SYSTEM | LAU, TUNG S | 2855 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18697961 | METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF ACTINOMYCETES BY SINGLE CELL MUTANT SELECTION | GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | 1653 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18572828 | A RADIATION SENSING MATERIAL | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1759 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTurun Yliopisto has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Grant David Hay has the most, with 1 of Turun Yliopisto's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
