Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

UNION HOSPITAL, TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE, HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (29%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1 0.0% +0.0%
BARNES JR, CARL E 1 32.2% +25.4%
HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1 36.5% +44.5%
O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1 54.8% +63.6%
PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1 25.0% +92.3%
BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1 75.0% +0.0%
MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1 53.3% +39.4%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18585805 MULTI-MODAL MULTI-VIEW CLASSIFICATION METHOD FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAMS BASED ON DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM BARNES JR, CARL E 10d overdue
18409015 PREPARATION METHOD AND USE OF HYDROGEL MATERIAL FOR GROWTH OF BLOOD VESSEL ORGANOIDS O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 42d
18889293 METHOD FOR TREATING CALCIFIC HEART VALVE DISEASE(CHVD) DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE
18527746 Fluorescently Labeled Lentiviral Vector, And Preparation Methods And Use Thereof PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA
18520118 Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (PECAM-1)-Targeted Nanoprobe For Integrated Diagnosis And Treatment, And Preparation Method And Use Thereof BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN
18459076 METHOD FOR DETECTING ANTI-CAR ANTIBODY AGAINST HUMANIZED CART CELLS MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE

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
18585805 MULTI-MODAL MULTI-VIEW CLASSIFICATION METHOD FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAMS BASED ON DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM BARNES JR, CARL E 10d overdue
18409015 PREPARATION METHOD AND USE OF HYDROGEL MATERIAL FOR GROWTH OF BLOOD VESSEL ORGANOIDS O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 42d
18432678 METHOD FOR DETECTING CD19 EXPRESSION HANEY, AMANDA MARIE
18527746 Fluorescently Labeled Lentiviral Vector, And Preparation Methods And Use Thereof PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA
18459076 METHOD FOR DETECTING ANTI-CAR ANTIBODY AGAINST HUMANIZED CART CELLS MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2178 1
1682 1
1633 1
1631 1
1618 1
1675 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18889293 METHOD FOR TREATING CALCIFIC HEART VALVE DISEASE(CHVD) DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18585805 MULTI-MODAL MULTI-VIEW CLASSIFICATION METHOD FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAMS BASED ON DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM BARNES JR, CARL E 2178 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18432678 METHOD FOR DETECTING CD19 EXPRESSION HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18409015 PREPARATION METHOD AND USE OF HYDROGEL MATERIAL FOR GROWTH OF BLOOD VESSEL ORGANOIDS O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18527746 Fluorescently Labeled Lentiviral Vector, And Preparation Methods And Use Thereof PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18520118 Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (PECAM-1)-Targeted Nanoprobe For Integrated Diagnosis And Treatment, And Preparation Method And Use Thereof BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18459076 METHOD FOR DETECTING ANTI-CAR ANTIBODY AGAINST HUMANIZED CART CELLS MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2023

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