Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND holds a patent portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area with a focused prosecution profile. There is currently 1 pending office action being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This indicates that the university's current active patenting efforts are concentrated on a specific technical disclosure rather than a broad range of diverse applications.
The review is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a specialized technical focus for the pending matter. NGUYEN, JOHN P is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is the sole individual currently reviewing the university's pending work. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a targeted prosecution strategy, as the university only needs to address the specific requirements and feedback of a single examiner at this time.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORNOW, MARK W | 1 | 77.5% | +12.9% |
| HAN, SETH | 1 | 59.6% | +27.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17926119 | SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURE | TORNOW, MARK W | 168d overdue |
| 17254821 | DRESSING SYSTEM | HAN, SETH | 66d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17926119 | SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURE | TORNOW, MARK W | 168d overdue |
| 17254821 | DRESSING SYSTEM | HAN, SETH | 66d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2891 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17926119 | SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURE | TORNOW, MARK W | 2891 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 168d overdue | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 17254821 | DRESSING SYSTEM | HAN, SETH | 3781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2020 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialUNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Mark W Tornow has the most, with 1 of UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
