Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
University of North Texas has 12 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The docket spans 12 distinct examiners and 11 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution with a slightly narrower technical-unit spread.
SHEN, YANXIN NMN is the busiest examiner and handles 1 pending matter. Because the workload is not concentrated in one examiner, portfolio oversight should emphasize consistent internal review and clear tracking of separate examination positions.
The difference between examiner and art-unit counts indicates that at least one art unit includes more than one examiner assignment. Counsel can use that overlap to identify technical themes, while preserving independent response strategies for each prosecution record.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (18%) |
| §103 only | 5 (45%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1 | 84.6% | +26.4% |
| GARCIA, SANTIAGO | 1 | 87.9% | +13.6% |
| CADEAU, WEDNEL | 1 | 71.6% | +19.6% |
| HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 1 | 61.7% | +19.5% |
| WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 1 | 49.8% | +26.2% |
| IQBAL, SYED TAHA | 1 | 80.0% | +21.3% |
| PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1 | 56.4% | +19.8% |
| ALLEN, JOSHUA L | 1 | 52.3% | +62.6% |
| HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 1 | 56.4% | +23.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18778412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL IMAGE PREPROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — |
| 18612726 | ADSORPTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE BY SWING ADSORPTION METHODS | IQBAL, SYED TAHA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17907708 | VIRUS METABOLITES DETECTION USING ENVIRONMENT AIR CAPTURE COUPLED TO A TUNABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETER | HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 24d overdue |
| 19169341 | GREENHOUSE-BASED PRODUCTION OF FUNGAL-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| 18649708 | DEVICES FOR BIOMECHANICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING AN EXOSKELETON AND A ROBOTIC GLOVE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| 18496035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PAVEMENT MARKINGS | PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | — |
| 18345439 | FABRICATION PROCEDURE OF NON-BINDER BIO-BASED CARBON ELECTRODE FOR BATTERY AND SUPERCAPACITOR | ALLEN, JOSHUA L | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17907708 | VIRUS METABOLITES DETECTION USING ENVIRONMENT AIR CAPTURE COUPLED TO A TUNABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETER | HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 24d overdue |
| 19169341 | GREENHOUSE-BASED PRODUCTION OF FUNGAL-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| 18778412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL IMAGE PREPROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — |
| 18755561 | SYSTEM TO ASSIST FARMERS | CADEAU, WEDNEL | — |
| 18649757 | PELTIER-INTEGRATED THERAPEUTIC WRAP | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | — |
| 18649708 | DEVICES FOR BIOMECHANICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING AN EXOSKELETON AND A ROBOTIC GLOVE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| 18612726 | ADSORPTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE BY SWING ADSORPTION METHODS | IQBAL, SYED TAHA | — |
| 18486887 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY DRIVEN UNIAXIAL CELL STRETCHING DEVICE | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1799 | 2 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 2632 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19169341 | GREENHOUSE-BASED PRODUCTION OF FUNGAL-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 18778412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL IMAGE PREPROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | 2673 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18755561 | SYSTEM TO ASSIST FARMERS | CADEAU, WEDNEL | 2632 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18649757 | PELTIER-INTEGRATED THERAPEUTIC WRAP | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18649708 | DEVICES FOR BIOMECHANICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING AN EXOSKELETON AND A ROBOTIC GLOVE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18612726 | ADSORPTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE BY SWING ADSORPTION METHODS | IQBAL, SYED TAHA | 1736 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18496035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PAVEMENT MARKINGS | PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18486887 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY DRIVEN UNIAXIAL CELL STRETCHING DEVICE | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18345439 | FABRICATION PROCEDURE OF NON-BINDER BIO-BASED CARBON ELECTRODE FOR BATTERY AND SUPERCAPACITOR | ALLEN, JOSHUA L | 1713 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 17907708 | VIRUS METABOLITES DETECTION USING ENVIRONMENT AIR CAPTURE COUPLED TO A TUNABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETER | HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 1799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17689974 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE (TMD) MATERIAL-COATED ANODE FOR IMPROED METAL ION RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity of North Texas has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 11 examiners.
Yanxin Nmn Shen has the most, with 1 of University of North Texas's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
