Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEKHLIN, ELI S 1 60.2% +48.4%
EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1 40.9% +65.0%
MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN 1 90.3% -12.3%
DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 1 79.2% +1.4%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18666581 PARTICLE TRAP SYSTEM EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN
18429338 POSITIVELY CHARGED QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT POLYMER CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19036083 PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS WITH LOCAL SEMI-OPENING PASSIVATION CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF MEKHLIN, ELI S

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19036083 PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS WITH LOCAL SEMI-OPENING PASSIVATION CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF MEKHLIN, ELI S
18682241 ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1759 1
2881 1
1657 1
2818 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19036083 PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS WITH LOCAL SEMI-OPENING PASSIVATION CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF MEKHLIN, ELI S 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
18666581 PARTICLE TRAP SYSTEM EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN 2881 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18682241 ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1657 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 19, 2024
18429338 POSITIVELY CHARGED QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT POLYMER CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18271919 SOLID OXYGEN IONIC CONDUCTOR BASED FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023

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