Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
The UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA currently has 4 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, yet they are contained within only 2 distinct art units. This structure indicates that while the company must interact with 4 different individuals, those individuals are grouped within a smaller number of administrative units. HELLNER, MARK is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action assigned.
Because there are 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions, each matter is being reviewed by a different person. However, the concentration into 2 distinct art units suggests that the company may encounter similar prior art or policy interpretations across its pending cases. Practitioners should monitor the 2 distinct art units for broader trends while addressing the individual preferences of the 4 distinct examiners. The presence of 4 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units requires a strategy that balances individual examiner nuances with the collective standards of the units involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEKHLIN, ELI S | 1 | 60.3% | +48.2% |
| HELLNER, MARK | 1 | 90.4% | +8.5% |
| MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | 1 | 90.6% | -12.6% |
| DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | 1 | 80.8% | +1.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18271919 | SOLID OXYGEN IONIC CONDUCTOR BASED FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | 16d overdue |
| 19036083 | PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS WITH LOCAL SEMI-OPENING PASSIVATION CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | MEKHLIN, ELI S | — |
| 18724578 | FITTING METHOD FOR SPONTANEOUS EMISSION NOISE OF LASER RADAR SYSTEM AND OPTICAL FIBER SENSING SYSTEM | HELLNER, MARK | — |
| 18429338 | POSITIVELY CHARGED QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT POLYMER CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19036083 | PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS WITH LOCAL SEMI-OPENING PASSIVATION CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | MEKHLIN, ELI S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19036083 | PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS WITH LOCAL SEMI-OPENING PASSIVATION CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | MEKHLIN, ELI S | 1759 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18724578 | FITTING METHOD FOR SPONTANEOUS EMISSION NOISE OF LASER RADAR SYSTEM AND OPTICAL FIBER SENSING SYSTEM | HELLNER, MARK | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18429338 | POSITIVELY CHARGED QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT POLYMER CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | — | §102§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§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
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