Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
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
The University Of Tasmania currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, which provides a diversified assessment of the university's patent applications. This arrangement ensures that each of the 2 pending office actions is subject to an independent evaluation by different USPTO personnel.
The university's prosecution activity is divided between 2 distinct art units. This indicates that the research being patented spans different technical sub-fields within chemistry and materials science. BALL, JOHN C is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action.
With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the university's patent strategy is evenly distributed. BALL, JOHN C handles 1 pending office action, representing half of the current active workload. This structure suggests that the university is pursuing distinct technical innovations that require specialized knowledge from different examining groups at the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, JOHN C | 1 | 78.8% | +16.1% |
| JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1 | 49.4% | +44.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17251135 | PREPARATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE USING A WHOLE PLANT FIBRE EXTRACT FROM SUGARCANE | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 36d |
| 18877861 | COATING INNER SURFACES OF ENCLOSED ARTICLES | BALL, JOHN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877861 | COATING INNER SURFACES OF ENCLOSED ARTICLES | BALL, JOHN C | 1795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 17251135 | PREPARATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE USING A WHOLE PLANT FIBRE EXTRACT FROM SUGARCANE | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Dec 10, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity Of Tasmania has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
John C Ball has the most, with 1 of University Of Tasmania's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
