Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA currently has 6 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, creating a high degree of variety in the examination process. This one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners suggests that the corporation's prosecution success is dependent on the individual decisions of six different people rather than a single primary contact.
The portfolio is further spread across 5 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the corporation's chemical research covers a broad range of classifications, each with its own set of examiners and internal guidelines. RUMP, RICHARD M is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Although RUMP, RICHARD M is the busiest, this examiner only handles 1 of the 6 pending office actions currently active.
The management of 6 pending office actions across 5 distinct art units presents a complex coordination task for the applicant. Each of the 6 distinct examiners may have different requirements, and the 5 distinct art units may have varying levels of scrutiny. Practitioners must monitor the specific tendencies of each examiner, including RUMP, RICHARD M, to effectively move the 6 pending office actions toward allowance.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUMP, RICHARD M | 1 | 74.4% | +20.3% |
| WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1 | 78.9% | +5.9% |
| KAY, DOUGLAS | 1 | 63.0% | +28.9% |
| SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 1 | 62.1% | +27.7% |
| KIM, TAE JUN | 1 | 63.9% | +25.8% |
| HUYNH, PHUONG N | 1 | 65.8% | +53.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279643 | WELDING ELECTRODE AND SPOT-WELDING DEVICE | KIM, TAE JUN | 15d overdue |
| 18713470 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL AND/OR METALLOID-CONTAINING SULFIDE, AND SODIUM-CONTAINING SULFIDE | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18281060 | METHOD OF ACQUIRING ESTIMATED VALUE OF PHYSICAL CONSTANT | KAY, DOUGLAS | — |
| 18280804 | CALCULATION METHOD FOR HEATING PLAN, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, DEVICE, DEFORMATION METHOD, PLATE DEFORMATION DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR DEFORMED PLATE | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279643 | WELDING ELECTRODE AND SPOT-WELDING DEVICE | KIM, TAE JUN | 15d overdue |
| 17907659 | MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | HUYNH, PHUONG N | 19d |
| 18713470 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL AND/OR METALLOID-CONTAINING SULFIDE, AND SODIUM-CONTAINING SULFIDE | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18281060 | METHOD OF ACQUIRING ESTIMATED VALUE OF PHYSICAL CONSTANT | KAY, DOUGLAS | — |
| 18280804 | CALCULATION METHOD FOR HEATING PLAN, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, DEVICE, DEFORMATION METHOD, PLATE DEFORMATION DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR DEFORMED PLATE | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1797 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1641 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18713470 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL AND/OR METALLOID-CONTAINING SULFIDE, AND SODIUM-CONTAINING SULFIDE | RUMP, RICHARD M | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18289837 | Method for Detecting Analyte, Detection Kit and Detection System, and Method for Manufacturing Detection Kit | WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18281060 | METHOD OF ACQUIRING ESTIMATED VALUE OF PHYSICAL CONSTANT | KAY, DOUGLAS | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18280804 | CALCULATION METHOD FOR HEATING PLAN, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, DEVICE, DEFORMATION METHOD, PLATE DEFORMATION DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR DEFORMED PLATE | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 3695 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18279643 | WELDING ELECTRODE AND SPOT-WELDING DEVICE | KIM, TAE JUN | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 17907659 | MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | HUYNH, PHUONG N | 1641 | §112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialUNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Richard M Rump has the most, with 1 of UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
