Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Xi’An Jiaotong University currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution profile is extremely focused due to the limited number of active cases. DONG, LIANG is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action under review. As there is only 1 pending action in total, this examiner is responsible for the entirety of the university's current workload in this specific data set.

The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for this pending application. Practitioners managing this portfolio deal with a singular point of contact at the patent office. This allows for a highly tailored approach to the specific requirements of the examiner and the art unit involved. However, the concentration of all pending work under a single examiner and art unit means that the university's current success in this technology area depends entirely on the outcomes of these specific interactions. Practitioners should focus on the specific procedural nuances of DONG, LIANG to ensure a favorable result for this pending action. The lack of broader data across other examiners or art units means that this single case defines the university's current standing in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
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.

5
Hard (71%)
0
Medium (0%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§112 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR 1 66.7% +25.6%
COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 1 40.9% +47.7%
RAMIREZ, ELLIS B 1 81.5% +14.9%
ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 1 82.9% +17.4%
NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 1 67.5% +24.3%
LEE JR, WOODY A 1 84.4% +13.2%
BETIT, JACOB F 1 33.7% +16.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18455645 PRECISION MACHINING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING CONTROLLABLE-HOLE-TYPE MULTIPLE HOLES USING ULTRAFAST LASER LEE JR, WOODY A —

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19486881 Electro-thermal cooperative control method, system and Energy-Hub for electric vehicle HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR —
19208104 PARALLEL ELECTRON SWARM PARAMETER CALCULATION METHOD TAKING ION DYNAMICS INTO CONSIDERATION, AND RELATED APPARATUS COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD —
18793834 Miniature radar array mapping system and method in complex narrow space RAMIREZ, ELLIS B —
18736991 SINGLE-POINT SAMPLING OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY RESPONSE MEASUREMENT ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K —
18291055 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF AN INSULATION STATE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGHIEM, MICHAEL P —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17893986 Combined power generation system and method of small fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor and solar tower BETIT, JACOB F 413d overdue
19486881 Electro-thermal cooperative control method, system and Energy-Hub for electric vehicle HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR —
19208104 PARALLEL ELECTRON SWARM PARAMETER CALCULATION METHOD TAKING ION DYNAMICS INTO CONSIDERATION, AND RELATED APPARATUS COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD —
18793834 Miniature radar array mapping system and method in complex narrow space RAMIREZ, ELLIS B —
18736991 SINGLE-POINT SAMPLING OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY RESPONSE MEASUREMENT ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K —
18291055 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF AN INSULATION STATE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGHIEM, MICHAEL P —
18455645 PRECISION MACHINING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING CONTROLLABLE-HOLE-TYPE MULTIPLE HOLES USING ULTRAFAST LASER LEE JR, WOODY A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 2
3669 1
2188 1
3658 1
3761 1
3646 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19486881 Electro-thermal cooperative control method, system and Energy-Hub for electric vehicle HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR 3669 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2025
19208104 PARALLEL ELECTRON SWARM PARAMETER CALCULATION METHOD TAKING ION DYNAMICS INTO CONSIDERATION, AND RELATED APPARATUS COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2025
18793834 Miniature radar array mapping system and method in complex narrow space RAMIREZ, ELLIS B 3658 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 04, 2024
18736991 SINGLE-POINT SAMPLING OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY RESPONSE MEASUREMENT ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18291055 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF AN INSULATION STATE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 22, 2024
18455645 PRECISION MACHINING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING CONTROLLABLE-HOLE-TYPE MULTIPLE HOLES USING ULTRAFAST LASER LEE JR, WOODY A 3761 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2023
17893986 Combined power generation system and method of small fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor and solar tower BETIT, JACOB F 3646 §112 Non-Final OA 413d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Xi'an Jiaotong University have?

Xi'an Jiaotong University has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Xi'an Jiaotong University applications?

Hajar Hassaniardekani has the most, with 1 of Xi'an Jiaotong University's pending office actions.

What technology area are Xi'an Jiaotong University's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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