Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhejiang Normal University currently has 6 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio exhibits fragmentation, with 6 distinct examiners assigned to the 6 pending actions. This means that every active matter is being handled by a different person, requiring the university to manage 6 unique examination styles simultaneously. This diversity is also reflected in the 6 distinct art units associated with the 6 pending office actions.
NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN is the busiest examiner, but holds only 1 pending office action. With the busiest examiner responsible for only 1 of the 6 total actions, the university's prosecution outcomes are decentralized across the various art units. Such a spread indicates that the university's research in Chemistry & Materials is broad and touches on many different specialized areas of the USPTO. The count of 6 examiners matches the 6 pending office actions.
The role of NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN as the busiest examiner involves 1 pending office action, which is the same count as the other examiners if the 6 actions are divided among the 6 distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that the university is exposed to a variety of examination standards. The spread across 6 distinct art units provides a foundation for its Chemistry & Materials portfolio, as no single art unit controls the majority of the active cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1 | 82.8% | +3.0% |
| TRAN, BINH X | 1 | 81.7% | +11.9% |
| KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 1 | 84.4% | +10.4% |
| STANLEY, JEREMY L | 1 | 49.5% | +39.2% |
| LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 1 | 62.7% | +67.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19001050 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING DIELECTROPHORETIC MICROELECTRODE ACTUATOR WITH IMPEDANCE SENSOR CHIP | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | — |
| 18818121 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR DETECTING MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLS | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990730 | LATERAL AND VERTICAL DIELECTROPHORESIS METHOD FOR MICRO/NANO-SCALE BIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC SENSORS AND ACTUATORS USING TWO HIGH-INTENSITY ELECTRIC FIELDS | TRAN, BINH X | — |
| 18276047 | CONSENSUS GRAPH LEARNING-BASED MULTI-VIEW CLUSTERING METHOD | STANLEY, JEREMY L | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18342759 | MOLECULAR MARKERS LINKED TO MAIN QTL FOR REGULATING RESISTANCE OF RICE TO WHITEBACKED PLANTHOPPER AND APPLICATION THEREOF | LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 62d |
| 18990730 | LATERAL AND VERTICAL DIELECTROPHORESIS METHOD FOR MICRO/NANO-SCALE BIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC SENSORS AND ACTUATORS USING TWO HIGH-INTENSITY ELECTRIC FIELDS | TRAN, BINH X | — |
| 18818121 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR DETECTING MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLS | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | — |
| 18276047 | CONSENSUS GRAPH LEARNING-BASED MULTI-VIEW CLUSTERING METHOD | STANLEY, JEREMY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2127 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19001050 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING DIELECTROPHORETIC MICROELECTRODE ACTUATOR WITH IMPEDANCE SENSOR CHIP | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1795 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18990730 | LATERAL AND VERTICAL DIELECTROPHORESIS METHOD FOR MICRO/NANO-SCALE BIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC SENSORS AND ACTUATORS USING TWO HIGH-INTENSITY ELECTRIC FIELDS | TRAN, BINH X | 1713 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18818121 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR DETECTING MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLS | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 2855 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18276047 | CONSENSUS GRAPH LEARNING-BASED MULTI-VIEW CLUSTERING METHOD | STANLEY, JEREMY L | 2127 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 18342759 | MOLECULAR MARKERS LINKED TO MAIN QTL FOR REGULATING RESISTANCE OF RICE TO WHITEBACKED PLANTHOPPER AND APPLICATION THEREOF | LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 1683 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialZhejiang Normal University has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Alexander Stephan Noguerola has the most, with 1 of Zhejiang Normal University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
