Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Zhejiang Ocean University has 2 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution of actions to examiners suggests that each pending matter is being treated as a separate technical and procedural track within the USPTO.
DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE is the busiest examiner for the university, holding 1 pending action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for only 2 pending actions, the university is exposed to different examination styles simultaneously. The involvement of 2 distinct art units further indicates that the subject matter likely crosses different specialized niches within the broader biotechnology field.
The prosecution of these 2 pending office actions involves a decentralized approach where no examiner or art unit has a majority of the work. This structure requires the university to adapt to the specific requirements of two different art units. Practitioners should prepare for distinct outcomes and timelines for each action given the lack of overlap in the personnel reviewing the applications within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, CHANGQING | 1 | 29.2% | +33.1% |
| DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1 | 47.2% | +21.6% |
| BRADLEY, CHRISTINA | 1 | 62.6% | +33.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561292 | HALOGENATED CURCUMIN DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PRESERVATION OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS | LI, CHANGQING | — |
| 18556680 | BACILLUS SUBTILIS FNFH_BS06 AND USE THEREOF | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18053765 | LIQUID BANDAGE CONTAINING PEPTIDE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | BRADLEY, CHRISTINA | 163d overdue |
| 18561292 | HALOGENATED CURCUMIN DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PRESERVATION OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS | LI, CHANGQING | — |
| 18556680 | BACILLUS SUBTILIS FNFH_BS06 AND USE THEREOF | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18561292 | HALOGENATED CURCUMIN DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PRESERVATION OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18556680 | BACILLUS SUBTILIS FNFH_BS06 AND USE THEREOF | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1645 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18053765 | LIQUID BANDAGE CONTAINING PEPTIDE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | BRADLEY, CHRISTINA | 1654 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 163d overdue | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialZhejiang Ocean University has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Changqing Li has the most, with 1 of Zhejiang Ocean University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
