Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZHEJIANG ORIENT GENE BIOTECH CO., LTD. is currently navigating 10 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed among 10 distinct examiners, which shows that every active case is being handled by a different individual. This high degree of examiner diversity across the 10 pending actions suggests that the company must manage many unique examination styles simultaneously. The portfolio spans 5 distinct art units, indicating that the Chemistry & Materials innovations from this entity are categorized into several different technical classifications at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KWAK, DEAN P, who is currently assigned 1 pending office action. Since the busiest examiner only handles 1 of the 10 pending office actions, the workload is perfectly distributed across the 10 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner's tendencies will dominate the prosecution outcomes. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific requirements of the 5 distinct art units involved in these Chemistry & Materials filings, as the pending office actions are spread across these various organizational groups.
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 (10%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.8% | +37.1% |
| BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1 | 76.4% | +40.2% |
| WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1 | 66.7% | +68.3% |
| SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1 | 63.0% | +17.8% |
| KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1 | 31.1% | +64.4% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.4% | +19.8% |
| BERKELEY, EMILY R | 1 | 75.8% | +28.3% |
| CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1 | 43.3% | +26.1% |
| NGUYEN, BAO THUY L | 1 | 41.8% | +22.0% |
| HANDY, DWAYNE K | 1 | 62.7% | +25.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING MULTIPLE ANALYTES IN LIQUID SAMPLE THROUGH LATERAL FLOW | NGUYEN, BAO THUY L | 3d overdue |
| 18667741 | COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING A LIQUID SAMPLE | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| 18606983 | DETECTING APPARATUS | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | — |
| 18601533 | DEVICE WITH SECONDARY DETERMINATION CHAMBER FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 18346625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING MULTIPLE ANALYTES IN LIQUID SAMPLE THROUGH LATERAL FLOW | NGUYEN, BAO THUY L | 3d overdue |
| 18667741 | COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING A LIQUID SAMPLE | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| 18659829 | TEST DEVICE FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | — |
| 18659794 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | — |
| 18606983 | DETECTING APPARATUS | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | — |
| 18601533 | DEVICE WITH SECONDARY DETERMINATION CHAMBER FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 18441433 | DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE TEST UNITS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18490552 | TEST DEVICE FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | BERKELEY, EMILY R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 4 |
| 1797 | 2 |
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18667741 | COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING A LIQUID SAMPLE | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18659829 | TEST DEVICE FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18659794 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1798 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18606983 | DETECTING APPARATUS | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1758 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18601533 | DEVICE WITH SECONDARY DETERMINATION CHAMBER FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18441433 | DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE TEST UNITS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18490552 | TEST DEVICE FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | BERKELEY, EMILY R | 1796 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18346625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1758 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18340625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING MULTIPLE ANALYTES IN LIQUID SAMPLE THROUGH LATERAL FLOW | NGUYEN, BAO THUY L | 1677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 17725358 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN A LIQUID SAMPLE AND METHOD THEREOF | HANDY, DWAYNE K | 1798 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialZHEJIANG ORIENT GENE BIOTECH CO., LTD. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 10 examiners.
Dean P Kwak has the most, with 1 of ZHEJIANG ORIENT GENE BIOTECH CO., LTD.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
