Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

2
Hard (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 1 52.9% +55.7%
WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1 54.9% +17.1%
LEONG, NATHAN T 1 71.3% +24.1%
BOYER, RANDY 1 70.4% +8.2%
SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1 66.1% +50.7%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18182377 METHOD FOR BUILDING CO-CULTURE MODEL FOR CACO-2/RAW-264.7 CELLS INDUCED BY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES AND APPLICATION OF CO-CULTURE MODEL SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 16d overdue
18357170 GAS-LIQUID REACTOR BOYER, RANDY

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18182377 METHOD FOR BUILDING CO-CULTURE MODEL FOR CACO-2/RAW-264.7 CELLS INDUCED BY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES AND APPLICATION OF CO-CULTURE MODEL SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 16d overdue
19023256 ORGANIC SOLVENT ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE OF POLYIMIDE/POLYETHYLENEIMINE@TiO2 WITH HIGH SOLVENT PERMEABILITY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME LEONG, NATHAN T 77d
19295730 ROBOT COMPLIANCE CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS WITH PARAMETER SELF-LEARNING MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN
19135195 A high-conductivity high-mobility n-type diamond thin film and preparation method thereof WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3658 1
1712 1
1718 1
1633 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19295730 ROBOT COMPLIANCE CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS WITH PARAMETER SELF-LEARNING MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 3658 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 11, 2025
19135195 A high-conductivity high-mobility n-type diamond thin film and preparation method thereof WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1712 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2025
19023256 ORGANIC SOLVENT ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE OF POLYIMIDE/POLYETHYLENEIMINE@TiO2 WITH HIGH SOLVENT PERMEABILITY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME LEONG, NATHAN T 1718 §112 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Jan 15, 2025
18357170 GAS-LIQUID REACTOR BOYER, RANDY §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2023
18182377 METHOD FOR BUILDING CO-CULTURE MODEL FOR CACO-2/RAW-264.7 CELLS INDUCED BY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES AND APPLICATION OF CO-CULTURE MODEL SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2023

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