Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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 (62%)
2
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
4
Business / Other
50% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 1 47.4% +47.7%
WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1 55.2% +16.8%
MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y 1 70.8% +42.7%
ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1 42.9% +80.0%
SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN 1 100.0% +0.0%
TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN 1 88.2% +28.6%
BOYER, RANDY 1 70.4% +8.2%
SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1 66.9% +46.0%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18764955 METHOD FOR CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL CASCADE SYNTHESIS OF L-PHOSPHINOTHRICIN AND MUTANTS THEREFOR SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN —
18741790 DOUBLE-HELIX SCHEDULING METHOD FOR SOUNDCARD BUFFERS DURING SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN —

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
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
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 —
18813058 ASPERGILLUS SP. L14-OE::LAEA2 AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PRODUCING CYCLIC TRIPEPTIDES ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS —
18357170 GAS-LIQUID REACTOR BOYER, RANDY —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 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
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 —
18895361 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE YIELD OF ERINACINE A BY LIQUID FERMENTATION OF HERICIUM ERINACEUS MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y —
18813058 ASPERGILLUS SP. L14-OE::LAEA2 AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PRODUCING CYCLIC TRIPEPTIDES ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS —
18741790 DOUBLE-HELIX SCHEDULING METHOD FOR SOUNDCARD BUFFERS DURING SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3658 1
1712 1
1652 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§112 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§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2025
18895361 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE YIELD OF ERINACINE A BY LIQUID FERMENTATION OF HERICIUM ERINACEUS MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18813058 ASPERGILLUS SP. L14-OE::LAEA2 AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PRODUCING CYCLIC TRIPEPTIDES ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18764955 METHOD FOR CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL CASCADE SYNTHESIS OF L-PHOSPHINOTHRICIN AND MUTANTS THEREFOR SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN 1652 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18741790 DOUBLE-HELIX SCHEDULING METHOD FOR SOUNDCARD BUFFERS DURING SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
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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