Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhengzhou University has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating two separate examination paths.
KOSACK, JOSEPH R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The actions should be managed independently, with each response tailored to its examiner and art-unit context.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOSACK, JOSEPH R | 1 | 74.8% | -6.1% |
| COHEN, BRIAN W | 1 | 54.8% | +47.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18951579 | CHIRAL N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGAND-PROTECTED COPPER CLUSTER | KOSACK, JOSEPH R | — |
| 18289682 | METHOD FOR REFINING BERYLLIUM BY MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYSIS | COHEN, BRIAN W | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18289682 | METHOD FOR REFINING BERYLLIUM BY MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYSIS | COHEN, BRIAN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3991 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18951579 | CHIRAL N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGAND-PROTECTED COPPER CLUSTER | KOSACK, JOSEPH R | 3991 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18289682 | METHOD FOR REFINING BERYLLIUM BY MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYSIS | COHEN, BRIAN W | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialZhengzhou University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Joseph R Kosack has the most, with 1 of Zhengzhou University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
