Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY maintains 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution of this portfolio is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This structure reflects a centralized prosecution path where all current activity is confined to a single administrative unit at the USPTO. The use of a single distinct art unit suggests that the university's intellectual property in this area is specialized and does not overlap with other technological categories at this time. This lack of diversification can simplify the management of the portfolio but also concentrates the risk into a single examination channel.
The busiest examiner assigned to this portfolio is FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M, who is overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the data shows only a single distinct examiner and art unit, the university's patent strategy is currently tied to the specific examination style of this individual. The 1 pending office action constitutes the full extent of the pending matters for the university in this dataset. Success for ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY depends on navigating the specific requirements set forth by FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M, who holds the sole responsibility for the current pending action. The outcome of this matter will determine the university's immediate success in securing new patent rights.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 1 | 45.6% | +35.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16469337 | DIAGNOSIS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE ON THE BASIS OF DECREASED OVERALL TRANSLATION | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 32d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16469337 | DIAGNOSIS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE ON THE BASIS OF DECREASED OVERALL TRANSLATION | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 32d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16469337 | DIAGNOSIS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE ON THE BASIS OF DECREASED OVERALL TRANSLATION | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 1758 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Rebecca M Fritchman has the most, with 1 of ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
