Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Hongkong Ip

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

27 pending office actions • 23 clients • 27 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 123 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

HONGKONG IP has 556 career applications in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm currently handles 19 pending office actions. The resolved allowance rate pct is 86.24, which reflects the firm's success in securing patent grants from its total resolved applications. This career volume of 556 applications indicates a focused practice with a foundation of experience in this complex field.

The average office actions per allowance is 1.34. This metric suggests that the prosecution process typically involves fewer than two office actions. The firm's performance is based on 556 career applications and an 86.24 resolved allowance rate pct. The average of 1.34 office actions per allowance is a key indicator of the efficiency of the firm's prosecution strategy. The 19 pending office actions show the firm's current workload in the biotechnology sector.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=556 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.2%
Allowance Rate
n=556
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=556
1.3
OAs to Allowance
n=307
-1.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=307
529 days
Time to Allowance
n=307
+12.9pp
Interview Lift
n=556
4.2%
RCE Rate
n=556
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=556

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

60.0%
§101 Overcome
n=40
51.6%
§102 Overcome
n=62
53.2%
§103 Overcome
n=111
65.0%
§112 Overcome
n=157

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G01N, G06T
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=556
0
Practitioners
n=556
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=556 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

16
Hard (59%)
8
Medium (30%)
3
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other4 (15%)
§103 only7 (26%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only3 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
15% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
11
Business / Other
41% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NIEVES, NELSON J 1 75.3% +16.6%
KANG, TAE-SIK 1 58.2% +27.8%
SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 1 75.0% +33.3%
KIM, PATRICK 1 26.3% +33.9%
ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ 1 75.0% +0.0%
KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 81.7% +2.1%
JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R 1 88.2% +7.0%
THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1 73.8% +10.4%
LAMBERT, WAYNE A 1 62.1% +23.4%
DHAKAL, BICKEY 1 84.3% +16.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18791290 SMART PHOTO FRAME THAT SUPPORTS SONIC WAVE CONFIGURATION FREE OF UNPACKING FOR GIFT GIVING KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J —

Hard Cases (16)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19001359 IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR PAPER-BASED VISUALLY IDENTIFIABLE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING ELECTRONIC SEAL KIM, PATRICK 55d
18493622 DOUBLE-ROW CONNECTOR SUPPORTING PLASTIC COATING ANDERSON, AMARA 56d
19007435 INTEGRATED COOLING UNIT FOR IN-WHEEL MOTOR SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH —
18817134 HoMOF MATERIAL ITS PREPARATION METHODS AND ITS APPLICATIONS ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ —
18787878 FULL-MOTION ELECTRONIC HANDWHEEL JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R —
18747289 SELF-CALIBRATION ELEVATOR DOOR LOCK CONTACT MAKING DEVICE DHAKAL, BICKEY —
18664441 HARDWARE-AWARE MIXED PRECISION QUANTIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON GREEDY SEARCH KASSIM, IMAD MUTEE —
18642664 METHOD FOR SEPARATION AND SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING OF PRIMARY AND MULTIPLE WAVES BASED ON WAVE FIELD DECOMPOSITION ABULABAN, ABDALLAH —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19001359 IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR PAPER-BASED VISUALLY IDENTIFIABLE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING ELECTRONIC SEAL KIM, PATRICK 55d
19054731 ANTI-HEAT SOURCE FLUCTUATION HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM BASED ON ACTIVE FLOW REGULATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF NIEVES, NELSON J —
19019421 PREPARATION METHOD OF PEROVSKITE/SILICON HETEROJUNCTION TANDEM SOLAR CELL KANG, TAE-SIK —
19007435 INTEGRATED COOLING UNIT FOR IN-WHEEL MOTOR SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH —
18778888 PLUG-IN TYPE DETACHABLE LAYERED CARPET THOMPSON, CAMIE S —
18753913 FAN WITH MAGNETIC SUCTION SUPPORT LAMBERT, WAYNE A —
18747289 SELF-CALIBRATION ELEVATOR DOOR LOCK CONTACT MAKING DEVICE DHAKAL, BICKEY —

Client Portfolio (23 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28712
17281
36281
17861
37451
37841
16171
16821
16311
16181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19054731 ANTI-HEAT SOURCE FLUCTUATION HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM BASED ON ACTIVE FLOW REGULATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Kunming University Of Science And Technology NIEVES, NELSON J §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19019421 PREPARATION METHOD OF PEROVSKITE/SILICON HETEROJUNCTION TANDEM SOLAR CELL Advanced Solar Technology Institute, Xuancheng KANG, TAE-SIK 1728 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
19007435 INTEGRATED COOLING UNIT FOR IN-WHEEL MOTOR Tianjin University SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
19001359 IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR PAPER-BASED VISUALLY IDENTIFIABLE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING ELECTRONIC SEAL Yiqing Zhang KIM, PATRICK 3628 §101§102 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Dec 24, 2024
18817134 HoMOF MATERIAL ITS PREPARATION METHODS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Shanghai Polytechnic University ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18791290 SMART PHOTO FRAME THAT SUPPORTS SONIC WAVE CONFIGURATION FREE OF UNPACKING FOR GIFT GIVING Beijing Cozyla Technology Ltd. KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18787878 FULL-MOTION ELECTRONIC HANDWHEEL Min Li JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18778888 PLUG-IN TYPE DETACHABLE LAYERED CARPET Shaoxing Wuwei New Material Co., Ltd. THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1786 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18753913 FAN WITH MAGNETIC SUCTION SUPPORT Guangdong Tcomas Technology Co., Ltd. LAMBERT, WAYNE A 3745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18747289 SELF-CALIBRATION ELEVATOR DOOR LOCK CONTACT MAKING DEVICE China Jiliang University DHAKAL, BICKEY §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18664441 HARDWARE-AWARE MIXED PRECISION QUANTIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON GREEDY SEARCH Inspur Academy Of Science And Technology KASSIM, IMAD MUTEE §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18660010 LIFTING STRUCTURE FOR TREADMILL Yongkang Saihan Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 3784 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending May 09, 2024
18642664 METHOD FOR SEPARATION AND SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING OF PRIMARY AND MULTIPLE WAVES BASED ON WAVE FIELD DECOMPOSITION Chengdu University Of Technology ABULABAN, ABDALLAH §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2024
18642645 SALT-STORAGE ANTI-ICING COATING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Xinjiang Suoying Technology Co., Ltd. GREEN, ANTHONY J §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2024
18443310 MICROBIAL INOCULANT CONTAINING BACILLUS VELEZENSIS XY40-1, PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Hunan Longke Wisdom Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN 1617 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 16, 2024
18432678 METHOD FOR DETECTING CD19 EXPRESSION UNION HOSPITAL, TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE, HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2024
18533743 Calibration concentration selection method for gas sensor array UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA BHAT, ADITYA S §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18527746 Fluorescently Labeled Lentiviral Vector, And Preparation Methods And Use Thereof UNION HOSPITAL, TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE, HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2023
18520118 Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (PECAM-1)-Targeted Nanoprobe For Integrated Diagnosis And Treatment, And Preparation Method And Use Thereof UNION HOSPITAL, TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE, HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2023
18503129 MASSAGER WITH BETTER ADSORPTION EFFECT Shenzhen Imoon Technology Co., Ltd. CASLER, BRIAN L §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2023
18495658 MINIATURE MULTIFUNCTIONAL VR RESIN LENS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Jiangsu Conant Optical Co. Ltd. GROSS, ALEXANDER P 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18495670 MULTIFUNCTIONAL RESIN LENS FOR AR GLASSES CAPABLE OF CORRECTING VISION AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF Jiangsu Conant Optical Co.,Ltd MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18493622 DOUBLE-ROW CONNECTOR SUPPORTING PLASTIC COATING Huizhou Sanchuang Technology Co., Ltd. ANDERSON, AMARA 2831 §103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18554465 Application of Inhibitors Targeting CD226 Molecules in Anti-Tumor Metastasis Air Force Medical University KOMATSU, LI N 1658 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2023
18459076 METHOD FOR DETECTING ANTI-CAR ANTIBODY AGAINST HUMANIZED CART CELLS UNION HOSPITAL, TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE, HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2023
18449654 METHOD FOR CALCULATING DRINKING TIME Shanxi Medical University HUANG, MICKEY NMN 1758 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18341784 MULTIFUNCTIONAL METAL DETECTOR Jinhua Maka Technology Co., Ltd. RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS 2858 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 27, 2023

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