Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Agency for Science, Technology and Research

41 pending office actions • 34 art units • 41 examiners • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 61 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

14
Hard (34%)
20
Medium (49%)
6
Easy (15%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (7%)
§103 only17 (41%)
§102 only2 (5%)
§112 only5 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (27%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

28
Life Sciences
68% of docket
2
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
12% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
5
Business / Other
12% 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.

410 h
Manual time on pending OAs
82 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
144 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHIN, SOO JUNG 1 87.1% +16.3%
GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER 1 37.0% +53.9%
TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM 1 30.2% +46.7%
EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1 61.0% +44.2%
MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR 1 68.7% +21.7%
DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 1 78.6% +4.4%
BRETZ, COREY LANE 1 0.0% +0.0%
ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1 57.3% +30.6%
OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1 0.0% +0.0%
CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1 27.8% +58.3%

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
18847003 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DEFECT DETECTION, COUNTING, AND LOCALISATION FROM VIDEO SEQUENCES SHIN, SOO JUNG

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
17786384 METHOD FOR TREATING ANGELMAN SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS BEANE, RANDALL L 46d overdue
18704834 A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT OF ONE OR MORE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A MATERIAL DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 30d overdue
18246135 FIBRE-BASED OLEOGEL LI, CHANGQING 16d overdue
18550256 A WELL INSERT AND A DEVICE FOR 3D CELL CULTURE AND IN VITRO TISSUE MODEL ABEL, LENORA A 22d
18040066 Characterising Macrophages and Methods Thereof POHNERT, STEVEN C 84d
18844874 EPIDERMAL BIOSENSOR GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER
18838822 Biosynthesis Of Linalool TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM
18711011 Lactose And Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOS) Production In Cells EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW

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
18847003 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DEFECT DETECTION, COUNTING, AND LOCALISATION FROM VIDEO SEQUENCES SHIN, SOO JUNG
18844874 EPIDERMAL BIOSENSOR GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER
18838822 Biosynthesis Of Linalool TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM
18711011 Lactose And Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOS) Production In Cells EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW
18710032 OUTPUT POWER CONTROL FOR A BEAMFORMING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR
18684884 PEPTIDE AND GELATIN HYBRID HYDROGELS AS ECONOMICAL ALTERNATIVES TO COMMON BASEMENT-MEMBRANE MATRICES ROGERS, ERIC JASON
18577860 A METHOD FOR DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACID USING ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1672 2
1683 2
1652 1
3648 1
2884 1
1638 1
2818 1
1744 1
1799 1
2123 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18847003 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DEFECT DETECTION, COUNTING, AND LOCALISATION FROM VIDEO SEQUENCES SHIN, SOO JUNG §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18844874 EPIDERMAL BIOSENSOR GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18838822 Biosynthesis Of Linalool TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18711011 Lactose And Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOS) Production In Cells EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18710032 OUTPUT POWER CONTROL FOR A BEAMFORMING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18704834 A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT OF ONE OR MORE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A MATERIAL DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 2884 §101§103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18687385 Modulation of TJPI Expression to Treat Liver Diseases BRETZ, COREY LANE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18684884 PEPTIDE AND GELATIN HYBRID HYDROGELS AS ECONOMICAL ALTERNATIVES TO COMMON BASEMENT-MEMBRANE MATRICES ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18683345 DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE PLASMONIC MEMBRANE-BASED SERS PLATFORM FOR MONITORING THE HEALING OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 2818 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18577860 A METHOD FOR DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACID USING ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18576009 FLOW REACTOR SYSTEM AND FLOW REACTION METHOD CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 1744 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2024
18574424 A Paper-Based Sensor WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18550256 A WELL INSERT AND A DEVICE FOR 3D CELL CULTURE AND IN VITRO TISSUE MODEL ABEL, LENORA A 1799 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18548870 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR SYSTEM WITH RECONFIGURABLE NEURAL PROCESSING UNIT, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF MAHARAJ, DEVIKA S 2123 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18546397 METHOD FOR FABRICATING A NITROGENOUS STEEL MATERIAL LIANG, ANTHONY M 1734 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2023
18260585 GENERATING AN OUTPUT FOR A RECTIFIED LINEAR UNIT (RELU)-ACTIVATED NEURON OF A NEURAL NETWORK BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE 2138 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18258347 Acoustic Resonator and Method of Forming the Same PHAM, EMILY P 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18034289 ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF PAK, MICHAEL D 1674 Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
18246135 FIBRE-BASED OLEOGEL LI, CHANGQING 1791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18044268 POLYMER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ACTIVE AMINE GROUPS, RELATED POLYMERS AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18022975 COMPOSITE COATING MATERIAL FOR PASSIVE VIBRATION DAMPING NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2023
18040066 Characterising Macrophages and Methods Thereof POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §101§102§112 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18006921 POWER MODULE PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME MELLINGER, CORBYN DAVID 2899 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2023
18016315 A HYDROGEL BINDER AND A FREE-STANDING ELECTRODE FEHR, JULIA MARIE 1725 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18014066 METHOD OF FABRICATING A GRADED METALLIC STRUCTURE CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2022
18011214 A LIGHT-ACOUSTIC SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANOMALY IN A STRUCTURE NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. 2853 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 19, 2022
18008148 A CORAL-LIKE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND A METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME GATEWOOD, DANIEL S 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
17917826 RESPONSIVE, CATALYTIC NUCLEIC NANOSTRUCTURES LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1683 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 07, 2022
17914408 A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTRODUCING ONE OR MORE EXOGENOUS SUBSTANCES INTO AN IMMUNE CELL VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2022
17912802 USE OF A COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN INHIBITOR OF NLRP1 INFLAMMASOME ACTIVATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN AIRWAY INFLAMMATION SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 DP Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022
17904348 NUCLEIC ACID PROBES HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Aug 16, 2022
17786384 METHOD FOR TREATING ANGELMAN SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 §103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17776164 MATRICES FOR CELL CULTURE BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 11, 2022
17768343 Assays For Measuring Nucleic Acid Modifying Enzyme Activity PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE 1684 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2022
17574169 Method of Detecting the Presence of an Analyte in a Sample NGUYEN, BAO THUY L 1677 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 12, 2022
17612989 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2021
17610743 A Method of Making Dental Articles ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Nov 12, 2021
17594349 A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION, AND RELATED PEPTIDES, KITS AND COMPOSITIONS BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1672 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2021
17602411 A Ribozyme Comprising a Target-Binding Domain RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES 1635 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 08, 2021
17367837 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OR DECREASING GUT MICROBIOME DYSBIOSIS INDUCED BY A PRIOR ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 06, 2021
16977592 COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 02, 2020

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