Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation

21 pending office actions • 19 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 50 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

1
Hard (5%)
18
Medium (86%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only16 (76%)
§102 only2 (10%)
§112 only2 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
38% of docket
3
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GARCIA, CARLOS E 1 76.9% +16.4%
DAVIS, JERROD I 1 86.3% +11.4%
NG, JONATHAN K 1 34.9% +13.5%
GREENE, JOSEPH L 1 63.2% +36.7%
AHMED, MASUD 1 82.4% +13.1%
BROWN, DALIYAH MONYHE 1 100.0% +0.0%
JAVAID, JAMAL 1 88.5% +5.9%
TAYLOR, WILLIAM LAURENCE 1 100.0% +0.0%
HALL, DEANNA K 1 75.8% +15.4%
CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 1

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18279772 NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME INHIBITORY PEPTIDE FOR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES BROWN, DALIYAH MONYHE 4d overdue
18499487 VEHICLE FOR PERFORMING MINIMAL RISK MANEUVER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AHMED, MASUD 21d
19001968 Vehicle for Performing Minimal Risk Maneuver and Method for Operating the Vehicle DAVIS, JERROD I 23d
18274537 BIO-SENSING DEVICE WITH OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE TAYLOR, WILLIAM LAURENCE 23d
18266581 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING UAV NETWORK BY UTILIZING MULTIMODAL SENSOR INFORMATION JAVAID, JAMAL 30d

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17972538 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAULT DIAGNOSTIC OF PROGRAMMABLE ROBOT CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 5d

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
18401742 PROSPECTIVE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE FOR PREDICTING DEMENTIA AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME NG, JONATHAN K 113d overdue
19001835 Autonomous Valet Parking System and Method for Operating the Same GARCIA, CARLOS E 8d
18499487 VEHICLE FOR PERFORMING MINIMAL RISK MANEUVER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AHMED, MASUD 21d
19001968 Vehicle for Performing Minimal Risk Maneuver and Method for Operating the Vehicle DAVIS, JERROD I 23d
18344488 PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE HALL, DEANNA K 33d
18397144 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SECURITY SITUATION ASSESSMENT GREENE, JOSEPH L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 2
1683 2
2686 1
3656 1
3619 1
2443 1
3657 1
1654 1
2412 1
2884 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19001835 Autonomous Valet Parking System and Method for Operating the Same GARCIA, CARLOS E 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 26, 2024
19001968 Vehicle for Performing Minimal Risk Maneuver and Method for Operating the Vehicle DAVIS, JERROD I 3656 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 26, 2024
18401742 PROSPECTIVE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE FOR PREDICTING DEMENTIA AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME NG, JONATHAN K 3619 §103 Final Rejection 113d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2024
18397144 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SECURITY SITUATION ASSESSMENT GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18499487 VEHICLE FOR PERFORMING MINIMAL RISK MANEUVER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AHMED, MASUD 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18279772 NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME INHIBITORY PEPTIDE FOR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES BROWN, DALIYAH MONYHE 1654 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18266581 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING UAV NETWORK BY UTILIZING MULTIMODAL SENSOR INFORMATION JAVAID, JAMAL 2412 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18274537 BIO-SENSING DEVICE WITH OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE TAYLOR, WILLIAM LAURENCE 2884 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18344488 PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE HALL, DEANNA K 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18269708 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 1672 §112 Final Rejection 83d Pending Jun 26, 2023
18334812 Vehicle for Performing Minimal Risk Maneuver and Method of Operating the Vehicle HERRERA, MICHAEL J 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18265218 PHOTO-CROSSLINKED HYALURONIC ACID BIO-INK FOR BIO-PRINTING, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES USING SAME KAUCHER, MARK S 1764 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18322850 SERUM EXOSOMAL SF3B4 MARKER COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSING EARLY STAGE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA FOR NONINVASIVE IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE 1683 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending May 24, 2023
18318242 PLASMA RADICAL SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18141086 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR ADMINISTRATION AS OPHTHALMIC DROP TO PATIENT REQUIRING OPTIC NERVE PROTECTION RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 190d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18032720 OPTICAL SENSOR HAVING 2D-3D HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF REAMES, MATTHEW L 2896 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
18071407 SANDBLASTING SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD FOR CHANGE IN SURFACE MORPHOLOGY AND IMPROVEMENT IN RESIDUAL STRESS OF THREE TYPES OF DENTAL ZIRCONIA POON, DANA LEE 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 29, 2022
17972538 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAULT DIAGNOSTIC OF PROGRAMMABLE ROBOT CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 2117 §101 Final Rejection 5d Pending Oct 24, 2022
17967831 COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING ANGIOGENESIS USING LIQUID TYPE PLASMA AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING ANGIOGENESIS USING SAME PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022
17907791 BIOMARKER COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSING DIFFUSE TYPE GASTRIC CANCER, AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17535204 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENE AMPLIFICATION SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Nov 24, 2021

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