Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona

76 pending office actions • 52 art units • 72 examiners • 0 of 76 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 77 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

76
Total Pending OAs
44
Non-Final OAs
29
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 36 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
1
Due this week
12
Due this month
4
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. 36 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (4)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.

47
Hard (62%)
21
Medium (28%)
8
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (3%)
§101 + other14 (18%)
§103 only18 (24%)
§112 only8 (11%)
Double-patenting + other3 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)31 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

45
Life Sciences
59% of docket
3
Information Tech
4% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
5
Semiconductors
7% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
7
Business / Other
9% 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.

760 h
Manual time on pending OAs
152 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
266 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUMAR, PREETI 2 31.4% +44.1%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 2 45.9% +40.9%
CHANG, AUDREY Y 2 46.6% +20.2%
BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 2 51.3% +48.6%
BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 1 62.3% +28.7%
CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M 1 84.4% +3.7%
HOANG, HAN DINH 1 74.2% +19.0%
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 24.5% +51.2%
ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA 1 51.9% +56.9%
MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1 28.6% +90.9%

Hard Cases (48)

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
17413468 BARN DUST EXTRACT FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 113d overdue
17769992 FORMULATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF VIBRIO INFECTIONS PROSSER, ALISSA J 88d overdue
17777011 SILICA SHELL ENCAPSULATED POLYAROMATIC-CORE MICROPARTICLES SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 80d overdue
17631653 PHYTO-MEDIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT BIOREACTOR (PWBR) ROYCE, LIAM A 49d overdue
17634734 OPTICAL DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR 3D LIGHT FIELD DISPLAYS DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 46d overdue
18797060 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA IN NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTIONS OF PATIENT BEHAVIOR FOR COMBINING INTO A TRANSPARENT DIAGNOSTIC DECISION MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 44d overdue
18018924 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS BARSKY, JARED 35d overdue
18024647 ENGINEERED ORAL BACTERIA AND USES THEREOF LYONS, MARY M 16d overdue

Interview Candidates (13)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17413468 BARN DUST EXTRACT FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 113d overdue
17997924 REAL-TIME MONITORING OF DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY OF VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS CHANG, AUDREY Y 58d overdue
17442017 ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY DUST SUPPRESSANT POLYMER BLEND KUMAR, PREETI 32d overdue
17786025 SEGMENTED OPTICAL COMPONENTS AND METHODS CHANG, AUDREY Y 16d
18285876 ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION-BASED DETECTION OF SHRIMP PATHOGENS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 26d
18973590 BRACING DEVICE FOR RESTORING NATURAL FOOT MOVEMENT TO FLAT FOOT DEFORMITY PATIENTS ALBERS, KEVIN S 27d
18869591 GLYCOSYLATED CYCLIC ENDOMORPHIN ANALOGS ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA 27d
19138974 SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY-DRIVEN DOUBLE-HELICAL DUAL-VALVE-ACTION HYDRODYNAMIC DRIVE FOR SOFT ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS IN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 5
1682 3
1678 3
1654 2
1761 2
3771 2
1624 2
1658 2
1628 2
1675 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19138974 SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY-DRIVEN DOUBLE-HELICAL DUAL-VALVE-ACTION HYDRODYNAMIC DRIVE FOR SOFT ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS IN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19080706 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED REGULAR AND IRREGULAR SD-LDPC CODES FOR 50G-PON/100G-PON AND BEYOND CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M 2112 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
18975660 DEEP ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING AND IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPICIOUS OR CANCEROUS CELLS HOANG, HAN DINH 2661 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18973590 BRACING DEVICE FOR RESTORING NATURAL FOOT MOVEMENT TO FLAT FOOT DEFORMITY PATIENTS ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18869591 GLYCOSYLATED CYCLIC ENDOMORPHIN ANALOGS ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA 1654 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18838780 Fumaric Acid Esters, Inhalation Administration Methods, Pharmaceutical Uses and Compositions MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18797060 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA IN NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTIONS OF PATIENT BEHAVIOR FOR COMBINING INTO A TRANSPARENT DIAGNOSTIC DECISION MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 3685 §101§103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2024
18797123 EDUCATION APPLICATION FOR RECOGNIZING EVIDENCE OF MENTAL DISORDERS BY RE-USING MACHINE LEARNING DATASETS BAIG, SENIYA 3715 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18835778 SMALL MOLECULE PIM AND MTOR KINASE INHIBITOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18789450 ENHANCING ABSORPTION OF DIETARY COMPOUNDS TO PROMOTE HEALTH SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18832165 REAL-TIME COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAM (CGH) GENERATION BY COMPUTE UNIFIED DEVICE ARCHITECTURE (CUDA)-OPEN-GL FOR ADAPTIVE BEAM STEERING SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18778281 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS POSSESSING HIGH NONLINEAR EFFICIENCY AND ADAPTIVE-PROFILE POLING PROCESS TO FABRICATE THE SAME PETKOVSEK, DANIEL §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18728770 MINIATURE MULTISPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND CELL COLLECTION PROBE ROY, BAISAKHI 3797 §112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18754715 METHODS FOR THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY PRIEST, AARON A §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18724159 SOLAR HOT AIR BALLOON VENT XAVIER, VALENTINA 3642 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18721326 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF IL-2 AND ANTI-IL-2 FOR TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18719497 DUST SUPPRESSANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLYCOLIPID KUMAR, PREETI 1761 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18718521 SGK1 INHIBITORY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F 1651 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18693196 MANAGING AN OPTICAL PROBE BEAM FOR DISPLACEMENT SENSING PEREZ-GUZMAN, CARLOS GABRIEL §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18598889 FLAME RETARDANT POLYMERS AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME SHI, GERARD ZHIHAO §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18294371 ACTIVE TISSUE SCAFFOLD STRETCHING UNDER CELL CULTURE CONDITIONS YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18294074 VASCULAR PLUG DUBOSE, LAUREN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18292236 GREEN ENHANCER GLASSES RICKEL, ALEX PARK 2872 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18542277 DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSING GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18542376 COMPOUNDS THAT SYNERGIZE WITH COPPER TO KILL STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 §102§103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18569142 METHOD OF LEACHING METAL-CONTAINING MATERIALS KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18567985 DEVICE AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS BALL, JOHN C 1717 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18511736 GENERATING MECHANICAL FORCE IN ACCORADANCE WITH SENSOR DATA BY ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATING A COMPLIANT MECHANISM SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED 2116 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18560349 METHOD OF TARGETED MULTI-PANEL APPROACH AND TIERED A.I. USE FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT 1687 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18287427 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS THROUGH INHIBITION OF CD44 AND FERM PROTEIN INTERACTION KIM, SEONG JONG 1621 §102§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18285876 ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION-BASED DETECTION OF SHRIMP PATHOGENS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18553909 NAMPT ACTIVATORS FOR TREATING METABOLIC AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2023
18551727 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR MODULATING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION AND POST-OPERATIVE PAIN CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 3792 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 21, 2023
18280395 ORACLE - A PHM TEST & VALIDATION PLATFORM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION IN BIOTIC OR ABIOTIC SENSOR DATA SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18547743 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18547611 INTELLIGENT AEROPONIC MICROGRAVITY & EARTH NUTRIENT DELIVERY (I-AMEND) SYSTEM FOR BIOREGENERATIVE SPACE LIFE SUPPORT AND EARTH APPLICATIONS HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE 3647 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 23, 2023
18278196 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING AND TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE TATGE, LEXUS MARC 1637 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 40d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18365648 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FOR FUNCTIONAL REGENERATIVE TISSUE SCAFFOLDS LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2023
18273102 ROBOTICALLY APPLIED 3D-SPRAYABLE EXTERIOR INSULATION AND FINISH SYSTEMS (EIFS) FOR BUILDING ENVELOPE RETROFITS TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2023
18269021 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PSYLLIDS ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 1663 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18253905 SINGLE COPY LEVEL DETECTION OF CORONAVIRUSES FISHER, BRITTANY I 1796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2023
18037098 VIBRIO TOXIN BINDING PROTEINS IN SHRIMP AND USES THEREOF STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18035134 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SCREENING PESTICIDES DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 §101§102§112Other Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2023
18251078 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING INFLAMMATORY LUNG DISEASES BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 §102§112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18028305 GALLBLADDER CRYOABLATION DEVICE AND METHOD FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 §102§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
18024647 ENGINEERED ORAL BACTERIA AND USES THEREOF LYONS, MARY M 1645 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18166390 METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR DYE-BASED ENCODING AND QUANTIFICATION WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §102§103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18018924 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS BARSKY, JARED 1628 §102§103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
18015775 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF TDP-43 ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2023
18002767 COMPOSITIONS FOR GENOME EDITING AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF SHEN, WU CHENG WINSTON 1682 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2022
17928778 COMPOSITION COMPRISING HIF-1 ALPHA ANTIBODY FOR TREATING CANCER ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §112 Final Rejection 19d Pending Nov 30, 2022
17997924 REAL-TIME MONITORING OF DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY OF VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
18051342 DYNAMIC COVALENT POLYMERIZATIONS WITH ELEMENTAL SULFUR AND SULFUR PREPOLYMERS FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17905675 NOVEL SPLIT-LUCIFERASE ENZYMES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1678 §112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2022
17817178 THERAPEUTIC FRACTIONS AND PROTEINS FROM ASTHMA-PROTECTIVE FARM DUST BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2022
17793204 MULTICYCLIC CARBOCATION AND CARBORADICAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE HABTE, KAHSAY 1624 §102§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 15, 2022
17791523 WEARABLE CHRONIC MONITORING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES MARLEN, TAMMIE K 3796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2022
17786025 SEGMENTED OPTICAL COMPONENTS AND METHODS CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jun 16, 2022
17777011 SILICA SHELL ENCAPSULATED POLYAROMATIC-CORE MICROPARTICLES SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 1678 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending May 13, 2022
17734826 COMPOSITE FILAMENT FOR 3D PRINTING OF RESORBABLE BONE SCAFFOLDS BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 02, 2022
17769992 FORMULATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF VIBRIO INFECTIONS PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2022
17769974 A NOVEL MEANS OF ASSESSING MUSCULAR FUNCTION AND FRAILTY HOLMES, REX R 3796 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2022
17768146 MODIFIED STEM CELLS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2022
17677676 TOPICAL NEUROSTEROID FORMULATIONS STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2022
17634734 OPTICAL DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR 3D LIGHT FIELD DISPLAYS DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 2188 §101§103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2022
17633720 METHODS FOR MONITORING OR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPIES FOR GYNECOLOGIC CANCER COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §101 Final Rejection Pending Feb 08, 2022
17631653 PHYTO-MEDIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT BIOREACTOR (PWBR) ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2022
17622147 Method and Apparatus for Interrogating Biological Systems KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1798 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2021
17622020 Self-Contained Responsive Biological Systems and Methods SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2021
17619116 DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSING AND TREATMENT GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 1681 §101§102§103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2021
17497517 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH SEROTONIN RECEPTOR DEFICIENCIES RONEY, CELESTE A 1612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 08, 2021
17442017 ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY DUST SUPPRESSANT POLYMER BLEND KUMAR, PREETI 1761 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2021
17313938 METHOD OF PERSONALIZED TREATMENT FOR CARDIOMYOPATHY AND HEART FAILURE AND OTHER RELATED DISEASES BY MEASURING RENIN ACTIVITY, PRO-RENIN, PRO-RENIN RECEPTOR LEVELS IN BLOOD CORNET, JEAN P 1628 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 06, 2021
17283876 BARIATRIC BALLOON SYSTEMS ICET, DANIEL ALLEN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2021
17207040 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ARRHYTHMIAS LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1683 §112Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2021
17413468 BARN DUST EXTRACT FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §103§112 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2021

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