Arizona Board of Regents

Portfolio Summary

65

Total Pending OAs

44

Non-Final OAs

20

Final Rejections

1

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33

Overdue

2

Due this week

21

Due this month

5

Due in next 60 days

4

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. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (21)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (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.

3

Hard (5%)

49

Medium (75%)

9

Easy (14%)

4

Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	3 (5%)
§103 only	38 (58%)
§102 only	11 (17%)
§112 only	9 (14%)
No statute on record	4 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

39

Life Sciences

60% of docket

2

Information Tech

3% of docket

2

Communications

3% of docket

7

Semiconductors

11% of docket

15

Mechanical / Eng

23% 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.

650 h

Manual time on pending OAs

130 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

227 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.7 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN	2	63.5%	+38.8%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE	2	46.0%	+40.4%
CHANG, AUDREY Y	2	46.9%	+20.5%
SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON	2	35.3%	+38.1%
ALBERS, KEVIN S	1	25.0%	+51.0%
ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA	1	53.2%	+58.5%
MPAMUGO, CHINYERE	1	26.6%	+26.9%
PORTER, JR, GARY A	1	68.9%	+25.2%
ROY, BAISAKHI	1	77.3%	+19.0%
XAVIER, VALENTINA	1	74.8%	+9.2%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
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
18430445	VIRTUAL REALITY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT	FERNSTROM, KURT	8d overdue
16975351	EZETIMIBE METABOLITE AS A NON-INVASIVE BIOMARKER FOR NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (NASH)	SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON	5d overdue
18973590	BRACING DEVICE FOR RESTORING NATURAL FOOT MOVEMENT TO FLAT FOOT DEFORMITY PATIENTS	ALBERS, KEVIN S	27d

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17320739	NOVEL MRNA BASED PROGNOSTIC INDEX DERIVED FROM DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IMPROVES OVERALL SURVIVAL ESTIMATES IN GLIOBLASTOMA	GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE	121d overdue
17600817	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING TUMORS USING TRANSCRIPTION INHIBITION AND DNA DAMAGE	YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN	100d overdue
17777011	SILICA SHELL ENCAPSULATED POLYAROMATIC-CORE MICROPARTICLES	SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON	80d overdue
17997924	REAL-TIME MONITORING OF DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY OF VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS	CHANG, AUDREY Y	58d 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
16975351	EZETIMIBE METABOLITE AS A NON-INVASIVE BIOMARKER FOR NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (NASH)	SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON	5d overdue
18730490	METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR USING GREEN LIGHT FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND OTHER CONDITIONS WITH INFLAMMATORY REPONSES	PORTER, JR, GARY A	3d overdue
18728770	MINIATURE MULTISPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND CELL COLLECTION PROBE	ROY, BAISAKHI	16d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2872	6
1654	4
1629	3
1678	3
3786	2
3796	2
3771	2
1682	2
1766	2
1691	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18973590	BRACING DEVICE FOR RESTORING NATURAL FOOT MOVEMENT TO FLAT FOOT DEFORMITY PATIENTS	ALBERS, KEVIN S	3786	§103	Final Rejection	27d	Pending	Dec 09, 2024
18869591	GLYCOSYLATED CYCLIC ENDOMORPHIN ANALOGS	ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA	1654	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Nov 26, 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	§103	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Aug 07, 2024
18730490	METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR USING GREEN LIGHT FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND OTHER CONDITIONS WITH INFLAMMATORY REPONSES	PORTER, JR, GARY A	3796	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Jul 19, 2024
18728770	MINIATURE MULTISPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND CELL COLLECTION PROBE	ROY, BAISAKHI	3797	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Jul 12, 2024
18724159	SOLAR HOT AIR BALLOON VENT	XAVIER, VALENTINA	3642	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Jun 25, 2024
18712428	MAGNETO-OPTIC MAGNETOMETER	CURRAN, GREGORY H	2852	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	May 22, 2024
18615917	USE OF A DISPERSIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AS A SPECTRAL RECOMBINER FOR AN ADVANCED VOLUME HOLOGRAM FILTER (AVHF) AND OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING SUCH FILTER	LEE, MATTHEW Y	2872	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Mar 25, 2024
18686653	MEMS Based Beam Steering with DC and Side Lobe Suppression	TALLMAN, ROBERT E	2872	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Feb 26, 2024
18430445	VIRTUAL REALITY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT	FERNSTROM, KURT	3715	§101	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Feb 01, 2024
18429089	Fall Detection and Prevention System for Alzheimer's, Dementia, and Diabetes	DOTTIN, DARRYL V	2683	§103	Non-Final OA	56d overdue	Pending	Jan 31, 2024
18294074	VASCULAR PLUG	DUBOSE, LAUREN	3771	§103	Final Rejection	16d overdue	Pending	Jan 31, 2024
18292287	BLUE ENHANCER GLASSES	BEATTY, COLLIN X	2872	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Jan 25, 2024
18542376	COMPOUNDS THAT SYNERGIZE WITH COPPER TO KILL STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE	YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN	1629	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Dec 15, 2023
18511736	GENERATING MECHANICAL FORCE IN ACCORADANCE WITH SENSOR DATA BY ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATING A COMPLIANT MECHANISM	SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED	2116	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Nov 16, 2023
18493245	WRIST COMPRESSION DEVICE FOR CARPAL ARCH SPACE AUGMENTATION	RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN	3786	§102	Non-Final OA	72d overdue	Pending	Oct 24, 2023
18287427	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS THROUGH INHIBITION OF CD44 AND FERM PROTEIN INTERACTION	KIM, SEONG JONG	1621	§102	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Oct 18, 2023
18285876	ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION-BASED DETECTION OF SHRIMP PATHOGENS	GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE	1682	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Oct 06, 2023
18549770	METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING DEFINED FIBER CONSTRUCTS	LEYSON, JOSEPH S	1744	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Sep 08, 2023
18280531	COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING TYPE 2 DIABETES AND DEMENTIA	RAO, PADMAJA S	1627	§102	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Sep 06, 2023
18280395	ORACLE - A PHM TEST & VALIDATION PLATFORM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION IN BIOTIC OR ABIOTIC SENSOR DATA	SHOSTAK, ANDREY	3791	§102	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
18278196	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING AND TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE	TATGE, LEXUS MARC	1637	Other	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Aug 22, 2023
18232648	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BREAST CANCER	DEBERRY, REGINA M	1647	§112	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Aug 10, 2023
18218968	JOINT SPACE QUANTIFICATION USING 3D IMAGING	YIP, KENT	2681	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Jul 06, 2023
18346388	GERMANIUM EXTRACTION FROM ELECTRONIC WASTE	NGUYEN, CAM N	1736	§102	Non-Final OA	72d overdue	Pending	Jul 03, 2023
18209618	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING VENOM RELATED POISONING	BROWE, DAVID	1617	§102	Non-Final OA	147d overdue	Pending	Jun 14, 2023
18332370	CHALCOGENIDE HYBRID INORGANIC/ORGANIC POLYMER (CHIP) MATERIALS AS IMPROVED CROSSLINKING AGENTS FOR VULCANIZATION	RODD, CHRISTOPHER M	1766	§102	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Jun 09, 2023
18265335	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING M PRO PROTEASE ACTIVITY AND FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING SARS-COV-2 INFECTION	DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL	1629	§102	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Jun 05, 2023
18253891	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING NEUROPILIN RECEPTOR 1 FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND PREVENTION OF VIRAL ENTRY	VISHNYAKOVA, ELENA VLADIMIROVNA	1691	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	May 22, 2023
18037098	VIBRIO TOXIN BINDING PROTEINS IN SHRIMP AND USES THEREOF	STEELE, AMBER D	1658	§102	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	May 16, 2023
18315433	METALLOPOLYMERS FOR CATALYTIC GENERATION OF HYDROGEN	COHEN, BRIAN W	1759	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	May 10, 2023
18034653	MODULAR FOOTWEAR SOLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS	HUYNH, KHOA D	3732	§103	Final Rejection	147d overdue	Pending	Apr 28, 2023
18251078	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING INFLAMMATORY LUNG DISEASES	BEANE, RANDALL L	1654	§102	Non-Final OA	55d	Pending	Apr 28, 2023
18028305	GALLBLADDER CRYOABLATION DEVICE AND METHOD	FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL	3794	§103	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Mar 24, 2023
18024647	ENGINEERED ORAL BACTERIA AND USES THEREOF	LYONS, MARY M	1645	§102	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Mar 03, 2023
18043694	SOLAR TOWER TO DRY ORGANIC MATTER ON A LARGE SCALE	LAU, JASON	3762	§103	Final Rejection	70d	Pending	Mar 01, 2023
18174158	METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LEGUME-BASED PRODUCTION OF THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL MATERIALS	HA, JULIE	1654	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Feb 24, 2023
18166390	METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR DYE-BASED ENCODING AND QUANTIFICATION	WESTERBERG, NISSA M	1618	§103	Final Rejection	33d	Pending	Feb 08, 2023
18018924	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS	BARSKY, JARED	1628	§103	Final Rejection	35d overdue	Pending	Jan 31, 2023
18001519	T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL ENHANCER FOR TREATING TAF1 ASSOCIATED NEUROLOGICAL DEFECTS	LEE, ANDREW P	1691	§103	Final Rejection	36d overdue	Pending	Dec 12, 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	§103	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Sep 06, 2022
17794229	AFFINITY PEPTIDE CONJUGATED WITH ANTIOXIDANT FOR PROTECTION OF PROTEINS FROM OXIDATION	BOWLES, DAVID PAUL	1654	§112	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Jul 20, 2022
17793204	MULTICYCLIC CARBOCATION AND CARBORADICAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE	HABTE, KAHSAY	1624	§112	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Jul 15, 2022
17792902	METABOLITE BIOMARKER PROFILE AND METHOD OF USE TO DIAGNOSE PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)	SLADE, BRIANNA KESHARA	1796	§103	Non-Final OA	72d	Pending	Jul 14, 2022
17786025	SEGMENTED OPTICAL COMPONENTS AND METHODS	CHANG, AUDREY Y	2872	§103	Final Rejection	16d	Pending	Jun 16, 2022
17751474	PROTECTED TRIAZABUTADIENE COMPOSITIONS FOR CELLULAR STUDIES IN INTACT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS	JACKSON, SHAWQUIA	1626	§112	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	May 23, 2022
17747796	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND ANALYZING A CUSTOMIZED GENOMIC SEQUENCE FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS	THOMPSON, MILANA KAYE	1687	Other	Non-Final OA	100d overdue	Pending	May 18, 2022
17777011	SILICA SHELL ENCAPSULATED POLYAROMATIC-CORE MICROPARTICLES	SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON	1678	Other	Non-Final OA	80d overdue	Pending	May 13, 2022
17734826	COMPOSITE FILAMENT FOR 3D PRINTING OF RESORBABLE BONE SCAFFOLDS	BAHENA, CHRISTIE L.	3774	§103	Final Rejection	28d	Pending	May 02, 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
17769992	FORMULATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF VIBRIO INFECTIONS	PROSSER, ALISSA J	1619	§103	Non-Final OA	88d overdue	Pending	Apr 18, 2022
17634734	OPTICAL DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR 3D LIGHT FIELD DISPLAYS	DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL	2188	§101	Final Rejection	46d overdue	Pending	Feb 11, 2022
17631653	PHYTO-MEDIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT BIOREACTOR (PWBR)	ROYCE, LIAM A	1777	§103	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Jan 31, 2022
17600817	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING TUMORS USING TRANSCRIPTION INHIBITION AND DNA DAMAGE	YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN	1629	§112	Final Rejection	100d overdue	Pending	Oct 01, 2021
17442017	ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY DUST SUPPRESSANT POLYMER BLEND	KUMAR, PREETI	1761	§103	Final Rejection	32d overdue	Pending	Sep 22, 2021
17395203	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING GROUPS OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS BASED ON PREDICTED GROWTH POTENTIAL	WOITACH, JOSEPH T	1687	§103	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Aug 05, 2021
17320739	NOVEL MRNA BASED PROGNOSTIC INDEX DERIVED FROM DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IMPROVES OVERALL SURVIVAL ESTIMATES IN GLIOBLASTOMA	GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE	1682	§112	Final Rejection	121d overdue	Pending	May 14, 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	§103	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	Other	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Mar 19, 2021
16975351	EZETIMIBE METABOLITE AS A NON-INVASIVE BIOMARKER FOR NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (NASH)	SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON	1678	§101	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Aug 24, 2020

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