Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Augusta University Research Institute Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY 1 12.5% +25.6%
NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1 42.9% +43.1%
JAVANMARD, SAHAR 1 65.3% +34.8%
SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1 37.2% +16.0%
MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1 33.8% +50.0%
RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 1 54.5% +53.9%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18500774 ENGINEERED EXOSOMES TO DETECT AND DEPLETE PRO-TUMORIGENIC MACROPHAGES NICOL, ALEXANDER W 13d
19036891 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION OF THE NUCLEUS BASALIS OF MEYNERT SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY
18546720 CANNABIDIOL FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES JAVANMARD, SAHAR
18346483 SYSTEMS AND REAGENTS FOR DETECTION OF FREE MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN

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
18500774 ENGINEERED EXOSOMES TO DETECT AND DEPLETE PRO-TUMORIGENIC MACROPHAGES NICOL, ALEXANDER W 13d
17998790 CANNABIDIOL AS A THERAPEUTIC MODALITY FOR COVID-19 RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 23d
19036891 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION OF THE NUCLEUS BASALIS OF MEYNERT SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY
18546720 CANNABIDIOL FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES JAVANMARD, SAHAR
18365856 Compositions and Methods for Dietary Management SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L
18346483 SYSTEMS AND REAGENTS FOR DETECTION OF FREE MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1634 1
1622 1
1628 1
1677 1
1627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19036891 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION OF THE NUCLEUS BASALIS OF MEYNERT SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
18500774 ENGINEERED EXOSOMES TO DETECT AND DEPLETE PRO-TUMORIGENIC MACROPHAGES NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 02, 2023
18546720 CANNABIDIOL FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES JAVANMARD, SAHAR 1622 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18365856 Compositions and Methods for Dietary Management SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2023
18346483 SYSTEMS AND REAGENTS FOR DETECTION OF FREE MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1677 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2023
17998790 CANNABIDIOL AS A THERAPEUTIC MODALITY FOR COVID-19 RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 1627 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Nov 14, 2022

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