Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§102 only1 (20%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POPA, ILEANA 1 21.0% +14.9%
PORTER, JR, GARY A 1 68.9% +25.2%
STOICA, ELLY GERALD 1 66.5% +22.9%
KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1 54.2% +49.1%
MARVICH, MARIA 1 54.7% +27.4%

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
18471761 DUAL CONTROLS FOR THERAPEUTIC CELL ACTIVATION OR ELIMINATION POPA, ILEANA 50d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18471761 DUAL CONTROLS FOR THERAPEUTIC CELL ACTIVATION OR ELIMINATION POPA, ILEANA 50d overdue
18250532 DIRECTIONAL AND SCALABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY PORTER, JR, GARY A 16d overdue
18027993 DISCOVERY AND USE OF IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCERS STOICA, ELLY GERALD 11d overdue
17926214 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MODULATING SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 8d overdue
17353587 METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ACTIVATION OR ELIMINATION OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS MARVICH, MARIA 54d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1633 1
3796 1
1647 1
1621 1
1634 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18471761 DUAL CONTROLS FOR THERAPEUTIC CELL ACTIVATION OR ELIMINATION POPA, ILEANA 1633 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18250532 DIRECTIONAL AND SCALABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18027993 DISCOVERY AND USE OF IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCERS STOICA, ELLY GERALD 1647 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023
17926214 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MODULATING SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17353587 METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ACTIVATION OR ELIMINATION OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS MARVICH, MARIA 1634 Other Final Rejection 54d Pending Jun 21, 2021

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