Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Case Western Reserve University

29 pending office actions • 27 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (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.

3
Hard (10%)
16
Medium (55%)
3
Easy (10%)
7
Unknown (24%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (10%)
§103 only14 (48%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only3 (10%)
No statute on record7 (24%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
3
Semiconductors
10% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
1
Business / Other
3% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 1 73.0% +21.2%
KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 1 86.7% +21.1%
LAMPRECHT, JOEL 1 81.4% +16.4%
MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G 1 81.6% +18.0%
ZOU, NIANXIANG 1 64.3% +24.2%
COPPINS, JANET L 1 73.4% +25.0%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
NGUYEN, QUANG 1 38.2% +52.8%
NGUYEN, KEMAYA DEANN HUU 1 74.4% +40.0%
ARIANI, KADE 1 74.5% +33.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18901645 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTIMATE FORCE OF AN INSTRUMENT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 53d overdue
18849099 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSSEPTAL PROCEDURES LAMPRECHT, JOEL 46d overdue
18649018 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MR IMAGING USING PULSE SEQUENCES OPTIMIZED USING A SYSTEMATIC ERROR INDEX TO CHARACTERIZE ARTIFACTS MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G 54d

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
18462001 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND PREVENTING CASES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH CAUSED BY SUDDEN UNEXPECTED POSTNATAL COLLAPSE LAU, MICHAEL J 1d overdue
17992994 PREDICTING RECURRENCE IN EARLY STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) WITH INTEGRATED RADIOMIC AND PATHOMIC FEATURES NASSER, ROBERT L 30d
17590986 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASIAS AND/OR METAPLASIAS IN THE ESOPHAGUS SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 56d
18597085 BIPHASIC OSTEOTENDINOUS REPAIR SCAFFOLDS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 70d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19038833 HYBRID WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER AND MARINE BUOY SYSTEM FOR WAVE ENERGY HARVESTING AND MARINE SENSING QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 99d overdue
18901645 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTIMATE FORCE OF AN INSTRUMENT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 53d overdue
18849099 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSSEPTAL PROCEDURES LAMPRECHT, JOEL 46d overdue
18608354 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE INJURY COPPINS, JANET L 25d overdue
18517080 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING USHER SYNDROME III NGUYEN, QUANG 10d overdue
18467960 NATURAL GROWN FIBER COMPOSITES FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS ARIANI, KADE 3d overdue
18563113 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL DETECTION OF HEMOGLOBIN VARIANTS, OXYGEN AFFINITY, AND DEOXYGENATION NGUYEN, KEMAYA DEANN HUU 5d
18624656 FREEZE DRIED VIRAL NANOPARTICLE CONSTRUCTS ZOU, NIANXIANG 7d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1658 2
1618 2
2834 1
3657 1
3798 1
2858 1
1671 1
1628 1
1615 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19038833 HYBRID WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER AND MARINE BUOY SYSTEM FOR WAVE ENERGY HARVESTING AND MARINE SENSING QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2834 §102 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2025
18901645 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTIMATE FORCE OF AN INSTRUMENT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18849099 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSSEPTAL PROCEDURES LAMPRECHT, JOEL 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2024
18649018 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MR IMAGING USING PULSE SEQUENCES OPTIMIZED USING A SYSTEMATIC ERROR INDEX TO CHARACTERIZE ARTIFACTS MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G 2858 §112 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18624656 FREEZE DRIED VIRAL NANOPARTICLE CONSTRUCTS ZOU, NIANXIANG 1671 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 02, 2024
18608354 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE INJURY COPPINS, JANET L 1628 Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18597085 BIPHASIC OSTEOTENDINOUS REPAIR SCAFFOLDS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18517080 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING USHER SYNDROME III NGUYEN, QUANG 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563113 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL DETECTION OF HEMOGLOBIN VARIANTS, OXYGEN AFFINITY, AND DEOXYGENATION NGUYEN, KEMAYA DEANN HUU 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18467960 NATURAL GROWN FIBER COMPOSITES FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS ARIANI, KADE 1651 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18462001 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND PREVENTING CASES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH CAUSED BY SUDDEN UNEXPECTED POSTNATAL COLLAPSE LAU, MICHAEL J 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18337677 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATION PARAMETER CONTRAST (SPC) IMAGING WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 3792 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18028627 OAT DERIVED BETA-(1-3)-(1-4)-GLUCAN PREPARATIONS AND THERE USE IN TREATING CANCER SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18186445 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND DETECTION OF CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY ROBERTS, RACHEL L 2674 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18116570 MELAMINE- AND BLOWING AGENT-FREE INTUMESCENT COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GALLOYL MOIETIES CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18109406 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF REDUCING SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND PCSK9 WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1622 Other Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023
18167438 METHODS OF SENSITIZING CANCER TO IMMUNOTHERAPY SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1643 Other Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
17928764 DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING USING EXTRADOMAIN-B FIBRONECTIN TARGETED PROBES FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 Other Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
17992994 PREDICTING RECURRENCE IN EARLY STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) WITH INTEGRATED RADIOMIC AND PATHOMIC FEATURES NASSER, ROBERT L 3992 §101 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17910248 TARGETED NANOBUBBLE THERAPY MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2022
17837325 PLANT VIRAL NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY PARTICLES AND USES THEREOF CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 10, 2022
17590986 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASIAS AND/OR METAPLASIAS IN THE ESOPHAGUS SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §101 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 02, 2022
17624347 PRIMING MEDIA AND METHODS FOR STEM CELL CULTURE AND THERAPY JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 02, 2022
17552448 INTEGRATED IMAGING ABLATION CATHETER ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2021
17612047 Variant Single-Chain Insulin Analogues KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 Other Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2021
17331375 BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE KREMER, MATTHEW 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 26, 2021
17048289 INDUCTION OF MYELINATING OLIGODENDROCYTES IN HUMAN CORTICAL SPHEROIDS TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 16, 2020
16630271 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MYELIN DISORDERS AUDET, MAURY A 1654 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2020
16608021 METHODS AND AGENTS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 1618 Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2019

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