Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Case Western Reserve University

40 pending office actions • 31 art units • 39 examiners • 0 of 40 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

40
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

21
Hard (52%)
17
Medium (42%)
1
Easy (2%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other4 (10%)
§103 only16 (40%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (40%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

20
Life Sciences
50% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
3
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
32% of docket
3
Business / Other
8% 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.

400 h
Manual time on pending OAs
80 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
140 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 2 75.8% +26.2%
WONG, EDNA 1 58.6% -19.2%
KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 1 70.0% +54.2%
SANGHERA, JAS A 1 94.6% +4.9%
KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET 1 100.0% +0.0%
MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 1 41.6% +61.0%
KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 1 86.2% +21.4%
LOVE, TREVOR M 1 43.1% +26.6%
SHIAO, REI TSANG 1 79.8% -33.7%
PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1 42.6% +48.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18901645 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTIMATE FORCE OF AN INSTRUMENT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 53d overdue
18992764 TRANSIENT ELECTRODES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL MODULATION AND RECORDING KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET

Hard Cases (21)

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
18546648 SUBCUTANEOUS PHOTOBIOMODULATION KUO, JONATHAN T 51d overdue
17612047 Variant Single-Chain Insulin Analogues KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 10d overdue
18109406 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF REDUCING SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND PCSK9 WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 4d overdue
18467960 NATURAL GROWN FIBER COMPOSITES FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS ARIANI, KADE 3d overdue
17048289 INDUCTION OF MYELINATING OLIGODENDROCYTES IN HUMAN CORTICAL SPHEROIDS TRAN, KHOA NHAT 13d
17624347 PRIMING MEDIA AND METHODS FOR STEM CELL CULTURE AND THERAPY JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 34d
18337677 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATION PARAMETER CONTRAST (SPC) IMAGING WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 54d
18597085 BIPHASIC OSTEOTENDINOUS REPAIR SCAFFOLDS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 70d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18901645 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTIMATE FORCE OF AN INSTRUMENT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 53d overdue
19084469 MAGNETIC RESONANCE-BASED CATHETER LOCALIZATION KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI
18878811 SYNTHETIC SUPRACRESTAL DENTAL IMPLANT FIBERS MORAN, EDWARD JOHN
18835102 BIOSYNTHETIC HEMOSTAT AND USES THEREOF LOVE, TREVOR M
18716576 SOLID PARTICLES COMPRISING DECELLULARIZED CARDIAC TISSUE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC
18609005 MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT RISK PREDICTION BASED ON COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CT CALCIUM SCORE EXAM GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA
18500473 PREDICTING RESPONSE AND PROGNOSIS TO CDK 4/6 INHIBITORS BASED ON TUMOR VASCULARIZATION AND VESSEL SHAPE GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 4
2677 2
1638 2
3791 2
1795 1
3797 1
3772 1
3657 1
1611 1
1613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19222648 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CO2 REDUCTION WONG, EDNA 1795 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19084469 MAGNETIC RESONANCE-BASED CATHETER LOCALIZATION KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 3797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
19035435 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RF PULSE DESIGN FOR MRI PULSE SEQUENCES SANGHERA, JAS A Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
18992764 TRANSIENT ELECTRODES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL MODULATION AND RECORDING KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
18878811 SYNTHETIC SUPRACRESTAL DENTAL IMPLANT FIBERS MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 24, 2024
18901645 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTIMATE FORCE OF AN INSTRUMENT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 3657 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18835102 BIOSYNTHETIC HEMOSTAT AND USES THEREOF LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18746681 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING VENTILATORY AND/OR RESPIRATORY DRIVE SHIAO, REI TSANG §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18716576 SOLID PARTICLES COMPRISING DECELLULARIZED CARDIAC TISSUE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18626999 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING VASCULAR DISEASE BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18609005 MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT RISK PREDICTION BASED ON COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CT CALCIUM SCORE EXAM GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 2677 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 19, 2024
18597085 BIPHASIC OSTEOTENDINOUS REPAIR SCAFFOLDS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103§112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18575937 ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TRACKING LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2024
18545231 PREDICTING NEO-ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY RESPONSE FROM PRE-TREATMENT BREAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HER2 STATUS LIU, GUOZHEN 1686 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18500473 PREDICTING RESPONSE AND PROGNOSIS TO CDK 4/6 INHIBITORS BASED ON TUMOR VASCULARIZATION AND VESSEL SHAPE GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 2677 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
18381109 OPTICAL MODULATION CUFF DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2023
18283272 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ACCELERATING OLIGODENDROCYTE MATURATION VAN BUREN, LAUREN K 1638 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2023
18467960 NATURAL GROWN FIBER COMPOSITES FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS ARIANI, KADE 1651 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18467820 DIRECT RECYCLING AND RECOVERY METHOD OF CATHODE MATERIALS FROM SPENT LITHIUM ION BATTERIES ESSEX, STEPHAN J 1727 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18367356 BIOACTIVE AGENT SPATIAL PATTERNED BIODEGRADABLE HYDROGELS BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2023
18546680 PERCUTANEOUS PHOTOBIOMODULATION MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18546648 SUBCUTANEOUS PHOTOBIOMODULATION KUO, JONATHAN T 3792 §103§112 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18337677 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATION PARAMETER CONTRAST (SPC) IMAGING WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 3792 §101§103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18265087 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND USES THEREOF HUANG, MICKEY NMN 1758 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 02, 2023
18323553 COMBINATION OF RADIOMIC AND PATHOMIC FEATURES IN THE PREDICTION OF PROGNOSES FOR TUMORS BURKE, TIONNA M 2178 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 25, 2023
18176877 INHIBITION OF URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLASE IN THE OPEN CONFORMATION BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2023
18109406 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF REDUCING SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND PCSK9 WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1622 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023
18019993 METHODS AND AGENTS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2023
18056249 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC OCULAR TRAINING USING THERAPEUTIC GAMES ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3715 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 2022
17910248 TARGETED NANOBUBBLE THERAPY MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2022
17897278 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA DETECTION AND MONITORING LEE, MICHELLE J 3786 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 29, 2022
17815563 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA ANALYTICS FOR VIRTUAL ENERGY AUDITS AND VALUE CAPTURE ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 3625 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2022
17661656 MAPPING PERITUMORAL INFILTRATION AND PREDICTION OF RECURRENCE USING MULTI-PARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING RADIOMICS NGUYEN, ALLEN H 2683 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2022
17773774 BIOCHIP HAVING MICROCHANNEL PROVIDED WITH CAPTURING AGENT FOR PERFORMING CYTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS GIERE, REBECCA M 1677 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2022
17698539 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING A GEL PARTICLE SLURRY SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2022
17624347 PRIMING MEDIA AND METHODS FOR STEM CELL CULTURE AND THERAPY JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 02, 2022
17612047 Variant Single-Chain Insulin Analogues KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 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§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 16, 2020
16610115 Device for Collecting a Biological Sample ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2019

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