Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Clemson University

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (43%)
2
Medium (29%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (29%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§112 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
43% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1 72.7% +18.3%
WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1 75.2% +9.8%
SHAMEEM, GOLAM M 1 86.7% +16.0%
NGUYEN, PETER 1 — —
FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 1 89.9% +8.4%
BUI, KENNY KIM 1 63.6% +48.3%
ZHU, JIANJIAN 1 58.8% +82.4%

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
18110548 DROP-ON-DEMAND ELECTROPRINTER WITH A PLUNGING WIRE-IN-A-NOZZLE FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 44d overdue
18421523 NADES FORMULATIONS COMPRISING CANNABINOIDS SHAMEEM, GOLAM M —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18945316 INHIBITORS OF NAEGLERIA FOWLERI CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S —
18473255 SYSTEM AND METHOD ADAPTED FOR THE DYNAMIC PREDICTION OF NADES FORMATIONS NGUYEN, PETER —
17582560 LOW-LATENCY POLYNOMIAL MODULO MULTIPLICATION OVER RING BUI, KENNY KIM —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18945316 INHIBITORS OF NAEGLERIA FOWLERI CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S —
18421523 NADES FORMULATIONS COMPRISING CANNABINOIDS SHAMEEM, GOLAM M —
17582560 LOW-LATENCY POLYNOMIAL MODULO MULTIPLICATION OVER RING BUI, KENNY KIM —
17258820 MYOCARDIAL ORGANOIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF ZHU, JIANJIAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1629 1
1621 1
2853 1
2182 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18945316 INHIBITORS OF NAEGLERIA FOWLERI CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18431215 NADES FORMULATIONS COMPRISING PHARMACEUTICALS WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1629 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18421523 NADES FORMULATIONS COMPRISING CANNABINOIDS SHAMEEM, GOLAM M 1621 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18473255 SYSTEM AND METHOD ADAPTED FOR THE DYNAMIC PREDICTION OF NADES FORMATIONS NGUYEN, PETER — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2023
18110548 DROP-ON-DEMAND ELECTROPRINTER WITH A PLUNGING WIRE-IN-A-NOZZLE FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 2853 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
17582560 LOW-LATENCY POLYNOMIAL MODULO MULTIPLICATION OVER RING BUI, KENNY KIM 2182 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2022
17258820 MYOCARDIAL ORGANOIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2021

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