Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Emory University

23 pending office actions • 21 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

2
Hard (9%)
14
Medium (61%)
4
Easy (17%)
3
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (9%)
§103 only12 (52%)
§102 only2 (9%)
§112 only4 (17%)
No statute on record3 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRUTUS, JOEL F 1 72.5% +17.9%
OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 1 51.5% +55.0%
SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 1 72.2% +18.9%
SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 1 82.6% +20.3%
ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1 56.3% +70.0%
GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 1 60.4% +28.3%
LEWIS, PATRICK T 1 74.3% +14.5%
BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1 77.0% +30.1%
TC 3600, DOCKET 1 4.2% -1.8%
CHEN, VIVIAN 1 57.0% +29.2%

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
18213070 SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY TRANSITIONS IN BRAIN STATES FROM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MARKERS IN DBS FOR DEPRESSION TC 3600, DOCKET 23d overdue
18025750 MULTI-MODAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING RESPIRATORY HEALTH DOWNEY, JOHN R 13d
18564391 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING NANOMEMBRANE ELECTRONICS SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 48d

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
18035484 Composite Materials for Uses in Cardiac and Other Tissue Repair CHEN, VIVIAN 30d overdue
18526386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED TARGETING OF DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 17d overdue
18288503 Handheld Auscultation Systems, Devices, and Methods GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 16d overdue
18531138 Systems, Devices and Methods for Noninvasively Determining Jugular Venous Pressure and/or Associated Metrics OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 15d overdue
18285778 NUCLEOSIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES ANALOGS AS ANTIVIRAL AGENTS LEWIS, PATRICK T 2d overdue
18558026 CELL POTENCY ASSAYS, PLATFORMS, AND METHODS OF USE ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 6d
19037728 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GUIDED ROBOTICS BRUTUS, JOEL F 34d
18564391 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING NANOMEMBRANE ELECTRONICS SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 48d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 2
1629 2
3797 1
3791 1
3794 1
1651 1
3796 1
1691 1
1623 1
3685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19037728 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GUIDED ROBOTICS BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 27, 2025
18531138 Systems, Devices and Methods for Noninvasively Determining Jugular Venous Pressure and/or Associated Metrics OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18526386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED TARGETING OF DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18564391 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING NANOMEMBRANE ELECTRONICS SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 3792 §101 Final Rejection 48d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18558026 CELL POTENCY ASSAYS, PLATFORMS, AND METHODS OF USE ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1651 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18288503 Handheld Auscultation Systems, Devices, and Methods GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18285778 NUCLEOSIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES ANALOGS AS ANTIVIRAL AGENTS LEWIS, PATRICK T 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18276736 Diruthenium Catalyst Compositions and Synthetic Processes Related Thereto BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18213070 SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY TRANSITIONS IN BRAIN STATES FROM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MARKERS IN DBS FOR DEPRESSION TC 3600, DOCKET 3685 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18035484 Composite Materials for Uses in Cardiac and Other Tissue Repair CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18030491 Methods of Managing Side Effects of a Vasopressin Receptor Antagonist Therapy WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1629 §102 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18025750 MULTI-MODAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING RESPIRATORY HEALTH DOWNEY, JOHN R 3792 §101 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 10, 2023
18041785 5'-SUBSTITUTED NUCLEOSIDE MONOPHOSPHATES, PRODRUGS THEREOF, AND USES RELATED THERETO LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Feb 15, 2023
18000865 DIRECT IN VIVO REPROGRAMMING USING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV2 GENE FOR ENDOTHELIAL CELL AND VESSEL FORMATION KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022
17992674 BLOOD DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKER DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS HORTH, LISA ANNE 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 22, 2022
18045317 Antagonism of the VIP Signaling Pathway D' AMBROSIO, THEA 1654 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2022
17917315 METHODS OF GENERATING PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS, USES, AND COMPOSITION RELATED THERETO PRONZATI, GINA 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17908766 Radionuclide Tracers of 1-Amino-3,4-Difluorocyclopentane-1-Carboxylic Acid, Derivatives, and Uses Thereof WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17767766 ANTI-TN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF SANG, HONG 1646 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2022
17573730 ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF YU, MISOOK 1641 §112 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2022
17613225 ASPARAGINE ENDOPEPTIDASE (AEP) INHIBITORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND USES RELATED THERETO DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2021
17435594 Botanical Extracts and Compounds from Castanea Plants and Methods of Use ISMAIL, REHANA 1625 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2021
16972800 Compositions of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Type III Receptor and Uses for Ossification REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2020

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