Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

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81 pending office actions • 35 art units • 69 examiners • 0 of 81 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 108 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

81
Total Pending OAs
51
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
9
Due this month
2
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

41
Hard (51%)
33
Medium (41%)
6
Easy (7%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§101 + other9 (11%)
§103 only21 (26%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only4 (5%)
Double-patenting only2 (2%)
Double-patenting + other9 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)30 (37%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

62
Life Sciences
77% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
1% of docket
17
Business / Other
21% 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.

810 h
Manual time on pending OAs
162 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
284 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOYLE, KARA BRADY 3 61.7% -10.0%
BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 3 45.7% +68.8%
RIOJA, MELISSA A 3 49.5% +53.9%
EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 2 61.0% +44.2%
JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 2 50.0% +47.5%
DU, SURBHI M 2 68.1% +27.7%
NGUYEN, HA S 2 58.4% -21.6%
STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 2 80.0% +12.9%
YU, HONG 2 31.1% +5.5%
WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M 1 53.8% +25.8%

Hard Cases (41)

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
17608274 FEED COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BETAINE SALTS AFREMOVA, VERA 23d overdue
18025021 SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING OF POLYMERIC POWDERS EMBEDDED WITH WATER-SOLUBLE FLOW ADDITIVES SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 17d overdue
18331731 ONE-COMPONENT SYSTEM COMPRISING BLOCKED POLYURETHANE PREPOLYMERS STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 9d overdue
17639218 PHASE TRANSFER ACTIVE TRIMERIZATION CATALYST SALTS ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 6d
17636546 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM BOYLE, KARA BRADY 16d
18293016 MICROORGANISMS DISPLAYING VIRAL DECOY RECEPTORS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 22d
18447527 PRODUCTION OF ALKOXYSILOXANES HOU, FRANK S 26d
18004139 MODIFIED SILICAS, PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF FORREST, MICHAEL 27d

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18570018 NONANIC ACID ESTERS JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 23d overdue
18331731 ONE-COMPONENT SYSTEM COMPRISING BLOCKED POLYURETHANE PREPOLYMERS STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 9d overdue
18869988 IMPROVED BIOTECHNOLOGICAL METHOD FOR PRODUCING GUANIDINO ACETIC ACID (GAA) BY USING NADH-DEPENDENT DEHYDROGENASES EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 28d
19241273 METHOD FOR PREDICTING A FEEDSTUFF AND/OR FEEDSTUFF RAW MATERIAL WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M
18862364 DOSAGE FORM WITH DRUG RELEASE AT PH 3 TO 6 USING DOUBLE COATING SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST ONE RELEASE ACCELERATION AGENT BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA
18850154 FORMULATIONS COMPOSED OF CATIONIC LIPIDS AND POLY(LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID) FOR THE DELIVERY OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES INTO CELLS BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA
18682348 POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING A BACTERIAL COLLAGEN-LIKE PROTEIN JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE
18575864 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS USING RECYCLED POLYOLS RIOJA, MELISSA A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1766 8
1656 5
1762 4
1652 3
1657 3
1653 3
1645 3
1613 2
1763 2
1692 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19241273 METHOD FOR PREDICTING A FEEDSTUFF AND/OR FEEDSTUFF RAW MATERIAL WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
19134796 MILLED SILICA AND LIQUID RADIATION CURABLE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1742 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2025
19106417 PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 25, 2025
18870565 DIGITAL MONITORING OF PATHOGEN LOAD IN LIVESTOCK EZEWOKO, MICHAEL I 3682 §101§103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18869988 IMPROVED BIOTECHNOLOGICAL METHOD FOR PRODUCING GUANIDINO ACETIC ACID (GAA) BY USING NADH-DEPENDENT DEHYDROGENASES EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 §103Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18862364 DOSAGE FORM WITH DRUG RELEASE AT PH 3 TO 6 USING DOUBLE COATING SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST ONE RELEASE ACCELERATION AGENT BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2024
18920354 POLYETHER-MODIFIED SILOXANES AS DUST BINDING AGENTS FOR SEED MOORE, MARGARET G §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2024
18916957 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BACILLAENE PRODUCING BACTERIA OR PREPARATIONS THEREOF DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1657 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18850154 FORMULATIONS COMPOSED OF CATIONIC LIPIDS AND POLY(LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID) FOR THE DELIVERY OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES INTO CELLS BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18846866 POWDER FOR USE IN A LAYERWISE PROCESS WITH LASERS IN THE VISIBLE AND NEAR-INFRARED RANGE USELDING, JOHN E 1743 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18842083 PROCESS TO ENHANCE VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION IN CELL-CULTURE USING GLYCYL-GLUTAMINE LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18839767 SPONGES BASED ON COLLAGEN-LIKE PROTEINS ARNOLD, ERNST V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18710325 ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE-BASED DISPERSIONS SUITABLE AS POUR POINT DEPRESSANTS WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18708527 COMPOSITIONS HAVING CHAIR-SIDE HANDLING PROPERTIES FOR DENTAL AND SOFT TISSUE APPLICATIONS CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 1615 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18695470 A FERMENTATION MEDIUM COMPRISING SULPHUR EIX, EMILY FAY 1651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18694822 STORAGE OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18692970 NON-ADHESIVE COLLAGEN-LIKE HYDROGELS LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1633 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18682348 POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING A BACTERIAL COLLAGEN-LIKE PROTEIN JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18682010 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RECOMBINANT BACTERIAL COLLAGEN-LIKE PROTEIN (CLP) BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 1657 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18293093 FRACTURE-RESISTANT PARTITION COMPRISING SOLID ELECTROLYTE CERAMICS FOR ELECTROLYTIC CELLS RIPA, BRYAN D §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18293016 MICROORGANISMS DISPLAYING VIRAL DECOY RECEPTORS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 29, 2024
18292986 BREAK-RESISTANT PARTITION WALL COMPRISING SOLID ELECTROLYTE CERAMICS FOR ELECTROLYTIC CELLS PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA 1783 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18578280 VALVE TRAYS IN EXTRACTION COLUMNS MENON, KRISHNAN S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18577357 COMPOSITION COMPRISING A (METH)ACRYLATE COPOLYMER, AN ALKALI OR AMMONIUM SALT OF A SATURATED ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID AND SPECIFIC GLIDANTS FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18575864 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS USING RECYCLED POLYOLS RIOJA, MELISSA A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575869 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS USING RECYCLED POLYOLS RIOJA, MELISSA A §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575863 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE OR POLYISOCYANURATE FOAM RIOJA, MELISSA A §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575878 HYDROGENATION OF AROMATIC AMINES FROM PU DECOMPOSITION PROCESSES DOLETSKI, BLAINE G DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 01, 2024
18570018 NONANIC ACID ESTERS JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 §102 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18569166 COMPOSITION FOR MANUFACTURING SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS FEELY, MICHAEL J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18567296 SEMICONTINUOUS SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION OF POLYACRYLATES IN A CAPILLARY REACTOR LEE, RIP A Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18564035 HYDROGENATED POLYETHER-MODIFIED AMINO-FUNCTIONAL POLYBUTADIENES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARATION THEREOF LENIHAN, JEFFREY S §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2023
18563768 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY COMPOSITION FOR TREATING MINERAL SUBSTRATES ZIMMER, MARC S DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18559752 ANTIMICROBIAL CONTROL FOR GRAINS OR SEEDS DURING MALTING CHORBAJI, MONZER R 1799 §103§112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18287607 AMIDOAMINE COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME DU, SURBHI M 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18556282 POLYMER COMPRISING LONG CHAIN HYDROXY ACIDS NGUYEN, HA S 1766 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18548613 PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 01, 2023
18279388 PREPARATIONS COMPRISING PROBIOTIC STRAINS AND L-TRYPTOPHAN EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
18447527 PRODUCTION OF ALKOXYSILOXANES HOU, FRANK S 1692 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18447558 PRODUCTION OF ALKOXYSILOXANES STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 1766 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18276613 COMPOSITION CONTAINING PHENALKAMINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18261988 POLYMERIC ANION-CONDUCTING COMPOUND, ITS PREPARATION AND ITS USE IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY DU, SURBHI M 1765 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2023
18261337 SILICONE URETHANE (METH)ACRYLATES AND THEIR USE IN 3D PRINTING RESINS AND COATING COMPOSITIONS YOON, TAE H 1762 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18260420 HYDROXY-SUBSTITUTED SPHINGOLIPIDS WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2023
18257780 DILUTION-STABLE AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS FOR THE MASS HYDROPHOBIZATION OF MINERAL BUILDING MATERIALS EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18331731 ONE-COMPONENT SYSTEM COMPRISING BLOCKED POLYURETHANE PREPOLYMERS STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 1766 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2023
18318432 CROSSLINKED POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS YU, HONG 1614 §102§103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18318390 CROSSLINKED POLYGLYCEROL PARTIAL ESTERS YU, HONG 1614 §102§103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18129547 SOLUTIONS OF AMINES IN FUNCTIONAL AND NON-FUNCTIONAL RESINS BROOKS, KREGG T 1764 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023
18025021 SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING OF POLYMERIC POWDERS EMBEDDED WITH WATER-SOLUBLE FLOW ADDITIVES SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 2116 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18043708 PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYSULFANE SILANES BY MEANS OF PHASE TRANSFER CATALYSIS PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18173537 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BIOSURFACTANTS AND A LIPASE FROM STACHYBOTRYS CHLOROHALONATA CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2023
18016027 NANO-COMPOSITE SEPARATOR INCLUDING POLYMER MATRIX AND HYDROPHOBIC FILLER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING, AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME CULLEN, SEAN P 1725 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18005086 POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING AN AMINO ACID SEQUENCE, ENCODING AN OXIDOREDUCTASE ROBINSON, HOPE A 1652 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
18004139 MODIFIED SILICAS, PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF FORREST, MICHAEL 1738 §102§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 03, 2023
18003666 PEI PARTICLE FOAMS WITH DEFINED RESIDUAL BLOWING AGENT CONTENT PAGE, HANA C 1745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2022
18002433 DIMETHYL SULFONE FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONICALLY HEAT STRESSED POULTRY LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 19, 2022
17997881 RUBBER MIXTURES WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES HALL, DEVE V. 1763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2022
17907645 PREPARATION FOR USE AS ANTIOXIDANT CHEN, CATHERYNE 1655 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2022
17907066 POLYMER DISPERSION MADE FROM (METH)ACRYLATES HAVING LONG SIDE CHAINS XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022
17759194 A METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A WHOLE-TISSUE EPIGENETIC CLOCK FOR AVIAN SPECIES VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §101§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2022
17792582 BACILLUS STRAINS WITH THE ABILITY TO DEGRADE INORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2022
17758652 A PROTECTIVE LAYER FOR A METAL ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN 1722 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2022
17788239 BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE BACILLUS AND LACTOBACILLUS STRAIN FOR GLUTEN DEGRADATION MOEHLMAN, ANDREW TERRY 1655 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2022
17788224 PROCESS TO IDENTIFY CONSORTIA OF PROBIOTIC STRAINS SUITABLE FOR GLUTEN DEGRADATION DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 1645 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2022
17784525 A CHICKEN METHYLATION CLOCK WOITACH, JOSEPH T 1687 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Jun 10, 2022
17777002 FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE FOR MEDICAL DEVICE APPLICATIONS BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2022
17767122 MOULDING COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYETHERAMIDE (PEA) SASTRI, SATYA B 1762 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 07, 2022
17639218 PHASE TRANSFER ACTIVE TRIMERIZATION CATALYST SALTS ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1766 §103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 28, 2022
17638552 MIXED LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL OXIDE COATED WITH PYROGENICALLY PRODUCED ZIRCONIUM-CONTAINING OXIDES COCHENOUR, ZACKARY RICHARD 1752 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 25, 2022
17636546 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 18, 2022
17627728 MULTI-BLOCK SHAPE MEMORY BIORESORBABLE POLYMERS NGUYEN, HA S 1766 §112 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2022
17627399 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF AN AVIAN PATHOGENIC E. COLI (APEC) INFECTION IN AN AVIAN FLOCK HINES, JANA A 1645 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 14, 2022
17625883 METHOD FOR LOADING OF MICROORGANISMS ON MULTIPHASE BIOMATERIALS STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2022
17625955 METHOD FOR LOADING OF MICROORGANISMS ON MULTIPHASE BIOMATERIALS STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2022
17608274 FEED COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BETAINE SALTS AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2021
17421917 FERMENTATION BROTHS AND THEIR USE XU, QING 1656 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 09, 2021
17296465 PREPARATION COMPRISING A PROBIOTIC STRAIN OF THE GENUS BACILLUS MEGATERIUM AND A POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID COMPONENT TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2021
17294947 DRIED BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103Other Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending May 18, 2021
17042788 METHOD OF OBTAINING A MICROBIAL OIL AND A METHOD OF REDUCING EMULSION BY MAINTAINING A LOW CONCENTRATION OF CARBOHYDRATE EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2020
17040190 THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS INCORPORATING BIOACTIVE INORGANIC ADDITIVES COUGHLIN, DANIEL F 1619 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2020

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