Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% 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.

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
MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 1 45.3% +35.7%
CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1 60.2% +23.8%
DEAK, LESLIE R 1 75.4% +17.5%
LIN, JESSICA YIFANG 1 81.8% -3.3%
MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1 75.8% +24.5%
NGUYEN, HENRY H 1 63.8% +36.9%
PAPE, JOSEPH 1 88.2% +3.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18625408 AI SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ENHANCE IMAGES ACQUIRED THROUGH RANDOM MEDIUM LIN, JESSICA YIFANG 4d overdue

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
17947137 AUTOMOBILE VISOR SUN BLOCKER SYSTEM PAPE, JOSEPH 28d
18292239 NOVEL DRUG TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN
18007593 AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DISEASE DETECTION NGUYEN, HENRY H

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19016485 ROAD-RISK AWARENESS SYSTEM (RAS) IN SEMI OR FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE
19016240 SUN GLARE AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (SAS) IN SEMI OR FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN
18764739 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING EXCESS TRANSTHYRETIN PROTEIN FROM BLOODSTREAM TO TREAT ATTR AMYLOIDOSIS DEAK, LESLIE R
18292239 NOVEL DRUG TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN
18007593 AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DISEASE DETECTION NGUYEN, HENRY H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3663 1
3661 1
3799 1
2668 1
1624 1
1681 1
3612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19016485 ROAD-RISK AWARENESS SYSTEM (RAS) IN SEMI OR FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 3663 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2025
19016240 SUN GLARE AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (SAS) IN SEMI OR FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3661 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2025
18764739 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING EXCESS TRANSTHYRETIN PROTEIN FROM BLOODSTREAM TO TREAT ATTR AMYLOIDOSIS DEAK, LESLIE R 3799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18625408 AI SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ENHANCE IMAGES ACQUIRED THROUGH RANDOM MEDIUM LIN, JESSICA YIFANG 2668 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18292239 NOVEL DRUG TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1624 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18007593 AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DISEASE DETECTION NGUYEN, HENRY H 1681 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2022
17947137 AUTOMOBILE VISOR SUN BLOCKER SYSTEM PAPE, JOSEPH 3612 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 18, 2022

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