Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

George Mason University

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

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
2
Due this week
0
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
§102 only2 (25%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CELANI, NICHOLAS P 1 46.0% +42.6%
WESTON, ALYSSA G 1 63.0% +49.7%
SHIM, DAVID M. 1 58.8% +56.0%
LEWIS, IYONDA LATIFAH 1
ERHUNMWUNSEE, ENOSAKHARE NMN 1
WALKE, AMANDA C 1 88.5% +8.4%
LIU, ZHEN 1 42.0% +45.8%
WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1 38.5% +80.0%

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
18139759 Rechargable Potassium Ion Battery WALKE, AMANDA C 35d

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
18517066 METHOD FOR INDUCING AND DETECTING SOLUBLE LOX-1 (sLOX-1) IN CULTURED BLOOD CLOTS WESTON, ALYSSA G 5d
17622403 DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES LIU, ZHEN 6d
18555194 NOVEL MEPICIDES AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS SHIM, DAVID M. 54d
18431443 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURITY SOFTWARE PATCH TYPE DETECTION CELANI, NICHOLAS P 56d
17554363 MEDIUM FOR THE GROWTH OF FASTIDIOUS BACTERIA WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 62d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2449 1
1633 1
1626 1
2647 1
1651 1
1722 1
1767 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18431443 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURITY SOFTWARE PATCH TYPE DETECTION CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18517066 METHOD FOR INDUCING AND DETECTING SOLUBLE LOX-1 (sLOX-1) IN CULTURED BLOOD CLOTS WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18555194 NOVEL MEPICIDES AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS SHIM, DAVID M. 1626 §102 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18482686 LOCAL AREA INTEGRATED DRONE, AIRCRAFT, VEHICLE, AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LEWIS, IYONDA LATIFAH 2647 §103 Final Rejection 47d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18321738 METHOD FOR INDUCING AND DETECTING SOLUBLE LOX-1 (sLOX-1) IN CULTURED BLOOD CLOTS ERHUNMWUNSEE, ENOSAKHARE NMN 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending May 22, 2023
18139759 Rechargable Potassium Ion Battery WALKE, AMANDA C 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Apr 26, 2023
17622403 DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES LIU, ZHEN 1767 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 23, 2021
17554363 MEDIUM FOR THE GROWTH OF FASTIDIOUS BACTERIA WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Dec 17, 2021

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