Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
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
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

2
Hard (50%)
0
Medium (0%)
2
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KWAK, DEAN P 1 58.7% +37.4%
SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1 61.1% +47.4%
CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1 27.8% +58.3%
FORD, VANESSA L 1 39.0% +40.1%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17617218 INHIBITATION OF ACID LIPASE FOR CANCER THERAPY CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 86d
18283908 DEVICE FOR EFFICIENT MEDIUM EXCHANGE IN MICROTITER PLATES KWAK, DEAN P

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
17045363 SYNTHETIC SIGNALING CONSTRUCTS AND ITS USE FORD, VANESSA L 50d overdue
17617218 INHIBITATION OF ACID LIPASE FOR CANCER THERAPY CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 86d
18283908 DEVICE FOR EFFICIENT MEDIUM EXCHANGE IN MICROTITER PLATES KWAK, DEAN P
17801547 INHIBITION OF FKBP1A FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRIPLE-NEGATIVE MAMMARY CARCINOMA SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1798 1
1642 1
1683 1
1674 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18283908 DEVICE FOR EFFICIENT MEDIUM EXCHANGE IN MICROTITER PLATES KWAK, DEAN P 1798 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
17801547 INHIBITION OF FKBP1A FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRIPLE-NEGATIVE MAMMARY CARCINOMA SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1642 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2022
17617218 INHIBITATION OF ACID LIPASE FOR CANCER THERAPY CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103§112 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Dec 07, 2021
17045363 SYNTHETIC SIGNALING CONSTRUCTS AND ITS USE FORD, VANESSA L 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2020

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