Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Howard University

2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Double-patenting + other1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1 54.3% +33.4%
BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1 62.8% +33.2%

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18173264 VIRAL RECEPTOR-DERIVED PEPTIDES AGAINST VIRAL DISEASES BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 75d
18959847 POLYSACCHARIDE-POLYAMINE COPOLYMERS FOR REMOVAL OF PHOSPHATE HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18959847 POLYSACCHARIDE-POLYAMINE COPOLYMERS FOR REMOVAL OF PHOSPHATE HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18173264 VIRAL RECEPTOR-DERIVED PEPTIDES AGAINST VIRAL DISEASES BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Feb 23, 2023

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