Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc.

17 pending office actions • 16 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (6%)
14
Medium (82%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only12 (71%)
§102 only2 (12%)
No statute on record2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
82% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TRI V 1 67.6% +57.8%
NELSON, KERI JESSICA 1 58.0% +42.1%
YANG, JIE 1 62.2% +19.0%
BROWE, DAVID 1 25.8% +28.7%
HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 1 65.9% +11.3%
HASKE, WOJCIECH 1 72.8% +17.9%
BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1 66.5% +32.1%
FOLEY, SHANON A 1 73.7% +18.1%
LAROCQUE, EMILY E 1 80.9% +11.8%
ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1 8.0% +45.7%

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
18326517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING, DECODING, AND MATCHING SIGNALS USING SSM MODELS LAROCQUE, EMILY E 16d overdue
18300640 RAPID ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 10d overdue
18590579 CONTACT LENS INCLUDING NANOPORES BROWE, DAVID 62d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18326517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING, DECODING, AND MATCHING SIGNALS USING SSM MODELS LAROCQUE, EMILY E 16d overdue
18279314 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING AND PRODUCING PORCINE MORBILLIVIRUS AND VACCINES THEREOF FOLEY, SHANON A 11d overdue
18300640 RAPID ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 10d overdue
18469214 CANINE HEPATIC ORGANOIDS BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 5d overdue
18557405 MEASURING SEED COTTON PROPERTIES USING NEAR INFRARED SENSING HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 2d overdue
18811120 ANIMAL HOCK SPLINT NELSON, KERI JESSICA 20d
18633192 ALUMINUM-CERIUM-NICKEL ALLOYS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING YANG, JIE 23d
18485114 AMMONIA-ASSISTED CO2 CAPTURING AND UPGRADING TO VALUABLE CHEMICALS HASKE, WOJCIECH 33d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1794 2
1764 1
3786 1
1734 1
1617 1
3647 1
1651 1
1671 1
2182 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18938134 SILVER NANOMATERIALS NGUYEN, TRI V 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Nov 05, 2024
18811120 ANIMAL HOCK SPLINT NELSON, KERI JESSICA 3786 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 21, 2024
18633192 ALUMINUM-CERIUM-NICKEL ALLOYS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING YANG, JIE 1734 Other Non-Final OA 23d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18590579 CONTACT LENS INCLUDING NANOPORES BROWE, DAVID 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18557405 MEASURING SEED COTTON PROPERTIES USING NEAR INFRARED SENSING HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18485114 AMMONIA-ASSISTED CO2 CAPTURING AND UPGRADING TO VALUABLE CHEMICALS HASKE, WOJCIECH 1794 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18469214 CANINE HEPATIC ORGANOIDS BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18279314 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING AND PRODUCING PORCINE MORBILLIVIRUS AND VACCINES THEREOF FOLEY, SHANON A 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18326517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING, DECODING, AND MATCHING SIGNALS USING SSM MODELS LAROCQUE, EMILY E 2182 §101 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18300640 RAPID ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18027480 BASE-CATALYZED ISOMERIZATION OF MUCONIC ACID DERIVATIVES FANG, SHANE 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18106436 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR LOW-VOLTAGE BIPOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM ALDEHYDES AND WATER CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18101233 MEANS AND METHODS FOR TREATING COPPER-RELATED DISEASES KOMATSU, LI N 1658 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18015746 MONOTERPENOID AND PHENYLPROPANOID CARBONATE ESTERS AND METHODS OF THEIR MAKING AND USE AS REPELLENTS COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
17522745 ENHANCED ANODIZATION FUNCTIONALITY IN AL-RARE EARTH ELEMENT-BASED ALLOYS WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Nov 09, 2021
16974279 SYNTHESIS OF HIGH PURITY MANGANESE BISMUTH POWDER AND FABRICATION OF BULK PERMANENT MAGNET SMITH, CATHERINE P 1735 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2020
16961757 SOLID ELECTROLYTE FOR SODIUM BATTERIES NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2020

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