Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Kagoshima University

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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
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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (75%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

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
MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1 46.2% +42.8%
MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1 48.8% +35.6%
TSAY, MARSHA M 1 45.7% +52.5%
HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1 51.6% +27.9%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17430557 ANTIPRURITIC AGENT USING PAC1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST HAVLIN, ROBERT H 26d

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
17430557 ANTIPRURITIC AGENT USING PAC1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST HAVLIN, ROBERT H 26d
18569175 CAPSULE PRODUCTION METHOD AND CAPSULE PRODUCTION DEVICE MELENDEZ, ARMAND
18548807 HB-EGF GENE THERAPY FOR DIABETES MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN
18253651 LOW-DOSE HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR GENE THERAPY FOR DIABETES TSAY, MARSHA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1759 1
1638 1
1656 1
1626 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18569175 CAPSULE PRODUCTION METHOD AND CAPSULE PRODUCTION DEVICE MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18548807 HB-EGF GENE THERAPY FOR DIABETES MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1638 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 01, 2023
18253651 LOW-DOSE HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR GENE THERAPY FOR DIABETES TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2023
17430557 ANTIPRURITIC AGENT USING PAC1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jan 24, 2022

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