Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Kansas State University Research Foundation

8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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
2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

6
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
88% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% 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.

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
NGUYEN, TAM M 1 77.2% +11.5%
MORENO, LARK JULIA 1 0.0% +0.0%
MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1 46.1% +37.0%
OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1 62.2% -12.0%
KOSAR, AARON J 1 71.1% +30.0%
ALABI, OYELEYE A 1 84.3% +24.7%
BEKKER, KELLY JO 1 16.6% +35.2%
AHMED, ISTIAQUE 1 69.2% +20.2%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18697081 RUTHENIUM PHOSPHINIMIDE COMPLEXES AS ACTIVE OLEFIN METATHESIS CATALYSTS NGUYEN, TAM M 33d
18687858 FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER AND METAL DUCTILITY FUSE FOR REINFORCING CONCRETE MEMBERS MATZEK, MATTHEW D 34d
18694007 CANNABINOIDS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE IN LIVESTOCK MORENO, LARK JULIA
18574630 METHODS OF EXTRACTING CORN FIBER GUM AND USES IN EMULSION AND ENCAPSULATION OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL
18468020 Fluorescence Detection of Circulating Cell Free DNA Including Within Extracellular Vesicles in Biospecimens and Liquid Biopsies ALABI, OYELEYE A
18262961 MODIFIED PLANT PROTEINS WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES FOR FOOD USES BEKKER, KELLY JO
17559397 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR AHMED, ISTIAQUE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18697081 RUTHENIUM PHOSPHINIMIDE COMPLEXES AS ACTIVE OLEFIN METATHESIS CATALYSTS NGUYEN, TAM M 33d
18687858 FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER AND METAL DUCTILITY FUSE FOR REINFORCING CONCRETE MEMBERS MATZEK, MATTHEW D 34d
18502985 CHEMICAL MITIGATION OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS AND CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS KOSAR, AARON J 84d
18468020 Fluorescence Detection of Circulating Cell Free DNA Including Within Extracellular Vesicles in Biospecimens and Liquid Biopsies ALABI, OYELEYE A
18262961 MODIFIED PLANT PROTEINS WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES FOR FOOD USES BEKKER, KELLY JO
17559397 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR AHMED, ISTIAQUE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1771 1
1793 1
1786 1
1693 1
1655 1
1797 1
1792 1
2116 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18697081 RUTHENIUM PHOSPHINIMIDE COMPLEXES AS ACTIVE OLEFIN METATHESIS CATALYSTS NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18694007 CANNABINOIDS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE IN LIVESTOCK MORENO, LARK JULIA 1793 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18687858 FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER AND METAL DUCTILITY FUSE FOR REINFORCING CONCRETE MEMBERS MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18574630 METHODS OF EXTRACTING CORN FIBER GUM AND USES IN EMULSION AND ENCAPSULATION OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1693 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18502985 CHEMICAL MITIGATION OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS AND CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS KOSAR, AARON J 1655 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18468020 Fluorescence Detection of Circulating Cell Free DNA Including Within Extracellular Vesicles in Biospecimens and Liquid Biopsies ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18262961 MODIFIED PLANT PROTEINS WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES FOR FOOD USES BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2023
17559397 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR AHMED, ISTIAQUE 2116 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2021

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