Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Keio University

16 pending office actions • 11 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

10
Hard (62%)
6
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (19%)
§103 only4 (25%)
Double-patenting + other2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CWERN, JONATHAN 1 50.7% +34.4%
OZDEN, ILKER NMN 1 83.8% +24.0%
HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA 1 69.7% +36.4%
BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1 66.6% +31.9%
BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 1 59.9% +38.2%
RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1 71.8% +32.1%
YOON, CHANEL J 1 53.4% +39.7%
TU, AURELIE H 1 56.2% +60.4%
DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 1 47.2% +22.4%
YOON, KEVIN E 1 59.5% +43.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18716903 SPINTRONICS DEVICE, MAGNETIC MEMORY, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SPINTRONICS DEVICE OZDEN, ILKER NMN

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18855880 DEVICE FOR MONITORING BLOOD BLOCKAGE RATE BY AORTIC BLOCKAGE BALLOON CWERN, JONATHAN 3d overdue
17771247 HEAD-POSITION SWAY MEASURING DEVICE, HEAD-POSITION SWAY MEASURING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM USING SAID DEVICE AND METHOD FERNANDES, PATRICK M 26d
18561674 ACTUATOR BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 27d
18276827 SYMPTOM DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING SYMPTOM TU, AURELIE H 61d
18688730 METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANCER, SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANCER, AND METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA
18561077 NEURITE OUTGROWTH PROMOTION KIT AND USE THEREFOR RAHMAN, MASUDUR
18280554 SKIN RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, SKIN RESPONSIVENESS ASSESSMENT METHOD, AND BEHAVIOR/EMOTION DETERMINATION METHOD YOON, CHANEL J
18130608 SUPPORTING BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUPPORTING BODY YOON, KEVIN E

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
18579230 AGENT FOR IMPROVING INTESTINAL FLORA BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 25d overdue
18855880 DEVICE FOR MONITORING BLOOD BLOCKAGE RATE BY AORTIC BLOCKAGE BALLOON CWERN, JONATHAN 3d overdue
18561674 ACTUATOR BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 27d
18276827 SYMPTOM DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING SYMPTOM TU, AURELIE H 61d
18716903 SPINTRONICS DEVICE, MAGNETIC MEMORY, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SPINTRONICS DEVICE OZDEN, ILKER NMN
18688730 METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANCER, SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANCER, AND METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA
18561077 NEURITE OUTGROWTH PROMOTION KIT AND USE THEREFOR RAHMAN, MASUDUR
18280554 SKIN RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, SKIN RESPONSIVENESS ASSESSMENT METHOD, AND BEHAVIOR/EMOTION DETERMINATION METHOD YOON, CHANEL J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
1631 2
3797 1
1651 1
3618 1
1633 1
1645 1
1735 1
1636 1
2893 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18855880 DEVICE FOR MONITORING BLOOD BLOCKAGE RATE BY AORTIC BLOCKAGE BALLOON CWERN, JONATHAN 3797 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2024
18716903 SPINTRONICS DEVICE, MAGNETIC MEMORY, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SPINTRONICS DEVICE OZDEN, ILKER NMN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18688730 METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANCER, SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANCER, AND METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18579230 AGENT FOR IMPROVING INTESTINAL FLORA BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1651 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18561674 ACTUATOR BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 02, 2024
18561077 NEURITE OUTGROWTH PROMOTION KIT AND USE THEREFOR RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1633 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2023
18280554 SKIN RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, SKIN RESPONSIVENESS ASSESSMENT METHOD, AND BEHAVIOR/EMOTION DETERMINATION METHOD YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18276827 SYMPTOM DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING SYMPTOM TU, AURELIE H 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18261226 COMPOSITION FOR DECOMPOSITION OF TRYPSIN OR TMPRSS2 DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 1645 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2023
18130608 SUPPORTING BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUPPORTING BODY YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 04, 2023
17771247 HEAD-POSITION SWAY MEASURING DEVICE, HEAD-POSITION SWAY MEASURING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM USING SAID DEVICE AND METHOD FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §101§102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Apr 22, 2022
17709565 NERVE CELL AND APPLICATION THEREOF ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2022
17709903 PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL, NERVE CELL, AND APPLICATION THEREOF REGA, KYLE THOMAS 1636 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2022
17754268 GRAPHENE PHOTODETECTOR AND PHOTODETECTOR ARRAY USING SAME YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2022
17603808 METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTING RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1682 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 14, 2021
16984241 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TAU-RELATED DISEASE MODEL GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 1631 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 04, 2020

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