Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Kuwait University

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUTTER, GILLIAN A 1 54.2% +46.9%
RHEE, KELSEY 1 36.4% +44.0%
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 1 69.8% +40.5%

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
17536370 VENTILATOR AND INFLATION BAG OPERATION OF VENTILATOR RHEE, KELSEY 62d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17536370 VENTILATOR AND INFLATION BAG OPERATION OF VENTILATOR RHEE, KELSEY 62d
17859609 EXTRACTION OF SHIKONIN FROM ARNEBIA DECUMBENS ROOTS AND USE OF SHIKONIN DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING ULCERS HUTTER, GILLIAN A
17520653 METHOD FOR TREATING CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE JAWS MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1625 1
3785 1
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17859609 EXTRACTION OF SHIKONIN FROM ARNEBIA DECUMBENS ROOTS AND USE OF SHIKONIN DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING ULCERS HUTTER, GILLIAN A 1625 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2022
17536370 VENTILATOR AND INFLATION BAG OPERATION OF VENTILATOR RHEE, KELSEY 3785 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 62d Pending Nov 29, 2021
17520653 METHOD FOR TREATING CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE JAWS MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2021

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