Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Kyoto University

24 pending office actions • 22 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

9
Hard (38%)
11
Medium (46%)
4
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only10 (42%)
§112 only4 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
4
Semiconductors
17% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NELSON, HUNTER JARED 2 32.0% +36.8%
NGUYEN, TRUNG Q 1 90.9% +6.2%
ABDI, AMARA 1 82.8% -7.2%
SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 1 80.6% +21.0%
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1 51.7% +77.8%
LAGOY, KYRA RAND 1 11.8% -14.3%
PATEL, NIKETA I 1 42.9% +9.5%
LY, KENDRA 1 58.1% +18.5%
GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1 67.3% +53.5%
CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 1 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18689159 SUPERCONDUCTING ROTATING MACHINE AND SHIP, AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT, AND PUMP USING SAME SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 70d
18865451 MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD NGUYEN, TRUNG Q
18694898 DESCRIPTION GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM ABDI, AMARA

Hard Cases (9)

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
17552861 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 37d overdue
18301542 TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 31d overdue
17776556 Combination Therapy Based on PD-1 Signaling Inhibitors BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 21d
18554514 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LAGOY, KYRA RAND 28d
18551440 BRAIN ACTIVITY STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND BRAIN ACTIVITY STATE DETERMINATION PROGRAM PATEL, NIKETA I
18281791 PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME NELSON, HUNTER JARED
18029132 SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE MATERIAL AND SUPERCONDUCTING CABLE WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A
18002009 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELLS DHAR, MATASHA

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
18307564 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME NELSON, HUNTER JARED 31d overdue
18288131 COMPOSITION FOR AMELIORATING SKIN TISSUE ABNORMALITY JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 7d
18689159 SUPERCONDUCTING ROTATING MACHINE AND SHIP, AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT, AND PUMP USING SAME SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 70d
18281791 PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME NELSON, HUNTER JARED
18260842 PROTON CONDUCTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF LY, KENDRA
18265455 TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PROBE GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2828 2
2858 1
2668 1
2834 1
1691 1
3685 1
3792 1
1749 1
1798 1
1672 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18865451 MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD NGUYEN, TRUNG Q 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18694898 DESCRIPTION GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM ABDI, AMARA 2668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2024
18689159 SUPERCONDUCTING ROTATING MACHINE AND SHIP, AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT, AND PUMP USING SAME SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 2834 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18288131 COMPOSITION FOR AMELIORATING SKIN TISSUE ABNORMALITY JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18554514 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LAGOY, KYRA RAND 3685 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18551440 BRAIN ACTIVITY STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND BRAIN ACTIVITY STATE DETERMINATION PROGRAM PATEL, NIKETA I 3792 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18281791 PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME NELSON, HUNTER JARED 2828 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18260842 PROTON CONDUCTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF LY, KENDRA 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2023
18265455 TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PROBE GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2023
18307564 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME NELSON, HUNTER JARED 2828 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18301542 TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 1672 §103§112Other Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18029132 SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE MATERIAL AND SUPERCONDUCTING CABLE WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2023
18162859 SKIN BARRIER FUNCTION IMPROVING AGENT WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1629 §112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2023
18002009 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELLS DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2022
18046300 PD-1 SIGNAL INHIBITOR COMBINATION THERAPY DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Oct 13, 2022
17783097 Freeze-Dried Preparations Comprising Megakaryocytes and Platelets TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2022
17778250 METHOD FOR FREEZING NEURAL CELLS PRONZATI, GINA 1633 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2022
17776556 Combination Therapy Based on PD-1 Signaling Inhibitors BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending May 12, 2022
17621114 USE OF NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE (NMN) AND NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE (NR) HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 1693 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2021
17552861 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1687 §101§103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2021
17419932 TEST METHOD FOR ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS XIE, XIAOZHEN 1674 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2021
17289970 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL HAVING RELEASED DIFFERENTIATION RESISTANCE TO MESENDODERM GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2021
16768462 MAINTENANCE-AND-AMPLIFICATION METHOD AND DIFFERENTIATION INDUCTION METHOD FOR PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS/PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL-LIKE CELLS TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM 1634 §112 Final Rejection 56d Pending May 29, 2020
16321265 DIFFERENTIATED CELL PRODUCTION METHOD AND CULTURE BAG USED THEREFOR ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103Other Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2019

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