Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Mcmaster University

25 pending office actions • 20 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
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. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

2
Hard (8%)
16
Medium (64%)
3
Easy (12%)
4
Unknown (16%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§103 only14 (56%)
§102 only2 (8%)
§112 only3 (12%)
No statute on record4 (16%)

Industry Mix

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

20
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
3
Semiconductors
12% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1 23.3% +54.0%
JONES, ANDREW B 1 70.5% +21.4%
HAUSMAN, JARED RAYMOND 1 100.0% +0.0%
NELSON, MICHAEL B 1 21.4% +37.0%
BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1 55.4% +22.1%
AHMED, YUSEF A 1 83.5% +40.7%
GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1 63.1% +34.0%
ZHENG, LOIS L 1 67.7% +13.2%
WOO, JAE KYUN 1 59.9% +17.0%
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 53.9% +14.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18600226 A CO-PLANAR TRANSFORMER AND WINDING CONFIGURATION HAUSMAN, JARED RAYMOND 43d overdue
18541124 DUAL-ACTIVE BRIDGE CONVERTER AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME AHMED, YUSEF A 14d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18683559 FLUORINE-FREE SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF NELSON, MICHAEL B 162d overdue
18431041 Method for Diagnosing and Assessing Endometriosis BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 60d overdue
18004801 USE OF GDF11 TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION GAMETT, DANIEL C 14d
18924564 SCALABLE FABRICATION OF A SELF-ASSEMBLED CELL SHEET AND USES THEREOF BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 21d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18683559 FLUORINE-FREE SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF NELSON, MICHAEL B 162d overdue
18537567 STARCH BASED NANOPARTICLES FOR PLANT DELIVERY GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 111d overdue
18431041 Method for Diagnosing and Assessing Endometriosis BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 60d overdue
18627878 ROADWAY INCIDENT SEVERITY ESTIMATION FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT JONES, ANDREW B 15d overdue
18288467 Aluminum Casting Alloy for Near Net Shaped Casting of Structural or Non-structural Components ZHENG, LOIS L 5d overdue
18541124 DUAL-ACTIVE BRIDGE CONVERTER AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME AHMED, YUSEF A 14d
18924564 SCALABLE FABRICATION OF A SELF-ASSEMBLED CELL SHEET AND USES THEREOF BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 21d
18494343 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME, INTRA-PROCEDURAL, ENDOSCOPIC SHAFT MOTION TRACKING WOO, JAE KYUN 30d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 3
1675 2
1615 2
1613 2
1632 1
2667 1
1787 1
1733 1
3795 1
1721 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18924564 SCALABLE FABRICATION OF A SELF-ASSEMBLED CELL SHEET AND USES THEREOF BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 Other Final Rejection 21d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18627878 ROADWAY INCIDENT SEVERITY ESTIMATION FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT JONES, ANDREW B 2667 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18600226 A CO-PLANAR TRANSFORMER AND WINDING CONFIGURATION HAUSMAN, JARED RAYMOND 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18683559 FLUORINE-FREE SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 162d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2024
18431041 Method for Diagnosing and Assessing Endometriosis BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1675 §101 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2024
18541124 DUAL-ACTIVE BRIDGE CONVERTER AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME AHMED, YUSEF A 2838 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18537567 STARCH BASED NANOPARTICLES FOR PLANT DELIVERY GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18288467 Aluminum Casting Alloy for Near Net Shaped Casting of Structural or Non-structural Components ZHENG, LOIS L 1733 Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18494343 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME, INTRA-PROCEDURAL, ENDOSCOPIC SHAFT MOTION TRACKING WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Oct 25, 2023
18480985 VEHICLE PARTS WITH INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC ELEMENTS, VEHICLES CONTAINING SUCH VEHICLE PARTS, AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH VEHICLE PARTS GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18280038 METHOD OF PRODUCING NANOSCALE HOT EMBOSSED PATTERNS BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18452936 PACKING ASSEMBLY FOR CHROMATOGRAPHY MEDIA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF PEO, KARA M 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18231887 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DC-DC POWER CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18211970 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIATION OF HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA FROM VACCINE-INDUCED IMMUNE THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND NON-HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18199248 Anti-DFS70 Autoantibodies and methods of attenuating formation of nets ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18198154 Compositions to Modify Intestinal Nutrient Absorption, Methods of Making and Uses Thereof FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18026043 ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR FOR TARGET ANALYTE DETECTION SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Final Rejection 150d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2023
18004801 USE OF GDF11 TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION GAMETT, DANIEL C 1647 §101 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18010878 CLEAVAGE-AMPLIFICATION BIOSENSOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 16, 2022
18001828 Genetically Modified Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 (BHV-1) for use to Treat Cancer KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
17923118 MOLECULAR TRANSPORT FOR VIRAL AGENTS KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 §103 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17918377 METHOD OF LONG-TERM PRESERVATION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SPECIES USING SUGAR GLASSES ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN 1615 Other Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2022
17753119 CHIMERIC COSTIMULATORY RECEPTORS AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF REDDIG, PETER J 1646 Other Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17333189 Method for Diagnosing Intermittent Claudication and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia VOLKOV, ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVIC 1677 §112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending May 28, 2021
17323659 IN SITU GELLING POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED NANOPARTICLE HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §112 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending May 18, 2021

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