Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

1
Hard (9%)
6
Medium (55%)
4
Easy (36%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
73% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 2 27.3% +60.6%
GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 1 76.3% +19.3%
VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 1 83.3% +14.4%
SEVERSON, RYAN J 1 83.0% +13.4%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1 46.0% +40.4%
KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1 46.6% +52.8%
MARVICH, MARIA 1 54.7% +27.4%
DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1 56.5% +36.3%
EMCH, GREGORY S 1 49.0% +44.3%
PARK, HAEJIN S 1 55.3% +37.9%

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
18564380 MRI-CT-COMPATIBLE REMOTE-CONTROLLED MICROPOSITIONING SYSTEM SEVERSON, RYAN J 13d
18692402 MEDICAL HANDLING SYSTEM VOORHEES, CATHERINE M

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17615453 COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESS FOR INTEGRATING CELLS INTO EPITHELIUM PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 99d overdue
17631598 ANALYTICAL METHOD AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR BLADDER CANCER EMCH, GREGORY S 53d overdue
17800338 Viral vector particle based on AA V2 for gene therapy PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 17d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17610611 METHOD FOR COATING A MEDICAL DEVICE AND COATED MEDICAL DEVICE PARK, HAEJIN S 139d overdue
18007200 LONG NON-CODING RNA AS THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN CARDIAC DISORDERS AND CARDIAC REGENERATION GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 128d overdue
17615453 COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESS FOR INTEGRATING CELLS INTO EPITHELIUM PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 99d overdue
17658957 LNCRNAS FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 79d overdue
17631598 ANALYTICAL METHOD AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR BLADDER CANCER EMCH, GREGORY S 53d overdue
17811995 LNCRNAS FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 28d overdue
17768778 NON-CODING RNA PROTECTING AGAINST HEART FAILURE MARVICH, MARIA 24d overdue
17800338 Viral vector particle based on AA V2 for gene therapy PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 17d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1634 3
3795 1
3792 1
3771 1
1682 1
1683 1
1636 1
1678 1
1614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18727815 SUCTION-FLUSHING-SYSTEM AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18692402 MEDICAL HANDLING SYSTEM VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 15, 2024
18564380 MRI-CT-COMPATIBLE REMOTE-CONTROLLED MICROPOSITIONING SYSTEM SEVERSON, RYAN J 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18007200 LONG NON-CODING RNA AS THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN CARDIAC DISORDERS AND CARDIAC REGENERATION GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §102 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
17800338 Viral vector particle based on AA V2 for gene therapy PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1634 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2022
17811995 LNCRNAS FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022
17768778 NON-CODING RNA PROTECTING AGAINST HEART FAILURE MARVICH, MARIA 1634 §112 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2022
17658957 LNCRNAS FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 §112 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2022
17631598 ANALYTICAL METHOD AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR BLADDER CANCER EMCH, GREGORY S 1678 §101 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2022
17615453 COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESS FOR INTEGRATING CELLS INTO EPITHELIUM PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1634 §103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2021
17610611 METHOD FOR COATING A MEDICAL DEVICE AND COATED MEDICAL DEVICE PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 §103 Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2021

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