Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Monash University

14 pending office actions • 13 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

8
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (21%)
3
Easy (21%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only3 (21%)
§112 only2 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
79% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VU, VU A 1 92.3% +6.7%
WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1 51.1% +39.8%
AZPURU, CARLOS A 1 83.8% +10.6%
BREWSTER, HAYDEN R 1 62.3% +48.5%
BYRD, BRIGID K 1 71.2% +48.3%
BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1 64.4% +20.0%
MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL 1 36.1% +64.0%
ERICKSON, BENNETT S 1 38.4% +45.1%
FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1 51.4% +17.1%
TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1 64.5% +29.0%

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
18707515 NEGATIVE CAPACITANCE TOPOLOGICAL QUANTUM FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR VU, VU A
18409546 LIPID PRODRUGS OF NEUROSTEROIDS AZPURU, CARLOS A

Hard Cases (8)

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
17799206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL OF SLEEP PATTERNS ERICKSON, BENNETT S 46d overdue
17771982 ANTIBODIES FOR BINDING PLASMINOGEN TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 15d
18291808 LIPID NANOPARTICLE FORMULATIONS WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH
18569729 PHENOLIC-GRAPHENE OXIDE COMPOSITIONS BREWSTER, HAYDEN R
17996754 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL
17626168 METHODS FOR MAKING RECOMBINANT PROTEIN REGLAS, GEORGIANA C
17598380 A MICROPARTICLE AND/OR NANOPARTICLE SEPARATION, FILTRATION AND/OR ENRICHING DEVICE AND METHOD BULLOCK, IN SUK C
17422111 Iron Based Alloy WALCK, BRIAN D

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
17799206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL OF SLEEP PATTERNS ERICKSON, BENNETT S 46d overdue
18314951 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE BYRD, BRIGID K 42d overdue
17771982 ANTIBODIES FOR BINDING PLASMINOGEN TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 15d
18291808 LIPID NANOPARTICLE FORMULATIONS WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH
18409546 LIPID PRODRUGS OF NEUROSTEROIDS AZPURU, CARLOS A
18569729 PHENOLIC-GRAPHENE OXIDE COMPOSITIONS BREWSTER, HAYDEN R
18001480 IL-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST (IL-1 RA) FUSION PROTEINS BINDING TO THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX BUNNER, BRIDGET E
17996754 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1612 1
1617 1
1779 1
3771 1
1647 1
1631 1
3683 1
1626 1
1641 1
1651 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18707515 NEGATIVE CAPACITANCE TOPOLOGICAL QUANTUM FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR VU, VU A §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18291808 LIPID NANOPARTICLE FORMULATIONS WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2024
18409546 LIPID PRODRUGS OF NEUROSTEROIDS AZPURU, CARLOS A 1617 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18569729 PHENOLIC-GRAPHENE OXIDE COMPOSITIONS BREWSTER, HAYDEN R 1779 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18314951 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE BYRD, BRIGID K 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18001480 IL-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST (IL-1 RA) FUSION PROTEINS BINDING TO THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1647 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 12, 2022
17996754 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2022
17799206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL OF SLEEP PATTERNS ERICKSON, BENNETT S 3683 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2022
17792042 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2022
17771982 ANTIBODIES FOR BINDING PLASMINOGEN TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1641 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 26, 2022
17626168 METHODS FOR MAKING RECOMBINANT PROTEIN REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 11, 2022
17598380 A MICROPARTICLE AND/OR NANOPARTICLE SEPARATION, FILTRATION AND/OR ENRICHING DEVICE AND METHOD BULLOCK, IN SUK C 1772 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2021
17422111 Iron Based Alloy WALCK, BRIAN D 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2021
17328966 METHOD OF TREATMENT KELLY, ROBERT M 1638 §112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending May 24, 2021

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