Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Morgan State University

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (33%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

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

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINGH, RUPANGINI 1 35.5% +52.6%
BOWERS, ERIN M 1 55.1% +10.5%
KUJUNDZIC, DINO 1 73.3% +28.1%
ROBINSON, HOPE A 1 67.6% +43.3%
CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 1 51.9% +47.1%
CHOI, PETER H 1 26.1% +18.5%

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
18430193 Composition and Method for Increasing Fatty Acid Production in Cyanobacteria by Altering Cell Membrane Permeability ROBINSON, HOPE A 86d
18786008 METHOD TO ASSESS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE SINGH, RUPANGINI
18758389 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY, GROWTH AND/OR LIPID PRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS BOWERS, ERIN M
18069539 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PATIENTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS CHOI, PETER H

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
18210986 METHOD FOR THE POLYCULTURE OF CLAMS WITH OYSTERS CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 29d
18430193 Composition and Method for Increasing Fatty Acid Production in Cyanobacteria by Altering Cell Membrane Permeability ROBINSON, HOPE A 86d
18786008 METHOD TO ASSESS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE SINGH, RUPANGINI
18758389 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY, GROWTH AND/OR LIPID PRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS BOWERS, ERIN M
18649181 Road Work Zone Navigation and Safety Alert App KUJUNDZIC, DINO
18069539 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PATIENTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS CHOI, PETER H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 1
3658 1
1652 1
3643 1
3685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18786008 METHOD TO ASSESS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE SINGH, RUPANGINI 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18758389 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY, GROWTH AND/OR LIPID PRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS BOWERS, ERIN M §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18649181 Road Work Zone Navigation and Safety Alert App KUJUNDZIC, DINO 3658 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18430193 Composition and Method for Increasing Fatty Acid Production in Cyanobacteria by Altering Cell Membrane Permeability ROBINSON, HOPE A 1652 §102§112 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18210986 METHOD FOR THE POLYCULTURE OF CLAMS WITH OYSTERS CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18069539 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PATIENTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS CHOI, PETER H 3685 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2022

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