Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Musc Foundation for Research Development

12 pending office actions • 10 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 60 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.

5
Hard (42%)
5
Medium (42%)
2
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (42%)
Double-patenting only2 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COUNTS, GARY W 1 59.0% +29.8%
SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1 65.7% +46.8%
SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1 37.2% +16.0%
EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 1 85.4% +14.8%
PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1 25.0% +92.3%
NGUYEN, HUONG Q 1 45.7% +44.6%
HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1 52.2% +73.3%
DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1 55.8% +69.0%
WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 1 65.0% +26.2%
GIBBS, TERRA C 1 63.9% +10.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18455834 MOTION-ACTIVATED, CLOSED-LOOP NON-INVASIVE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION FOR NEUROREHABILITATION EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18155587 G9A INHIBITION DECREASES STRESS-INDUCED AND DEPENDENCE-INDUCED ESCALATION OF ALCOHOL DRINKING HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 78d overdue
18247519 Advanced Cell-Permeable Peptide Carriers PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 29d overdue
18478261 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL OR MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 10d overdue
17782611 RNAi-BASED TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF TO PREVENT ACQUIRED HEARING LOSS GIBBS, TERRA C 10d overdue
18002951 Use of Caveolin-1 Scaffolding Domain Peptides for Treating Disease and Disorders DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18155587 G9A INHIBITION DECREASES STRESS-INDUCED AND DEPENDENCE-INDUCED ESCALATION OF ALCOHOL DRINKING HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 78d overdue
18000011 NONINVASIVE CRANIAL NERVE THERAPY WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 52d overdue
18247519 Advanced Cell-Permeable Peptide Carriers PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 29d overdue
18191314 MONITORING NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTIONAL STATUS NGUYEN, HUONG Q 29d overdue
18478261 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL OR MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 10d overdue
17782611 RNAi-BASED TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF TO PREVENT ACQUIRED HEARING LOSS GIBBS, TERRA C 10d overdue
18632697 BIOMARKERS TO DETECT RISK OF SINUSOIDAL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME COUNTS, GARY W
18543191 CD38-NAD+ REGULATED METABOLIC AXIS IN ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY SHUPE, ELIZABETH A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 2
1643 1
1628 1
1631 1
3791 1
1623 1
1654 1
1635 1
1675 1
1647 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18632697 BIOMARKERS TO DETECT RISK OF SINUSOIDAL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME COUNTS, GARY W DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18543191 CD38-NAD+ REGULATED METABOLIC AXIS IN ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18478261 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL OR MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102§103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18455834 MOTION-ACTIVATED, CLOSED-LOOP NON-INVASIVE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION FOR NEUROREHABILITATION EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18247519 Advanced Cell-Permeable Peptide Carriers PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18191314 MONITORING NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTIONAL STATUS NGUYEN, HUONG Q 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18155587 G9A INHIBITION DECREASES STRESS-INDUCED AND DEPENDENCE-INDUCED ESCALATION OF ALCOHOL DRINKING HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2023
18002951 Use of Caveolin-1 Scaffolding Domain Peptides for Treating Disease and Disorders DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2022
18000011 NONINVASIVE CRANIAL NERVE THERAPY WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 3792 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17782611 RNAi-BASED TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF TO PREVENT ACQUIRED HEARING LOSS GIBBS, TERRA C 1635 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022
17317057 DETECTION OF AUTOREACTIVE FECAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN A (IGA) FOR DIAGNOSIS OF LUPUS BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending May 11, 2021
17279857 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 DP Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2021

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