Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 13, 2026

National University Corporation Chiba University

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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 (4)

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.

6
Hard (86%)
1
Medium (14%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 1 68.3% +16.3%
BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 1 58.0% +60.0%
CASLER, BRIAN L 1 81.8% +13.9%
TRAN, ERIC 1 69.8% +24.0%
MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 1 56.2% +33.4%
GIERE, REBECCA M 1 73.7% +32.5%
HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 1 44.5% +36.9%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16484523 BED MONITORING SYSTEM HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 72d overdue
18248181 SIGHTLINE-POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, SIGHTLINE-POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND TRAINING METHOD MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 71d overdue
18524823 IN-VIVO VISUALIZATION DEVICE CASLER, BRIAN L 18d overdue
18855971 SUTURE FOR USE IN FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERIES RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH
18690884 MASSAGE APPARATUS BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN
18043999 ALLERGIC DISEASE DETERMINATION METHOD AND DETERMINATION SYSTEM GIERE, REBECCA M

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16484523 BED MONITORING SYSTEM HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 72d overdue
18248181 SIGHTLINE-POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, SIGHTLINE-POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND TRAINING METHOD MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 71d overdue
18508831 R-KETAMINE AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF AS PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR NEURODEGENERATION DISEASE OR RECOGNITION FUNCTIONAL DISORDER TRAN, ERIC 35d overdue
18524823 IN-VIVO VISUALIZATION DEVICE CASLER, BRIAN L 18d overdue
18855971 SUTURE FOR USE IN FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERIES RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH
18690884 MASSAGE APPARATUS BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN
18043999 ALLERGIC DISEASE DETERMINATION METHOD AND DETERMINATION SYSTEM GIERE, REBECCA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
3771 1
1629 1
1677 1
3796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18855971 SUTURE FOR USE IN FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERIES RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18690884 MASSAGE APPARATUS BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18524823 IN-VIVO VISUALIZATION DEVICE CASLER, BRIAN L 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18508831 R-KETAMINE AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF AS PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR NEURODEGENERATION DISEASE OR RECOGNITION FUNCTIONAL DISORDER TRAN, ERIC 1629 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18248181 SIGHTLINE-POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, SIGHTLINE-POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND TRAINING METHOD MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 3791 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18043999 ALLERGIC DISEASE DETERMINATION METHOD AND DETERMINATION SYSTEM GIERE, REBECCA M 1677 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 03, 2023
16484523 BED MONITORING SYSTEM HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2019

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