Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

National University Corporation Chiba University

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

1
Hard (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only3 (60%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WINDRICH, MARCUS E 1 79.3% +6.5%
TRAN, ERIC 1 68.7% +24.7%
MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 1 57.3% +32.3%
BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1 53.7% +48.8%
HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 1 44.4% +38.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16484523 BED MONITORING SYSTEM HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 72d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 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
17322482 RGMa BINDING PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF BALLARD, KIMBERLY 20d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3646 1
1629 1
3791 1
1675 1
3796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18677076 METHOD FOR MEASURING STATE OF SUBSTANCE AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING STATE OF SUBSTANCE WINDRICH, MARCUS E 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending May 29, 2024
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 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
17322482 RGMa BINDING PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending May 17, 2021
16484523 BED MONITORING SYSTEM HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 3796 §101 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2019

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