Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

National University Corporation Hokkaido University

17 pending office actions • 14 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

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

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

9
Hard (53%)
5
Medium (29%)
3
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only3 (18%)
§102 only2 (12%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
3
Business / Other
18% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO 1 83.6% +9.0%
PIPIC, ALMA 1 54.3% +55.2%
PAGE, BRENT T 1 82.4% +10.8%
SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1 56.6% +21.7%
ARCIERO, ADAM A 1 65.2% -18.1%
HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1 52.2% +73.3%
HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR 1 63.3% +40.3%
BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1 47.1% +26.0%
MCCAIG, BRIAN A 1 80.4% +13.4%
PATEL, SAGAR S 1 76.0% +34.4%

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
18553120 CATALYST STRUCTURE FOR SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION, SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST STRUCTURE FOR SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION MCCAIG, BRIAN A 60d
18548731 SOLANACEOUS PLANT RESISTANT TO VIRUS OF GENUS BEGOMOVIRUS CAUSING TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL SYMPTOMS, SOLANACEOUS PLANT CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLANACEOUS PLANT PAGE, BRENT T

Hard Cases (9)

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
18262326 ANTI-VIRAL AGENT PATEL, SAGAR S 3d overdue
18396305 COPPER CHELATOR, ANTICANCER AGENT AND PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR WILSON'S DISEASE HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR 15d
18106049 SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME PETKOVSEK, DANIEL 22d
18024955 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS BOWERS, ERIN M 27d
18879006 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO
18578874 SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE ARCIERO, ADAM A
18154575 JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS PREVENTIVE AGENT AND JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE AGENT QIAN, CELINE X
18052100 TREATMENT DEVICE MORAN, EDWARD JOHN

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18262326 ANTI-VIRAL AGENT PATEL, SAGAR S 3d overdue
18396305 COPPER CHELATOR, ANTICANCER AGENT AND PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR WILSON'S DISEASE HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR 15d
18553120 CATALYST STRUCTURE FOR SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION, SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST STRUCTURE FOR SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION MCCAIG, BRIAN A 60d
18851300 LIPID NANOPARTICLES PIPIC, ALMA
18548731 SOLANACEOUS PLANT RESISTANT TO VIRUS OF GENUS BEGOMOVIRUS CAUSING TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL SYMPTOMS, SOLANACEOUS PLANT CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLANACEOUS PLANT PAGE, BRENT T
18692022 BICYCLIC HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE HAVING VIRAL GROWTH INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME SCHMITT, MICHAEL J
18396272 COMPOUND, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, AND MEDICINAL DRUG HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P
18259348 GFRALPHA1-CONTAINING NEURITE OUTGROWTH PROMOTER AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR INDUCING NERVE REGENERATION BUTTICE, AUDREY L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1617 1
1663 1
1629 1
1623 1
1627 1
1772 1
1626 1
1653 1
2874 1
1637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18879006 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18851300 LIPID NANOPARTICLES PIPIC, ALMA 1617 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18548731 SOLANACEOUS PLANT RESISTANT TO VIRUS OF GENUS BEGOMOVIRUS CAUSING TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL SYMPTOMS, SOLANACEOUS PLANT CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLANACEOUS PLANT PAGE, BRENT T 1663 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 24, 2024
18692022 BICYCLIC HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE HAVING VIRAL GROWTH INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1629 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18578874 SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE ARCIERO, ADAM A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18396272 COMPOUND, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, AND MEDICINAL DRUG HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2023
18396305 COPPER CHELATOR, ANTICANCER AGENT AND PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR WILSON'S DISEASE HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR 1627 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 26, 2023
18259348 GFRALPHA1-CONTAINING NEURITE OUTGROWTH PROMOTER AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR INDUCING NERVE REGENERATION BUTTICE, AUDREY L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2023
18553120 CATALYST STRUCTURE FOR SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION, SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST STRUCTURE FOR SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION MCCAIG, BRIAN A 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18262326 ANTI-VIRAL AGENT PATEL, SAGAR S 1626 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18024955 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §101 Final Rejection 27d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18106049 SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME PETKOVSEK, DANIEL 2874 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 06, 2023
18154575 JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS PREVENTIVE AGENT AND JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE AGENT QIAN, CELINE X 1637 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2023
18052100 TREATMENT DEVICE MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 02, 2022
17996070 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANOMETALLIC NUCLEOPHILE AND REACTION METHOD USING ORGANOMETALLIC NUCLEOPHILE HOU, FRANK S 1692 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2022
17930920 CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ISOBUTYL ALDEHYDE AND METHACROLEIN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHACRYLIC ACID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHACRYLIC ACID ESTER LI, JUN 1732 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2022
17802772 BLOCK COPOLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2022

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