Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

National University Corporation Kobe University

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
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
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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 ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (2)

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 (45%)
4
Medium (36%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only2 (18%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Double-patenting + other2 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
73% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOORE, SUSANNA 1 67.9% +31.6%
KUBELIK, ANNE R 1 75.8% -1.0%
FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1 59.1% +19.7%
WARD, AARON DUREL 1
STEADMAN, DAVID J 1 57.7% +29.5%
DOMAN, SHAWN 1 64.9% +26.5%
CHONG, KIMBERLY 1 72.4% +12.8%
NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1 59.3% +34.9%
STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1 45.2% +41.5%
VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1 60.0% +48.2%

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
18687023 CORE-SHELL TEMPLATE MOLECULE/PARTICLE FOR TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH-YIELD FORMATION OF PORES ON SUBSTRATE FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 7d
18539833 METHOD FOR CONVERTING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE OF CELL SPECIFICALLY CONVERTING NUCLEIC ACID BASE OF TARGETED DNA USING CELL ENDOGENOUS DNA MODIFYING ENZYME, AND MOLECULAR COMPLEX USED THEREIN STEADMAN, DAVID J 71d
18741424 METHOD FOR SELECTING PROMOTER THAT FUNCTIONS IN ORGANELLE KUBELIK, ANNE R
18550777 CANCER THERAPY CHONG, KIMBERLY
18548008 SEMI-RATIONAL GENOME EVOLUTION ENGINEERING METHOD FOR PLANTS STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE

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
18519590 PROCESSOR WITH SELECTOR SELECTING HELD DATA OR OPERATION RESULT DATA DOMAN, SHAWN 74d overdue
18687023 CORE-SHELL TEMPLATE MOLECULE/PARTICLE FOR TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH-YIELD FORMATION OF PORES ON SUBSTRATE FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 7d
18044047 MINIATURIZED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE-CONTAINING COMPLEX FOR MODIFYING DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 26d
18539833 METHOD FOR CONVERTING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE OF CELL SPECIFICALLY CONVERTING NUCLEIC ACID BASE OF TARGETED DNA USING CELL ENDOGENOUS DNA MODIFYING ENZYME, AND MOLECULAR COMPLEX USED THEREIN STEADMAN, DAVID J 71d
18292565 RAS/RAF BINDING INHIBITOR COMPOUND MOORE, SUSANNA
18550777 CANCER THERAPY CHONG, KIMBERLY
18547918 METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN ABILITY OF A TEST SAMPLE TO TRIGGER A FOREIGN BODY REACTION IN THE SKIN, A METHOD FOR SCREENING A SUBSTANCE HAVING AN ABILITY TO INHIBIT A FOREIGN BODY REACTION IN THE SKIN, AND AN AGENT FOR INHIBITING A FOREIGN BODY REACTION IN THE SKIN NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY
18548008 SEMI-RATIONAL GENOME EVOLUTION ENGINEERING METHOD FOR PLANTS STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 2
1788 1
1656 1
2183 1
1636 1
1621 1
1633 1
1764 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18292565 RAS/RAF BINDING INHIBITOR COMPOUND MOORE, SUSANNA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18741424 METHOD FOR SELECTING PROMOTER THAT FUNCTIONS IN ORGANELLE KUBELIK, ANNE R 1663 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18687023 CORE-SHELL TEMPLATE MOLECULE/PARTICLE FOR TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH-YIELD FORMATION OF PORES ON SUBSTRATE FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §102§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18577111 NEPHROTOXICITY REDUCING AGENT WARD, AARON DUREL §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18539833 METHOD FOR CONVERTING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE OF CELL SPECIFICALLY CONVERTING NUCLEIC ACID BASE OF TARGETED DNA USING CELL ENDOGENOUS DNA MODIFYING ENZYME, AND MOLECULAR COMPLEX USED THEREIN STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18519590 PROCESSOR WITH SELECTOR SELECTING HELD DATA OR OPERATION RESULT DATA DOMAN, SHAWN 2183 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18550777 CANCER THERAPY CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18547918 METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN ABILITY OF A TEST SAMPLE TO TRIGGER A FOREIGN BODY REACTION IN THE SKIN, A METHOD FOR SCREENING A SUBSTANCE HAVING AN ABILITY TO INHIBIT A FOREIGN BODY REACTION IN THE SKIN, AND AN AGENT FOR INHIBITING A FOREIGN BODY REACTION IN THE SKIN NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1621 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18548008 SEMI-RATIONAL GENOME EVOLUTION ENGINEERING METHOD FOR PLANTS STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1663 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18044047 MINIATURIZED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE-CONTAINING COMPLEX FOR MODIFYING DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 03, 2023
18151212 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HOLLOW FINE PARTICLES, AND HOLLOW FINE PARTICLES KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103DP Final Rejection 82d Pending Jan 06, 2023

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