Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

National University Of Ireland Galway

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 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.

1
Overdue
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

4
Hard (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (29%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% 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.

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
JANG, ELINA SOHYUN 2 68.8% +39.3%
CHA, CASEY GEORGE 1 20.0% -25.0%
HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 1 71.9% +30.3%
WENG, KAI H 1 70.2% +17.3%
COOLEY, CHARLES E 1 79.1% +15.0%
WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 1 49.7% +26.6%

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
18016973 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS JANG, ELINA SOHYUN 16d overdue
18133137 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS JANG, ELINA SOHYUN 16d
18568666 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR KILLING OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS CHA, CASEY GEORGE
18250797 COMPRESSION DEVICE HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA
17928785 AN INDWELLING CATHETER SYSTEM WENG, KAI H

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18016973 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS JANG, ELINA SOHYUN 16d overdue
18133137 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS JANG, ELINA SOHYUN 16d
17416863 VORTEX GENERATOR APPARATUS COOLEY, CHARLES E 83d
16632453 STENTED VALVE WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 85d
18250797 COMPRESSION DEVICE HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA
17928785 AN INDWELLING CATHETER SYSTEM WENG, KAI H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
3794 1
3786 1
3781 1
1774 1
3774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18568666 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR KILLING OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS CHA, CASEY GEORGE 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2023
18250797 COMPRESSION DEVICE HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 3786 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 27, 2023
18133137 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS JANG, ELINA SOHYUN 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 11, 2023
18016973 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS JANG, ELINA SOHYUN 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
17928785 AN INDWELLING CATHETER SYSTEM WENG, KAI H 3781 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2022
17416863 VORTEX GENERATOR APPARATUS COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Jun 21, 2021
16632453 STENTED VALVE WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §112 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Jan 20, 2020

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