Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

National University Of Singapore

39 pending office actions • 30 art units • 37 examiners • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

22
Overdue
2
Due this week
8
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (22)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
32
Medium (82%)
5
Easy (13%)
2
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only30 (77%)
§102 only2 (5%)
§112 only5 (13%)
No statute on record2 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

23
Life Sciences
59% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
6
Semiconductors
15% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
21% 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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TSAY, MARSHA M 2 45.6% +52.3%
MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 2 44.7% +68.6%
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 53.9% +14.2%
SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 1 86.2% +21.0%
ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K 1 11.6% +8.6%
RUPPERT, ERIC S 1 59.0% +24.7%
RAHMAN, MD M 1 92.3% +12.1%
SHIN, SEONG-AH A 1 78.6% +20.9%
PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1 36.3% +49.7%
FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 1 71.5% +26.2%

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
19101925 FEDERATION OF SCORING SYSTEMS SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 58d overdue
18768609 METAMATERIAL FOR ENHANCED VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM SENSOR AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME RAHMAN, MD M 49d overdue

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
18853830 A Data-Driven Bunker Planner System ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K 98d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18014315 CIRCULAR miRNA SPONGES MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 73d overdue
19101925 FEDERATION OF SCORING SYSTEMS SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 58d overdue
18768609 METAMATERIAL FOR ENHANCED VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM SENSOR AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME RAHMAN, MD M 49d overdue
18708633 Method and System for Generating an Explainable Prediction of an Emotion Associated With a Vocal Sample SHIN, SEONG-AH A 46d overdue
17912553 Molecular Systems and Therapies Using the Same MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 38d overdue
18247616 A DNA Assembly Mix And Method Of Uses Thereof TSAY, MARSHA M 9d overdue
18847812 Hybrid 3D Printed Heat Sink RUPPERT, ERIC S 7d
18689539 SPECTROMETER AND METHOD OF DETECTING A SPECTRUM FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 15d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
1656 3
2877 2
1674 2
2891 2
1636 2
1635 2
1721 1
2166 1
3625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19111834 AN OPTICAL MEDIA, METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICAL MEDIA AND A PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOW GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 14, 2025
19101925 FEDERATION OF SCORING SYSTEMS SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2025
18853830 A Data-Driven Bunker Planner System ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2024
18847812 Hybrid 3D Printed Heat Sink RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 17, 2024
18768609 METAMATERIAL FOR ENHANCED VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM SENSOR AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME RAHMAN, MD M 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18708633 Method and System for Generating an Explainable Prediction of an Emotion Associated With a Vocal Sample SHIN, SEONG-AH A 2659 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18705455 SPRAY-DRIED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18689539 SPECTROMETER AND METHOD OF DETECTING A SPECTRUM FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18682544 WOUND MONITORING SYSTEM AND SENSOR THEREOF WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18396410 SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING PREDICTED COMPONENT CONCENTRATIONS OF A TARGET MIXTURE BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2023
18288401 METHOD OF DETECTING BACTERIAL/FUNGAL CONTAMINATION SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18482399 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF METABOLIC DISEASES ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18284647 SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD FOR FORMING A PASSIVATED CONTACT OF A SOLAR CELL ANYA, IGWE U 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18240367 TREATMENT OF SMC MEDIATED DISEASE PAK, MICHAEL D 1674 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18278734 SOLAR CHIMNEY AND A METHOD FOR VENTILATING A BUILDING USING A SOLAR CHIMNEY GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 3762 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18259020 ARTIFICIAL ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL METCALF, MATTHEW CURRAN 1647 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18255645 A HIGHLY SENSITIVE HEAT-REPRESSIBLE SPLIT-T7 POLYMERASE (THERMAL-T7RNAP) FOR APPLICATIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18252185 METHOD FOR PREDICTING RESPONSIVENESS TO PLK1 INHIBITION BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 08, 2023
18251770 A WATER ELECTROLYZER SYSTEM WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18250686 OPTICAL RANGE FINDING FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18247616 A DNA Assembly Mix And Method Of Uses Thereof TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18025111 SALIVA COLLECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §102 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18024162 AN APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING BREATH SHAH, JAY B 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18042007 METHOD OF FABRICATING HIGHLY ORIENTED, SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE LOW-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES ON A CRYSTALLINE SUBSTRATE BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18040503 MODULATION OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCER AND ACTIVATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION 3 (STAT3) EXPRESSION DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 03, 2023
18006541 TARGETING IMMUNE PATHOLOGIES INDUCED BY HIGHLY PATHOGENIC CORONAVIRUSES SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18016154 PEPTIDE ADJUVANT FOR ITS THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS IN VIRAL AND TUMOUR VACCINE DEVELOPMENT AND CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTS FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18014315 CIRCULAR miRNA SPONGES MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2023
17924958 A Method For Virus and Biomarker Detection FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Nov 11, 2022
17995938 FOOD EXTRACTS, METHODS OF EXTRACTION AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF VERKHOVSKY, VANI GUJULUVA 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 142d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2022
17907660 MAGNETORESISTANCE SENSOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATION MOJADDEDI, OMAR F 2898 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17912553 Molecular Systems and Therapies Using the Same MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 Other Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022
17905592 METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR PRODUCTION OF LIPOIC ACID MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1645 §112 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2022
17904753 IMPLANTABLE LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE KUO, JONATHAN T 3792 §103 Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2022
17791571 Combination Therapy TAO, BIN 1625 §112 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17780357 WEARABLE SWEAT SENSOR HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending May 26, 2022
17739856 CONFORMAL METAL DICHALCOGENIDES ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K 2891 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 09, 2022
17436338 NON-VIRAL MODIFICATION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 Other Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 03, 2021
17229800 ULTRA-HIGH-THROUGHPUT MICROFLUIDIC ENZYME SCREENING PLATFORM FOR ENZYME DEVELOPMENT KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 13, 2021

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