Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
2 pending office actions • 0 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nelson Mandela University is currently navigating 2 pending office actions at the USPTO. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that no single individual oversees the entirety of the pending portfolio. BAHTA, MEDHANIT W is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are currently responsible for only 1 pending action.
This distribution across those examiners suggests a diversified examination process for the 2 pending office actions. Because BAHTA, MEDHANIT W holds 1 pending action, the workload is evenly balanced among the examiners involved. Practitioners can expect individualized feedback from each of the 2 distinct examiners as these applications progress through the USPTO.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | 1 | 71.3% | +17.2% |
| BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1 | 80.6% | +28.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683277 | FLOW SYNTHESIS PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683275 | FLOW SYNTHESIS PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | — |
| 18683277 | FLOW SYNTHESIS PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18683275 | FLOW SYNTHESIS PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18683277 | FLOW SYNTHESIS PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
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