Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Ohio University

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 1 of 7 (14%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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
BREWER, JACK ROBERT 1 57.1% +60.0%
WHITE, SADIE 1 48.9% +31.4%
WONG, EDNA 1 58.6% -19.2%
HEVEY, JOHN A 1 61.3% +20.1%
HOWELL, THEODORE R 1 66.7% +25.5%
BULLOCK, IN SUK C 1 50.0% +29.6%
ANGELL, JON E 1 70.9% +21.1%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17943442 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER AND METHOD OF SENSITIZING CANCER CELLS TO THE ACTION OF CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS VIA GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS OR KNOCK DOWN ANGELL, JON E 13d
18902224 MARINE SURFACE VESSEL TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL BREWER, JACK ROBERT

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
18536709 ULTRACONDUCTIVE METAL COMPOSITE FORMS AND THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF HEVEY, JOHN A 128d overdue
18554869 PLATINUM/PEPTIDE/CUCURBITURIL COMPLESES: WELL-DEFINED ARCHITECTURES BUILT BY SUPRAMOLECULAR SELF-SORTING FOR THE TARGETING OF CYSTEINE PROTEASES HOWELL, THEODORE R 11d overdue
17943442 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER AND METHOD OF SENSITIZING CANCER CELLS TO THE ACTION OF CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS VIA GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS OR KNOCK DOWN ANGELL, JON E 13d
18902224 MARINE SURFACE VESSEL TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL BREWER, JACK ROBERT
18650924 Electrochemical UV Sensor Using Carbon Quantum Dots WHITE, SADIE
18227542 SHAPE MEMORY POLY(ß-HYDROXYTHIOETHER) FOAMS RAPIDLY PRODUCED FROM MULTIFUNCTIONAL EPOXIDES AND THIOLS BULLOCK, IN SUK C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3663 1
1721 1
1735 1
1628 1
1772 1
1637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18902224 MARINE SURFACE VESSEL TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL BREWER, JACK ROBERT 3663 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18650924 Electrochemical UV Sensor Using Carbon Quantum Dots WHITE, SADIE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18536930 MODULAR ELECTROCATALYTICAL PROCESSING FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND WET SHALE GAS WONG, EDNA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18536709 ULTRACONDUCTIVE METAL COMPOSITE FORMS AND THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF HEVEY, JOHN A 1735 §103 Final Rejection 128d overdue AI Ready Dec 12, 2023
18554869 PLATINUM/PEPTIDE/CUCURBITURIL COMPLESES: WELL-DEFINED ARCHITECTURES BUILT BY SUPRAMOLECULAR SELF-SORTING FOR THE TARGETING OF CYSTEINE PROTEASES HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 §112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18227542 SHAPE MEMORY POLY(ß-HYDROXYTHIOETHER) FOAMS RAPIDLY PRODUCED FROM MULTIFUNCTIONAL EPOXIDES AND THIOLS BULLOCK, IN SUK C 1772 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
17943442 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER AND METHOD OF SENSITIZING CANCER CELLS TO THE ACTION OF CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS VIA GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS OR KNOCK DOWN ANGELL, JON E 1637 §101§102 Final Rejection 13d Pending Sep 13, 2022

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