Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Oregon State University

15 pending office actions • 13 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

6
Hard (40%)
9
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only9 (60%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
53% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
2
Semiconductors
13% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
2
Business / Other
13% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROY, DEBJANI 1 75.2% +14.9%
SAMPLE, DAVID R 1 79.7% +10.4%
SUN, JIANGENG 1 82.1% +13.8%
ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 1 53.9% +3.6%
LEE, JIA-HAI 1 49.8% +48.0%
SOROWAR, GOLAM 1 81.2% +18.0%
REILLY, SOPHIA JANE 1 60.6% +49.1%
TORRES, ALICIA M 1 73.6% +17.7%
CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1 40.9% +65.0%
MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A 1 86.4% +8.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18475182 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A 9d
18905107 SENSORY ESTIMATES AND/OR PREDICTIONS OF MORPHOMETRY SUN, JIANGENG
18636140 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL CONTENT SOROWAR, GOLAM

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17259535 NON-PESTICIDAL ATTRACT AND KILL COMPOSITION FOR CONTROL OF INSECTS MACH, ANDRE 36d overdue
18334237 ELECTROCATALYTIC POLYMER DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL DETECTION SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 62d
19049891 SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF METAL SALTS TO FORM METAL OXIDES SAMPLE, DAVID R
18844373 RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL CORRELATOR UTILIZING PARAMETRIC PUMPING OF SPIN WAVES ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D
18448091 DEVICE FOR MODULAR CONTROL OF MICROENVIROMENT FOR CELL MIGRATION AND CULTURE ASSAY AND METHOD FOR ITS USE BRIDGES, DONAVAN LEE
18054479 CONTINUAL LEARNING IN DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS BENOURAIDA, AMINA MORENO

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
18815249 REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR BIOORTHOGONAL LABELING OF BIOMOLECULES IN LIVING CELLS LEE, JIA-HAI 9d overdue
19060433 APPARATUS FOR NANOMATERIAL GENERATION AND PRINTING ROY, DEBJANI
19049891 SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF METAL SALTS TO FORM METAL OXIDES SAMPLE, DAVID R
18905107 SENSORY ESTIMATES AND/OR PREDICTIONS OF MORPHOMETRY SUN, JIANGENG
18636140 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL CONTENT SOROWAR, GOLAM
18617043 THIOPHENE-BASED LIPIDS REILLY, SOPHIA JANE
18600546 ERGONOMIC DIBBLE GARDENING TOOL TORRES, ALICIA M
18686249 AUTONOMOUS ORGANISMS FOR SYNTHESIS OF PERMANENTLY PHOSPHORYLATED PROTEINS CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1712 1
2834 1
1658 1
2641 1
1627 1
3671 1
1657 1
2812 1
1758 1
1795 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19060433 APPARATUS FOR NANOMATERIAL GENERATION AND PRINTING ROY, DEBJANI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
19049891 SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF METAL SALTS TO FORM METAL OXIDES SAMPLE, DAVID R 1712 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
18905107 SENSORY ESTIMATES AND/OR PREDICTIONS OF MORPHOMETRY SUN, JIANGENG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18844373 RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL CORRELATOR UTILIZING PARAMETRIC PUMPING OF SPIN WAVES ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18815249 REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR BIOORTHOGONAL LABELING OF BIOMOLECULES IN LIVING CELLS LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 §103Other Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2024
18636140 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL CONTENT SOROWAR, GOLAM 2641 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2024
18617043 THIOPHENE-BASED LIPIDS REILLY, SOPHIA JANE 1627 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18600546 ERGONOMIC DIBBLE GARDENING TOOL TORRES, ALICIA M 3671 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 08, 2024
18686249 AUTONOMOUS ORGANISMS FOR SYNTHESIS OF PERMANENTLY PHOSPHORYLATED PROTEINS CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18475182 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A 2812 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18448091 DEVICE FOR MODULAR CONTROL OF MICROENVIROMENT FOR CELL MIGRATION AND CULTURE ASSAY AND METHOD FOR ITS USE BRIDGES, DONAVAN LEE 1758 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18334237 ELECTROCATALYTIC POLYMER DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL DETECTION SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18054479 CONTINUAL LEARNING IN DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS BENOURAIDA, AMINA MORENO 2129 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2022
17802083 TIN-BASED PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MAKING CHU, JOHN S Y 1737 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 24, 2022
17259535 NON-PESTICIDAL ATTRACT AND KILL COMPOSITION FOR CONTROL OF INSECTS MACH, ANDRE 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2021

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