Osaka University

Portfolio Summary

46

Total Pending OAs

30

Non-Final OAs

15

Final Rejections

1

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 45 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18

Overdue

4

Due this week

15

Due this month

6

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. 45 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (18)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (6)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.

1

Hard (2%)

37

Medium (80%)

4

Easy (9%)

4

Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	32 (70%)
§102 only	5 (11%)
§112 only	4 (9%)
No statute on record	4 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

27

Life Sciences

59% of docket

2

Information Tech

4% of docket

1

Communications

2% of docket

6

Semiconductors

13% of docket

10

Mechanical / Eng

22% 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.

460 h

Manual time on pending OAs

92 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

161 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

4.0 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI	1	33.3%	+41.4%
RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN	1	0.0%	+0.0%
MAI, LAM T	1	96.1%	+0.7%
CONLON, MARISA V	1	40.2%	+40.8%
SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R	1	70.5%	+8.4%
SMITH, CATHERINE P	1	16.1%	+12.3%
SHIN, SOO JUNG	1	87.0%	+16.4%
BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R	1	76.2%	+11.3%
MUHAMMAD, KEY	1	65.1%	+22.8%
MOORE, JOHN DAVID	1	70.5%	+18.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18840966	SIGNAL COMPRESSION APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM	MAI, LAM T	12d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18032169	JOINT EVALUATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM	ROBERTS, ANNA L	14d
18643068	SINTERED MATERIAL, METAL SINTERED COMPACT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING JOINED BODY, AND JOINED BODY	SMITH, CATHERINE P	22d
18844708	TREATMENT-METHOD SELECTION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, TREATMENT-METHOD SELECTION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM	RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN	33d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18431141	LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT	BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R	110d overdue
18431331	LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT	MUHAMMAD, KEY	45d overdue
18696454	WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, TRAINING METHOD, MODEL CONSTRUCTION METHOD, WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION SYSTEM	SHIN, SOO JUNG	8d overdue
18578247	PRODUCTION METHOD OF FRAGMENTED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENT	MOORE, JOHN DAVID	12d
18883477	DRUG AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR	NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI	14d
18643068	SINTERED MATERIAL, METAL SINTERED COMPACT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING JOINED BODY, AND JOINED BODY	SMITH, CATHERINE P	22d
18710932	IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IRRADIATION METHOD	CONLON, MARISA V	62d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1632	3
1615	2
3684	2
1759	2
1638	2
3771	2
1633	2
1634	2
1658	2
1635	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18883477	DRUG AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR	NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI	1615	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Sep 12, 2024
18844708	TREATMENT-METHOD SELECTION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, TREATMENT-METHOD SELECTION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM	RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN	3684	§103	Final Rejection	33d	Pending	Sep 06, 2024
18840966	SIGNAL COMPRESSION APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM	MAI, LAM T	2845	§102	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Aug 23, 2024
18710932	IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IRRADIATION METHOD	CONLON, MARISA V	3643	§103	Non-Final OA	62d	Pending	May 16, 2024
18662314	POROUS PARTICLES	SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R	1759	§102	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	May 13, 2024
18643068	SINTERED MATERIAL, METAL SINTERED COMPACT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING JOINED BODY, AND JOINED BODY	SMITH, CATHERINE P	1735	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Apr 23, 2024
18696454	WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, TRAINING METHOD, MODEL CONSTRUCTION METHOD, WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION SYSTEM	SHIN, SOO JUNG	2667	Other	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Mar 28, 2024
18431141	LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT	BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R	2871	§103	Non-Final OA	110d overdue	Pending	Feb 02, 2024
18431331	LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT	MUHAMMAD, KEY	2872	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Feb 02, 2024
18578247	PRODUCTION METHOD OF FRAGMENTED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENT	MOORE, JOHN DAVID	1638	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Jan 10, 2024
18567479	FINE SILICON PARTICLE-CONTAINING PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DISEASES	PALENIK, JEFFREY T	1615	§103	Non-Final OA	72d overdue	Pending	Dec 06, 2023
18560222	MICROSCOPE AND OBSERVATION METHOD	RAEVIS, ROBERT R	2855	§112	Final Rejection	42d	Pending	Nov 10, 2023
18030990	DISEASE OUTBREAK FORECASTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM	PORTER, RACHEL L	3684	§112	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Sep 25, 2023
18551674	BORONIC ACID COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME	PAGANO, ALEXANDER R	1692	§103	Non-Final OA	76d	Pending	Sep 21, 2023
18279464	GRASPING FORCEPS	RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH	3771	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Aug 30, 2023
18275245	SPECTROMETRY DEVICE AND SPECTROMETRY METHOD	SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Aug 01, 2023
18271977	WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND WALL THICKNESS ESTIMATION SYSTEM	ASGHAR, AMINAH	3797	§112	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Jul 12, 2023
18010084	ORGANIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE	NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA	1734	§102	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	May 01, 2023
18032169	JOINT EVALUATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM	ROBERTS, ANNA L	3791	§101	Final Rejection	14d	Pending	Apr 15, 2023
18126045	TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM	CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG	2119	§103	Final Rejection	59d overdue	Pending	Mar 24, 2023
17995017	Peptide Having Mesenchymal Stem Cell Mobilizing Activity	BRADLEY, CHRISTINA	1654	§102	Non-Final OA	36d overdue	Pending	Mar 16, 2023
18043507	METHOD OF PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE BODY AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE BODY	REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA	1632	Other	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Feb 28, 2023
18042430	GRAPHENE GRID, METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE GRID, AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TARGET SUBSTANCE	STOFFA, WYATT A	2881	§103	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Feb 21, 2023
18016978	PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DIABETES	VAN BUREN, LAUREN K	1638	Other	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Jan 19, 2023
18008652	MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM ALLOY	ROE, JESSEE RANDALL	1759	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Dec 06, 2022
17928824	ACTUATOR UNIT AND LINK MECHANISM HAVING SAME	VU, STEPHEN A	3654	§102	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Nov 30, 2022
18070492	COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD	MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO	2159	§103	Non-Final OA	105d overdue	Pending	Nov 29, 2022
17925123	TUBE ASSEMBLY FOR LIVING ORGANISM AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR LIVING ORGANISM	CHOU, WILLIAM B	3795	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Nov 14, 2022
17925225	CUG REPEAT SEQUENCE BINDING AGENT	VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE	1636	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 14, 2022
17907187	MUSCLE TISSUE PRODUCED BY BIOPRINTING	O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN	1633	§103	Final Rejection	11d overdue	Pending	Sep 23, 2022
17907122	SUPPORTING BATH FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) TISSUE CULTURE	KNIGHT, TERESA E	1634	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Sep 23, 2022
17801115	DIGESTIVE FLUID LEAK PREVENTATIVE MATERIAL AND ORGAN PROTECTIVE MATERIAL AGAINST DIGESTION BY DIGESTIVE FLUID	KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR	1658	§103	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Aug 19, 2022
17865049	METHOD FOR PRODUCING LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE, COMPOSITION, AND LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYTETRAFLUOROEHTYLENE	BRANCH, CATHERINE S	1763	§103	Non-Final OA	25d overdue	Pending	Jul 14, 2022
17775780	ENHANCER POLYNUCLEOTIDE RESPONDING TO HEART FAILURE AND EXPRESSION VECTOR INCLUDING SAID ENHANCER POLYNUCLEOTIDE	SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR	1632	§112	Final Rejection	27d	Pending	May 10, 2022
17631072	COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING GROWTH OR SUPPRESSING DECREASE OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS	REYNOLDS, FRED H	1658	§103	Final Rejection	44d overdue	Pending	Apr 29, 2022
17766728	External Preparation for Treating Epilepsy or Autism Spectrum Disorder	MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA	1623	§103	Final Rejection	89d overdue	Pending	Apr 05, 2022
17641669	CATHETER FOR AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY	DUBOSE, LAUREN	3771	§103	Final Rejection	35d overdue	Pending	Mar 09, 2022
17639483	PARACENTESIS ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, PARACENTESIS ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM	GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA	3794	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Mar 01, 2022
17596137	THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR CANCER	SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN	1635	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Dec 03, 2021
17601303	METHOD FOR PRODUCING KNOCK-IN CELL	ABBOTT, KODYE LEE	1634	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Oct 04, 2021
17441602	BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL MODEL AND DEVICE	DHAR, MATASHA	1632	§103	Non-Final OA	50d	Pending	Sep 21, 2021
17418168	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRAIT INFORMATION OF INDIVIDUALS	WOITACH, JOSEPH T	1687	§103	Final Rejection	7d	Pending	Jun 24, 2021
17289544	THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ARTHRITIS	GIBBS, TERRA C	1635	§103	Final Rejection	50d overdue	Pending	Apr 28, 2021
17271902	METHOD FOR EVALUATING ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUGS, VACCINES, ETC. USING IMMORTALIZED MONOCYTIC CELLS AND INDUCED CELLS	SMALL, KATHERINE R	1633	§103	Final Rejection	6d	Pending	Feb 26, 2021
17085040	Pharmaceutical Composition for Cancer Treatment	STOICA, ELLY GERALD	1647	Other	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Oct 30, 2020
17050731	EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE CONSTRUCT, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE CONSTRUCT FORMATION AGENT	SCHUBERG, LAURA J	1631	§103	Non-Final OA	85d overdue	Pending	Oct 26, 2020