Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Public University Corporation Nagoya City University

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

4
Hard (80%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, HA S 1 58.4% -21.6%
KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO 1 33.3% +0.0%
BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 1 47.6% +50.0%
AEDER, SEAN E 1 56.9% +19.9%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1 45.9% +40.9%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18564850 POLYTHIOPHENE COMPOUND AND CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL COMPOSITION NGUYEN, HA S
18561249 METHOD OF PRODUCING BRAIN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL-LIKE CELLS AND USE THEREOF KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO
18036733 METHOD FOR ASSISTING DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA FOR USE IN DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, IN VITRO METHOD FOR ASSISTING DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, ... BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE
17630693 ESOPHAGEAL CANCER BIOMARKER AND USE THEREFOR GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17789867 METHOD FOR DETECTING INDICATOR OF T-CELL LYMPHOMA AND UTILIZATION THEREOF AEDER, SEAN E 71d
18036733 METHOD FOR ASSISTING DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA FOR USE IN DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, IN VITRO METHOD FOR ASSISTING DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, ... BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE
17630693 ESOPHAGEAL CANCER BIOMARKER AND USE THEREFOR GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1682 2
1634 1
1642 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18564850 POLYTHIOPHENE COMPOUND AND CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL COMPOSITION NGUYEN, HA S §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18561249 METHOD OF PRODUCING BRAIN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL-LIKE CELLS AND USE THEREOF KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO 1634 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2023
18036733 METHOD FOR ASSISTING DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA FOR USE IN DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, IN VITRO METHOD FOR ASSISTING DETERMINATION ON SUITABILITY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER FOR ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY, ... BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 1682 §101§102§112 Final Rejection Pending May 12, 2023
17789867 METHOD FOR DETECTING INDICATOR OF T-CELL LYMPHOMA AND UTILIZATION THEREOF AEDER, SEAN E 1642 §112 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jun 29, 2022
17630693 ESOPHAGEAL CANCER BIOMARKER AND USE THEREFOR GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2022

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