Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Public University Corporation Yokohama City University

9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
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
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

6
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (22%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
4
Business / Other
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WRIGHT, ERIC BRANDON 1
SALMON, KATHERINE D 1 42.6% +38.0%
DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 1 0.0% +0.0%
TRAN, LARA LINH 1 20.0% +88.9%
LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 1 50.0% -66.7%
SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK 1 55.7% +32.1%
ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1 57.3% +30.6%
MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 1 71.6% +31.3%
GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE 1 58.8% +46.8%

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
19101653 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL AGGREGATES WRIGHT, ERIC BRANDON
18611777 CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS DIETZ, NOE ROBERT
18607560 CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS TRAN, LARA LINH
18347886 POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATION SYSTEM LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE
17837001 CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS
17251841 Undifferentiated Cell Detection Method GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE

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
17762908 METHOD FOR INDUCING HEPATOCYTE PLASTICITY ROGERS, ERIC JASON 29d
18684590 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT CAPABLE OF MEASURING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION ACTIVITY AND UTILIZATION THEREOF SALMON, KATHERINE D
18607560 CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS TRAN, LARA LINH
18318892 SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION KIT AND SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION METHOD SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK
17837001 CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS
17251841 Undifferentiated Cell Detection Method GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
1671 1
1638 1
1637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19101653 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL AGGREGATES WRIGHT, ERIC BRANDON §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
18684590 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT CAPABLE OF MEASURING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION ACTIVITY AND UTILIZATION THEREOF SALMON, KATHERINE D DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18611777 CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS DIETZ, NOE ROBERT §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18607560 CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS TRAN, LARA LINH §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18347886 POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATION SYSTEM LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18318892 SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION KIT AND SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION METHOD SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK 1671 §103Other Final Rejection Pending May 17, 2023
17762908 METHOD FOR INDUCING HEPATOCYTE PLASTICITY ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17837001 CANCER TREATMENT APPARATUS MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 2022
17251841 Undifferentiated Cell Detection Method GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE 1637 §101 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2020

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