Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Queen's University at Kingston

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

7
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (86%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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
PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 1 73.5% +19.1%
ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 1 87.9% +9.2%
SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1 50.0% +33.6%
PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1 25.0% +92.3%
KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 1 72.4% +46.9%
PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1 42.4% +48.7%
EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 1 58.1% +41.2%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18029260 Method and Apparatus for Generating an Electrocardiogram from a Photoplethysmogram EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 30d
19045961 Multi-Source Inverter and Modulation Schemes Therefor PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO
18885091 Modular Multi-Phase Actuator for Reconfigurable Mechanical Power Amplification ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S
18522335 Electrochemical Deposition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes SYLVESTER, KEVIN
18561772 Combination Therapy Tumour Cell Vaccine PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA
18285722 Automatic Classification of Excavation Materials KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG
18142878 Synthetic Implantable Composition with Immunomodulatory Properties PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC

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
18029260 Method and Apparatus for Generating an Electrocardiogram from a Photoplethysmogram EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 30d
19045961 Multi-Source Inverter and Modulation Schemes Therefor PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO
18522335 Electrochemical Deposition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes SYLVESTER, KEVIN
18561772 Combination Therapy Tumour Cell Vaccine PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA
18285722 Automatic Classification of Excavation Materials KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG
18142878 Synthetic Implantable Composition with Immunomodulatory Properties PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2836 1
1631 1
2857 1
1613 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19045961 Multi-Source Inverter and Modulation Schemes Therefor PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 2836 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2025
18885091 Modular Multi-Phase Actuator for Reconfigurable Mechanical Power Amplification ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18522335 Electrochemical Deposition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes SYLVESTER, KEVIN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18561772 Combination Therapy Tumour Cell Vaccine PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18285722 Automatic Classification of Excavation Materials KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2023
18142878 Synthetic Implantable Composition with Immunomodulatory Properties PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18029260 Method and Apparatus for Generating an Electrocardiogram from a Photoplethysmogram EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 3791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Mar 29, 2023

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