Regents of the University of Minnesota

Portfolio Summary

75

Total Pending OAs

45

Non-Final OAs

27

Final Rejections

3

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18

Overdue

1

Due this week

7

Due this month

3

Due in next 60 days

3

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

Overdue (18)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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.

36

Hard (48%)

34

Medium (45%)

5

Easy (7%)

0

Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 + other	10 (13%)
§103 only	28 (37%)
§102 only	1 (1%)
§112 only	5 (7%)
Double-patenting + other	5 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)	26 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

42

Life Sciences

56% of docket

2

Information Tech

3% of docket

0

Communications

0% of docket

3

Semiconductors

4% of docket

17

Mechanical / Eng

23% of docket

11

Business / Other

15% 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.

750 h

Manual time on pending OAs

150 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

262 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

6.6 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
MCDOWELL, BRIAN E	2	74.2%	+30.4%
SHEN, YANXIN NMN	1	83.3%	+27.8%
STANLEY, TYLER JAY	1	40.7%	+60.7%
NGANGA, BONIFACE N	1	64.3%	+29.9%
CUEVAS, PEDRO J	1	69.6%	+15.7%
ARUNDALE, ROBERT K	1	75.5%	+24.2%
RAMIREZ, DELIA M	1	65.1%	+56.3%
VARMA, AKASH K	1	66.1%	+34.5%
CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE	1	100.0%	+0.0%
BECKER, DREW E	1	49.0%	-0.1%

Hard Cases (36)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18109039	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Catheter and Related Systems and Methods	GRAY, PHILLIP A	126d overdue
18501663	DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS	SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA	98d overdue
18000258	COPOLYMERS FOR INTRACELLULAR THERAPEUTIC NUCLEIC ACID PAYLOAD DELIVERY	SASTRI, SATYA B	66d overdue
18017610	WEARABLE AMBULATORY SENSORS FOR MEASUREMENT OF BREATHING MOTIONS	AGAHI, PUYA	46d overdue
17405577	ENGINEERING PLANT GENOMES USING CRISPR/Cas SYSTEMS	KEOGH, MATTHEW R	16d overdue
18337578	LOCAL VOLT/VAR CONTROLLERS WITH STABILITY GUARANTEES	YOON, ERIC	5d overdue
18639608	THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF	MCDOWELL, BRIAN E	3d overdue
19041455	WIND-DRIVEN ENERGY APPARATUSES AND METHODS THEREOF	CUEVAS, PEDRO J	2d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18322445	SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF THE BROMODOMAIN AND PHD FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR	MCDOWELL, BRIAN E	28d overdue
18639608	THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF	MCDOWELL, BRIAN E	3d overdue
19041455	WIND-DRIVEN ENERGY APPARATUSES AND METHODS THEREOF	CUEVAS, PEDRO J	2d overdue
19326385	ENGINEERED GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY IN PLANTS	SHEN, YANXIN NMN	—
19236658	Multi-Speed Ergonomic Wheelchair And Devices And Methods Therefor	STANLEY, TYLER JAY	—
19202430	REVERSIBLE THERMAL NEUROMODULATION USING FOCUSED ULTRASOUND	NGANGA, BONIFACE N	—
19001797	FLUIDIC CONTROL VALVE	ARUNDALE, ROBERT K	—
18726717	HEMOSTATIC COMPOSITION CONTAINING RECOMBINANT HUMAN CLOTTING FACTORS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING	RAMIREZ, DELIA M	—

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1624	4
3783	4
3791	3
1632	3
1663	2
2896	2
1796	2
1612	2
1797	2
3772	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19326385	ENGINEERED GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY IN PLANTS	SHEN, YANXIN NMN	1663	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 11, 2025
19236658	Multi-Speed Ergonomic Wheelchair And Devices And Methods Therefor	STANLEY, TYLER JAY	3611	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 12, 2025
19202430	REVERSIBLE THERMAL NEUROMODULATION USING FOCUSED ULTRASOUND	NGANGA, BONIFACE N	3797	§101§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 08, 2025
19041455	WIND-DRIVEN ENERGY APPARATUSES AND METHODS THEREOF	CUEVAS, PEDRO J	2896	§102§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Jan 30, 2025
19001797	FLUIDIC CONTROL VALVE	ARUNDALE, ROBERT K	3753	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 26, 2024
18726717	HEMOSTATIC COMPOSITION CONTAINING RECOMBINANT HUMAN CLOTTING FACTORS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING	RAMIREZ, DELIA M	—	§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jul 03, 2024
18667481	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING STORMWATER WITH ANAMMOX BACTERIA	VARMA, AKASH K	—	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 17, 2024
18654961	VIRAL ANTIGEN DISPLAY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS	CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE	—	§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 03, 2024
18649533	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING DAIRY PROTEIN FUNCTIONALITY	BECKER, DREW E	1792	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 29, 2024
18705175	TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF	ONDACHI, PAULINE WANJIKU MUCH	—	§103DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 26, 2024
18639608	THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF	MCDOWELL, BRIAN E	1624	§102§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Apr 18, 2024
18633908	THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS	MILLER, DALE R	—	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 12, 2024
18696138	STENT AND METHOD FOR SECURING AIR FLOW BY RELIEVING STENOSIS OF RESPIRATORY ORGAN	HU, ANN M	—	§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 27, 2024
18696252	PARALLEL TRANSMIT RADIO FREQUENCY PULSE DESIGN WITH DEEP LEARNING	PATEL, RISHI R	2896	§101§102§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Mar 27, 2024
18605241	METHODS OF FORMING AN OXIDE USING VAN DER WAALS MATERIALS	TALBOT, BRIAN K	1784	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 14, 2024
18689602	LONG-TERM SURROGATE VIRUS ASSAYS AND METHODS	SALVOZA, M FRANCO G	—	§101§103§112DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 06, 2024
18570723	TARGETED ADAM17 BLOCKER COMPOUNDS, ANTI-ADAM17 ANTIBODIES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USING	HUYNH, PHUONG N	—	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 15, 2023
18569366	METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING CANCER	PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	1613	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Dec 12, 2023
18536537	BIO-ENHANCED REMEDIATION AND OIL RECOVERY MODEL SYSTEM AND METHODS	KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH	1796	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 12, 2023
18565831	METHODS OF USING ANTI-CD83 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR EXPRESSING T CELLS	HAM, JIEUN	—	§103§112DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 30, 2023
18565948	METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING BIOLOGICAL ANALYTES FROM SAMPLES	FISHER, BRITTANY I	—	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 30, 2023
18520008	MAGNETO-PHOTONIC PARTICLES	PATEL, RONAK C	1788	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 27, 2023
18501663	DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS	SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA	3792	§102§103§112	Final Rejection	98d overdue	Pending	Nov 03, 2023
18289047	TREATING LIVER DISEASE	HABTE, KAHSAY	1624	§102	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Oct 31, 2023
18288457	TREATING CANCER	RONEY, CELESTE A	1612	§103§112	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Oct 26, 2023
18286955	Glycan Targets of Serum IgG and IgM Antibodies	WEN, SHARON X	1641	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Oct 13, 2023
18244728	SPIRALED PLASTIC PANCREATICOBILIARY STENT AND DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM	NGUYEN, VI X	3771	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Sep 11, 2023
18237360	METALLOENZYME MODULATORS	PIHONAK, SARAH	1627	§102§112	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Aug 23, 2023
18277444	ARTIFICIAL DNA REPLISOME AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF	FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L	1652	§103§112	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Aug 16, 2023
18228422	SELECTIVE BRD4-DEGRADER MOLECULES	BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN	1624	§112	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jul 31, 2023
18273454	ENHANCING EFFICIENCY OF TARGETED GENE KNOCKIN BY BASE EDITORS	ALLEN, SARAH ELIZABETH	1637	§101§103§112	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Jul 20, 2023
18340592	Cationic Bottlebrush Polymers for Gene Delivery	BOYLE, ROBERT C	1635	§102§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 23, 2023
18337578	LOCAL VOLT/VAR CONTROLLERS WITH STABILITY GUARANTEES	YOON, ERIC	2118	§103§112	Final Rejection	5d overdue	Pending	Jun 20, 2023
18334828	PHASE MODULATED PULSE RADAR WITH ANALOG CORRELATOR	MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA	3648	§103	Final Rejection	14d	Pending	Jun 14, 2023
18207970	MULTI-PROTEIN CLASSIFIER FOR DETECTING EARLY-STAGE OVARIAN CANCER	ALABI, OYELEYE A	1797	§101§103	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Jun 09, 2023
18322445	SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF THE BROMODOMAIN AND PHD FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR	MCDOWELL, BRIAN E	1624	§112	Final Rejection	28d overdue	Pending	May 23, 2023
18037179	DEHYDRATION OF LACTIC ACID AND RELATED COMPOUNDS IN SOLID ACIDS VIA MULTIFUNCTIONAL FLEXIBLE MODIFIERS	CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE	1692	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 16, 2023
18195188	SOLID COMPOUND RAPID REDUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS	HILL, STEPHANI A	1735	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 09, 2023
18027576	SHAPE OPTIMIZED PREPARATION AND RESTORATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DENTAL AND OTHER APPLICATIONS	PATEL, YOGESH P	3772	§102§112	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Mar 21, 2023
18044734	SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY MICROFILAMENT YARNS	HUANG, GRACE	3732	§103	Final Rejection	9d	Pending	Mar 09, 2023
18044482	ENGINEERED IMMUNE CELLS FOR REAGENT DELIVERY	BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A	1644	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 08, 2023
18178199	HYPER-SPECTRAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE VARIANTS OF CANNABIS	SMITH, MAURICE C	2800	§101§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Mar 03, 2023
18109039	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Catheter and Related Systems and Methods	GRAY, PHILLIP A	3783	§102§103	Final Rejection	126d overdue	Pending	Feb 13, 2023
18017690	CELL LINES FOR RECOMBINANT AAV PRODUCTION AND AAV-IMPLEMENTED PROTEIN PRODUCTION	HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM	1631	§102§103§112DP	Final Rejection	83d	Pending	Jan 24, 2023
18017610	WEARABLE AMBULATORY SENSORS FOR MEASUREMENT OF BREATHING MOTIONS	AGAHI, PUYA	3791	§101§102	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Jan 23, 2023
18012153	REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE	TO, HOLLY T	3772	§103	Final Rejection	146d overdue	Pending	Dec 21, 2022
18073263	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY	NICHOLS, CHARLES W	3783	§103	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Dec 01, 2022
18000258	COPOLYMERS FOR INTRACELLULAR THERAPEUTIC NUCLEIC ACID PAYLOAD DELIVERY	SASTRI, SATYA B	1762	§103§112	Non-Final OA	66d overdue	Pending	Nov 29, 2022
17984720	METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR EXPANDING NATURAL KILLER CELLS	PRONZATI, GINA	1633	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 10, 2022
17923824	UPCONVERTING NANOPARTICLES	MACH, ANDRE	1615	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 07, 2022
17969979	Methods for high throughput cryopreservation of cell clusters	O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN	1633	§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Oct 20, 2022
17996291	MAGNETIC PARTICLE SPECTROSCOPY METHOD AND DEVICE	KRCHA, MATTHEW D	1796	§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Oct 14, 2022
17937259	IDENTIFYING PRESENCE AND COMPOSITION OF CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS	CLOW, LORI A	—	§112DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 30, 2022
17953981	NON-FIBRILLAR HEMOGLOBIN S OLIGOMERS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY MODULATORS OF HEMOGLOBIN S POLYMERIZATION	TURK, NEIL N	1798	§101§103§112	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Sep 27, 2022
17945203	IRON NITRIDE POWDER WITH ANISOTROPIC SHAPE	POLLOCK, AUSTIN M	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 15, 2022
17849534	System and Method for an Improved Redundant Crossfire Circuit in a Fully Integrated Neurostimulation Device and Its Use in Neurotherapy	SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS	3774	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jun 24, 2022
17843086	PERFUSION SYSTEM FOR CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL GRAFT EVALUATION	BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA	1632	§103Other	Final Rejection	13d	Pending	Jun 17, 2022
17664339	GASTRIC PLACEMENT CONFIRMATION DEVICE	GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA	3783	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 20, 2022
17748809	PURGE VALVE ASSEMBLIES SYSTEMS AND METHODS	FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B	3783	§102§103	Final Rejection	40d	Pending	May 19, 2022
17723912	IDENTIFYING NEAR-FALL EVENTS BASED ON INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT DATA	PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ	3791	§101§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 19, 2022
17700880	GENETICALLY-EDITED IMMUNE CELLS AND METHODS OF THERAPY	SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS	1631	§103§112	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Mar 22, 2022
17762354	NK ENGAGER COMPOUNDS THAT BIND VIRAL ANTIGENS AND METHODS OF USE	BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN	1675	§103§112DP	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Mar 21, 2022
17625020	POTENTIATION OF ANTIVIRAL NUCLEOBASES AS RNA VIRUS THERAPY	LEE, HOI YAN NMN	1693	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Jan 05, 2022
17595384	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOSED LOOP CONTROL OF AUTONOMIC FUNCTION	ABOUELELA, MAY A	3791	§102§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Nov 15, 2021
17607695	COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CRYOPRESERVATION OF CELLS	MOSS, NATALIE M	1653	§103Other	Final Rejection	50d overdue	Pending	Oct 29, 2021
17405577	ENGINEERING PLANT GENOMES USING CRISPR/Cas SYSTEMS	KEOGH, MATTHEW R	1663	§103§112	Final Rejection	16d overdue	Pending	Aug 18, 2021
17429452	GENETICALLY MODIFIED GAMMA DELTA T CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING	EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL	1632	§103§112	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Aug 09, 2021
17387503	CHEMICAL SENSORS WITH NON-COVALENT SURFACE MODIFICATION OF GRAPHENE	EOM, ROBERT J	1797	§112	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Jul 28, 2021
17288628	SYSTEMS AND BREEDING METHODS FOR PEST CONTROL	DHAR, MATASHA	1632	§103	Final Rejection	23d overdue	Pending	Apr 26, 2021
17309037	BIOINK FOR 3D DEPOSITION	MAEWALL, SNIGDHA	1612	§103§112	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Apr 16, 2021
17248845	ASSISTED LEARNING WITH MODULE PRIVACY	RAMESH, TIRUMALE K	2121	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Feb 10, 2021
17147151	METHODS OF DETECTING PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR AND OF DETECTING AN EXPRESSION LEVEL	POHNERT, STEVEN C	1683	§101§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jan 12, 2021
16954171	CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING WITH VECTORS	CHONG, KIMBERLY	1636	§103Other	Final Rejection	2d overdue	Pending	Jun 15, 2020
16332555	GENOME EDITED PRIMARY B CELL AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING	WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA	1634	§112	Final Rejection	28d	Pending	Mar 12, 2019
15764187	CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) T CELLS AS THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR AUTO- AND ALLO-IMMUNITY	JEAN-LOUIS, SAMIRA JM	1645	§103	Non-Final OA	332d overdue	Pending	Mar 28, 2018

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