Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Rush University Medical Center

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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 (55%)
5
Medium (45%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only3 (27%)
§102 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
64% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, ERIC 1 69.8% +24.0%
CHEN, CATHERYNE 1 37.5% +18.2%
MOU, LIYUAN 1 43.5% +57.7%
PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 1 67.1% +30.1%
BERHANE, SELAM 1 59.0% +55.8%
DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 1 31.6% +55.0%
ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1 60.2% +18.2%
COPPINS, JANET L 1 72.9% +25.5%
WILSON, MICHAEL C 1 41.4% +17.5%
BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1 51.3% +48.6%

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
17029113 Focal Pressure Applicator to Cease Bleeding COLELLO, ERIN L 181d overdue
17441029 METHOD OF TREATING DISEASE USING A VECTOR ENCODING TPP1 WILSON, MICHAEL C 61d
18720456 BENZOIC ACID SALTS FOR TREATMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURIES AND DISORDERS TRAN, ERIC
18579679 PREBIOTIC COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE TO IMPROVE GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH DYSBIOSIS AND LEAKY GUT CHEN, CATHERYNE
18209867 AUTOMATIC OXYGEN TITRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON TARGETED OXYGEN SATURATION DURING HIGH FLOW AND LOW FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY PHILIPS, BRADLEY H
17800503 DEVICE TO MONITOR AND ALARM MANUAL VENTILATION PARAMETERS DURING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17640698 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF DEMYELINATING DISORDERS COPPINS, JANET L 58d overdue
18261959 IMPROVED TREATMENT FOR GLOBOID CELL LEUKODSYTROPHY OR KRABBE DISEASE MOU, LIYUAN 38d overdue
17767620 MODULATING INTERLEUKIN-10 SIGNALING TO BOOST HEALING IN DIABETIC WOUNDS ALLEN, MARIANNE P 20d
17441029 METHOD OF TREATING DISEASE USING A VECTOR ENCODING TPP1 WILSON, MICHAEL C 61d
18720456 BENZOIC ACID SALTS FOR TREATMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURIES AND DISORDERS TRAN, ERIC
18579679 PREBIOTIC COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE TO IMPROVE GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH DYSBIOSIS AND LEAKY GUT CHEN, CATHERYNE
18209867 AUTOMATIC OXYGEN TITRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON TARGETED OXYGEN SATURATION DURING HIGH FLOW AND LOW FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY PHILIPS, BRADLEY H
18250890 INTRANASAL IMMUNOTHERAPT FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BERHANE, SELAM

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1628 2
1675 2
1655 1
3799 1
3785 1
1647 1
1638 1
3771 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18720456 BENZOIC ACID SALTS FOR TREATMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURIES AND DISORDERS TRAN, ERIC §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18579679 PREBIOTIC COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE TO IMPROVE GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH DYSBIOSIS AND LEAKY GUT CHEN, CATHERYNE 1655 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18261959 IMPROVED TREATMENT FOR GLOBOID CELL LEUKODSYTROPHY OR KRABBE DISEASE MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §103DP Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18209867 AUTOMATIC OXYGEN TITRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON TARGETED OXYGEN SATURATION DURING HIGH FLOW AND LOW FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 3799 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 14, 2023
18250890 INTRANASAL IMMUNOTHERAPT FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BERHANE, SELAM 1675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 27, 2023
17800503 DEVICE TO MONITOR AND ALARM MANUAL VENTILATION PARAMETERS DURING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 3785 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2022
17767620 MODULATING INTERLEUKIN-10 SIGNALING TO BOOST HEALING IN DIABETIC WOUNDS ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1647 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 08, 2022
17640698 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF DEMYELINATING DISORDERS COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §102 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2022
17441029 METHOD OF TREATING DISEASE USING A VECTOR ENCODING TPP1 WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §103§112 Final Rejection 61d Pending Sep 20, 2021
17258248 Use of Immunomodulators to Control Infection and Stimulate Healing in Normal and Diabetic Wounds BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2021
17029113 Focal Pressure Applicator to Cease Bleeding COLELLO, ERIN L 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 181d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2020

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