Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

36 pending office actions • 27 art units • 36 examiners • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

36
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 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.

17
Hard (47%)
15
Medium (42%)
4
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other7 (19%)
§103 only11 (31%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only4 (11%)
Double-patenting + other2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (28%)

Industry Mix

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

23
Life Sciences
64% of docket
2
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
7
Business / Other
19% 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.

360 h
Manual time on pending OAs
72 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
126 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AURORA, REENA 1 87.1% -13.4%
COOK, WILLIAM J 1 86.1% +11.1%
THUESON, HANNA MARIE 1 77.3% +26.5%
CHERN, CHRISTINA 1 38.7% +41.5%
MELLOTT, JAMES M 1 50.9% +45.3%
STEVENS, MARK V 1 65.5% +41.9%
MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH 1 81.1% +0.3%
SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J 1 77.0% +13.0%
MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 1 100.0% +0.0%
FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 1 57.9% +38.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18998662 SINGLE CRYSTAL SAPPHIRE COMPONENT FOR ANGULAR CONTROL DURING SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS AURORA, REENA
18934468 ELASTIC ROBOT PLATFORM FOR CLEANING AND SCRUBBING WITH TENDON-DRIVEN JOINTS COOK, WILLIAM J
18763605 Hard and Crack-Resistant Glass MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH

Hard Cases (17)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18571127 SYNTHETIC ECHO FROM ECG NG, JONATHAN K 119d overdue
18047822 A MINIMAL CATALYTIC DI-NICKEL PEPTIDE CAPABLE OF SUSTAINED HYDROGEN EVOLUTION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 81d overdue
18484001 MICRORNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION TATGE, LEXUS MARC 7d
17432177 LIF THERAPY FOR INDUCING INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL REGENERATION XIE, XIAOZHEN 12d
18528873 NANOPARTICLE (NP) COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF AL-AWADI, DANAH J 41d
18899897 SMALL ANGLE TILTING TO APPROXIMATE VERTICAL SOLAR ARRAYS AND PROVIDE ENHANCED ENERGY YIELD CHERN, CHRISTINA
18846353 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACHIEVING HIGH ELECTROSPRAY DEPOSITION EFFICIENCY ON LOW AREA TARGETS MELLOTT, JAMES M
18800641 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DENTIN CARIES STEVENS, MARK V

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18934468 ELASTIC ROBOT PLATFORM FOR CLEANING AND SCRUBBING WITH TENDON-DRIVEN JOINTS COOK, WILLIAM J
18855043 piRNA-BASED CONSTRUCTS FOR REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF THUESON, HANNA MARIE
18899897 SMALL ANGLE TILTING TO APPROXIMATE VERTICAL SOLAR ARRAYS AND PROVIDE ENHANCED ENERGY YIELD CHERN, CHRISTINA
18846353 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACHIEVING HIGH ELECTROSPRAY DEPOSITION EFFICIENCY ON LOW AREA TARGETS MELLOTT, JAMES M
18800641 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DENTIN CARIES STEVENS, MARK V
18668063 COLLABORATIVE CACHING EXPLOITING NEAR-STORAGE MEMORY SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J
18700140 IMPROVED CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY CATHETER FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1672 2
1682 2
3723 1
1722 1
1759 1
2137 1
3798 1
1617 1
1625 1
3619 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18998662 SINGLE CRYSTAL SAPPHIRE COMPONENT FOR ANGULAR CONTROL DURING SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS AURORA, REENA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
18934468 ELASTIC ROBOT PLATFORM FOR CLEANING AND SCRUBBING WITH TENDON-DRIVEN JOINTS COOK, WILLIAM J 3723 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2024
18855043 piRNA-BASED CONSTRUCTS FOR REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF THUESON, HANNA MARIE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18899897 SMALL ANGLE TILTING TO APPROXIMATE VERTICAL SOLAR ARRAYS AND PROVIDE ENHANCED ENERGY YIELD CHERN, CHRISTINA 1722 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18846353 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACHIEVING HIGH ELECTROSPRAY DEPOSITION EFFICIENCY ON LOW AREA TARGETS MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18800641 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DENTIN CARIES STEVENS, MARK V §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18763605 Hard and Crack-Resistant Glass MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18668063 COLLABORATIVE CACHING EXPLOITING NEAR-STORAGE MEMORY SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J 2137 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 17, 2024
18705588 MICROFLUIDIC CARTRIDGE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18700140 IMPROVED CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY CATHETER FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 3798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2024
18631821 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2024
18696883 CELLULARIZED NERVE REGENERATION GRAFT AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME BROWE, DAVID 1617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18573813 COMPOUNDS FOR MODULATING MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS RESPONSE CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18571127 SYNTHETIC ECHO FROM ECG NG, JONATHAN K 3619 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 119d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18571083 CONTINOUS IMPREGNATION OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS ONTO POROUS CARRIERS GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 §102§103Other Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2023
18528873 NANOPARTICLE (NP) COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1615 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18529611 METHODS FOR TREATING LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18504832 NEUTRALIZING ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODIES, CHIMERIC IMMUNOGENS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1672 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2023
18289859 A Genotypic Assay To Subspeciate Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex Strains And Determine Macrolide Resistance GRAY, JESSICA 1682 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18287776 IDENTIFYING MICROBIAL SIGNATURES AND GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURES MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18381416 MONITORING VITAL SIGNS OF MULTIPLE PERSONS VIA SINGLE PHASED-MIMO RADAR MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18484001 MICRORNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION TATGE, LEXUS MARC 1637 §101§102§103§112DP Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18375243 AUTOMATED REAL-TIME, ON-LINE N-GLYCOSYLATION MONITORING METHODS AND SYSTEMS THEREOF THOMPSON, CURTIS A 1798 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18278932 STERICALLY HINDERED N-ALIPHATIC N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE CATALYSTS AND METHODS USING SAME KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1738 §102 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18250779 REPLICATION-DEFECTIVE VACCINES AND USES THEREOF CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2023
18297470 IDENTIFYING TREATMENT RESPONSE SIGNATURES STRIEGEL, THEODORE CHARLES §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2023
18194271 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIUM FOR APPLICATION TO TARGET PLANTS TO INCREASE PLANT GROWTH, AND INCREASE RESISTANCE TO ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESSORS LOGSDON, CHARLES 1662 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2023
18001449 SARS-COV-2 POLYPEPTIDE, ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF RAMADAN, OMAR 1678 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2022
17980367 COMPUTER-BASED PLATFORMS AND SYSTEMS CONFIGURED FOR CUFF-LESS BLOOD PRESSURE ESTIMATION FROM PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY VIA VISIBILITY GRAPH AND TRANSFER LEARNING AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF TRAN, DANIEL DUC 2147 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2022
18047822 A MINIMAL CATALYTIC DI-NICKEL PEPTIDE CAPABLE OF SUSTAINED HYDROGEN EVOLUTION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2022
17930234 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, MODELS AND USES FOR SIMIAN VARICELLA VIRUS (SVV) CHIMERIC CONSTRUCTS IN HUMAN HEALTH CONDITIONS CLARKE, TRENT R 1651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2022
17757609 METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN mRNA USING SMALL MOLECULES LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17611241 HIGH CONCENTRATION CELL PACKAGING AND SHIPPING TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Nov 15, 2021
17432177 LIF THERAPY FOR INDUCING INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL REGENERATION XIE, XIAOZHEN 1674 §103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 19, 2021
17234669 Multi-Functional Infrared-Emitting Composites ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2021
17268664 TREATING SPINAL CORD INJURY (SCI) AND BRAIN INJURY USING GSX1 WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2021

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