Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Rutgers The State University Of New Jersey

28 pending office actions • 25 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
3
Due this week
8
Due this month
1
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. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

2
Hard (7%)
19
Medium (68%)
3
Easy (11%)
4
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (7%)
§103 only17 (61%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only3 (11%)
No statute on record4 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

21
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 2 60.0% +66.7%
COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1 71.3% +11.8%
BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 1 21.6% +30.9%
YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1 67.5% +42.9%
D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 1 67.0% +22.1%
NG, JONATHAN K 1 34.9% +13.5%
AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1 53.6% +14.0%
SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 1 58.0% +14.9%
MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 1 71.4% +30.1%
TATGE, LEXUS MARC 1

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18224413 SYSTEMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEGRADATION MODELLING AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF OBAID, HAMZEH M 104d overdue
18571143 RISK STRATIFICATION INTEGRATING MHEALTH AND AI D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 31d overdue
18651381 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR TREATING DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 22d overdue

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
18571127 SYNTHETIC ECHO FROM ECG NG, JONATHAN K 119d overdue
18680246 PRODUCTION OF SINGLE DOMAIN COVID-19 ANTIBODIES IN PLANT CELLS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 60d overdue
17813667 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF CHLOROPLASTS IN SEED PLANTS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 59d overdue
18571143 RISK STRATIFICATION INTEGRATING MHEALTH AND AI D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 31d overdue
18651381 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR TREATING DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 22d overdue
18758924 Compositions And Methods Targeting G12 Signaling For Bronchodilator Therapy COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 13d
18597329 Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase (GC1) Mimetic Polypeptides and Methods of Use Thereof YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 14d
18528873 NANOPARTICLE (NP) COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF AL-AWADI, DANAH J 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1662 2
3796 2
1658 2
1626 1
1657 1
3619 1
1615 1
3797 1
3648 1
1637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18758924 Compositions And Methods Targeting G12 Signaling For Bronchodilator Therapy COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18680246 PRODUCTION OF SINGLE DOMAIN COVID-19 ANTIBODIES IN PLANT CELLS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18651381 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR TREATING DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2024
18597329 Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase (GC1) Mimetic Polypeptides and Methods of Use Thereof YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1657 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18571143 RISK STRATIFICATION INTEGRATING MHEALTH AND AI D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18571127 SYNTHETIC ECHO FROM ECG NG, JONATHAN K 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18528873 NANOPARTICLE (NP) COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1615 Other Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18384056 SUPER-REGENERATIVE OSCILLATOR INTEGRATED METAMATERIAL LEAKY WAVE ANTENNA FOR MULTI-TARGET MOTION DETECTION AND RANGING SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 3797 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Oct 26, 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 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18278947 UNSYMMETRICAL N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE CATALYSTS AND METHODS USING SAME HUI, SAN MING R 1627 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18278932 STERICALLY HINDERED N-ALIPHATIC N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE CATALYSTS AND METHODS USING SAME QIAN, YUN 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18224413 SYSTEMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEGRADATION MODELLING AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF OBAID, HAMZEH M 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18209943 SAFE AGILE HAZARD AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HERRERA, MICHAEL J 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18039917 AMILORIDE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 §102 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18013368 IDENTIFICATION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE (ER+) BREAST CANCERS THAT WILL NOT DEVELOP TAMOXIFEN RESISTANCE SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 28, 2022
18047822 A MINIMAL CATALYTIC DI-NICKEL PEPTIDE CAPABLE OF SUSTAINED HYDROGEN EVOLUTION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2022
17906514 CONTINUOUS MELT-COATING OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS USING SURFACTANTS FOR DISSOLUTION ENHANCEMENT ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17898995 MASKED FLUOROGENIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 30, 2022
17813667 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF CHLOROPLASTS IN SEED PLANTS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2022
17791684 COMPLEXES OF N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES FOR TRANSITION METAL CATALYSIS CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17757609 METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN mRNA USING SMALL MOLECULES LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17765379 TARGETED PULMONARY DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 Other Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2022
17753659 Highly Efficient DNA Base Editors Mediated By RNA-Aptamer Recruitment For Targeted Genome Modification And Uses Thereof RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES 1635 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 10, 2022
17611241 HIGH CONCENTRATION CELL PACKAGING AND SHIPPING TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 15, 2021
17432177 LIF THERAPY FOR INDUCING INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL REGENERATION XIE, XIAOZHEN 1674 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 19, 2021
17343965 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2021
17282883 METHODS OF REDUCING TYPE 2 CYTOKINE-MEDIATED INFLAMMATION USING NEUROMEDIN PEPTIDES REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2021

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