Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Stellenbosch University

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1 33.3% +0.0%
LANE, JOSEPH MAXEN 1
BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 1 24.4% +56.7%
RAVINDRA, KRISHNA NUGGEHALLI 1 53.3% +29.5%
COFFA, SERGIO 1 61.2% +33.1%

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
17923659 METHOD OF MODIFYING A YEAST STRAIN, MODIFIED YEAST STRAINS OBTAINED THEREBY AND USES THEREOF RAVINDRA, KRISHNA NUGGEHALLI 30d overdue
18701026 RECOMBINANT SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAINS FOR ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF BIOPLASTIC POLYMERS LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS
18028396 COATING OF MATERIALS WITH BIOSURFACTANT COMPOUNDS BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17767734 IFIT Polypeptides and Uses for Treating Tuberculosis Infection COFFA, SERGIO 85d overdue
17923659 METHOD OF MODIFYING A YEAST STRAIN, MODIFIED YEAST STRAINS OBTAINED THEREBY AND USES THEREOF RAVINDRA, KRISHNA NUGGEHALLI 30d overdue
18028396 COATING OF MATERIALS WITH BIOSURFACTANT COMPOUNDS BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1652 1
2196 1
1657 1
1636 1
1658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18701026 RECOMBINANT SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAINS FOR ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF BIOPLASTIC POLYMERS LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1652 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18564448 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN A WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT LANE, JOSEPH MAXEN 2196 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18028396 COATING OF MATERIALS WITH BIOSURFACTANT COMPOUNDS BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 1657 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2023
17923659 METHOD OF MODIFYING A YEAST STRAIN, MODIFIED YEAST STRAINS OBTAINED THEREBY AND USES THEREOF RAVINDRA, KRISHNA NUGGEHALLI 1636 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2022
17767734 IFIT Polypeptides and Uses for Treating Tuberculosis Infection COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2022

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