Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum has 6 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 6 examiners and 6 art units, showing broad dispersion across the active examination docket. This structure favors centralized deadline control combined with separate analysis of each examiner and technical unit.

SHIN, DANA H is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of a larger identified concentration means counsel should not assume that one examiner’s approach will govern the remaining matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHIN, DANA H 1 26.9% +26.9%
DAVID, SHAUN L 1 72.7% +18.5%
SALAMON, PETER A 1 86.3% +5.9%
HAN, ROBIN 1 33.5% +61.8%
FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1 52.3% +60.9%
VALLE, ERNESTO 1 65.8% +32.9%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18258814 Expandable plug DAVID, SHAUN L 13d
18571755 Allele-specific silencing therapy for DFNA21 using antisense oligonucleotides SHIN, DANA H —
17432278 METHOD OF PRODUCING A BIOACTIVE SURFACE SALAMON, PETER A —
17611912 Improved administration of glycylcyclines by inhalation VALLE, ERNESTO —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17922987 VAGINAL DEVICE FOR PROLAPSE TREATMENT HAN, ROBIN 111d overdue
17546089 Method for ex vivo expansion CD34+HSPCs into NK cells using an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 86d overdue
18258814 Expandable plug DAVID, SHAUN L 13d
18571755 Allele-specific silencing therapy for DFNA21 using antisense oligonucleotides SHIN, DANA H —
17611912 Improved administration of glycylcyclines by inhalation VALLE, ERNESTO —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1635 1
3771 1
1759 1
3786 1
1651 1
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18571755 Allele-specific silencing therapy for DFNA21 using antisense oligonucleotides SHIN, DANA H 1635 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18258814 Expandable plug DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 22, 2023
17432278 METHOD OF PRODUCING A BIOACTIVE SURFACE SALAMON, PETER A 1759 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 20, 2023
17922987 VAGINAL DEVICE FOR PROLAPSE TREATMENT HAN, ROBIN 3786 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17546089 Method for ex vivo expansion CD34+HSPCs into NK cells using an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2021
17611912 Improved administration of glycylcyclines by inhalation VALLE, ERNESTO 1623 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum have?

Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum applications?

Dana H Shin has the most, with 1 of Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum's pending office actions.

What technology area are Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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