Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas

22 pending office actions • 17 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

13
Hard (59%)
9
Medium (41%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other3 (14%)
§103 only4 (18%)
§102 only2 (9%)
Double-patenting + other3 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
55% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
4
Communications
18% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
2
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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
INGE, JOSEPH N 1 75.4% +24.0%
RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 1 73.3% +16.2%
YANG, ZHEREN J 1 57.2% +52.9%
POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 1 59.4% +33.6%
KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM 1 77.8% +23.9%
CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD 1 100.0% +0.0%
LU, TOM Y 1 87.5% +3.6%
JONES, ANDREW B 1 71.1% +17.0%
HON, MING Y 1 82.3% +13.0%
RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1 72.3% +24.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18685805 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VISION-BASED BROILER BODY WEIGHT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND PROCESS LU, TOM Y 3d overdue

Hard Cases (13)

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
18689373 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR DETECTION, SEGMENTATION, AND CLASSIFICATION OF POULTRY CARCASS PARTS AND DEFECTS CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD 44d overdue
18131280 PEPTIDIC OLIGOMERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME NIEBAUER, RONALD T 30d overdue
18652391 PSEUDOMONAS PROTEGENS AND PRODUCTS THEREOF TO CONTROL BACTERIAL PANICLE BLIGHT OF RICE IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 15d overdue
18438089 SELF-SUPERVISED DOMAIN ADAPTATION IN CROWD COUNTING HON, MING Y 27d
18505567 VISIBLE TO LONGWAVE INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR ON SILICON NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 57d
18202075 LAB-ON-CHIP DEVICES FOR SIMULATING FUNCTION AND DISEASE OF A COMBINED NASAL AND LUNG AIRWAY SYSTEM BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 62d
18953779 Polydopamine + Sio2 Underlayer For Improving Diamond-Like Carbon Coating Adhesion And Durability YANG, ZHEREN J
18729107 IMAGE-GUIDED ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH STEP-WISE NEEDLE INSERTION POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18380573 COATINGS FOR MATERIALS TO REDUCE FRICTION AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 10d overdue
18438449 MULTIPLE CAMERA AND MULTIPLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT TRACKING ON THE MOVE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES JONES, ANDREW B 21d
18438089 SELF-SUPERVISED DOMAIN ADAPTATION IN CROWD COUNTING HON, MING Y 27d
19289687 DEVICE FOR AMBIENT THERMAL AND VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING INGE, JOSEPH N
18974303 ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICES AND SENSORS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL
18953779 Polydopamine + Sio2 Underlayer For Improving Diamond-Like Carbon Coating Adhesion And Durability YANG, ZHEREN J
18729107 IMAGE-GUIDED ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH STEP-WISE NEEDLE INSERTION POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE
18668976 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING LONGITUDINAL INTRAFASCICULAR ELECTRODES FOR HUMAN USE KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2667 3
1658 2
1781 1
3771 1
3792 1
2666 1
1746 1
3791 1
1733 1
1724 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19289687 DEVICE FOR AMBIENT THERMAL AND VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING INGE, JOSEPH N §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2025
18974303 ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICES AND SENSORS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18953779 Polydopamine + Sio2 Underlayer For Improving Diamond-Like Carbon Coating Adhesion And Durability YANG, ZHEREN J 1781 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18729107 IMAGE-GUIDED ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH STEP-WISE NEEDLE INSERTION POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18668976 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING LONGITUDINAL INTRAFASCICULAR ELECTRODES FOR HUMAN USE KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM 3792 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18689373 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR DETECTION, SEGMENTATION, AND CLASSIFICATION OF POULTRY CARCASS PARTS AND DEFECTS CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD 2667 §102§103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2024
18685805 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VISION-BASED BROILER BODY WEIGHT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND PROCESS LU, TOM Y 2667 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18438449 MULTIPLE CAMERA AND MULTIPLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT TRACKING ON THE MOVE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES JONES, ANDREW B 2667 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 10, 2024
18438089 SELF-SUPERVISED DOMAIN ADAPTATION IN CROWD COUNTING HON, MING Y 2666 §101§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18380573 COATINGS FOR MATERIALS TO REDUCE FRICTION AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
17919474 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF INHALED AND INFUSED ANESTHETICS TU, AURELIE H 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2022
17630662 PEPTOID-PEPTIDE HYBRID, NMEG-aCGRP, AND ITS USE IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2022
17190524 METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER TREATMENT APPLICATIONS OF SAME CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 03, 2021
16847619 Inhibiting Sulfur Shuttle Behaviors In High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur Batteries NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 13, 2020
19151575 AN ENGINEERED RICE WITH REDUCED VACUOLAR PROTON PYROPHOSPHATASE 5 (VPP5) EXPRESSION PAGE, BRENT T 1663 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2025
18746967 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO REDUCE DICAMBA VOLATILITY AND PROVIDE PLANT ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1617 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18652391 PSEUDOMONAS PROTEGENS AND PRODUCTS THEREOF TO CONTROL BACTERIAL PANICLE BLIGHT OF RICE IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1662 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18505567 VISIBLE TO LONGWAVE INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR ON SILICON NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18267829 COATED NICKEL-RICH LAYERED OXIDE ELECTRODES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND 1752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18202075 LAB-ON-CHIP DEVICES FOR SIMULATING FUNCTION AND DISEASE OF A COMBINED NASAL AND LUNG AIRWAY SYSTEM BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §102§103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending May 25, 2023
18131280 PEPTIDIC OLIGOMERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18020241 NASAL MICROBIOME BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTING THE ONSET OF BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE AND TREATING THE SAME GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §101 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2023

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