Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
26 pending office actions • 17 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas manages 25 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 17 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse range of chemical and material science applications. The prosecution involves 24 distinct examiners, which indicates that almost every pending action is being reviewed by a different individual at the patent office.
GREENE, CAROLYN LEE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 pending office actions. This concentration is minimal compared to the 25 total pending actions, as 24 distinct examiners are involved overall. Prosecution strategy for the university requires addressing the specific standards of 17 different art units while managing the high ratio of examiners to pending cases. The breadth of the portfolio across these art units suggests a need for specialized technical arguments tailored to each examiner's specific expertise.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (23%) |
| §103 only | 4 (15%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (42%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 2 | 65.3% | +47.3% |
| INGE, JOSEPH N | 1 | 75.6% | +23.8% |
| NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1 | 82.7% | +3.0% |
| SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | 1 | 82.2% | +16.8% |
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL | 1 | 73.2% | +17.2% |
| SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | 1 | 65.6% | +27.7% |
| YANG, ZHEREN J | 1 | 57.4% | +52.4% |
| MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 1 | 78.2% | +9.6% |
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 59.5% | +33.3% |
| KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 1 | 77.9% | +23.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19018976 | SPARTAN: SELF-SUPERVISED SPATIOTEMPORAL TRANSFORMERS APPROACH TO GROUP ACTIVITY RECOGNITION | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18202075 | LAB-ON-CHIP DEVICES FOR SIMULATING FUNCTION AND DISEASE OF A COMBINED NASAL AND LUNG AIRWAY SYSTEM | BRAZIN, JACQUELINE | 62d |
| 19064202 | Portable DNA Sequencing System Utilizing Graphene Sensors and DNA/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Structures | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | — |
| 18962464 | Resin Extrusion Printhead for 3D Printing | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| 18953779 | Polydopamine + Sio2 Underlayer For Improving Diamond-Like Carbon Coating Adhesion And Durability | YANG, ZHEREN J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19289687 | DEVICE FOR AMBIENT THERMAL AND VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING | INGE, JOSEPH N | — |
| 19018976 | SPARTAN: SELF-SUPERVISED SPATIOTEMPORAL TRANSFORMERS APPROACH TO GROUP ACTIVITY RECOGNITION | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | — |
| 18974303 | ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICES AND SENSORS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL | — |
| 18962464 | Resin Extrusion Printhead for 3D Printing | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| 18953779 | Polydopamine + Sio2 Underlayer For Improving Diamond-Like Carbon Coating Adhesion And Durability | YANG, ZHEREN J | — |
| 18792723 | POINT-OF-CARE INCUBATOR FOR ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTS (PIINT) AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 2 |
| 1658 | 2 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 2667 | 1 |
| 2666 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19289687 | DEVICE FOR AMBIENT THERMAL AND VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING | INGE, JOSEPH N | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19064202 | Portable DNA Sequencing System Utilizing Graphene Sensors and DNA/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Structures | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19018976 | SPARTAN: SELF-SUPERVISED SPATIOTEMPORAL TRANSFORMERS APPROACH TO GROUP ACTIVITY RECOGNITION | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 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 |
| 18962464 | Resin Extrusion Printhead for 3D Printing | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 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 |
| 18927691 | SELECTIVE NEUROSTIMULATION OF PERIPHERAL NERVES WITH REDUCED OFF-TARGET ACTIVATION | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18792723 | POINT-OF-CARE INCUBATOR FOR ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTS (PIINT) AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 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 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18667296 | FASCICULAR MAPPER FOR ENHANCING INTRANEURAL ELECTRODES IMPLANTATION SPECIFICITY | COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18438449 | MULTIPLE CAMERA AND MULTIPLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT TRACKING ON THE MOVE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | JONES, ANDREW B | 2667 | §101§103§112 | 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 |
| 18481986 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PHYSICS-BASED BINDING AFFINITY ESTIMATION | BEVERIDGE, CONNOR HAMMOND | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18132523 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING TOXIC GAS OF STERILIZATION PROCESSES TO BENIGN SUBSTANCES | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | 1774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Apr 10, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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