Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Curators of the University of Missouri

15 pending office actions • 15 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (80%)
2
Easy (13%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (80%)
§112 only2 (13%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
47% of docket
2
Information Tech
13% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
5
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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, KATELYN T 1 56.3% +38.9%
JACOB, OOMMEN 1 78.8% +17.4%
PEACE, RHONDA S 1 85.4% +12.5%
WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1 30.0% +0.0%
ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1 72.2% +22.2%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.3% +24.5%
ANGELES, JOSE 1 42.9% +70.6%
PRONE, JASON D 1 61.8% +24.9%
COHEN, STEFANIE J 1 75.3% +2.1%
SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1 25.0% +0.0%

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
18424358 Broadband Source of Quantum-Entangled Photons PEACE, RHONDA S 19d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18194691 ANKYRIN-RICH BTB/POZ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-2 (ABTB2) FOR SUPPRESSING PANCREATIC CANCER GROWTH SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 20d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18355971 COMPLIANT ROLLER CUTTER PRONE, JASON D 163d overdue
18264139 Neonate IV Catheter Trainer ANGELES, JOSE 121d overdue
18868042 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SOW ESTRUS UTILIZING MACHINE VISION JACOB, OOMMEN 10d overdue
18548657 SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 REPLICATION BY COVID-19 ENTRY INHIBITORS WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 12d
18424358 Broadband Source of Quantum-Entangled Photons PEACE, RHONDA S 19d
19230874 AUTOMATED INSECT DETECTION AND RESPONSE PRESCRIPTION TRUONG, KATELYN T 21d
18465802 INCREASING PLANT OIL CONTENT BY IMPROVING ACTIVITY OF ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 21d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3647 1
3797 1
2874 1
1663 1
1662 1
1627 1
3715 1
3724 1
1732 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19230874 AUTOMATED INSECT DETECTION AND RESPONSE PRESCRIPTION TRUONG, KATELYN T 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 06, 2025
18868042 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SOW ESTRUS UTILIZING MACHINE VISION JACOB, OOMMEN 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2024
18424358 Broadband Source of Quantum-Entangled Photons PEACE, RHONDA S 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18530812 GENETIC MARKERS AND SOYBEAN PLANTS WITH INCREASED TOLERANCE TO DICAMBA WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18465802 INCREASING PLANT OIL CONTENT BY IMPROVING ACTIVITY OF ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1662 Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18548657 SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 REPLICATION BY COVID-19 ENTRY INHIBITORS WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18264139 Neonate IV Catheter Trainer ANGELES, JOSE 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2023
18355971 COMPLIANT ROLLER CUTTER PRONE, JASON D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18037143 SILICA-BASED GRANULAR MEDIA COHEN, STEFANIE J 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18194691 ANKYRIN-RICH BTB/POZ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-2 (ABTB2) FOR SUPPRESSING PANCREATIC CANCER GROWTH SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18026778 SMART ADAPTIVE PROCESS FOR CAPTURING 3D SURFACE GEOMETRY JEBARI, MOHAMMED 2482 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
17970095 POINT-OF-CARE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17995763 CPG-FREE ITRS FOR AAV GENE THERAPY KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17481285 RECONFIGURABLE CHIP AND COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE USING GOSSIP PROTOCOL FOR MESSAGE PASSING HUISMAN, DAVID J 2183 §112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2021
17056446 SPERM FERTILITY CAPACITY TEST AND SPERM DECAPACITATING SUPPLEMENT GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2020

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