Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

The Curators of the University of Missouri

24 pending office actions • 23 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 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.

13
Hard (54%)
9
Medium (38%)
2
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only4 (17%)
§102 only2 (8%)
§112 only2 (8%)
Double-patenting + other3 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
58% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, KATELYN T 1 57.4% +38.3%
KING, DAVIDA LEE 1 34.1% +39.4%
PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1 27.6% +58.4%
SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 1 72.8% +19.6%
AHMED, SHAHED 1 90.8% -0.1%
WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1 41.7% +0.0%
KELLY, ROBERT M 1 73.8% +24.8%
COHEN, STEFANIE J 1 75.3% +2.3%
DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1 57.9% +16.4%
KRYLOVA, IRINA 1 36.5% +48.2%

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
18641707 DIODE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME AHMED, SHAHED

Hard Cases (14)

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
18355971 COMPLIANT ROLLER CUTTER PRONE, JASON D 163d overdue
18548657 SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 REPLICATION BY COVID-19 ENTRY INHIBITORS WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 12d
19230874 AUTOMATED INSECT DETECTION AND RESPONSE PRESCRIPTION TRUONG, KATELYN T 21d
17970095 POINT-OF-CARE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 33d
19103393 BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS BASED ON PARTICIPANT RANKING KING, DAVIDA LEE
19005128 PATHOGEN-RESISTANT ANIMALS HAVING MODIFIED CD163 GENES PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH
19003426 LOW-PRESSURE STORAGE AND SEPARATION OF BIOGAS IN ADSORBED GAS SYSTEMS IN VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA
18501352 TASK-SPECIFIC IONIC LIQUIDS FOR SELECTIVE SEPARATION AND RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS COHEN, STEFANIE J

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
19230874 AUTOMATED INSECT DETECTION AND RESPONSE PRESCRIPTION TRUONG, KATELYN T 21d
19103393 BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS BASED ON PARTICIPANT RANKING KING, DAVIDA LEE
19005128 PATHOGEN-RESISTANT ANIMALS HAVING MODIFIED CD163 GENES PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH
19003426 LOW-PRESSURE STORAGE AND SEPARATION OF BIOGAS IN ADSORBED GAS SYSTEMS IN VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA
18511568 DYSTROPHIN CONSTRUCTS CONTAINING R11-R12 KELLY, ROBERT M
18378693 Three-Dimensional Lattice Batteries via Additive Manufacturing DIGNAN, MICHAEL L
18554062 POLY(TETRAHYDROQUINAZOLINE) AND DERIVED CARBON AEROGELS KRYLOVA, IRINA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3647 1
3699 1
1634 1
3753 1
2813 1
1663 1
1638 1
1732 1
1723 1
1764 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19230874 AUTOMATED INSECT DETECTION AND RESPONSE PRESCRIPTION TRUONG, KATELYN T 3647 §102§103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jun 06, 2025
19103393 BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS BASED ON PARTICIPANT RANKING KING, DAVIDA LEE 3699 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2025
19005128 PATHOGEN-RESISTANT ANIMALS HAVING MODIFIED CD163 GENES PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1634 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
19003426 LOW-PRESSURE STORAGE AND SEPARATION OF BIOGAS IN ADSORBED GAS SYSTEMS IN VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 3753 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18641707 DIODE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME AHMED, SHAHED 2813 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 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
18511568 DYSTROPHIN CONSTRUCTS CONTAINING R11-R12 KELLY, ROBERT M 1638 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18501352 TASK-SPECIFIC IONIC LIQUIDS FOR SELECTIVE SEPARATION AND RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS COHEN, STEFANIE J 1732 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18378693 Three-Dimensional Lattice Batteries via Additive Manufacturing DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023
18554062 POLY(TETRAHYDROQUINAZOLINE) AND DERIVED CARBON AEROGELS KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2023
18472077 HIGH SPATIOTEMPORAL FIDELITY MRI SYSTEM UTILIZING SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNING WITH SELF-SUPERVISED REGULARIZATION RECONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE 2666 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2023
18467310 EFFICIENT HEAT PUMP EJECTOR VACUUM DRYER TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 3762 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18281704 DRESSINGS AND METHODS FOR WOUND HEALING FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2023
18548657 SUPPRESSION OF COVID-19 REPLICATION BY COVID-19 ENTRY INHIBITORS WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18363520 METHOD FOR SELECTING ANTIGENIC VIRAL SEQUENCES FOR VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH 1671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18363429 NERVE AGENT DECONTAMINATING AGENTS SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18355971 COMPLIANT ROLLER CUTTER PRONE, JASON D 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18315965 EFFECTS OF INTERCHAIN CROSSLINKING BY ALKYL DIHALIDES ON THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE OF NANO-SCALE POLYPYRROLE FILMS APICELLA, KARIE O 1725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2023
18182846 RISK STRATIFICATION METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF CANCERS IN PRECANCEROUS TISSUES FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2023
17970095 POINT-OF-CARE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17961761 NANOPARTICLE IMMUNOCONJUGATES HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 §112DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 07, 2022
17808629 REFRACTORY COMPLEX CONCENTRATED ALLOYS FOR IMPROVED OXIDATION RESISTANCE AND STRUCTURAL STABILITY SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID 1735 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2022
17782717 PROTEIN BLOCKING ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1654 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2022
17278835 MODEL-BASED SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR STATUS HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 3796 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 23, 2021

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