Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

The Florida State University Research Foundation Inc.

20 pending office actions • 17 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

12
Hard (60%)
7
Medium (35%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other6 (30%)
§103 only6 (30%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
45% of docket
3
Information Tech
15% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
15% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
2
Business / Other
10% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PILLAY, DEVINA 2 43.9% +26.4%
PATEL, PARESH H 1 79.5% -1.3%
HICKS, SHIRLEY D. 1 63.1% +55.2%
CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN 1 60.0% +45.1%
MAC, GARY 1 42.9% +43.6%
RAEVIS, ROBERT R 1 83.3% +15.3%
LAXTON, GARY L 1 86.4% +5.6%
LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 1 50.0% -66.7%
KOVACH, KARA NICOLE 1 85.7% +100.0%
KIM, SEONG JONG 1 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18543335 UNIVERSAL POWER ELECTRONICS BUILDING BLOCK (U-PEBB) BASED DELTA-CONNECTED CASCADE MULTILEVEL CONVERTER LAXTON, GARY L 49d overdue
18590371 BIAXIAL LOADCELL ACTUATOR FOR VACUUM TRIBOMETER RAEVIS, ROBERT R 29d

Hard Cases (12)

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
18341277 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN FISH SPECIES KOVACH, KARA NICOLE 27d
18222108 fNIRS for Dosing Transcranial Magnetic Brain Stimulation LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 50d
18916202 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN
18612359 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS MAC, GARY
18316755 LYSERGIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND METHODS KIM, SEONG JONG
18167467 Improved Cortical Spheroids and Methods of Making the Same JOHNSON, KARA D
18158816 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR THE DESIGN AND RELIABILITY EVALUATION OF THE SURFACE SUBCOMPONENT OF INSULATION SYSTEMS FORTICH, ALVARO E
18072089 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM TEXT DATA LEVINE, ADAM L

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
18351601 Organic Pigment Coating for Electronic Devices, Perovskite Solar Cells, and Methods PILLAY, DEVINA 38d overdue
18341277 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN FISH SPECIES KOVACH, KARA NICOLE 27d
18590371 BIAXIAL LOADCELL ACTUATOR FOR VACUUM TRIBOMETER RAEVIS, ROBERT R 29d
19039250 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS HICKS, SHIRLEY D.
18916202 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN
18612359 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS MAC, GARY
18351603 Organic Pigment Coating for Electronic Devices, Perovskite Solar Cells, and Methods PILLAY, DEVINA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1726 2
2168 1
2492 1
2855 1
2838 1
3791 1
1681 1
1621 1
1632 1
2893 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19062891 Non-Intrusive, In-Situ Power Measurement Method PATEL, PARESH H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 2025
19039250 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS HICKS, SHIRLEY D. 2168 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jan 28, 2025
18916202 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN 2492 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 15, 2024
18612359 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS MAC, GARY §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18590371 BIAXIAL LOADCELL ACTUATOR FOR VACUUM TRIBOMETER RAEVIS, ROBERT R 2855 §112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18543335 UNIVERSAL POWER ELECTRONICS BUILDING BLOCK (U-PEBB) BASED DELTA-CONNECTED CASCADE MULTILEVEL CONVERTER LAXTON, GARY L 2838 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18222108 fNIRS for Dosing Transcranial Magnetic Brain Stimulation LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18351601 Organic Pigment Coating for Electronic Devices, Perovskite Solar Cells, and Methods PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18351603 Organic Pigment Coating for Electronic Devices, Perovskite Solar Cells, and Methods PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 13, 2023
18341277 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN FISH SPECIES KOVACH, KARA NICOLE 1681 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jun 26, 2023
18316755 LYSERGIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND METHODS KIM, SEONG JONG 1621 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
18167467 Improved Cortical Spheroids and Methods of Making the Same JOHNSON, KARA D 1632 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 10, 2023
18160508 Composite Materials, Devices, and Methods of Encapsulating Perovskites LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL 2893 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 27, 2023
18158816 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR THE DESIGN AND RELIABILITY EVALUATION OF THE SURFACE SUBCOMPONENT OF INSULATION SYSTEMS FORTICH, ALVARO E 3729 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2023
18157146 Method for Controlling Turn-to-Turn Contact Resistance in REBCO Magnet Pancake Coils WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A 1735 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 20, 2023
18072089 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM TEXT DATA LEVINE, ADAM L 3689 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2022
18059729 Composite Materials for Radiation Shielding, Articles, and Methods GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F 1767 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022
18053949 Method and System for Area-Specific Tissue Collection and Analysis PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2022
17655495 Solid Electrolytes and Methods JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2022
17568677 Method for Algorithmic Optimization of Active Flow Control Actuator Placement and Parameters GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2186 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 04, 2022

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