Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto

20 pending office actions • 16 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

8
Hard (40%)
7
Medium (35%)
3
Easy (15%)
2
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (10%)
§103 only5 (25%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only3 (15%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (30%)
No statute on record2 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
65% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
15% 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
YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 1 74.9% -4.7%
KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1 45.1% +20.2%
AHMED, SHEEBA 1 80.8% +14.3%
KING, GEORGE G 1 58.2% +38.1%
PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 1 70.2% +15.2%
LEE, JAE W 1 65.6% +39.0%
LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT 1 100.0% +0.0%
LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 62.1% +26.4%
CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1 72.7% +18.3%
PAK, YONG D 1 74.6% +14.3%

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
18274161 PROTECTION OF LINEAR DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID FROM EXONUCLEOLYTIC DEGRADATION LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT

Hard Cases (8)

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
17997616 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING, DETECTING, AND TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 2d overdue
17605175 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC AGGLUTINATION ASSAYS JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO 79d
18901943 HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGELS AND METHODS THEREOF KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI
18833441 WATERBORNE LIGNIN-BASED POLYURETHANE DISPERSIONS, RELATED COMPOSITIONS, AND RELATED METHODS AHMED, SHEEBA
18714048 FLUIDIC DEVICE FOR REGULATING LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE DEVICE KING, GEORGE G
18647115 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED SENSORY TESTING PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE
18264207 SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERED ZINC FINGERS INTO ENDOGENOUS TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS TO COMMANDEER THEIR NATURAL FUNCTIONS LEE, JAE W
18167689 PROBIOTIC STRAIN FOR COUNTERING CARIES PATHOGENS PAK, YONG D

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
18025665 PIPERAZINYL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEMATODE INFECTIONS CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 5d overdue
18901943 HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGELS AND METHODS THEREOF KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI
18833441 WATERBORNE LIGNIN-BASED POLYURETHANE DISPERSIONS, RELATED COMPOSITIONS, AND RELATED METHODS AHMED, SHEEBA
18714048 FLUIDIC DEVICE FOR REGULATING LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE DEVICE KING, GEORGE G
18647115 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED SENSORY TESTING PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE
18264207 SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERED ZINC FINGERS INTO ENDOGENOUS TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS TO COMMANDEER THEIR NATURAL FUNCTIONS LEE, JAE W
18034444 OPERATOR IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTATION LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
18167689 PROBIOTIC STRAIN FOR COUNTERING CARIES PATHOGENS PAK, YONG D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 2
1787 1
1656 1
1633 1
1625 1
1652 1
2122 1
1766 1
1674 1
1614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18979932 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF SPERM USING VIRTUAL-STAINING YENTRAPATI, AVINASH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18901943 HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGELS AND METHODS THEREOF KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18833441 WATERBORNE LIGNIN-BASED POLYURETHANE DISPERSIONS, RELATED COMPOSITIONS, AND RELATED METHODS AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18714048 FLUIDIC DEVICE FOR REGULATING LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE DEVICE KING, GEORGE G 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18647115 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED SENSORY TESTING PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18264207 SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERED ZINC FINGERS INTO ENDOGENOUS TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS TO COMMANDEER THEIR NATURAL FUNCTIONS LEE, JAE W 1656 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2023
18274161 PROTECTION OF LINEAR DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID FROM EXONUCLEOLYTIC DEGRADATION LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT 1633 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2023
18034444 OPERATOR IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTATION LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18025665 PIPERAZINYL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEMATODE INFECTIONS CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §112Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18167689 PROBIOTIC STRAIN FOR COUNTERING CARIES PATHOGENS PAK, YONG D 1652 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2023
18087897 METHODS AND MODULES FOR ACCELERATING INFERENCE VIA DISTRIBUTED DEVICES STARKS, WILBERT L 2122 §102 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 23, 2022
18011359 VANILLIN-DERIVED FLAME RETARDANT MONOMERS, RESINS, PREPOLYMERS, AND POLYMERS FEELY, MICHAEL J 1766 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2022
17997616 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING, DETECTING, AND TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 1674 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17871339 CROSSLINKED PARTICLES PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 §112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2022
17787531 WATER SOLUBLE BIOADHESIVES BLAND, ALICIA 1759 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2022
17773920 CATALYST-IONOMER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAS-PHASE ELECTROLYSIS RUFO, LOUIS J 1795 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2022
17632438 ADDITIONAL MASS TAG POLYMERS FOR MASS CYTOMETRY SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1618 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Feb 02, 2022
17631588 MULTI-VALENT AND MULTI-SPECIFIC NANOPARTICLE PLATFORMS AND METHODS HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE 1641 Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 31, 2022
17566953 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AGENTS IN A SHARED ENVIRONMENT CAMPOS, ALFREDO 2129 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 31, 2021
17605175 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC AGGLUTINATION ASSAYS JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO 1797 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 79d Pending Oct 20, 2021

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