Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

The Governors of the University of Alberta

11 pending office actions • 11 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

7
Hard (64%)
4
Medium (36%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only4 (36%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (55%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
64% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HO, ANH N 1 82.4% +13.8%
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 1 30.0% +33.7%
PROSSER, ALISSA J 1 15.8% +11.3%
ROTONDI, CONNOR JON 1 0.0% +0.0%
FOLEY, SHANON A 1 73.2% +18.0%
MOORE, WHITNEY 1 88.1% +10.0%
KIM, BRYAN 1 28.5% +36.9%
DORNA, CARRIE R 1 72.2% +27.9%
DONOHUE, SEAN R 1 41.4% +21.1%
MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1 75.8% +24.5%

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
19217642 ANTENNA USING EMBEDDED MTM-EBG UNIT CELLS HO, ANH N

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17886881 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) HERNIA PLUG DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF DORNA, CARRIE R 43d overdue
18546637 PULSE PROTEIN GELATION KIM, BRYAN 8d
18290853 METHOD OF SLUDGE PRETREATMENT FOR IMPROVED DIGESTIBILITY AND REDUCED SCALING ROTONDI, CONNOR JON 15d
18691738 SYNERGISTIC NANOMEDICINE DELIVERING TOPOISOMERASE I TOXIN (SN-38) AND INHIBITORS OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE KINASE 3'-PHOSPHATASE (PNKP) FOR ENHANCED TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER PROSSER, ALISSA J 53d
18837460 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR COUPLING METABOLOMICS DATA WITH DIGITAL MONITORS FOR PRECISION HEALTH REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH
18506083 SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM WITH WAVEGUIDE ASSEMBLY WITH RF SIGNAL IMPREDANCE CONTROLLABLE BY APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION MOORE, WHITNEY
17596491 TARGETING DNA REPAIR IN TUMOR CELLS VIA INHIBITION OF ERCC1-XPF MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17886881 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) HERNIA PLUG DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF DORNA, CARRIE R 43d overdue
18546637 PULSE PROTEIN GELATION KIM, BRYAN 8d
17725271 BIOREDUCTIVELY-ACTIVATED COMPOUNDS, THEIR PRODRUGS, RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, THE COMPOSITIONS, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MULTIMODAL THERANOSTIC MANAGEMENT OF HYPOXIA DISEASES INCLUDING CANCER DONOHUE, SEAN R 29d
18691738 SYNERGISTIC NANOMEDICINE DELIVERING TOPOISOMERASE I TOXIN (SN-38) AND INHIBITORS OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE KINASE 3'-PHOSPHATASE (PNKP) FOR ENHANCED TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER PROSSER, ALISSA J 53d
19217642 ANTENNA USING EMBEDDED MTM-EBG UNIT CELLS HO, ANH N
18837460 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR COUPLING METABOLOMICS DATA WITH DIGITAL MONITORS FOR PRECISION HEALTH REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH
18391501 HEPATITIS C VIRUS IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOLEY, SHANON A
18506083 SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM WITH WAVEGUIDE ASSEMBLY WITH RF SIGNAL IMPREDANCE CONTROLLABLE BY APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION MOORE, WHITNEY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 1
3686 1
1619 1
1779 1
1671 1
3646 1
1792 1
3791 1
1618 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19217642 ANTENNA USING EMBEDDED MTM-EBG UNIT CELLS HO, ANH N 2845 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2025
18837460 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR COUPLING METABOLOMICS DATA WITH DIGITAL MONITORS FOR PRECISION HEALTH REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §101§102§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2024
18691738 SYNERGISTIC NANOMEDICINE DELIVERING TOPOISOMERASE I TOXIN (SN-38) AND INHIBITORS OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE KINASE 3'-PHOSPHATASE (PNKP) FOR ENHANCED TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18290853 METHOD OF SLUDGE PRETREATMENT FOR IMPROVED DIGESTIBILITY AND REDUCED SCALING ROTONDI, CONNOR JON 1779 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 22, 2024
18391501 HEPATITIS C VIRUS IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOLEY, SHANON A 1671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18506083 SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM WITH WAVEGUIDE ASSEMBLY WITH RF SIGNAL IMPREDANCE CONTROLLABLE BY APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION MOORE, WHITNEY 3646 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2023
18546637 PULSE PROTEIN GELATION KIM, BRYAN 1792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 30, 2023
17886881 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) HERNIA PLUG DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF DORNA, CARRIE R 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17725271 BIOREDUCTIVELY-ACTIVATED COMPOUNDS, THEIR PRODRUGS, RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, THE COMPOSITIONS, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MULTIMODAL THERANOSTIC MANAGEMENT OF HYPOXIA DISEASES INCLUDING CANCER DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Apr 20, 2022
17596491 TARGETING DNA REPAIR IN TUMOR CELLS VIA INHIBITION OF ERCC1-XPF MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1624 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 10, 2021
17599282 XYLOGLUCAN-CONTAINING PRODRUGS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 1693 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2021

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