Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Governors of the University of Alberta

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (90%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (90%)
§112 only1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 1 70.7% +14.8%
PROSSER, ALISSA J 1 15.9% +12.1%
ROTONDI, CONNOR JON 1
KIM, BRYAN 1 28.7% +36.7%
SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1 36.7% +65.0%
DAVIS, SHARON M 1 68.0% +27.4%
PRONZATI, GINA 1 66.7% +41.7%
DORNA, CARRIE R 1 72.2% +28.3%
DONOHUE, SEAN R 1 41.5% +21.7%
HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1 75.1% +11.4%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18546637 PULSE PROTEIN GELATION KIM, BRYAN 8d
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

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
17625545 EXONS 45-55 SKIPPING USING MUTATION-TAILORED COCKTAILS OF ANTISENSE MORPHOLINOS IN THE DMD GENE HUDSON, AMY ROSE 71d overdue
18719483 SMART FRICTION PENDULUM SYSTEM CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 66d overdue
18279517 THE USE OF EMPAGLIFLOZIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN'S DISEASE SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 46d overdue
17886881 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) HERNIA PLUG DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF DORNA, CARRIE R 43d overdue
18037196 CYCLOTRON TARGET AND LANTHANUM THERANOSTIC PAIR FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE DAVIS, SHARON M 35d overdue
18163816 RECOMBINANT CARDIOMYOCYTES AND CARDIOMYOCYTE CELL LINES EXPRESSING HERG PRONZATI, GINA 32d 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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3633 1
1619 1
1779 1
1792 1
1693 1
3646 1
1633 1
3791 1
1618 1
1636 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18719483 SMART FRICTION PENDULUM SYSTEM CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Jun 13, 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 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18290853 METHOD OF SLUDGE PRETREATMENT FOR IMPROVED DIGESTIBILITY AND REDUCED SCALING ROTONDI, CONNOR JON 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 22, 2024
18546637 PULSE PROTEIN GELATION KIM, BRYAN 1792 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18279517 THE USE OF EMPAGLIFLOZIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN'S DISEASE SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18037196 CYCLOTRON TARGET AND LANTHANUM THERANOSTIC PAIR FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18163816 RECOMBINANT CARDIOMYOCYTES AND CARDIOMYOCYTE CELL LINES EXPRESSING HERG PRONZATI, GINA 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2023
17886881 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) HERNIA PLUG DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF DORNA, CARRIE R 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 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
17625545 EXONS 45-55 SKIPPING USING MUTATION-TAILORED COCKTAILS OF ANTISENSE MORPHOLINOS IN THE DMD GENE HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2022

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