Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.

20 pending office actions • 15 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (6)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.

1
Hard (5%)
15
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (5%)
3
Unknown (15%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only14 (70%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record3 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

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
HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 4 36.6% +44.1%
LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 1 82.5% +23.7%
LE, LINH GIANG 1 65.9% -4.7%
LAMPRECHT, JOEL 1 81.4% +16.4%
BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1 73.5% +39.9%
FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1 49.5% +14.6%
REYNOLDS, FRED H 1 33.0% +39.2%
VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 1 0.0% +0.0%
RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE 1 62.7% +62.2%
SMITH, PETER DANIEL 1 49.2% +50.0%

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
19288971 MONITORING ORGAN MORPHOLOGY FOR RADIATION TREATMENT DELIVERY USING ULTRASOUND LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 12d
18578948 Augmented Reality-Driven Guidance for Interventional Procedures LAMPRECHT, JOEL 12d

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
17127237 Cardiomyocyte-Specific Biological Markers and Uses Thereof BALLARD, KIMBERLY 146d overdue
18041534 Gene Expression Signature for Predicting Immunotherapy Response and Methods of Use VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 41d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17493230 ASSESSING CONDITIONS IN TRANSPLANT SUBJECTS USING DONOR-SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 141d overdue
18040459 Embolic Protection System RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE 53d overdue
18057494 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CELL-FREE DNA SMITH, PETER DANIEL 28d overdue
18404829 METHODS FOR ASSESSING RISK USING TOTAL AND SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 16d overdue
16623719 ASSESSING CONDITIONS IN TRANSPLANT SUBJECTS USING DONOR-SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 2d overdue
19288971 MONITORING ORGAN MORPHOLOGY FOR RADIATION TREATMENT DELIVERY USING ULTRASOUND LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 12d
18578948 Augmented Reality-Driven Guidance for Interventional Procedures LAMPRECHT, JOEL 12d
18252073 Peptide Inhibitors of Human Mitochondrial Fission Protein 1 and Methods of Use REYNOLDS, FRED H 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1682 5
3791 2
3686 1
3798 1
1625 1
1626 1
1658 1
3771 1
3781 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19288971 MONITORING ORGAN MORPHOLOGY FOR RADIATION TREATMENT DELIVERY USING ULTRASOUND LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 3791 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 01, 2025
18984890 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING HISTOLOGICAL FEATURES FROM MEDICAL IMAGES USING A TRAINED MODEL LE, LINH GIANG 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2024
18578948 Augmented Reality-Driven Guidance for Interventional Procedures LAMPRECHT, JOEL 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18404829 METHODS FOR ASSESSING RISK USING TOTAL AND SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 Other Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2024
18287632 Quinazoline Derivatives, Pharmaceutical Compositions, and Therapeutic Uses Related to Nox Inhibition BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §112 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18546633 Treatment of Hypertension-Related and Vascular Diseases FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18252073 Peptide Inhibitors of Human Mitochondrial Fission Protein 1 and Methods of Use REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 08, 2023
18041534 Gene Expression Signature for Predicting Immunotherapy Response and Methods of Use VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 1682 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Feb 13, 2023
18040459 Embolic Protection System RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE 3771 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2023
18057494 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CELL-FREE DNA SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2022
17911022 3-(2-(Aminoethyl)-Indol-4-ol Derivatives, Methods of Preparation Thereof, and the Use as 5-HT2 Receptor Modulators BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17690672 Blood Infusion System for Controlling Concentration of Calcium in Blood Infusate WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17493230 ASSESSING CONDITIONS IN TRANSPLANT SUBJECTS USING DONOR-SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 Other Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2021
17493186 METHODS FOR ASSESSING RISK USING TOTAL CELL-FREE DNA ALLEN, SARAH ELIZABETH 1637 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 04, 2021
17442968 Tip60 Inhibitors and Methods of Use for Cardiovascular Disease BARSKY, JARED 1628 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 24, 2021
17473559 Atrioventricular Valve Repair Ring WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2021
17427005 Systems and Methods for Sound Mapping of Anatomical and Physiological Acoustic Sources Using an Array of Acoustic Sensors PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2021
17127237 Cardiomyocyte-Specific Biological Markers and Uses Thereof BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 §101 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2020
16623725 TRANSPLANT PATIENT MONITORING WITH CELL-FREE DNA HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 17, 2019
16623719 ASSESSING CONDITIONS IN TRANSPLANT SUBJECTS USING DONOR-SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 Other Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2019

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