Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York

39 pending office actions • 32 art units • 39 examiners • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

19
Hard (49%)
19
Medium (49%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (8%)
§103 only13 (33%)
§102 only3 (8%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other3 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
49% of docket
2
Information Tech
5% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
4
Semiconductors
10% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
7
Business / Other
18% 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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TABA, MONICA TERESA 1 88.2% +2.3%
BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1 27.9% +48.0%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.0% +11.3%
PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA 1 53.0% +12.3%
PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES 1 64.0% +20.4%
ERDEM, FAZLI 1 85.3% +16.0%
SHOSTAK, ANDREY 1 52.2% +61.9%
BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1 59.2% +32.1%
VORTMAN, ANATOLY 1 70.0% +13.8%
NGUYEN, DONGHAI D 1 75.3% +29.2%

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
19045822 RAMAN HYPERSPECTROSCOPY OF SALIVA AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR SJOGREN'S SYNDROME DIAGNOSTICS TABA, MONICA TERESA
18654117 FLATTENING AND SMOOTHING METALLIC WAFERS AND PLATES FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS ERDEM, FAZLI

Hard Cases (20)

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
18011430 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND PROPHYLACTICS FOR TREATING, AMELIORATING, OR PREVENTING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) BOWERS, ERIN M 66d overdue
18635398 DIABETIC FOOT EXAMINATION DEVICE SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3d overdue
18616065 Nanostructured Copper for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Method for same NGUYEN, DONGHAI D 9d
18265883 METHODS OF MAKING WATER-SOLUBLE PROTEIN FORMED IN A BACTERIAL EXPRESSION SYSTEM, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF STEELE, AMBER D 19d
18234461 CREEP RESISTANT CU-BASED CuCrNbZr ALLOY WITH HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY WALCK, BRIAN D 29d
18546322 RADIOLABELED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 33d
18687947 SHEAR-THINNING HYDROGELS AND USES THEREOF YU, HONG 46d
18015807 ASYMMETRIC CHARGED VESICLES AND METHODS OF PREPARING AND USE THEREOF MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 71d

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
18635398 DIABETIC FOOT EXAMINATION DEVICE SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3d overdue
18616065 Nanostructured Copper for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Method for same NGUYEN, DONGHAI D 9d
18726929 CMT-3 FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE
18744356 PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF TRINH, THANH TRUC
18669761 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, LOW THERMAL EXPANSION COMPOSITES PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA
18711863 STRUCTURES FOR SOLAR VAPOR EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES
18654117 FLATTENING AND SMOOTHING METALLIC WAFERS AND PLATES FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS ERDEM, FAZLI
18633107 ALGINATE HYDROGEL MICROSTRANDS FOR STROMAL CELL ENCAPSULATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPLANTATION BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1613 1
1726 1
3791 1
2835 1
3729 1
1614 1
2852 1
2438 1
3796 1
1691 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19045822 RAMAN HYPERSPECTROSCOPY OF SALIVA AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR SJOGREN'S SYNDROME DIAGNOSTICS TABA, MONICA TERESA §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2025
18726929 CMT-3 FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18744356 PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18669761 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, LOW THERMAL EXPANSION COMPOSITES PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18711863 STRUCTURES FOR SOLAR VAPOR EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18654117 FLATTENING AND SMOOTHING METALLIC WAFERS AND PLATES FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS ERDEM, FAZLI §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18635398 DIABETIC FOOT EXAMINATION DEVICE SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18633107 ALGINATE HYDROGEL MICROSTRANDS FOR STROMAL CELL ENCAPSULATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPLANTATION BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18624304 LIQUID COOLED MULTI-CHIP COLD PLATES VORTMAN, ANATOLY 2835 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18616065 Nanostructured Copper for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Method for same NGUYEN, DONGHAI D 3729 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18687947 SHEAR-THINNING HYDROGELS AND USES THEREOF YU, HONG 1614 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18581682 Adeno-Associated-Virus Rep Sequences, Vectors and Viruses KELLY, ROBERT M §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18293099 BC200 RNA DECOY COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, INCLUDING LUPUS RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18575877 DIFFERENTIAL PMOS ISFET-BASED PH SENSOR MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 2852 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jan 01, 2024
18541893 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SPOOFING ATTACKS ON AN UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM HERZOG, MADHURI R 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18539233 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA USING ENCODING ECG SIGNALS SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 3796 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18511588 POSITRON IMAGING TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING AGENT COMPOSITION ADN METHOD FOR BACTERIAL INFECTION SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1691 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 2023
18234461 CREEP RESISTANT CU-BASED CuCrNbZr ALLOY WITH HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY WALCK, BRIAN D 1738 §102§103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18546322 RADIOLABELED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 §102§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18546236 TREATMENT OF AN IOP CONDITION CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 11, 2023
18269371 VENTILATOR BREATHING CIRCUIT WITH A NEBULIZER BETWEEN THE VENTILATOR AND HUMIDIFIER HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA 3785 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18265883 METHODS OF MAKING WATER-SOLUBLE PROTEIN FORMED IN A BACTERIAL EXPRESSION SYSTEM, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §101§102§112DP Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18248232 TRUXILLIC ACID MONOESTER-DERIVATIVES AS SELECTIVE FABP5 INHIBITORS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 76d Pending Apr 06, 2023
18044977 LINEAR AND CYCLIC AROMATIC OLIGOAMIDES, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND USES THEREOF CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 10, 2023
18103100 FRAMEWORK AND METHODS OF DIVERSE EXPLORATION FOR FAST AND SAFE POLICY IMPROVEMENT VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT 2123 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
18015807 ASYMMETRIC CHARGED VESICLES AND METHODS OF PREPARING AND USE THEREOF MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §102§103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jan 12, 2023
18011430 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND PROPHYLACTICS FOR TREATING, AMELIORATING, OR PREVENTING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022
18008590 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2022
17998634 METHODS FOR DE-CLOAKING CANCER FROM THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THROUGH DOWNREGULATION OF CANCER-PRODUCED PREGNANCY SPECIFIC GLYCOPROTEIN BERHANE, SELAM 1675 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2022
17978325 ELECTROSPRAY PRINTER TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2022
17913898 DEW POINT HYGROMETER LIN, ERICA S Y 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2022
17945508 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING COVERT WIRELESS SIGNALS WITHIN AN OVERT WIRELESS SIGNAL TRANSMISSION GILES, EBONI N 2622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2022
17884768 USING RESILIENT SYSTEMS INFERENCE FOR ESTIMATING HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION PREVENTION INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE SHELDEN, BION A 3685 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 10, 2022
17766501 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY LI, AIQUN 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 04, 2022
17674742 ENDOSCOPE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INTRA-PELVIC PRESSURE USING SAME NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2022
17627012 NICOTINE MATERIALS, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND USES THEREOF SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY 1755 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2022
17549548 Tunable Adsorption and Wetting PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2021
17609454 SUBSTRATES FOR SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME LYONS, MICHAEL A 2877 §102 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2021
17439025 MODIFIED MICRORNAS AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY 1636 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2021

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