Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

The Texas A&M University System

42 pending office actions • 29 art units • 42 examiners • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 66 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (3)

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.

18
Hard (43%)
23
Medium (55%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other3 (7%)
§103 only19 (45%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
43% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
10% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
7
Business / Other
17% 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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 1 82.5% +17.8%
HASKINS, TWYLER LAMB 1 59.0% -2.0%
LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P 1 34.2% +39.0%
THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1 73.6% +10.3%
SMITH, JORDAN T 1 66.0% +6.9%
WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1 41.7% +0.0%
VILLALUNA, ERIKA J 1 84.8% +3.2%
NGUYEN, NGA X 1 77.6% +5.5%
SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1 57.4% +36.7%
DOVE, TRACY MAE 1 69.0% +9.9%

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
19055481 DEPLOYABLE BACKREST, FOOTRAIL AND ANTI-FATIGUE MAT ERGONOMIC OFFICE STOOL WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT

Hard Cases (18)

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
18645578 CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM BASED ON OUTAGE STATE OF RISK PREDICTION ULLAH, ARIF 147d overdue
18526487 METHODS OF TREATING COMPOUNDS USING VISIBLE LIGHT-ENABLED ACTIVATION OF PEROXYDISULFATE MENON, KRISHNAN S 31d overdue
18670411 METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASE SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 30d overdue
17772539 PROTEASE SWITCH FOR DUAL TARGETS CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T CELL THERAPY REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 4d overdue
18224207 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF HIGHLY REACTIVE ALKALI METAL DENDRITES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENTS BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS 12d
18019189 BONDING DISSIMILAR MATERIALS USING RADIO FREQUENCY WAVE CURING DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 15d
18009095 MICROENCAPSULATED ORAL STERNE VACCINE KASSA, TIGABU 56d
18571505 METHODS OF PROCESSING ADULT NEURAL CELLS FROM MAMMALS AND ASSAYS THEREOF DHAR, MATASHA 61d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18670411 METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASE SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 30d overdue
19055481 DEPLOYABLE BACKREST, FOOTRAIL AND ANTI-FATIGUE MAT ERGONOMIC OFFICE STOOL WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
18914168 MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED WEARABLE SENSOR WITH PAPER MICROFLUIDICS FOR REAL TIME SWEAT BIOMARKER ANALYSIS LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P
18849313 FLAME-RETARDANT COATINGS INCLUDING POLYELECTROLYTE THOMPSON, CAMIE S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
1632 2
2855 2
1615 2
3646 2
3666 1
1663 1
3662 1
1657 1
1725 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19055481 DEPLOYABLE BACKREST, FOOTRAIL AND ANTI-FATIGUE MAT ERGONOMIC OFFICE STOOL WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2025
18921809 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND PREDICTING PHENOTYPIC MEASUREMENTS AND PHENOTYPES HASKINS, TWYLER LAMB §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18914168 MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED WEARABLE SENSOR WITH PAPER MICROFLUIDICS FOR REAL TIME SWEAT BIOMARKER ANALYSIS LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2024
18849313 FLAME-RETARDANT COATINGS INCLUDING POLYELECTROLYTE THOMPSON, CAMIE S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18828154 AUTONOMOUS LANDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERTICAL LANDING AIRCRAFT SMITH, JORDAN T 3666 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2024
18804525 CORN ENDOTYPE-DERIVED POLYPEPTIDES CAPABLE OF METABOLIZING FUMONISIN WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1663 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18787309 METHOD AND DEVICE TO MEASURE MULTIPHASE FLOW VILLALUNA, ERIKA J §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18680572 SELF-SUFFICIENT LOW-COST MITIGATION MODEL TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE IN POWER UTILITY WILDFIRE RESPONSE NGUYEN, NGA X 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending May 31, 2024
18670411 METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASE SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1657 §101§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18668700 ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE INCORPORATING SIZE- AND MORPHOLOGY-CONTROLLED METASTABLE VANADIUM PENTOXIDE AS A CATHODE MATERIAL FOR ION BATTERIES DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18645578 CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM BASED ON OUTAGE STATE OF RISK PREDICTION ULLAH, ARIF 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18634223 THERMOSTABLE RAMAN INTERACTION PROFILING (TRIP) SMITH, MAURICE C 2877 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18632858 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY-BASED CONTACTLESS REVERSE OSMOSIS (CRO) BY LOW ENERGY PUMP FOR SMART PORTABLE WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM SHIPMAN, KYLE HARRISON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18437149 INTELLIGENT CONTROL FOR CELLULAR RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS MILLS, DONALD L 2462 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18292542 VACCINE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BRUCELLA STRAINS AND METHODS THEREOF DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 1645 §102§103DPOther Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18418861 MULTI-SENSOR UPPER ARM BAND FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS AND ALGORITHMS TO PREDICT GLYCEMIC EVENTS HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 22, 2024
18571505 METHODS OF PROCESSING ADULT NEURAL CELLS FROM MAMMALS AND ASSAYS THEREOF DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18533608 LEAK DETECTION MESH AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF PHAN, TRUONG D 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18526487 METHODS OF TREATING COMPOUNDS USING VISIBLE LIGHT-ENABLED ACTIVATION OF PEROXYDISULFATE MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18565855 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL CONSTITUTIVE MODEL PARAMETERS LEE, SANGKYUNG 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18562374 BIODEGRADABLE MUCOADHESIVE PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS AND METHODS THEREOF MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 20, 2023
18558908 INHIBITORS OF SARS-COV-2 JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 1626 §102 Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2023
18450884 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Management System WASIL, DANIEL D 3646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18358846 TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 3658 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2023
18224207 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF HIGHLY REACTIVE ALKALI METAL DENDRITES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENTS BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS 1692 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18273293 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF STRUCTURE AND PROPERTY OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES FUELLING, MICHAEL §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2023
18346632 IN-CORE PRINTED CIRCUIT HEAT EXCHANGER DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2023
18344524 METHODS AND PLATFORM FOR SCREENING AND SELECTING METABOLITES AND THEIR RECEPTORS MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE 1681 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
18120527 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF EVALUATION OF NAVIGATION SAFETY YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 3669 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2023
18020771 MOBILE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT STATIONS TRAN, JULIE THI 3791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 10, 2023
18019189 BONDING DISSIMILAR MATERIALS USING RADIO FREQUENCY WAVE CURING DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 1767 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Feb 01, 2023
18001604 DENTAL COMPONENTS RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 13, 2022
18009095 MICROENCAPSULATED ORAL STERNE VACCINE KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Dec 08, 2022
17996562 NALOXONE NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 1615 §103Other Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2022
17904873 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2022
17772539 PROTEASE SWITCH FOR DUAL TARGETS CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T CELL THERAPY REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17639711 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RHEOLOGY PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS OF DRILLING FLUIDS IN REAL-TIME MORELLO, JEAN F 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 02, 2022
17588458 MAGNETIC RESONANCE CONTRAST AGENTS AND METHODS THEREOF SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1618 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2022
17631390 ANTICANCER AGENTS MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2022
17609489 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ONE OR MORE PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS USING BIO-IMPEDANCE ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 08, 2021
17494759 FUNCTIONALIZED PYRANO[2,3-D]PYRIMIDIN-7-ONE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE KIFLE, BRUCK 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 05, 2021
16625226 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUFF-LESS BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2019

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