Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Trustees of Boston College

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1 62.2% -11.9%
PHAM, THOMAS T 1 51.7% +15.8%
MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1 45.0% +29.7%
CABRAL, ROBERT S 1 62.6% +32.4%
BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1 46.2% +75.8%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18616904 CATALYTIC POLYMERIZATION AND DEPOLYMERIZATION OF 1,6-ANHYDROSUGARS OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL
18575477 METHODS OF FABRICATING A MULTIANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE AND DEVICES THEREOF PHAM, THOMAS T
18540322 Chemoselective Rapid Azo-Coupling Reaction for Bioconjugation CABRAL, ROBERT S
17922425 CONTROLLED MODIFICATION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) FOR ENHANCED GENE THERAPY BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER

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
17932807 Fire-Resistant Battery MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 27d
18575477 METHODS OF FABRICATING A MULTIANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE AND DEVICES THEREOF PHAM, THOMAS T
18540322 Chemoselective Rapid Azo-Coupling Reaction for Bioconjugation CABRAL, ROBERT S
17922425 CONTROLLED MODIFICATION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) FOR ENHANCED GENE THERAPY BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1713 1
1752 1
1614 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18616904 CATALYTIC POLYMERIZATION AND DEPOLYMERIZATION OF 1,6-ANHYDROSUGARS OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18575477 METHODS OF FABRICATING A MULTIANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE AND DEVICES THEREOF PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
17932807 Fire-Resistant Battery MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1752 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 16, 2022
18540322 Chemoselective Rapid Azo-Coupling Reaction for Bioconjugation CABRAL, ROBERT S 1614 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
17922425 CONTROLLED MODIFICATION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) FOR ENHANCED GENE THERAPY BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2022

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