Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

The Trustees Of Boston University

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The Trustees Of Boston University currently have 1 pending office action. This prosecution activity involves 1 distinct examiner, KEVIN STEPHEN MARTIN, who is also identified as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 action constitutes the entire pending workload for the university's portfolio as represented in the current data. The alignment between the total pending actions and the busiest examiner's workload indicates a highly concentrated prosecution focus.

The data shows 0 distinct art units associated with this pending action, which is an unusual concentration for a major research institution. With 1 distinct examiner managing the only pending action, the university's immediate prosecution path is highly centralized. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history of KEVIN STEPHEN MARTIN to anticipate the outcome of this 1 pending office action. This singular point of contact simplifies the administrative burden but places the success of the filing on this examiner's review.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

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

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%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (100%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% 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
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1 77.4% +23.3%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18715993 THERAPEUTIC TARGETS AND AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18715993 THERAPEUTIC TARGETS AND AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does The Trustees Of Boston University have?

The Trustees Of Boston University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 0 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most The Trustees Of Boston University applications?

Kevin Stephen Martin has the most, with 1 of The Trustees Of Boston University's pending office actions.

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