Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

The Trustees of Dartmouth College

35 pending office actions • 25 art units • 34 examiners • 0 of 35 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

13
Hard (37%)
14
Medium (40%)
8
Easy (23%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§101 + other2 (6%)
§103 only10 (29%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only8 (23%)
Double-patenting + other3 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (26%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
51% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
23% of docket
8
Business / Other
23% 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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STOICA, ELLY GERALD 2 66.8% +22.7%
ALMO, KHAREEM E 1 87.3% +5.3%
CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 1 29.7% +33.5%
RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1 71.8% +32.1%
KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE 1 56.9% +30.6%
JUEDES, AMY E 1 45.0% +41.4%
MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 1 23.0% +31.5%
CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 1 75.5% +18.7%
FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1 60.9% +52.1%
YOON, CHANEL J 1 53.4% +39.7%

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
19182783 SWITCHED-CAPACITOR GATE DRIVER FOR DRIVING CAPACITIVE LOADS ALMO, KHAREEM E

Hard Cases (13)

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
18035399 VISTA AGONIST FOR TREATMENT/PREVENTION OF ISCHEMIC AND/OR REPERFUSION INJURY SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 37d overdue
17782952 POLYESTER-BASED SOLID POLYMER COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM 31d overdue
18287428 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 14d
18901646 Judicial Support Tool Computing System CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 49d
16289118 Method for Enhancing Red Blood Cell Quality and Survival During Storage MARTIN, PAUL C 75d
17781406 TARGETING MB2 OF THE MYC ONCOGENE AND ITS INTERACTION WITH TRRAP IN CANCER SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 78d
18380063 RESONANT COILS WITH INTEGRATED CAPACITANCE CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 84d
18776887 DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING AN INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18287428 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 14d
18901646 Judicial Support Tool Computing System CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 49d
18380063 RESONANT COILS WITH INTEGRATED CAPACITANCE CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 84d
18795558 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS FOR CO-EXPRESSION OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR AND TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, CELLS CONTAINING AND THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF RAHMAN, MASUDUR
18776887 DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING AN INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE
18621312 ANTI-NMDAR2B ANTIBODIES, ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES, AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS, AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE JUEDES, AMY E
18364503 ENGINEERED NATURAL LIGAND-BASED CAR: DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF THE STRESS-RECEPTOR NKP30 FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN
18229086 OPTICAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE AND FLUORESCENCE DEPTH ESTIMATION IN TISSUE YOON, CHANEL J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
3619 1
1633 1
3687 1
2837 1
1643 1
1642 1
1629 1
1682 1
1635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19182783 SWITCHED-CAPACITOR GATE DRIVER FOR DRIVING CAPACITIVE LOADS ALMO, KHAREEM E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
18901646 Judicial Support Tool Computing System CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §101 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18795558 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS FOR CO-EXPRESSION OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR AND TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, CELLS CONTAINING AND THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1633 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18776887 DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING AN INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18621312 ANTI-NMDAR2B ANTIBODIES, ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES, AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS, AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE JUEDES, AMY E §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18287428 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 3687 §101§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18380063 RESONANT COILS WITH INTEGRATED CAPACITANCE CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 2837 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18364503 ENGINEERED NATURAL LIGAND-BASED CAR: DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF THE STRESS-RECEPTOR NKP30 FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2023
18229086 OPTICAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE AND FLUORESCENCE DEPTH ESTIMATION IN TISSUE YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18035399 VISTA AGONIST FOR TREATMENT/PREVENTION OF ISCHEMIC AND/OR REPERFUSION INJURY SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1642 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18307522 Methods of Treating Cystic Fibrosis REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN 1629 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2023
18030801 METHODS AND AGENTS FOR TREATING, PREVENTING, DIAGNOSING, AND EVALUATING THERAPY FOR FIBROTIC, AUTOIMMUNE, AND INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2023
18029717 METHOD AND AGENT FOR TREATING/PREVENTING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE AND ASSOCIATED NEUROINFLAMMATION AND FOR EVALUATING PUTATIVE PROPHYLACTICS/THERAPEUTICS FOR TREATING/PREVENTING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE AND NEUROINFLAMMATION KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1635 §112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2023
18163374 ANTI-CD154 ANTIBODIES HAVING IMPAIRED FcR BINDING AND/OR COMPLEMENT BINDING PROPERTIES AND USE IN THERAPY DAHLE, CHUN WU 1641 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2023
17790245 METAL PHOSPHOROTHIOATES AND METAL-SULFUR ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM CONTAINING THE SAME CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY 1751 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2022
17782252 ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY WITH ZBTB20 SUPPRESSION MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF 1638 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 03, 2022
17781406 TARGETING MB2 OF THE MYC ONCOGENE AND ITS INTERACTION WITH TRRAP IN CANCER SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1624 §102§112 Final Rejection 78d Pending Jun 01, 2022
19058657 MONOLITHIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL NEURAL PROBES KIM, EUN HWA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
18842975 MULTIMODAL MECHANICAL SENSING WITH DEFORMABLE LIQUID METAL TRANSMISSION LINES PLUMB, NIGEL H §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18784881 INTEGRATED BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLD WITH 3D PRINTED LATTICE BACKBONE TRUONG, QUANGLONG N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18729821 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERRING VIRAL TRANSMISSION USING NEURAL NETWORKS BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 3682 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18703610 NEOADJUVANT USAGE OF PLANT VIRUS OR VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES FOR CANCER TREATMENT FOLEY, SHANON A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18601999 DESIGN FOR SUPPRESSING ARTIFACTS IN CONCURRENT VOLTAMMETRY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDING KAUR, GURPREET 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18685671 FUNCTIONALIZATION OF MICROSCALE 3D-PRINTED POLYMER STRUCTURES WITH NANOSCALE VAPOR DEPOSITED ELECTRONIC LAYERS ROBINSON, MICHAEL 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18578900 FLEXIBLE PIEZOELECTRIC ARRAY FOR WEARABLE BLOOD PRESSURE SENSING EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 3791 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18514761 ENGINEERED NEMO AND USES THEREOF STOICA, ELLY GERALD §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18560179 LIVER X RECEPTOR MODULATORS KENYON, JOHN S 1625 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18551249 METHODS FOR CONVENIENT ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF C9-SUBSTITUTED STEROID-LIKE COMPOUNDS KUCHARCZK, JED A 1623 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2023
18468907 C19 SCAFFOLDS AND STEROIDS AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18260741 OVARIAN CANCER VACCINE STOICA, ELLY GERALD 1644 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2023
18209941 Localizing Underwater Robots from the Air MOORE, WHITNEY 3646 §103 Final Rejection 118d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
17917174 CROSS-REACTIVE CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF ESSEX, LAURA ANN 1675 §112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2022
17782952 POLYESTER-BASED SOLID POLYMER COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17766121 DIELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PROBES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2022
16289118 Method for Enhancing Red Blood Cell Quality and Survival During Storage MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Feb 28, 2019

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