Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Trustees of Dartmouth College

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

1
Hard (10%)
5
Medium (50%)
3
Easy (30%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only4 (40%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only3 (30%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI 1 75.7% +28.8%
CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 1 29.8% +33.9%
HODAC, ERIC KHOI 1 83.8% +21.4%
WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 1 0.0% +0.0%
MONTANARI, DAVID A 1 65.1% +49.6%
MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 1 21.5% +31.5%
CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 1 75.3% +18.7%
SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1 61.0% +49.9%
SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1 71.4% +0.0%
ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1 59.2% +28.6%

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
18749826 Harmonic Radar Scanner for Electronics HODAC, ERIC KHOI 12d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18568940 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SURGICAL MARGIN ASSESSMENT USING BIOIMPEDANCE SENSING ARRAY WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 1d 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

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18035399 VISTA AGONIST FOR TREATMENT/PREVENTION OF ISCHEMIC AND/OR REPERFUSION INJURY SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 37d overdue
18507469 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING T CELLS WHICH EXPRESS A CHIMERIC NK RECEPTOR MONTANARI, DAVID A 7d
18749826 Harmonic Radar Scanner for Electronics HODAC, ERIC KHOI 12d
18287428 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 14d
16985432 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS ROGERS, ERIC JASON 29d
18901646 Judicial Support Tool Computing System CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 49d
19204867 SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI 79d
18380063 RESONANT COILS WITH INTEGRATED CAPACITANCE CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 84d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3798 1
3619 1
3648 1
3791 1
1632 1
3687 1
2837 1
1642 1
1624 1
1638 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19204867 SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI 3798 §102 Non-Final OA 79d Pending May 12, 2025
18901646 Judicial Support Tool Computing System CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §101 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18749826 Harmonic Radar Scanner for Electronics HODAC, ERIC KHOI 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18568940 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SURGICAL MARGIN ASSESSMENT USING BIOIMPEDANCE SENSING ARRAY WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18507469 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING T CELLS WHICH EXPRESS A CHIMERIC NK RECEPTOR MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18287428 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 3687 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18380063 RESONANT COILS WITH INTEGRATED CAPACITANCE CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18035399 VISTA AGONIST FOR TREATMENT/PREVENTION OF ISCHEMIC AND/OR REPERFUSION INJURY SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1642 Other Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
17781406 TARGETING MB2 OF THE MYC ONCOGENE AND ITS INTERACTION WITH TRRAP IN CANCER SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1624 §112 Final Rejection 78d Pending Jun 01, 2022
16985432 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 05, 2020

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