Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Trustees of the California State University

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
1
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A 1 58.2% +25.7%
PHAN, THO GIA 1 91.4% +4.0%
FLORES, ADRIAN 1
GILL, RACHEL B 1 65.5% +27.9%

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
18488422 Recombinant Ranavirus, Methods of Production, and Its Use As A Mammalian Expression System GILL, RACHEL B 8d
18791182 HELICAL ANTENNAE, ALONG WITH THEIR METHODS OF USE AND PRODUCTION PHAN, THO GIA 33d
18648726 FOOT CONTROLLER SYSTEMS FOR PROSTHETIC ARMS, THEIR METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE FLORES, ADRIAN

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18488422 Recombinant Ranavirus, Methods of Production, and Its Use As A Mammalian Expression System GILL, RACHEL B 8d
18991654 HANDS ON LABORATORY AND DEMONSTRATION VIRTUALIZED EQUIPMENT WITH A HYBRID REALITY ENVIRONMENT, ALONG WITH THEIR METHODS OF USE MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 1
2845 1
1671 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18991654 HANDS ON LABORATORY AND DEMONSTRATION VIRTUALIZED EQUIPMENT WITH A HYBRID REALITY ENVIRONMENT, ALONG WITH THEIR METHODS OF USE MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A 3715 §102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2024
18791182 HELICAL ANTENNAE, ALONG WITH THEIR METHODS OF USE AND PRODUCTION PHAN, THO GIA 2845 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18648726 FOOT CONTROLLER SYSTEMS FOR PROSTHETIC ARMS, THEIR METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE FLORES, ADRIAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18488422 Recombinant Ranavirus, Methods of Production, and Its Use As A Mammalian Expression System GILL, RACHEL B 1671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 17, 2023

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