Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

The University Court of the University of Glasgow

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The University Court of the University of Glasgow has 5 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. JORGENSEN, ABBY A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.

The equal examiner and art-unit figures indicate a fully distributed set of prosecution records. Counsel should review each action independently, while using a shared framework for written-description, enablement, and prior-art analysis where the technologies overlap. Because no examiner or art unit has more than one listed matter, a single-examiner engagement strategy would not be supported by this profile.

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

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

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
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

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
JORGENSEN, ABBY A 1 73.7% +14.4%
SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1 70.0% +69.2%
CLARKE, TRENT R 1 42.2% +24.7%
MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1 69.1% +27.6%
KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1 64.3% +35.5%

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
19130452 GRANULAR MATERIAL CONVEYANCE AND TRANSFER APPARATUS JORGENSEN, ABBY A —
18997623 PLANTS WITH REDUCED PLASTICITY SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON —
17797256 SURFACE PLASMONIC SENSING KRCHA, MATTHEW D —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17919508 FLUID HANDLING DEVICE AND METHODS MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 28d
19130452 GRANULAR MATERIAL CONVEYANCE AND TRANSFER APPARATUS JORGENSEN, ABBY A —
18997623 PLANTS WITH REDUCED PLASTICITY SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON —
18814678 ENGINEERED PARASITES FOR DELIVERING PROTEIN TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) CLARKE, TRENT R —
17797256 SURFACE PLASMONIC SENSING KRCHA, MATTHEW D —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3651 1
1663 1
1651 1
1678 1
1796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19130452 GRANULAR MATERIAL CONVEYANCE AND TRANSFER APPARATUS JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2025
18997623 PLANTS WITH REDUCED PLASTICITY SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1663 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
18814678 ENGINEERED PARASITES FOR DELIVERING PROTEIN TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) CLARKE, TRENT R 1651 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
17919508 FLUID HANDLING DEVICE AND METHODS MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1678 §102 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 17, 2022
17797256 SURFACE PLASMONIC SENSING KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 03, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does The University Court of the University of Glasgow have?

The University Court of the University of Glasgow has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most The University Court of the University of Glasgow applications?

Abby A Jorgensen has the most, with 1 of The University Court of the University of Glasgow's pending office actions.

What technology area are The University Court of the University of Glasgow's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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