Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The University of Akron

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHNURR, JOHN R 1 72.1% +10.7%
BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1 13.7% +28.6%
SINGH, SATYENDRA K 1 61.0% +67.5%
ARIANI, KADE 1 74.8% +32.5%
NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1 56.5% +29.1%
BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1 56.6% +41.3%
KUMAR, PREETI 1 31.4% +44.1%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18235555 PRODUCING FUNGAL SPORES BY SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION ARIANI, KADE 41d
18188784 RUBBER INK FORMULATIONS FOR DIRECT INK WRITING PROCESS NERANGIS, VICKEY M 83d
18882176 METHOD OF MAKING WET WIPE FOR RAPID DETECTION OF OPIOIDS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A
17549099 Photothermally Responsive Melanin-Based Nanocomposltes BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18960123 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF SCHNURR, JOHN R 96d overdue
18235573 COLLECTING SPORES WITH HYDROPHOBIC LIQUID AND CORRESPONDING USE OF COLLECTED SPORES SINGH, SATYENDRA K 28d
18235555 PRODUCING FUNGAL SPORES BY SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION ARIANI, KADE 41d
18188784 RUBBER INK FORMULATIONS FOR DIRECT INK WRITING PROCESS NERANGIS, VICKEY M 83d
18882176 METHOD OF MAKING WET WIPE FOR RAPID DETECTION OF OPIOIDS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A
17549099 Photothermally Responsive Melanin-Based Nanocomposltes BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE
16258556 BIOFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS KUMAR, PREETI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2425 1
1718 1
1657 1
1651 1
1763 1
1731 1
1761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18960123 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF SCHNURR, JOHN R 2425 §112DP Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18882176 METHOD OF MAKING WET WIPE FOR RAPID DETECTION OF OPIOIDS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 11, 2024
18235573 COLLECTING SPORES WITH HYDROPHOBIC LIQUID AND CORRESPONDING USE OF COLLECTED SPORES SINGH, SATYENDRA K 1657 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18235555 PRODUCING FUNGAL SPORES BY SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION ARIANI, KADE 1651 §102§103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18188784 RUBBER INK FORMULATIONS FOR DIRECT INK WRITING PROCESS NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 23, 2023
17549099 Photothermally Responsive Melanin-Based Nanocomposltes BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2021
16258556 BIOFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS KUMAR, PREETI 1761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2019

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