Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The University of Chicago

34 pending office actions • 32 art units • 34 examiners • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
2
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
25
Medium (74%)
3
Easy (9%)
6
Unknown (18%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only21 (62%)
§102 only4 (12%)
§112 only3 (9%)
No statute on record6 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

25
Life Sciences
74% of docket
2
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
15% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SITTA, GRANT 1 72.2% +13.6%
MILO, MICHAEL 1 49.1% +55.6%
ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 1 69.5% +27.9%
RICCI, CRAIG D 1 53.5% +52.6%
HINES, JANA A 1 53.2% +39.3%
PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE 1 22.9% +19.2%
NGUYEN, ANDREW H 1 75.1% +42.5%
COFFA, SERGIO 1 61.0% +33.3%
BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1 61.6% +29.4%
KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1 21.4% +36.4%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18280653 METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPECIFICITY OF CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 19d
18291887 CONTINUOUS MONITORING WITH NANO-DIAMOND HYDROGEL IN MICRONEEDLES PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE 83d

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
18534086 SYNTHETIC DNA BINDING DOMAIN PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF COFFA, SERGIO 149d overdue
18425731 PROBIOTICS TO RESCUE MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION-INDUCED NEURODEVELOPMENT DEFICITS HINES, JANA A 119d overdue
19060948 Lip-based user interface system SITTA, GRANT 56d overdue
18708916 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING IMMUNE TOLERANCE RICCI, CRAIG D 45d overdue
18808688 NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF PROSTATE TISSUE COMPOSITION BASED ON MULTI-PARAMETRIC MRI DATA ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 38d overdue
18847129 TRANSRADIAL APPROACH/ANGIOGRAPHY BOARD MILO, MICHAEL 17d overdue
18280653 METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPECIFICITY OF CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 19d
18466204 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES BEISNER, WILLIAM H 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
1799 2
2622 1
3786 1
3797 1
1611 1
1645 1
3741 1
1658 1
1692 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19060948 Lip-based user interface system SITTA, GRANT 2622 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2025
18847129 TRANSRADIAL APPROACH/ANGIOGRAPHY BOARD MILO, MICHAEL 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
18808688 NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF PROSTATE TISSUE COMPOSITION BASED ON MULTI-PARAMETRIC MRI DATA ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18708916 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING IMMUNE TOLERANCE RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18425731 PROBIOTICS TO RESCUE MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION-INDUCED NEURODEVELOPMENT DEFICITS HINES, JANA A 1645 §102 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18291887 CONTINUOUS MONITORING WITH NANO-DIAMOND HYDROGEL IN MICRONEEDLES PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jan 24, 2024
18578190 MULTI-FUNCTION CATHETER AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR TREATMENT OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE NGUYEN, ANDREW H 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18534086 SYNTHETIC DNA BINDING DOMAIN PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF COFFA, SERGIO 1658 Other Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18466204 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18280653 METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPECIFICITY OF CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1692 Other Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18266404 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 10, 2023
18202197 MULTI-ELEMENT ATOM ARRAY STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §102 Non-Final OA 20d Pending May 25, 2023
18254301 POROUS AND MONOLITHIC CARBON MEMBRANES AND THEIR USE HUANG, RYAN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 24, 2023
18138015 RAPID LEARNING WITH HIGH LOCALIZED SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY TRAN, QUOC A 2145 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18246512 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND METHODS OF USE MERTZ, PREMA MARIA 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18172146 MECHANICALLY ADAPTIVE MATERIALS NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18022004 MODIFIED SERINE PROTEASE PROPROTEINS ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1651 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18019972 Pharmaceuticals for Treating or Preventing Nidoviruses and Picornaviruses RAO, SAVITHA M 1691 §112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18006482 Inhibitors of the Artemin Pathway for Treatment of Cancer WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18088252 Metrology by Neural Networks ALGIBHAH, MAHER N 2165 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Dec 23, 2022
17987649 Mechanism and Methods for Quantifying the Tactile Acuity of the Human Breast MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2022
17917438 USE OF MASITINIB FOR THE TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2022
17995225 TOCILIZUMAB FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §102 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17905116 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TRANS-ACTING TRANSLATIONAL ACTIVATORS SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 Other Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2022
17833841 INORGANIC POROUS COATINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17765176 LAMELLAR IRON SULFIDES WITH EMBEDDED CATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN 1752 §102 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2022
17763445 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND THALASSEMIA MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2022
17642582 METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR EVOLUTIONARY DATA-DRIVEN DESIGN OF PROTEINS AND OTHER SEQUENCE DEFINED BIOMOLECULES ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 11, 2022
17690726 Method and System for Converting Electricity into Alternative Energy Resources HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1799 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17597793 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING PROTEASE-ACTIVATED THERAPEUTIC AGENTS PETERS, ALEC JON 1641 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 24, 2022
17596118 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CANCER WITH COLLAGEN BINDING DRUG CARRIERS ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2021
17595098 NOVEL MATERIAL FOR SKIN WOUND CLOSURE AND SCAR PREVENTION SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA 1621 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 09, 2021
17311448 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO SITE-SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF RNA MODIFICATIONS VALLE, ERNESTO 1623 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Jun 07, 2021
17302143 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROTECTION OF CELLS AND TISSUES FROM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RADIATION DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2021

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