Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

The University of Manchester

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (3)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only2 (20%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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
SWIER, WAYNE K. 1 67.5% +19.2%
MENON, KRISHNAN S 1 59.8% +11.5%
SHIM, DAVID M. 1 57.8% +55.9%
PIPIC, ALMA 1 54.3% +55.2%
COFFA, SERGIO 1 61.1% +33.2%
SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1 36.1% +70.8%
LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1 39.3% +70.3%
ZHANG, KELING NMN 1 65.6% +17.2%
FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1 45.7% +35.8%
WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 1 49.7% +26.6%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17760249 Detection of Lipid Markers FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 43d overdue
18856983 PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLY OF VAN DER WAALS HETEROSTRUCTURES SWIER, WAYNE K.
18837581 Method and Apparatus for Mineral Extraction MENON, KRISHNAN S
18269147 HYALURONAN IS A DRIVER OF COVID-19 SEVERITY SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN
17754721 MODULATING OPSIN SIGNALING LIFETIME FOR OPTOGENETIC APPLICATIONS LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE
18000855 GRAPHITE DECONTAMINATION ZHANG, KELING NMN

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
17438345 TISSUE REPAIR SCAFFOLD AND DEVICE WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 44d overdue
17760249 Detection of Lipid Markers FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 43d overdue
17926847 ANTIVIRAL POLYMERS PIPIC, ALMA 25d overdue
18291809 6-SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHALENE-1,3-DISULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYL TRANSFERASE (ENAMPT) FOR THE TREATMENT OF E.G. DIABETES SHIM, DAVID M. 12d
18856983 PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLY OF VAN DER WAALS HETEROSTRUCTURES SWIER, WAYNE K.
18837581 Method and Apparatus for Mineral Extraction MENON, KRISHNAN S
18262113 USE OF LINK-TSG6 FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIC PAIN COFFA, SERGIO
18269147 HYALURONAN IS A DRIVER OF COVID-19 SEVERITY SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1748 1
1626 1
1617 1
1658 1
1693 1
1637 1
1732 1
1758 1
3774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18856983 PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLY OF VAN DER WAALS HETEROSTRUCTURES SWIER, WAYNE K. 1748 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2024
18837581 Method and Apparatus for Mineral Extraction MENON, KRISHNAN S §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18291809 6-SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHALENE-1,3-DISULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYL TRANSFERASE (ENAMPT) FOR THE TREATMENT OF E.G. DIABETES SHIM, DAVID M. 1626 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 24, 2024
17926847 ANTIVIRAL POLYMERS PIPIC, ALMA 1617 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18262113 USE OF LINK-TSG6 FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIC PAIN COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §102§103§112DPOther Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2023
18269147 HYALURONAN IS A DRIVER OF COVID-19 SEVERITY SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1693 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2023
17754721 MODULATING OPSIN SIGNALING LIFETIME FOR OPTOGENETIC APPLICATIONS LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2023
18000855 GRAPHITE DECONTAMINATION ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2022
17760249 Detection of Lipid Markers FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17438345 TISSUE REPAIR SCAFFOLD AND DEVICE WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2021

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