Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

The University of Osaka

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

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
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.0% +8.5%
SHELDEN, BION A 1 22.0% +18.4%
FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1 45.7% +35.8%
XU, QING 1 50.9% +54.8%

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
19104933 Information Processing Method, Information Processing System, and Computer Readable Medium SHELDEN, BION A 24d overdue
18014582 ACQUISITION METHOD OF VALUE RELATING TO TRIGLYCERIDE METABOLIC CAPACITY, PRESENTATION METHOD OF DISEASE INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF DISEASE DIFFERENTIATION INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF THERAPY EFFICACY INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT INFORMATION, TEST REAGENT AND TEST KIT FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 4d overdue
19126376 Storage Medium, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing Device LANE, DANIEL E
17777786 CELL STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HEPATOTOXICITY OF SUBSTANCE TO BE TESTED XU, QING

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19104933 Information Processing Method, Information Processing System, and Computer Readable Medium SHELDEN, BION A 24d overdue
18014582 ACQUISITION METHOD OF VALUE RELATING TO TRIGLYCERIDE METABOLIC CAPACITY, PRESENTATION METHOD OF DISEASE INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF DISEASE DIFFERENTIATION INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF THERAPY EFFICACY INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT INFORMATION, TEST REAGENT AND TEST KIT FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 4d overdue
17777786 CELL STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HEPATOTOXICITY OF SUBSTANCE TO BE TESTED XU, QING

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 1
3685 1
1758 1
1656 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19126376 Storage Medium, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing Device LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2025
19104933 Information Processing Method, Information Processing System, and Computer Readable Medium SHELDEN, BION A 3685 §101§102§112 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2025
18014582 ACQUISITION METHOD OF VALUE RELATING TO TRIGLYCERIDE METABOLIC CAPACITY, PRESENTATION METHOD OF DISEASE INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF DISEASE DIFFERENTIATION INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF THERAPY EFFICACY INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT INFORMATION, TEST REAGENT AND TEST KIT FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
17777786 CELL STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HEPATOTOXICITY OF SUBSTANCE TO BE TESTED XU, QING 1656 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 18, 2022

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