Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The University of Sydney

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

2
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (38%)
3
Easy (38%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
§102 only1 (12%)
§112 only2 (25%)
Double-patenting only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT 1 87.9% +6.2%
CORDERO, LINA M 1 71.2% +37.2%
RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1 68.8% +31.9%
COPPINS, JANET L 1 72.9% +25.5%
ADAMS, MICHELLE 1 58.5% +40.7%
NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1 41.0% +33.6%
MARTIN, RACHEL E 1 54.4% +57.2%
REYNOLDS, FRED H 1 33.1% +39.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18722008 Acceleration Measurement System MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT

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
17616809 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS NIEBAUER, RONALD T 70d
18453027 VANADIUM COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF COPPINS, JANET L

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
17608463 PEPTIDE DERIVATIVES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF FOR TREATING CANCER REYNOLDS, FRED H 85d overdue
18036797 FLUORESCENT SENSORS ADAMS, MICHELLE 60d overdue
17594994 METHODS FOR THE FRACTIONATION OF PROTEINS MARTIN, RACHEL E 1d overdue
18441515 ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 9d
17616809 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS NIEBAUER, RONALD T 70d
18662668 METHOD OF QUANTIFYING SOIL CARBON CORDERO, LINA M
18453027 VANADIUM COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF COPPINS, JANET L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1658 2
2857 1
1621 1
1628 1
1797 1
1657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18722008 Acceleration Measurement System MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18662668 METHOD OF QUANTIFYING SOIL CARBON CORDERO, LINA M 2857 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18441515 ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1621 §112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18453027 VANADIUM COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2023
18036797 FLUORESCENT SENSORS ADAMS, MICHELLE 1797 §112 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
17616809 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §103§112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 06, 2021
17594994 METHODS FOR THE FRACTIONATION OF PROTEINS MARTIN, RACHEL E 1657 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2021
17608463 PEPTIDE DERIVATIVES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF FOR TREATING CANCER REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2021

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