Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The University of Toledo

11 pending office actions • 11 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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%)
10
Medium (91%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (91%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
73% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MILO, MICHAEL 1 49.1% +55.6%
CHEN, VIVIAN 1 57.0% +29.2%
MACH, ANDRE 1 42.9% +54.4%
BRAUN, MADELINE E 1 68.0% +24.9%
STEIN, LEAH ELIZABETH 1 100.0% +0.0%
ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 1 80.4% +19.2%
HORGER, KIM S. 1 70.4% +19.7%
PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 1 58.1% +27.8%
MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1 53.3% +39.2%
VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 1 0.0% +0.0%

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
18205012 Advanced Driving Assistance System Using Fuzzy Logic ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 86d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17775932 Methods and Kits using Internal Standards to Control for Complexity of Next Generation Sequencing(NGS) Libraries VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 36d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18093057 ANTIMICROBIAL FILTRATION HORGER, KIM S. 46d overdue
18951851 Modular Hip Distractor MILO, MICHAEL 16d overdue
17790288 STRATIFYING RISK OF MALIGNANCY IN INDETERMINATE THYROID NODULES AND IMMUNO-GENOMIC MARKERS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF THYROID CANCER MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 15d overdue
18274549 C PRIME AGENTS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS BRAUN, MADELINE E 12d
17859260 THREE-WAY UROLOGY CATHETER STOPCOCK AND UROLOGY CATHETER STOPCOCK ASSEMBLY PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 54d
18615152 Coacervate Compositions, Multifunctional Coatings, and Tie Layers for Recyclable and Active Barrier Films CHEN, VIVIAN 70d
18417805 COMPOUNDS HAVING SELECTIVE INACTIVATION ACTIVITY MACH, ANDRE 70d
18205012 Advanced Driving Assistance System Using Fuzzy Logic ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 86d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3786 1
1787 1
1615 1
1624 1
1641 1
3664 1
1784 1
3783 1
1675 1
1682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18951851 Modular Hip Distractor MILO, MICHAEL 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2024
18615152 Coacervate Compositions, Multifunctional Coatings, and Tie Layers for Recyclable and Active Barrier Films CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18417805 COMPOUNDS HAVING SELECTIVE INACTIVATION ACTIVITY MACH, ANDRE 1615 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18274549 C PRIME AGENTS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18353183 Synergistic Inhibition of eIF5A and Notch Signaling STEIN, LEAH ELIZABETH 1641 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18205012 Advanced Driving Assistance System Using Fuzzy Logic ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 3664 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18093057 ANTIMICROBIAL FILTRATION HORGER, KIM S. 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2023
17859260 THREE-WAY UROLOGY CATHETER STOPCOCK AND UROLOGY CATHETER STOPCOCK ASSEMBLY PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jul 07, 2022
17790288 STRATIFYING RISK OF MALIGNANCY IN INDETERMINATE THYROID NODULES AND IMMUNO-GENOMIC MARKERS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF THYROID CANCER MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
17775932 Methods and Kits using Internal Standards to Control for Complexity of Next Generation Sequencing(NGS) Libraries VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 1682 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending May 11, 2022
17737325 Emulsion Formation Assisted by Corona Discharge and Electrohydrodynamic Pumping BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 05, 2022

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