Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

37 pending office actions • 22 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

1
Hard (3%)
29
Medium (78%)
4
Easy (11%)
3
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only25 (68%)
§102 only4 (11%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only3 (8%)
No statute on record3 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

24
Life Sciences
65% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
3
Business / Other
8% 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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 2 77.4% +32.2%
LEE, CHIHYI NMN 2 32.1% +57.4%
LOUIS, RICHARD G 1 74.6% +17.2%
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1 73.7% +26.2%
GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A 1 22.3% +23.8%
GRASER, JENNIFER E 1 76.6% +23.5%
BRAUN, MADELINE E 1 68.1% +25.2%
GREEN, RICHARD R 1 74.4% +23.2%
ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL 1 65.9% +56.6%
AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE 1 72.8% +31.0%

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
18009608 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND CORRECTING IMAGING ARTIFACTS ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 26d
18812628 METHODS AND KITS FOR DIAGNOSING, ASSESSING OR QUANTITATING DRUG USE, DRUG ABUSE AND NARCOSIS, INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD), CHRONIC TRAUMATICENCEPH ALOPATHY,SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18702962 ACTIVE PRESSURE RELIEVING SYSTEM GREEN, RICHARD R 66d overdue
18548348 BENZOXAZOLONE INHIBITORS OF INFLAMMASOMES HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 27d
18749726 Combination Therapy for Treating or Preventing Depression or Other Mood Diseases LEE, CHIHYI NMN 34d
19129959 CATHETER AND METHODS OF USING SAME LOUIS, RICHARD G
18852356 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF STROKE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM
18812628 METHODS AND KITS FOR DIAGNOSING, ASSESSING OR QUANTITATING DRUG USE, DRUG ABUSE AND NARCOSIS, INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD), CHRONIC TRAUMATICENCEPH ALOPATHY,SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A
18671007 Non-Toxin Antigens For Clostridioides Difficile Vaccine GRASER, JENNIFER E
18710037 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER ASSOCIATED WITH RAS MUTATION BRAUN, MADELINE E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1628 4
3771 2
1626 2
1622 2
3798 2
1624 2
1636 2
1627 2
1642 2
1617 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19129959 CATHETER AND METHODS OF USING SAME LOUIS, RICHARD G 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
18852356 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF STROKE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18812628 METHODS AND KITS FOR DIAGNOSING, ASSESSING OR QUANTITATING DRUG USE, DRUG ABUSE AND NARCOSIS, INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD), CHRONIC TRAUMATICENCEPH ALOPATHY,SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A 3715 DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 2024
18671007 Non-Toxin Antigens For Clostridioides Difficile Vaccine GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18710037 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER ASSOCIATED WITH RAS MUTATION BRAUN, MADELINE E §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18702962 ACTIVE PRESSURE RELIEVING SYSTEM GREEN, RICHARD R 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18684563 TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18294467 NERVE COUPLER AND METHOD FOR USE OF THE SAME ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18417617 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CONTROL OF NEUROTROPHIC GROWTH FACTOR EXPRESSION AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE 1638 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18390242 COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR TREATING GUT PERMEABILITY CAUSED BY HYDROGEN SULFIDE PRODUCING BACTERIA ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18478342 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HISTOTRIPSY IMMUNOSENSITIZATION DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M 3798 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18372662 MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR BLOCKADE TO DELAY OR PREVENT ONSET OF PROGRESSIVE MEMORY DECLINE BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1624 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18548348 BENZOXAZOLONE INHIBITORS OF INFLAMMASOMES HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18271618 METHOD OF GENE DELIVERY TO RETINAL ASTROCYTES BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18271631 GENETIC THERAPY FOR GLAUCOMA AND OPTIC NEUROPATHIES YU, DELPHINUS DOU YI 1636 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2023
18347811 Compositions And Methods For Treating Gulf War Illness MOTEVALLI, OROD 1628 Other Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18034649 DRUGS TARGETING INFLAMMATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY DISEASES HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR 1627 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18301093 Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Exosomes And Their Packaging For Use At Room Temperature CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18186869 METHOD OF TARGETING ONCOLYTIC VIRUSES TO TUMORS STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2023
18043163 HYDROXYNORKETAMINE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2023
18164699 NOVEL EFFICACIOUS MICRORNA-30C ANALOGS REDUCE APOLIPOPROTEIN B SECRETION IN HUMAN LIVER CELLS CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2023
18015169 BIOFLUID-BASED PROTEIN AND MIRNA BIOMARKERS FOR NEONATAL HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 1674 §102 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18008605 USE OF OXYGENATED CHOLESTEROL SULFATES FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1628 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022
17925775 Methods and Compositions for Treating Pain While Minimizing the Risk of Opioid Addiction SOROUSH, LAYLA 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17946094 METHODS FOR DNA-DEPENDENT TARGETING OF A CELL PERMEANT ANTIBODY GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17800208 EGFR INHIBITION TRIGGERS AN ADAPTIVE RESPONSE BY CO-OPTING ANTIVIRAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN LUNG CANCER LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2022
17767709 RAPID MANUFACTURING OF ABSORBENT SUBSTRATES FOR SOFT, CONFORMABLE SENSORS AND CONDUCTORS LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2022
17625059 TREATMENT OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS USING INHIBITORS OF NEU1 SIALIDASE COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1624 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2022
17276213 VECTORS EXPRESSING COLOR AND SELECTABLE MARKERS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2021
19027952 Stereotactic Multifocal Recording And Stimulation Device And Methods Of Use SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY DP Final Rejection Pending Jan 17, 2025
18777012 Systems And Methods For Communicating With Patient In Magnetic Resonance Imaging Device COOK, CHRISTOPHER L 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18749726 Combination Therapy for Treating or Preventing Depression or Other Mood Diseases LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18502774 Needle Assembly With Integrated Curvature Mechanism NICHOLS, CHARLES W 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18009608 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND CORRECTING IMAGING ARTIFACTS ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 3798 §101 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 09, 2022
17779865 METHODS OF USING SOLUBLE SOLID DISPERSIONS OF RIFAXIMIN MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 25, 2022
17711782 Ear Stent And Methods Of Using Same BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 01, 2022
17639265 LIPOSOMAL TROPONOID COMPOUND FORMULATIONS PIPIC, ALMA 1617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2022

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