Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Universal Diagnostics, S.A.

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAUSCH, SARAE L 1 29.0% +43.8%
AUGER, NOAH ANDREW 1 34.8% +37.7%
PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN 1 0.0% +0.0%
MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE 1 60.6% +22.0%
CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1 28.6% +48.9%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18490595 MULTI-MODAL METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DISEASE DIAGNOSIS BAUSCH, SARAE L 11d overdue
17980755 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES FOR GENETIC SEQUENCING PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN 9d
17744231 METHODS FOR DISEASE DETECTION CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 29d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17845481 DETECTION OF COLORECTAL CANCER MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE 56d overdue
18490595 MULTI-MODAL METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DISEASE DIAGNOSIS BAUSCH, SARAE L 11d overdue
17744231 METHODS FOR DISEASE DETECTION CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 29d
18268578 TAXONOMY-INDEPENDENT CANCER DIAGNOSTICS AND CLASSIFICATION USING MICROBIAL NUCLEIC ACIDS AND SOMATIC MUTATIONS AUGER, NOAH ANDREW 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1699 1
1687 1
1684 1
1681 1
1683 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18490595 MULTI-MODAL METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DISEASE DIAGNOSIS BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 Other Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023
18268578 TAXONOMY-INDEPENDENT CANCER DIAGNOSTICS AND CLASSIFICATION USING MICROBIAL NUCLEIC ACIDS AND SOMATIC MUTATIONS AUGER, NOAH ANDREW 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 20, 2023
17980755 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES FOR GENETIC SEQUENCING PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN 1684 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 04, 2022
17845481 DETECTION OF COLORECTAL CANCER MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17744231 METHODS FOR DISEASE DETECTION CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 13, 2022

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