Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Universiteit Gent

28 pending office actions • 24 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

10
Hard (36%)
16
Medium (57%)
2
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (11%)
§103 only10 (36%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only2 (7%)
Double-patenting + other5 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

21
Life Sciences
75% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
2
Business / Other
7% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 2 58.3% +56.5%
KU, SI MING 1 72.7% +32.9%
BEYEN, ZEWDU A 1 83.3% +15.0%
SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1 66.1% +50.7%
WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN 1 52.1% +41.0%
COLLINS, CYNTHIA E 1 82.4% +8.7%
STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1 44.2% +36.3%
FAN, LYNN Y 1 47.6% +48.7%
CHASE, CAROL ANN 1 44.1% +84.3%
ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1 55.4% +34.2%

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
18600428 Means and Methods for Improved Regeneration COLLINS, CYNTHIA E

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18857976 MEDICAL IMPLANT FOR TREATMENT OF A SCAPULA FRACTURE KU, SI MING
18853638 IMPACTLESS ASSOCIATING IN A WIRELESS TIME SENSITIVE NETWORK BEYEN, ZEWDU A
18729734 AN IMPROVED CELL CULTURE MEDIUM FOR CRUSTACEAN CELLS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE
18562775 GENERATING T CELL PRECURSORS VIA AGONIZING TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E
18549476 TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES WITH FRUCTOSYL-AMINO ACID OXIDASE FAN, LYNN Y
18261292 A METHOD TO PREPARE POCKETS OF ENCAPSULATED MATERIAL COMPRISING A CORE SURROUNDED BY AN ENCAPSULATION ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J
18039839 PROSTHETIC ELBOW JOINT IMPLANT AND KIT NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA
18026441 METHODS FOR PROXIMITY MEDIATED COUPLING OF A FIRST AGENT TO A SECOND AGENT LIEB, JEANETTE M

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18693050 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A NON-FLAT DEVICE BY DEFORMATION OF A FLAT DEVICE LAMINATE WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN 85d
18857976 MEDICAL IMPLANT FOR TREATMENT OF A SCAPULA FRACTURE KU, SI MING
18853638 IMPACTLESS ASSOCIATING IN A WIRELESS TIME SENSITIVE NETWORK BEYEN, ZEWDU A
18729734 AN IMPROVED CELL CULTURE MEDIUM FOR CRUSTACEAN CELLS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE
18562775 GENERATING T CELL PRECURSORS VIA AGONIZING TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E
18549476 TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES WITH FRUCTOSYL-AMINO ACID OXIDASE FAN, LYNN Y
18547111 Cation-Independent Mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor Binders CHASE, CAROL ANN
18261292 A METHOD TO PREPARE POCKETS OF ENCAPSULATED MATERIAL COMPRISING A CORE SURROUNDED BY AN ENCAPSULATION ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1645 2
1675 2
3775 1
1754 1
1662 1
1632 1
1759 1
1646 1
1737 1
3633 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18857976 MEDICAL IMPLANT FOR TREATMENT OF A SCAPULA FRACTURE KU, SI MING 3775 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18853638 IMPACTLESS ASSOCIATING IN A WIRELESS TIME SENSITIVE NETWORK BEYEN, ZEWDU A §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18729734 AN IMPROVED CELL CULTURE MEDIUM FOR CRUSTACEAN CELLS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18693050 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A NON-FLAT DEVICE BY DEFORMATION OF A FLAT DEVICE LAMINATE WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18600428 Means and Methods for Improved Regeneration COLLINS, CYNTHIA E 1662 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18562775 GENERATING T CELL PRECURSORS VIA AGONIZING TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18549476 TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES WITH FRUCTOSYL-AMINO ACID OXIDASE FAN, LYNN Y 1759 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18547111 Cation-Independent Mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor Binders CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18261292 A METHOD TO PREPARE POCKETS OF ENCAPSULATED MATERIAL COMPRISING A CORE SURROUNDED BY AN ENCAPSULATION ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18260942 SEALING STRIP FOR SEALING JOINTS BETWEEN THE SURFACES OF TWO ADJACENT COMPONENTS KENNY, DANIEL J 3633 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 11, 2023
18265366 IONIZABLE LIPIDS CARR, DEBORAH D 1691 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2023
18039839 PROSTHETIC ELBOW JOINT IMPLANT AND KIT NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA 3774 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023
18029518 Prebiotic Oral Care Compositions and Methods LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18029232 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT WITH MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION QUEUES METZGER, MICHAEL J 2183 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18028383 AMORPHOUS THERMORESPONSIVE POLYMERS PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2023
18026441 METHODS FOR PROXIMITY MEDIATED COUPLING OF A FIRST AGENT TO A SECOND AGENT LIEB, JEANETTE M 1654 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2023
18040402 BACTERIAL COMPOSITIONS WITH ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY GANGLE, BRIAN J 1645 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2023
18014212 DYES FOR USE IN A METHOD OF TREATMENT OF VITREOUS OPACITY-RELATED DISEASES MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2023
17922168 SHAPE-MEMORY POLYMERS BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2022
18048946 TOOLS AND METHODS FOR EXPRESSION OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS PAK, MICHAEL D 1674 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2022
17920413 METHOD FOR LAYER-BY-LAYER DEPOSITION OF CONCRETE INSLER, ELIZABETH 1774 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2022
17907717 A METHOD TO DEINK PLASTIC MATERIAL RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I 1714 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2022
17907348 TARGETING QUORUM-SENSING PEPTIDES FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF COLORECTAL CANCER METASTASIS ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1645 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2022
17787016 USE OF DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID AGAINST NEMATODE INFECTION IN PLANTS FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17745307 TARGETED CHIMERIC PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 §112DP Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2022
17620794 PLASMA ENHANCED AEROSOL DEVICE ZHANG, TINA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2021
17442772 FMS-LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 3 LIGAND (FLT3L)-BASED CHIMERIC PROTEINS PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2021
17128599 BISPECIFIC SIGNALING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103Other Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 21, 2020

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