Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

University Health Network

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

28 pending office actions • 19 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

11
Hard (39%)
11
Medium (39%)
5
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (11%)
§103 only8 (29%)
§112 only4 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other3 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (29%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
32% of docket
3
Business / Other
11% 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
AKAR, SERKAN 4 66.0% +33.7%
STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 2 43.7% +36.9%
TALUKDER, MD K 1 80.0% +14.3%
NEWTON, CHAD A 1 37.6% +23.2%
CHNG, JOY POH AI 1 60.6% +19.0%
WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN 1 61.4% +39.1%
FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1 37.9% +49.2%
MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1 100.0% +0.0%
UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1 58.8% +50.8%
CHASE, CAROL ANN 1 42.6% +84.7%

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
18578888 PORPHYRIN NANOVESICLE WITH FATTY ACID CONJUGATE MOSHER, ERIC PARKER —

Hard Cases (11)

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
18044288 METHODS FOR GENERATING NEURAL PROGENITOR CELLS WITH A SPINAL CORD IDENTITY CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 45d overdue
17924040 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MAKING AND USING ENDOCARDIAL CELLS ROGERS, ERIC JASON 21d
17620103 FUROSEMIDE ANALOGUES AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CHENG, KAREN 23d
18908568 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING NEWTON, CHAD A 34d
18899233 NEUROTECHNOLOGY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SEIZURE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSING ANTI-SEIZURE DRUG RESPONSE CHNG, JOY POH AI —
18684053 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN-MEDIATED NEURODEGENERATION WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN —
18569063 CARDIOMYOCYTE SUBTYPES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING UNDERDAHL, THANE E —
18288241 MODIFIED ORGANS AND TISSUES CHASE, CAROL ANN —

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18023289 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING HUMAN YOLK SAC-LIKE HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 31d overdue
18908568 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING NEWTON, CHAD A 34d
19025446 PORTABLE IMAGING DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR WOUND IMAGING AND MONITORING AKAR, SERKAN 82d
19081680 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND COLLECTION OF DATA FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES AKAR, SERKAN —
19025038 PORTABLE IMAGING DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR WOUND IMAGING AND MONITORING AKAR, SERKAN —
18943247 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING, MEASUREMENT, AND DISPLAY OF WOUNDS AND TISSUE SPECIMENS TALUKDER, MD K —
18899233 NEUROTECHNOLOGY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SEIZURE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSING ANTI-SEIZURE DRUG RESPONSE CHNG, JOY POH AI —
18684053 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN-MEDIATED NEURODEGENERATION WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3797 4
1632 3
1633 2
3681 1
3686 1
1621 1
1699 1
1646 1
3791 1
1644 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19081680 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND COLLECTION OF DATA FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES AKAR, SERKAN 3797 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19025038 PORTABLE IMAGING DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR WOUND IMAGING AND MONITORING AKAR, SERKAN 3797 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19025446 PORTABLE IMAGING DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR WOUND IMAGING AND MONITORING AKAR, SERKAN 3797 DP Final Rejection 82d Pending Jan 16, 2025
18943247 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING, MEASUREMENT, AND DISPLAY OF WOUNDS AND TISSUE SPECIMENS TALUKDER, MD K — Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18908568 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING NEWTON, CHAD A 3681 §101§103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Oct 07, 2024
18899233 NEUROTECHNOLOGY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SEIZURE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSING ANTI-SEIZURE DRUG RESPONSE CHNG, JOY POH AI 3686 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18684053 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN-MEDIATED NEURODEGENERATION WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN 1621 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18414178 ANTI-TRANSTHYRETIN ANTIBODIES FONTAINHAS, AURORA M — §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2024
18578888 PORPHYRIN NANOVESICLE WITH FATTY ACID CONJUGATE MOSHER, ERIC PARKER — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18569063 CARDIOMYOCYTE SUBTYPES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §101§102§103DPOther Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2023
18288241 MODIFIED ORGANS AND TISSUES CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2023
18555339 POINT-OF-CARE PREDICTION OF MUSCLE RESPONSIVENESS TO THERAPY DURING NEUROREHABILITATION AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18263658 IMPROVED T-CELLS FOR CANCER THERAPY USING AMINO ACID STARVATION PATHWAYS JUEDES, AMY E 1644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2023
18255136 METHODS AND USES FOR NDFIP1 FUSION POLYPEPTIDES IN TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, BRAIN AND/OR TRAUMATIC AND NON-TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURIES, AND/OR OPTIC NEUROPATHIES HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1654 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2023
18044288 METHODS FOR GENERATING NEURAL PROGENITOR CELLS WITH A SPINAL CORD IDENTITY CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18023289 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING HUMAN YOLK SAC-LIKE HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
17924040 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MAKING AND USING ENDOCARDIAL CELLS ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Nov 08, 2022
17922731 USE OF CD34 AS A MARKER FOR SINOATRIAL NODE-LIKE PACEMAKER CELLS DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §112 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2022
17915086 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING EX-VIVO ORGAN PERFUSION NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 27, 2022
17782071 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED DOUBLE NEGATIVE T CELLS AS AN ADOPTIVE CELLULAR THERAPY ABUZEINEH, HANAN ISAM 1633 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2022
17744483 SCREW-IN BIPOLAR ABLATION, MAPPING AND THERAPEUTIC CATHETER HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 13, 2022
17642640 DETECTION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA USING DOUBLE STRANDED HYBRID CAPTURE CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 11, 2022
17620103 FUROSEMIDE ANALOGUES AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CHENG, KAREN 1623 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 16, 2021
17616522 METHODS OF MAKING AND USING LIVER CELLS RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1633 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 03, 2021
17509914 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AND COLLECTION OF DATA FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES AKAR, SERKAN 3797 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2021
17413772 BIOMARKER COMBINATIONS IN EX VIVO LUNG PERFUSION (EVLP) PERFUSATE BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1675 §112DP Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2021
17057130 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TANKYRASE INHIBITORS FOR GENERATING INSULIN PRODUCING CELLS STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 20, 2020
16966293 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TUMOR VISUALIZATION AND REMOVAL TRUONG, MILTON LARSON 3798 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jul 30, 2020

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