Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (25%)
2
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
§112 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE 1 79.8% +24.2%
COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1 74.6% +15.6%
KELLY, ROBERT M 1 73.8% +24.8%
DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1 65.3% +55.0%

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
18253755 USE OF MICROVIRIN IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS MANNOSE-CAPPED LIPOARABINOMANNAN DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 14d

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
18294596 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS FOR ANTI-CANCER COMBINATION THERAPY COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 6d
18253755 USE OF MICROVIRIN IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS MANNOSE-CAPPED LIPOARABINOMANNAN DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 14d
18685337 Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Methane CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE
18568456 TOBAMOVIRUS PSEUDOVIRIONS FOR STABILISING SINGLE STRANDED RNA KELLY, ROBERT M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1624 1
1638 1
1645 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18685337 Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Methane CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18294596 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS FOR ANTI-CANCER COMBINATION THERAPY COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1624 §112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18568456 TOBAMOVIRUS PSEUDOVIRIONS FOR STABILISING SINGLE STRANDED RNA KELLY, ROBERT M 1638 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2023
18253755 USE OF MICROVIRIN IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS MANNOSE-CAPPED LIPOARABINOMANNAN DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 19, 2023

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