Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

University Of Cincinnati

30 pending office actions • 25 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
4
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (4)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%)
25
Medium (83%)
2
Easy (7%)
2
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only25 (83%)
§112 only2 (7%)
No statute on record2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
63% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
7% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
27% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 53.9% +14.2%
MATTHEWS, TESSA M 1 82.8% +24.5%
KAUR, GURPREET 1 64.8% +36.5%
MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L 1 68.2% +48.7%
EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 1 52.9% +55.7%
PORTILLO, JAIRO H 1 53.7% +30.8%
SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 1 61.9% +26.7%
GREENE, IVAN A 1 18.7% +6.6%
O DELL, DAVID K 1 57.8% +35.8%
GRAY, JESSICA 1 0.0% +0.0%

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
18978232 Method and Device for Endoscopic Endonasal Occipitocervical Fusion MATTHEWS, TESSA M 84d overdue

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
18682665 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AIRPORT PASSENGER FLOW SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 140d overdue
18540458 Synthesis of Thiophene Derivatized Polyphenolic Calixarenes GREENE, IVAN A 113d overdue
18280513 EPIGENETIC QUANTIFICATION USING DNA HYBRIDIZATION-BASED SINGLE-MOLECULE IMMUNOFLUORESCENT IMAGING GRAY, JESSICA 56d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18682665 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AIRPORT PASSENGER FLOW SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 140d overdue
18978232 Method and Device for Endoscopic Endonasal Occipitocervical Fusion MATTHEWS, TESSA M 84d overdue
19078420 Large Scale Solar Energy Storage System-Based Advanced Materials GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 42d overdue
18635578 ADJUSTABLE DEVICE FOR CORRECTING SCOLIOSIS MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L 30d overdue
18684137 Ovulation Monitoring Platform PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3d overdue
18287897 Therapeutics for Hyponatremia and Polycystic Kidney Disease O DELL, DAVID K 26d
18684114 Aptamer Sensors with Temperature Correction EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 27d
18712513 ELECTROCHEMICAL APTAMER SENSORS WITH NON-MONOLAYER BLOCKING LAYERS KAUR, GURPREET 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 4
3773 2
1798 2
1721 1
1759 1
3625 1
1619 1
1621 1
1682 1
1658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19078420 Large Scale Solar Energy Storage System-Based Advanced Materials GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2025
18978232 Method and Device for Endoscopic Endonasal Occipitocervical Fusion MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2024
18712513 ELECTROCHEMICAL APTAMER SENSORS WITH NON-MONOLAYER BLOCKING LAYERS KAUR, GURPREET 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 22, 2024
18635578 ADJUSTABLE DEVICE FOR CORRECTING SCOLIOSIS MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L 3773 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18684114 Aptamer Sensors with Temperature Correction EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18684137 Ovulation Monitoring Platform PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18682665 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AIRPORT PASSENGER FLOW SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 3625 §101 Non-Final OA 140d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18540458 Synthesis of Thiophene Derivatized Polyphenolic Calixarenes GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18287897 Therapeutics for Hyponatremia and Polycystic Kidney Disease O DELL, DAVID K 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18280513 EPIGENETIC QUANTIFICATION USING DNA HYBRIDIZATION-BASED SINGLE-MOLECULE IMMUNOFLUORESCENT IMAGING GRAY, JESSICA 1682 Other Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18276122 Lipocalin 10 and its Truncated Protein as Therapeutic Agents for Inflammation-Induced Organ Dysfunction VARADARAJ, ARCHANA 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18272462 Microfluidic Chips for Neurological and Other Biological Studies MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18268861 VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES AND DEVICES THEREFOR GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18036337 TECHNIQUES FOR COVALENT BONDING OF CARBON NANOTUBES TO SUBSTRATES PENNY, TABATHA L 1712 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending May 10, 2023
18313754 BIODEGRADABLE POLYCAPROLACTONE CAPSULE FOR ANTIBODY RELEASE AND DEGRADATION LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18027932 Method for Pleurodesis and Delivery of Drugs to the Lung and Pleural Space KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1615 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 23, 2023
18027391 ABRASION PROTECTED MICRONEEDLE AND INDWELLING EAB SENSORS KRETZER, KYLE W. 3791 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18246045 CONTINUOUSLY CHEMICALLY ENHANCED APTAMER SENSORS SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18027395 APTAMER SENSORS WITH CONTINUOUS SOLUTE PASSIVATION RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18015158 Improving Packed Red Blood Cell Storage with a High Viscosity Buffered Storage Solution SMALL, KATHERINE R 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18007516 FEEDBACK PROVIDING FACIAL MASKS ZHANG, TINA 3785 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2022
17973458 Thermoelectric Air Conditioning System with Integrated Solid Desiccant-Based Dehumidification for Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling SANKS, SCHYLER S 2129 §103 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17945420 Variable Power Microwave Cured Polyimide, Polyimide Copolymers and Nanocomposites MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2022
17799556 Wavelength Supplemented Light Bulbs and Lighting Fixtures LUQUE, RENAN 2896 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17815849 METHOD OF TREATING HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER PERSONS, JENNA L 1637 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2022
17768023 NOVEL RNA APTAMER INTERVENES ESTROGEN RECEPTOR INTERACTION WITH COACTIVATOR MED1 TO OVERCOME BREAST CANCER METASTASIS WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1636 §112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022
17641297 Treatment of Skin Blistering Diseases Using Antibodies TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1641 §112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2022
17617191 RED BLOOD CELL STORAGE SOLUTIONS, ADDITIVES, AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE STORAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS USING INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATES BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 07, 2021
17490409 FSH LOWERING AGENT OR ACTIVIN PATHWAY MODIFYING AGENT TO TREAT INFERTILITY IN FEMALES BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1675 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 30, 2021
17421616 CONTINUOUS EX-VIVO AFFINITY-BASED SENSING OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 3791 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2021

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