Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

University of Delaware

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

3
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (44%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AYUB, HINA F 1 84.7% +17.6%
WEARE, MEREDITH H 1 50.1% +31.6%
LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1 63.6% +8.4%
SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1 66.1% +50.7%
REDDIG, PETER J 1 58.1% +39.9%
WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 1 86.2% -20.3%
GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1 59.7% +22.4%
ZHANG, KELING NMN 1 65.6% +17.2%
BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1 51.3% +48.6%

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
19101051 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SCATTERED LIGHT SIGNALS FROM PRESSURIZED SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY AYUB, HINA F

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
18131669 POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE GRAHAM, ANDREW D 28d
18210862 TRANS-CYCLOOCTENES WITH HIGH REACTIVITY AND FAVORABLE PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 63d
17923355 AN ANION EXCHANGE ELECTROLYZER HAVING A PLATINUM-GROUP-METAL FREE SELF-SUPPORTED OXYGEN EVOLUTION ELECTRODE ZHANG, KELING NMN

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18274118 PREVENTION OF POSTERIOR CAPSULAR OPACIFICATION (PCO) WITH INTEGRIN AVB8 BLOCKING ANTIBODY REDDIG, PETER J 12d
18131669 POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE GRAHAM, ANDREW D 28d
16624422 CAPTURE OF CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS USING CARBON NANOTUBE SPONGES BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 70d
19101051 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SCATTERED LIGHT SIGNALS FROM PRESSURIZED SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY AYUB, HINA F
18874111 DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING AQUATIC FIELD METABOLIC RATE DATA WEARE, MEREDITH H
18516243 NANOPARTICLES AND BIOTEMPLATES WITH TUNABLE LENGTH AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE
17923355 AN ANION EXCHANGE ELECTROLYZER HAVING A PLATINUM-GROUP-METAL FREE SELF-SUPPORTED OXYGEN EVOLUTION ELECTRODE ZHANG, KELING NMN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1763 1
1633 1
1646 1
1692 1
1742 1
1732 1
1675 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19101051 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SCATTERED LIGHT SIGNALS FROM PRESSURIZED SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY AYUB, HINA F §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 04, 2025
18874111 DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING AQUATIC FIELD METABOLIC RATE DATA WEARE, MEREDITH H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18540190 LIGNIN-DERIVED AND PERFORMANCE-ENHANCED NON-ISOCYANATE POLYURETHANE THERMOSETS LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18516243 NANOPARTICLES AND BIOTEMPLATES WITH TUNABLE LENGTH AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18274118 PREVENTION OF POSTERIOR CAPSULAR OPACIFICATION (PCO) WITH INTEGRIN AVB8 BLOCKING ANTIBODY REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §103Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18210862 TRANS-CYCLOOCTENES WITH HIGH REACTIVITY AND FAVORABLE PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 1692 §102§112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18131669 POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1742 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 06, 2023
17923355 AN ANION EXCHANGE ELECTROLYZER HAVING A PLATINUM-GROUP-METAL FREE SELF-SUPPORTED OXYGEN EVOLUTION ELECTRODE ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2022
16624422 CAPTURE OF CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS USING CARBON NANOTUBE SPONGES BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Dec 19, 2019

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