Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

University of Denver

2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH, MAURICE C 1 84.5% -4.2%
FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR 1 29.4% +46.7%

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
19057014 Miniaturized elliptical dichroism spectrometer for stereochemical analysis SMITH, MAURICE C

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
18209170 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING LASER ABLATION TO MODIFY HEART VALVE PROSTHETIC LEAFLET TISSUE TO IMPROVE BLOOD FLOW FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18209170 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING LASER ABLATION TO MODIFY HEART VALVE PROSTHETIC LEAFLET TISSUE TO IMPROVE BLOOD FLOW FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19057014 Miniaturized elliptical dichroism spectrometer for stereochemical analysis SMITH, MAURICE C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 2025
18209170 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING LASER ABLATION TO MODIFY HEART VALVE PROSTHETIC LEAFLET TISSUE TO IMPROVE BLOOD FLOW FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023

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