Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
University of Durham has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This 1:1:1 ratio between actions, examiners, and art units indicates a diverse set of technologies within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Because each of the 4 pending office actions is assigned to a different distinct examiner, the university must manage four separate prosecution tracks. The involvement of 4 distinct art units confirms that the 4 pending office actions cover a broad range of technical subjects. FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D, despite being the busiest examiner, only handles 1 pending office action. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner or art unit dominates the current prosecution landscape for the university across its 4 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1 | 78.5% | +13.0% |
| HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 1 | 49.5% | +23.0% |
| BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 1 | 64.8% | +32.4% |
| WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1 | 51.6% | +50.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF AN ANALYTE | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 91d overdue |
| 18563274 | LIQUID REPELLENT SLIPPERY SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 30d overdue |
| 18040740 | MOLECULE-CONTAINING SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 14d |
| 18268852 | PLANT GROWTH PROMOTERS | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF AN ANALYTE | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 91d overdue |
| 18563274 | LIQUID REPELLENT SLIPPERY SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 30d overdue |
| 18040740 | MOLECULE-CONTAINING SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 14d |
| 18268852 | PLANT GROWTH PROMOTERS | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18563274 | LIQUID REPELLENT SLIPPERY SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1781 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18268852 | PLANT GROWTH PROMOTERS | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 1614 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18044759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF AN ANALYTE | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 91d overdue | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18040740 | MOLECULE-CONTAINING SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity of Durham has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Lawrence D Ferguson has the most, with 1 of University of Durham's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
