Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

23 pending office actions • 21 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 61 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
9
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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 (4%)
15
Medium (65%)
2
Easy (9%)
5
Unknown (22%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only13 (57%)
§102 only2 (9%)
§112 only2 (9%)
No statute on record5 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
65% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
26% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 1 79.1% +20.7%
SITTNER, MATTHEW T 1 57.7% +56.2%
VETERE, ROBERT A 1 60.8% +13.3%
ZEC, FILIP 1 65.3% +13.8%
KUMAR, VINOD 1 82.7% +20.3%
CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1 60.0% +66.7%
BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 1 82.5% +21.3%
ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 1 9.6% +15.9%
MEILLER, SEAN V 1 77.5% +36.0%
TRA, TUYEN Q 1 86.0% +10.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18285518 CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS OF MAKING CONTACT LENSES TRA, TUYEN Q 3d overdue
18293521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF A TAXONOMY BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 22d
18646037 PEANUT VARIETY 'ARNIE' KUMAR, VINOD 43d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18013954 EXERGY-BASED LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS YESILDAG, MEHMET 5d overdue
18541637 BLOCKCHAIN-GIS BASED FRAMEWORK FOR LAND REGISTRATION ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 46d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19094455 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED BUILDING CODE CONFORMANCE SITTNER, MATTHEW T 5d overdue
18285518 CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS OF MAKING CONTACT LENSES TRA, TUYEN Q 3d overdue
19117477 DILUTE COMBUSTION OF HYDROGEN IN RETROFITTED GAS TURBINE ENGINES BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 12d
18293521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF A TAXONOMY BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 22d
18949297 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MINIMIZING X-RAY SCATTERING ARTIFACTS VETERE, ROBERT A 30d
18734533 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPRAY QUENCHING AN IN-SPACE PROPELLANT STORAGE TANK ZEC, FILIP 30d
18701456 Insect Toxin Delivery Mediated by a Begomovirus Coat Protein CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 33d
18646037 PEANUT VARIETY 'ARNIE' KUMAR, VINOD 43d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3629 2
1634 2
3746 1
1712 1
3763 1
1663 1
1662 1
2168 1
3741 1
2872 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19117477 DILUTE COMBUSTION OF HYDROGEN IN RETROFITTED GAS TURBINE ENGINES BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 01, 2025
19094455 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED BUILDING CODE CONFORMANCE SITTNER, MATTHEW T 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2025
18949297 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MINIMIZING X-RAY SCATTERING ARTIFACTS VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18734533 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPRAY QUENCHING AN IN-SPACE PROPELLANT STORAGE TANK ZEC, FILIP 3763 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 05, 2024
18646037 PEANUT VARIETY 'ARNIE' KUMAR, VINOD 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Apr 25, 2024
18701456 Insect Toxin Delivery Mediated by a Begomovirus Coat Protein CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18293521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF A TAXONOMY BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 2168 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18541637 BLOCKCHAIN-GIS BASED FRAMEWORK FOR LAND REGISTRATION ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §102 Final Rejection 46d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18556967 SEMI-CLOSED CYCLE AERO ENGINE WITH CONTRAIL SUPPRESSION MEILLER, SEAN V 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18285518 CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS OF MAKING CONTACT LENSES TRA, TUYEN Q 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18037516 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR SENSITIZING TUMORS TO IMMUNE RESPONSE YANG, TIAN 1674 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18140910 ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME WHITELEY, JESSICA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18250260 OPEN CELL HYDROGEL NETWORKS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18245947 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RELATED TO NUCLEIC ACID ISOLATION SINES, BRIAN J 1796 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18013954 EXERGY-BASED LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 §101 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
17772709 OXYGEN-GENERATING WOUNDING HEALING DRESSING LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 28, 2022
17727519 Method of Treating Colorectal Cancers Using a PKC Inhibitor LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 22, 2022
17626674 MULTILAMELLAR RNA NANOPARTICLES VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 Other Final Rejection 30d Pending Jan 12, 2022
17565972 CELLULAR MICRO-MASONRY SYSTEM NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2021
17413747 COMBINATORIAL TEMPORAL BIOMARKERS AND PRECISION MEDICINES WITH DETECTION AND TREATMENT METHODS FOR USE IN NEURO INJURY, NEURO DISEASE, AND NEURO REPAIR GERIDO, DWAN A 1797 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2021
17275399 SLOW-CYCLING CELL-RNA BASED NANOPARTICLE VACCINE TO TREAT CANCER PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1634 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2021
17025664 HANDHELD SENSOR FOR RAPID, SENSITIVE DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF SARS-CoV-2 FROM SALIVA LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 Other Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2020
16510259 AAV-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY FOR NPHP5 LCA-CILIOPATHY MARVICH, MARIA 1634 §112 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2019

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