Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

15 pending office actions • 13 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (7%)
2
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (73%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only1 (7%)
No statute on record2 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
87% of docket
2
Information Tech
13% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 2 28.2% +48.7%
SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B 1 81.0% +17.7%
ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA 1 53.2% +58.5%
PATEL, RONAK C 1 50.9% +56.3%
BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1 70.7% +30.6%
JACKSON III, WALTER 1
MERCIER, MELISSA S 1 71.9% +5.9%
ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1 46.3% +21.8%
PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1 48.3% +48.8%
CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1 65.0% +54.4%

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
18951037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B 8d

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
18016095 ANTI-MICROBIAL MEDICAL GRADE POLYMER SUBSTRATES WITH ANTI-FUNGAL AND ANTI-BACTERIAL PROPERTIES BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 5d
18018275 ANTIMICROBIAL SILK NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 29d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18403028 SITE-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY-DRUG GLYCONJUGATES AND METHODS BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 28d overdue
18274507 DEVICES, KITS, AND METHODS FOR LABEL-FREE INERTIAL FERROHYDRODYNAMIC CELL SEPARATION WITH HIGH THROUGHPUT AND RESOLUTION PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 19d overdue
18357065 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI INFECTION CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 3d overdue
18016095 ANTI-MICROBIAL MEDICAL GRADE POLYMER SUBSTRATES WITH ANTI-FUNGAL AND ANTI-BACTERIAL PROPERTIES BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 5d
18951037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B 8d
18935724 DIETARY EARLY GLYCATION PRODUCTS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA 13d
18405446 MESOPOROUS NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING SILICA PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF PATEL, RONAK C 27d
18018275 ANTIMICROBIAL SILK NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 29d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1798 2
1613 2
2434 1
1654 1
1788 1
1671 1
1638 1
1615 1
1618 1
1799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18951037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B 2434 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 18, 2024
18935724 DIETARY EARLY GLYCATION PRODUCTS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA 1654 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 04, 2024
18405446 MESOPOROUS NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING SILICA PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 05, 2024
18403028 SITE-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY-DRUG GLYCONJUGATES AND METHODS BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2024
18503100 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING PARASYMPATHETIC NEURONS JACKSON III, WALTER 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18485737 PHOTOTRIGGERABLE NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18282705 ULTRASMALL GADOLINIUM-INTERCALATED CARBON DOTS AS A RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT FOR CANCER ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18274507 DEVICES, KITS, AND METHODS FOR LABEL-FREE INERTIAL FERROHYDRODYNAMIC CELL SEPARATION WITH HIGH THROUGHPUT AND RESOLUTION PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18357065 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI INFECTION CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18026943 PIV5-BASED COVID-19 VACCINE CHESTNUT, BARRY A 1672 Other Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 17, 2023
18105071 HYDROGEN GAS SENSORS USING MAGNETO-PLASMONIC NANOLATTICES GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2023
18018275 ANTIMICROBIAL SILK NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 27, 2023
18016095 ANTI-MICROBIAL MEDICAL GRADE POLYMER SUBSTRATES WITH ANTI-FUNGAL AND ANTI-BACTERIAL PROPERTIES BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jan 13, 2023
17850691 PARAFINITARY NEURAL LEARNING BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT 2124 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2022
16986930 DEVICES, KITS, AND METHODS FOR LABEL-FREE SEPARATION AND SUBTYPING OF RARE CELLS KWAK, DEAN P 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 06, 2020

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