Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH has 3 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners. The busiest examiner is KIM, EUI H, who accounts for 1 pending office action. With 3 pending actions handled by 3 different examiners, the current prosecution effort is decentralized.
The distribution of 3 pending office actions across 3 art units indicates a broad technical engagement within the Networking & Security sector. This requires the legal team to manage relationships with 3 distinct examiners, each potentially having unique perspectives on the subject matter. The role of KIM, EUI H as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action highlights the even distribution of the current workload. Navigating 3 different art units requires a deep understanding of the specific procedural nuances within each division. Practitioners should focus on maintaining a unified strategy while addressing the individual concerns of the 3 examiners involved. The focus on Networking & Security ensures that the portfolio remains technically cohesive despite the decentralized prosecution structure.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, EUI H | 1 | 48.8% | +52.6% |
| MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE | 1 | 56.3% | +58.3% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 30.0% | +35.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17839307 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 182d overdue |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17839307 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 182d overdue |
| 18354784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADVERSARIAL MALWARE THREAT PREVENTION AND ADVERSARIAL SAMPLE GENERATION | KIM, EUI H | 50d overdue |
| 18210416 | GENETIC PLATFORM TO INVESTIGATE THE FUNCTIONS OF BACTERIAL DRUG EFFLUX PUMPS | MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2453 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18354784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADVERSARIAL MALWARE THREAT PREVENTION AND ADVERSARIAL SAMPLE GENERATION | KIM, EUI H | 2453 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18210416 | GENETIC PLATFORM TO INVESTIGATE THE FUNCTIONS OF BACTERIAL DRUG EFFLUX PUMPS | MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE | 1645 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 17839307 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 182d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
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