Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

University of Hawai'i

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII currently has 1 pending office action. This matter is assigned to a sole distinct examiner, VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE. As the busiest examiner for the portfolio, this individual is responsible for 1 pending office action. The data shows 0 distinct art units associated with this pending activity.

The reliance on a single examiner means that the current prosecution outcome depends on one individual's interpretation. Practitioners should focus on the specific patterns of VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE to navigate this pending action. The absence of multiple art units suggests a very narrow or specialized focus for the current pending matter. This concentrated workload allows for a direct and singular prosecution strategy for the pending office action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1 56.3% +58.3%
GILL, RACHEL B 1 65.6% +28.3%
CHENG, KAREN 1 76.3% +26.7%
TON, TRI T 1 86.1% +10.5%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18017752 Antibody/Adjuvant Compositions and Methods of Immune Response Generation against Coronaviruses GILL, RACHEL B 125d overdue
17720687 METHODS OF PARTICLE MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS TON, TRI T 70d overdue
18268032 BURKHOLDERIA VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 14d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18017752 Antibody/Adjuvant Compositions and Methods of Immune Response Generation against Coronaviruses GILL, RACHEL B 125d overdue
17720687 METHODS OF PARTICLE MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS TON, TRI T 70d overdue
17774723 Method for Preparing Heteroleptic Triarylbismuthanes and Compounds Produced by the Same CHENG, KAREN 43d overdue
18268032 BURKHOLDERIA VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1645 1
1671 1
1623 1
2877 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18268032 BURKHOLDERIA VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1645 §101§102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18017752 Antibody/Adjuvant Compositions and Methods of Immune Response Generation against Coronaviruses GILL, RACHEL B 1671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
17774723 Method for Preparing Heteroleptic Triarylbismuthanes and Compounds Produced by the Same CHENG, KAREN 1623 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 05, 2022
17720687 METHODS OF PARTICLE MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS TON, TRI T 2877 §103§112 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2022

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