Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

University of Houston System

24 pending office actions • 21 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

15
Hard (62%)
9
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other3 (12%)
§103 only6 (25%)
§102 only2 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
79% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEN, CAI Y 1 72.7% +8.7%
LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 1 69.8% +13.2%
BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 1 62.8% +18.3%
FADHEL, ALI Z 1 76.3% +9.0%
GIERE, REBECCA M 1 73.7% +32.4%
JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1 51.9% +49.5%
MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL 1 70.6% +31.1%
BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 1 81.6% +15.0%
USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER 1 82.9% +19.2%
HUHN, RICHARD A 1 66.9% +5.5%

Hard Cases (15)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17883534 RETENTION OF HIGH-PRESSURE-INDUCED/ENHANCED HIGH TC SUPERCONDUCTING AND NON-SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES AT AMBIENT PRESSURE WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A 24d overdue
18965998 METHOD FOR REDUCING THE VISCOSITY OF HEAVY OIL FOR EXTRACTION, TRANSPORT IN PIPES, AND CLEANING THEREOF LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 17d overdue
18372558 BIOSENSOR FOR DETECTING A SINGLE MAGNETIC LABEL GIERE, REBECCA M 16d overdue
18158717 USE OF NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION VALLE, ERNESTO 2d overdue
18334678 SYNTHESIS OF NANO-SIZED ZEOLITES BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 27d
19073609 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS, ACTIVE, AND NON-INTRUSIVE USER AUTHENTICATION CHEN, CAI Y
18600236 GALLIUM ZEOLITES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FADHEL, ALI Z
18199993 Simultaneous CO2 Capture, Mineralization, and Lithium and Other Metal Extraction from Brine USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18965998 METHOD FOR REDUCING THE VISCOSITY OF HEAVY OIL FOR EXTRACTION, TRANSPORT IN PIPES, AND CLEANING THEREOF LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 17d overdue
18372558 BIOSENSOR FOR DETECTING A SINGLE MAGNETIC LABEL GIERE, REBECCA M 16d overdue
18334678 SYNTHESIS OF NANO-SIZED ZEOLITES BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 27d
18264737 ONCOLYTIC VIRUS FOR SYSTEMIC DELIVERY AND ENHANCED ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITIES JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 29d
18798254 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DELIBERATION PLATFORMS BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D
18216410 CYCLOTETRABENZIL COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM-ION STORAGE MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL
18199993 Simultaneous CO2 Capture, Mineralization, and Lithium and Other Metal Extraction from Brine USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1751 2
3674 1
1772 1
1677 1
1672 1
1736 1
1764 1
1637 1
1633 1
1728 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19073609 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS, ACTIVE, AND NON-INTRUSIVE USER AUTHENTICATION CHEN, CAI Y §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2025
18965998 METHOD FOR REDUCING THE VISCOSITY OF HEAVY OIL FOR EXTRACTION, TRANSPORT IN PIPES, AND CLEANING THEREOF LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 3674 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2024
18798254 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DELIBERATION PLATFORMS BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18600236 GALLIUM ZEOLITES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FADHEL, ALI Z 1772 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18372558 BIOSENSOR FOR DETECTING A SINGLE MAGNETIC LABEL GIERE, REBECCA M 1677 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18264737 ONCOLYTIC VIRUS FOR SYSTEMIC DELIVERY AND ENHANCED ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITIES JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §103Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18216410 CYCLOTETRABENZIL COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM-ION STORAGE MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL 1751 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
18334678 SYNTHESIS OF NANO-SIZED ZEOLITES BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 1736 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18199993 Simultaneous CO2 Capture, Mineralization, and Lithium and Other Metal Extraction from Brine USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER 1751 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2023
18319688 ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME HUHN, RICHARD A 1764 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2023
18190097 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF MUSCLE DISORDERS BY TARGETING H19X-ENCODED NON-CODING RNAS GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2023
18184568 PERSISTENT HSV GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT 1633 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2023
18117038 High Ionic Conductivity Rechargeable Solid State Batteries With An Organic Electrode WALLS-MURRAY, JESSIE LOGAN 1728 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Mar 03, 2023
18158717 USE OF NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION VALLE, ERNESTO 1623 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
18158670 NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOUNDS HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1621 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2023
18100456 INTRANASAL VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASES ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN 1615 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 23, 2023
18080931 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF LASER-DRIVEN MICROFUILD PUMPS STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
17984169 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED IMMUNE CELLS EXPRESSING MATRIX METALLOPEPTIDASE VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY 1643 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2022
17905088 DIBORIDE MICROPATTERNED SURFACES FOR CELL CULTURE TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2022
17883534 RETENTION OF HIGH-PRESSURE-INDUCED/ENHANCED HIGH TC SUPERCONDUCTING AND NON-SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES AT AMBIENT PRESSURE WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A 1735 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2022
17838758 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAPPING NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS FOR BOTULINUM TOXIN INJECTIONS ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 2022
17832414 Universal One-Step Method to Make Fe-Based (Oxy)Hydroxides as Efficient OER Catalysts for Seawater Electrolysis WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 03, 2022
17636079 OPTICAL BASED METHODS FOR DETERMINING ANTIMICROBIAL DOSING REGIMENS CLOW, LORI A 1687 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2022
17604714 METHODS OF IMPROVING THE LONGEVITY OF IMMUNE CELLS HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2021

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