Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 26, 2026

University of Kansas

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

15 pending office actions • 12 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

9
Hard (60%)
5
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only4 (27%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
53% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
3
Business / Other
20% 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
TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 1 77.8% +11.3%
IP, JASON M 1 55.2% +25.2%
MELLER, MICHAEL V 1 47.1% +28.2%
BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 1 90.3% +10.8%
CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE 1 — —
LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 1 33.3% -40.0%
CARR, DEBORAH D 1 81.8% +2.7%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.1% +17.1%
KIM, EUNHEE 1 77.4% +12.0%
KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1 28.3% +66.4%

Hard Cases (9)

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
18042528 ALKANE MULTI-SULFONIC ACIDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED METHODS MURESAN, ANA Z 15d overdue
18278329 HYDROXYLATION OF ALKANES USING OZONE CARR, DEBORAH D 2d overdue
18699376 HIGH ENERGY RADIATION DETECTORS BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 23d
18779564 TREATMENT OF INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS WITH ADIPOSE-DERIVED REGENERATIVE CELLS MELLER, MICHAEL V —
18274058 HIGHLY STABLE METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COLLOIDAL COMPOSITIONS BUTCHER, ROBERT T —
18253520 ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTING VUG CONNECTIVITY KIM, EUNHEE —
18185820 METHODS FOR THE BIOCATALYTIC PRODUCTION OF ACETALDEHYDE KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G —
18185164 CXCL14 AS PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER FOR ACUTE LIVER FAILURE AND DEATH HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH —

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
18699376 HIGH ENERGY RADIATION DETECTORS BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 23d
19341243 SUPPRESSOR COMPATIBLE DISCARDING SABOT AMMUNITION TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S —
18865299 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND THERAPY IP, JASON M —
18779564 TREATMENT OF INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS WITH ADIPOSE-DERIVED REGENERATIVE CELLS MELLER, MICHAEL V —
18274058 HIGHLY STABLE METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COLLOIDAL COMPOSITIONS BUTCHER, ROBERT T —
18253520 ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTING VUG CONNECTIVITY KIM, EUNHEE —
18185820 METHODS FOR THE BIOCATALYTIC PRODUCTION OF ACETALDEHYDE KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3641 1
3792 1
2884 1
1738 1
1691 1
1764 1
1653 1
1677 1
1692 1
3796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19341243 SUPPRESSOR COMPATIBLE DISCARDING SABOT AMMUNITION TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 3641 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2025
18865299 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND THERAPY IP, JASON M 3792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18779564 TREATMENT OF INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS WITH ADIPOSE-DERIVED REGENERATIVE CELLS MELLER, MICHAEL V — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18699376 HIGH ENERGY RADIATION DETECTORS BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 2884 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18537021 FORWARD OSMOSIS PROCESS TO INCREASE THE CONCENTRATION OF A DILUTE METAL SALT SOLUTION AND RELATED PROCESSES CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE 1738 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2023
18566926 VIRTUAL REALITY-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM FEEDBACK LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2023
18278329 HYDROXYLATION OF ALKANES USING OZONE CARR, DEBORAH D 1691 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18274058 HIGHLY STABLE METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COLLOIDAL COMPOSITIONS BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 25, 2023
18253520 ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTING VUG CONNECTIVITY KIM, EUNHEE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 18, 2023
18185820 METHODS FOR THE BIOCATALYTIC PRODUCTION OF ACETALDEHYDE KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1653 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2023
18185164 CXCL14 AS PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER FOR ACUTE LIVER FAILURE AND DEATH HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH 1677 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 16, 2023
18042528 ALKANE MULTI-SULFONIC ACIDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED METHODS MURESAN, ANA Z 1692 §102§103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2023
17466780 ULTRASOUND-ENHANCED LASER THROMBOLYSIS WITH ENDOVASCULAR LASER AND HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2021
18683240 CROSS-LINKED POLYMERIC CHELATORS COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2024
17560870 FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL WITH REMOTE RESPONSIVE CONTROL FOR DYNAMIC CELL CULTURE LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE 1799 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 23, 2021

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