Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

University of Kansas

17 pending office actions • 14 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
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.

11
Hard (65%)
3
Medium (18%)
3
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only3 (18%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (59%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
59% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
3
Business / Other
18% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 1 77.9% +11.2%
HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME 1 56.3% +1.6%
IP, JASON M 1 54.9% +25.1%
YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1 61.9% +40.0%
BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 1 90.3% +10.8%
CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE 1
LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 1 50.0% -66.7%
CARR, DEBORAH D 1 81.8% +2.8%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.2% +17.5%
FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 1 61.8% +56.5%

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
18278329 HYDROXYLATION OF ALKANES USING OZONE CARR, DEBORAH D 2d overdue

Hard Cases (11)

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
18699376 HIGH ENERGY RADIATION DETECTORS BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 23d
19201621 SINGLE HANDED CONTROLLER FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED AERIAL VEHICLES AND METHODS OF USE HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME
18865299 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND THERAPY IP, JASON M
18635508 TREATMENT OF CANCERS OR NEOPLASMS BY INHIBITING KIF15 YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN
18274058 HIGHLY STABLE METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COLLOIDAL COMPOSITIONS BUTCHER, ROBERT T
18208586 RIFT VALLEY FEVER SMALL MOLECULE TREATMENT FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES
18253520 ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTING VUG CONNECTIVITY KIM, EUNHEE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 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
18635508 TREATMENT OF CANCERS OR NEOPLASMS BY INHIBITING KIF15 YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN
18274058 HIGHLY STABLE METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COLLOIDAL COMPOSITIONS BUTCHER, ROBERT T
18208586 RIFT VALLEY FEVER SMALL MOLECULE TREATMENT FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3641 1
3792 1
1629 1
2884 1
1738 1
1691 1
1764 1
1626 1
1653 1
1677 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
19201621 SINGLE HANDED CONTROLLER FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED AERIAL VEHICLES AND METHODS OF USE HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2025
18865299 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND THERAPY IP, JASON M 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18635508 TREATMENT OF CANCERS OR NEOPLASMS BY INHIBITING KIF15 YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 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 §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
18208586 RIFT VALLEY FEVER SMALL MOLECULE TREATMENT FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 1626 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 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 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2023
18042528 ALKANE MULTI-SULFONIC ACIDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED METHODS MURESAN, ANA Z 1692 §102§103 Final Rejection 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
18683230 SMALL-PARTICLE SIZE POLYMERIC CHELATORS FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 12, 2024
18683240 CROSS-LINKED POLYMERIC CHELATORS COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024

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