Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

University of Leicester

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

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 (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Double-patenting + other2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SKELDING, ZACHARY S 3 59.8% +41.0%
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1 51.7% +77.8%
BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1 51.3% +48.6%
O DELL, DAVID K 1 57.7% +36.0%
STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1 56.9% +50.4%

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
18355871 Methods for Treating Conditions Associated with MASP-2 Dependent Complement Activation SKELDING, ZACHARY S 69d
18290241 VINYL ISOCYANIDE COMPOUNDS AS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY
17794214 HDAC Degrader O DELL, DAVID K

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
18355871 Methods for Treating Conditions Associated with MASP-2 Dependent Complement Activation SKELDING, ZACHARY S 69d
17498521 Compositions and Methods of Inhibiting MASP-1 and/or MASP-2 and/or MASP-3 for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 76d
18290241 VINYL ISOCYANIDE COMPOUNDS AS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY
18474631 METHODS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MASP-2 DEPENDENT COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION SKELDING, ZACHARY S
18312891 METHODS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MASP-2 DEPENDENT COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION SKELDING, ZACHARY S
18051993 Methods for Treating Conditions Associated with MASP-2 Dependent Complement Activation BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN
17794214 HDAC Degrader O DELL, DAVID K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1644 2
1691 1
1675 1
1621 1
1642 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18290241 VINYL ISOCYANIDE COMPOUNDS AS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18474631 METHODS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MASP-2 DEPENDENT COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION SKELDING, ZACHARY S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18355871 Methods for Treating Conditions Associated with MASP-2 Dependent Complement Activation SKELDING, ZACHARY S 1644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18312891 METHODS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MASP-2 DEPENDENT COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION SKELDING, ZACHARY S 1644 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2023
18051993 Methods for Treating Conditions Associated with MASP-2 Dependent Complement Activation BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 02, 2022
17794214 HDAC Degrader O DELL, DAVID K 1621 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 20, 2022
17498521 Compositions and Methods of Inhibiting MASP-1 and/or MASP-2 and/or MASP-3 for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 §112DPOther Non-Final OA 76d Pending Oct 11, 2021

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