Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The University Of Liverpool has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners. Furthermore, the workload is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating a lack of departmental concentration for the current filings. HAMILTON, MATTHEW L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This single action is part of the 2 pending office actions assigned to the company. The distribution across the 2 distinct examiners means each examiner is handling exactly one case.
Navigating 2 distinct art units requires the University Of Liverpool to adapt to different examination environments within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the pending office actions, the university faces a diverse set of individual examiner perspectives. This structure prevents the development of a single, unified prosecution track. Instead, the university must tailor its strategy to the specific requirements of HAMILTON, MATTHEW L and the other distinct examiner. Managing these actions independently ensures that the unique technical aspects of each application are addressed within their respective art units.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 1 | 53.5% | +61.4% |
| HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR | 1 | 62.5% | +42.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994127 | A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DETERMINING IF A MEDICAL DATA SAMPLE REQUIRES REFERRAL FOR INVESTIGATION FOR A DISEASE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | — |
| 18873070 | NOVEL TREATMENT | HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994127 | A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DETERMINING IF A MEDICAL DATA SAMPLE REQUIRES REFERRAL FOR INVESTIGATION FOR A DISEASE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | — |
| 18873070 | NOVEL TREATMENT | HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3682 | 1 |
| 1627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18994127 | A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DETERMINING IF A MEDICAL DATA SAMPLE REQUIRES REFERRAL FOR INVESTIGATION FOR A DISEASE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 3682 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18873070 | NOVEL TREATMENT | HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR | 1627 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity Of Liverpool has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Matthew L Hamilton has the most, with 1 of University Of Liverpool's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
