Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.

23 pending office actions • 17 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (6)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.

10
Hard (43%)
9
Medium (39%)
2
Easy (9%)
2
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (13%)
§103 only8 (35%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (30%)
No statute on record2 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

20
Life Sciences
87% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
13% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, TAEYOON 2 51.6% +51.8%
WANG, RUIXUE 2 57.4% +22.1%
BRUTUS, JOEL F 1 72.6% +17.9%
DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1 43.2% +41.6%
SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1 72.3% +16.6%
MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1 61.3% +28.6%
SCHUBERG, LAURA J 1 23.7% +37.2%
ALFANO, ALAN 1
STOICA, ELLY GERALD 1 66.8% +22.7%
DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1 55.8% +69.0%

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
17780961 BIOMASS-BASED SOLID COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES FOR BATTERIES NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN 56d overdue
17641787 ANTI-NUCLEOLIN AGENT-PEG-CONJUGATED NANOPARTICLES MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 3d overdue
18014919 SULFIDE COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES FOR SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERIES ORLANDO, MICHAEL N 2d overdue
17862892 3-D BIOPRINTING COMPRISING BIOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS KIM, TAEYOON 12d
18008391 IDENTIFICATION OF LOW-DENSITY INFLAMMATORY NEUTROPHILS IN SEVERE COVID-19 PATIENTS WANG, RUIXUE 20d
17757599 VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE BINDING AGENTS, RELATED COMPOSITIONS, AND RELATED METHODS JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 22d
18230278 METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR HEART FAILURE USING STEM CELLS SCHUBERG, LAURA J 34d
19265967 COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SEVERITY BY ASSESSMENT MODULE BRUTUS, JOEL F

Interview Candidates (11)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17862892 3-D BIOPRINTING COMPRISING BIOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS KIM, TAEYOON 12d
18030174 GRIFFITHSIN FOR RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 14d
18008391 IDENTIFICATION OF LOW-DENSITY INFLAMMATORY NEUTROPHILS IN SEVERE COVID-19 PATIENTS WANG, RUIXUE 20d
18233416 IN-PROCESS ULTRASONIC POLLING OF 3D PRINTED CRYSTALLINE/SEMICRYSTALLINE ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS MACHNESS, ARIELLA 29d
18124656 HUMAN FACILITATING CELLS KIM, TAEYOON 29d
18230278 METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR HEART FAILURE USING STEM CELLS SCHUBERG, LAURA J 34d
19265967 COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SEVERITY BY ASSESSMENT MODULE BRUTUS, JOEL F
18277684 Actinohivin Variant Polypeptides and Related Methods DIBRINO, MARIANNE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1631 3
1672 3
1641 2
1618 2
3797 1
1736 1
1743 1
1647 1
1654 1
1637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19265967 COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SEVERITY BY ASSESSMENT MODULE BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2025
18277684 Actinohivin Variant Polypeptides and Related Methods DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1641 DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 17, 2023
18450060 ULTRATHIN NANORIBBONS OF HIGHLY ANISOTROPIC LAYERED MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2023
18233416 IN-PROCESS ULTRASONIC POLLING OF 3D PRINTED CRYSTALLINE/SEMICRYSTALLINE ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1743 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18230278 METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR HEART FAILURE USING STEM CELLS SCHUBERG, LAURA J 1631 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Aug 04, 2023
18261950 ACTINOHIVIN VARIANT POLYPEPTIDES AND RELATED METHODS ALFANO, ALAN 1641 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2023
18333400 METHOD OF INHIBITING LUNG OR BREAST CANCER GROWTH WITH ENGINEERED EMBRYONIC STEM-CELL DERIVED EXOSOMES COMPOSITIONS STOICA, ELLY GERALD 1647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2023
18030174 GRIFFITHSIN FOR RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 04, 2023
18124656 HUMAN FACILITATING CELLS KIM, TAEYOON 1631 Other Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18162777 CELL LINES, SYSTEMS, KITS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE SPECIFICITY AND/OR POTENCY OF CERAMIDASE INHIBITORS TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2023
18014919 SULFIDE COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES FOR SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERIES ORLANDO, MICHAEL N 1746 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2023
18008391 IDENTIFICATION OF LOW-DENSITY INFLAMMATORY NEUTROPHILS IN SEVERE COVID-19 PATIENTS WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 05, 2022
17997764 BIOMIMETIC HEART TISSUE CULTURE SYSTEM HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1799 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2022
17913575 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING VIRUSES WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022
17862892 3-D BIOPRINTING COMPRISING BIOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §103§112Other Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 12, 2022
17757599 VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE BINDING AGENTS, RELATED COMPOSITIONS, AND RELATED METHODS JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17780961 BIOMASS-BASED SOLID COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES FOR BATTERIES NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN 1752 §103§112 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending May 27, 2022
17741686 ANTI-NUCLEOLIN AGENT-CONJUGATED NANOPARTICLES JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §102§112Other Final Rejection Pending May 11, 2022
17641787 ANTI-NUCLEOLIN AGENT-PEG-CONJUGATED NANOPARTICLES MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17629309 IMMUNOMODULATORY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING HILL, MYRON G 1671 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 21, 2022
17291495 METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING MICROBIAL INFECTIONS HINES, JANA A 1645 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 05, 2021
17230280 METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NEUROSTIMULATION FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 3792 Other Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2021
16789572 MODULAR HARNESS FOR PATIENTS WITH POST-NEUROLOGIC INJURY MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2020

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