Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

University of Maryland, Baltimore County has 8 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. Each matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, indicating a fully distributed prosecution docket.

SAINT-VIL, EDDY is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner relationship appears across multiple active matters, so counsel should focus on the specific technical record and examination posture of each application.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§103 only3 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAINT-VIL, EDDY 1 43.3% +29.2%
STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON 1 77.1% +20.1%
SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 1 61.4% +35.3%
CORDAY, CAMERON A 1 77.0% +1.0%
HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH 1 2.5% +0.7%
MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1 100.0% +0.0%
IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 1 12.2% +71.4%
CHOI, PETER H 1 26.3% +18.5%
SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 1 53.2% +47.5%

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
18495141 HYDROPORPHYRIN-DOPED NEAR-INFRARED-EMITTING POLYMER DOTS FOR CELLULAR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING MOSHER, ERIC PARKER —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18583009 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR ANALYZING OBJECTIVE HEALTH DATA AND SUBJECT-CONVEYED HEALTH INFORMATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATION REPORTING, TREATMENT PLANNING, DIAGNOSES, AND TREATMENT HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH 40d
19068373 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING, PRESENTING, AND USING INDICATORS OF MIND-BODY FITNESS BASED ON PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE METRICS SAINT-VIL, EDDY —
18937431 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMISSIONED BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL AND CONFIDENTIALITY-PRESERVING PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE MESSAGING STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON —
18640898 PHYSICS-INCORPORATED TURBINE BLADE PITCH CONTROL TECHNOLOGY CORDAY, CAMERON A —
17999437 AN APPARATUS COMPRISING MICROFLUIDIC PROTEIN-BASED SENSORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN —
17359797 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING INDICATORS OF RISK OF PATIENTS TO ADVERSE HEALTHCARE EVENTS AND PRESENTATION OF THE SAME CHOI, PETER H —

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
19068373 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING, PRESENTING, AND USING INDICATORS OF MIND-BODY FITNESS BASED ON PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE METRICS SAINT-VIL, EDDY —
18937431 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMISSIONED BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL AND CONFIDENTIALITY-PRESERVING PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE MESSAGING STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON —
18734797 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) CONTINUOUSLY SCANNING LASER VIBROMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING OPERATING DEFLECTION SHAPES AND MODE SHAPES BASED ON MEASURED 3D VIBRATIONS OF CURVED STRUCTURE SURFACES SPLIT, JAMES GERALD —
17999437 AN APPARATUS COMPRISING MICROFLUIDIC PROTEIN-BASED SENSORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN —
17359797 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING INDICATORS OF RISK OF PATIENTS TO ADVERSE HEALTHCARE EVENTS AND PRESENTATION OF THE SAME CHOI, PETER H —
17325839 RAPID DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM USING TARGETED ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CAPPED PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 1
2491 1
2855 1
3745 1
3686 1
1612 1
1653 1
3681 1
1682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19068373 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING, PRESENTING, AND USING INDICATORS OF MIND-BODY FITNESS BASED ON PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE METRICS SAINT-VIL, EDDY 3715 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
18937431 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMISSIONED BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL AND CONFIDENTIALITY-PRESERVING PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE MESSAGING STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON 2491 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18734797 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) CONTINUOUSLY SCANNING LASER VIBROMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING OPERATING DEFLECTION SHAPES AND MODE SHAPES BASED ON MEASURED 3D VIBRATIONS OF CURVED STRUCTURE SURFACES SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 2855 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18640898 PHYSICS-INCORPORATED TURBINE BLADE PITCH CONTROL TECHNOLOGY CORDAY, CAMERON A 3745 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18583009 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR ANALYZING OBJECTIVE HEALTH DATA AND SUBJECT-CONVEYED HEALTH INFORMATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATION REPORTING, TREATMENT PLANNING, DIAGNOSES, AND TREATMENT HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH 3686 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18495141 HYDROPORPHYRIN-DOPED NEAR-INFRARED-EMITTING POLYMER DOTS FOR CELLULAR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1612 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 26, 2023
17999437 AN APPARATUS COMPRISING MICROFLUIDIC PROTEIN-BASED SENSORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2022
17359797 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING INDICATORS OF RISK OF PATIENTS TO ADVERSE HEALTHCARE EVENTS AND PRESENTATION OF THE SAME CHOI, PETER H 3681 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2021
17325839 RAPID DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM USING TARGETED ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CAPPED PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 1682 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 20, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does University of Maryland, Baltimore County have?

University of Maryland, Baltimore County has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most University of Maryland, Baltimore County applications?

Eddy Saint-Vil has the most, with 1 of University of Maryland, Baltimore County's pending office actions.

What technology area are University of Maryland, Baltimore County's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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