Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE

23 pending office actions • 19 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
19
Medium (83%)
2
Easy (9%)
2
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only14 (61%)
§102 only4 (17%)
§112 only2 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
No statute on record2 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
70% of docket
2
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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
GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 2 56.9% +4.0%
VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W 1 77.9% +11.0%
TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1 65.2% +33.8%
DAVID, SHAUN L 1 73.0% +19.3%
STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1 43.3% +44.0%
TALLMAN, ROBERT E 1 81.7% +14.7%
WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 1 79.0% +14.0%
DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1 53.1% +45.0%
STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1 50.0% +100.0%
LE, HOA T 1 72.6% +12.6%

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
18542174 SPARSE NANOPHOTONIC PHASED ARRAYS FOR HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS TALLMAN, ROBERT E 21d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18502740 RADIATIVE COOLING COMPOSITIONS, PRECURSORS FOR FORMING THE COMPOSITIONS, AND COATINGS FORMED FROM THE COMPOSITIONS DIAZ, MATTHEW R 203d overdue
18577826 REVERSIBLE ELECTROADHESION OF HYDROGELS TO ANIMAL TISSUES FOR SUTURELESS REPAIR OF CUTS OR TEARS DAVID, SHAUN L 85d overdue
18623682 STABLE HIGH CONDUCTIVITY OXIDE ELECTROLYTE VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W 74d overdue
18568750 SMART UNDERWEAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND MANAGING GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 38d overdue
18593295 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCELERATED CELLULAR MODEL FOR EARLY CHANGES IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 16d overdue
18542174 SPARSE NANOPHOTONIC PHASED ARRAYS FOR HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS TALLMAN, ROBERT E 21d
18573013 CYTIDINE DEAMINASES AND METHODS OF GENOME EDITING USING THE SAME STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 26d
18280625 METALLIC GLASS MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME LE, HOA T 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 3
3791 2
1797 2
1728 1
1653 1
3771 1
1663 1
2872 1
1761 1
1645 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18623682 STABLE HIGH CONDUCTIVITY OXIDE ELECTROLYTE VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W 1728 §112 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18593295 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCELERATED CELLULAR MODEL FOR EARLY CHANGES IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18577826 REVERSIBLE ELECTROADHESION OF HYDROGELS TO ANIMAL TISSUES FOR SUTURELESS REPAIR OF CUTS OR TEARS DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18573013 CYTIDINE DEAMINASES AND METHODS OF GENOME EDITING USING THE SAME STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1663 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18542174 SPARSE NANOPHOTONIC PHASED ARRAYS FOR HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS TALLMAN, ROBERT E 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18568750 SMART UNDERWEAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND MANAGING GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18563562 WOOD MATERIALS HAVING ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATION AND USE THEREOF GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18502740 RADIATIVE COOLING COMPOSITIONS, PRECURSORS FOR FORMING THE COMPOSITIONS, AND COATINGS FORMED FROM THE COMPOSITIONS DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 203d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18553686 SALMONELLA VACCINE STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18280625 METALLIC GLASS MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME LE, HOA T 1788 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18279938 ENHANCED TARGETING USING ANTIBODY-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18274393 WASTE-FREE PROCESSING FOR LIGNIN MODIFICATION OF FIBROUS PLANT MATERIALS, AND LIGNIN-MODIFIED FIBROUS PLANT MATERIALS GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18259019 FOOD FRESHNESS DETECTING DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18267501 MULTI-ELEMENT COMPOUND NANOPARTICLES, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 DPOther Final Rejection 71d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18140856 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM SIMULATION WITH ANALOG COMPILATION RAMESH, TIRUMALE K 2121 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18300941 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CLOSED-LOOP BIOELECTRONIC CONTROL HOBBS, MICHAEL L 1799 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18194121 HIGH-PERFORMANCE HYDROXIDE EXCHANGE MEMBRANE TESKIN, FRED M 1762 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18040942 COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ORTHOGONAL GENOME ENGINEERING IN PLANTS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
17977808 NEURAL NETWORKS FOR GENERATING EMOTIVE GESTURES FOR VIRTUAL AGENTS BRACERO, ANDREW ANGEL 2126 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17919411 MOLDABLE AND MOLDED CELLULOSE-BASED STRUCTURAL MATERIALS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING AND USE THEREOF MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §103 Final Rejection 128d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022
17839451 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE ANCHORING BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17305526 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ISOTHERMAL COMPRESSION LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2021
16200202 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW CELL LYSIS IN A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE MUI, CHRISTINE T 1797 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2018

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