Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

University of North Texas

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only3 (43%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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
BARAKAT, MOHAMED 1 73.6% +23.2%
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.4% +23.6%
TRAN, TRAN M. 1 74.5% +23.7%
WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 1 49.7% +26.6%
HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 1 56.1% +13.9%
LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1 56.5% +20.9%
HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1 56.3% +24.0%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17907708 VIRUS METABOLITES DETECTION USING ENVIRONMENT AIR CAPTURE COUPLED TO A TUNABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETER HENKEL, DANIELLE B 24d overdue
19217931 DEVICE FOR PREDICTION AND DETECTION OF FALLS BARAKAT, MOHAMED
18775505 WIRELESS MULTIFUNCTIONAL HARSH ENVIRONMENT SENSOR DEVICE TRAN, TRAN M.
18649708 DEVICES FOR BIOMECHANICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING AN EXOSKELETON AND A ROBOTIC GLOVE WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

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
17907708 VIRUS METABOLITES DETECTION USING ENVIRONMENT AIR CAPTURE COUPLED TO A TUNABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETER HENKEL, DANIELLE B 24d overdue
19217931 DEVICE FOR PREDICTION AND DETECTION OF FALLS BARAKAT, MOHAMED
19040371 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EXTRUDED MATERIALS FROM LOOSE CHIPS ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S
18775505 WIRELESS MULTIFUNCTIONAL HARSH ENVIRONMENT SENSOR DEVICE TRAN, TRAN M.
18649708 DEVICES FOR BIOMECHANICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING AN EXOSKELETON AND A ROBOTIC GLOVE WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE
18649757 PELTIER-INTEGRATED THERAPEUTIC WRAP HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA
18486887 ELECTROMAGNETICALLY DRIVEN UNIAXIAL CELL STRETCHING DEVICE LAW, NGA LEUNG V

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1799 2
3725 1
3792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19217931 DEVICE FOR PREDICTION AND DETECTION OF FALLS BARAKAT, MOHAMED §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2025
19040371 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EXTRUDED MATERIALS FROM LOOSE CHIPS ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
18775505 WIRELESS MULTIFUNCTIONAL HARSH ENVIRONMENT SENSOR DEVICE TRAN, TRAN M. §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18649708 DEVICES FOR BIOMECHANICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING AN EXOSKELETON AND A ROBOTIC GLOVE WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18649757 PELTIER-INTEGRATED THERAPEUTIC WRAP HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2024
18486887 ELECTROMAGNETICALLY DRIVEN UNIAXIAL CELL STRETCHING DEVICE LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
17907708 VIRUS METABOLITES DETECTION USING ENVIRONMENT AIR CAPTURE COUPLED TO A TUNABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETER HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1799 §103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022

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