Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University of North Texas maintains 10 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 10 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is reviewed by a different individual. This broad distribution spans 6 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse range of technical sub-specialties within the university's research portfolio.
SHEN, YANXIN NMN is the busiest examiner, though this individual is only responsible for 1 pending office action. This indicates that the 10 pending office actions are spread across the 10 distinct examiners. The use of 6 distinct art units suggests that the university's chemistry and materials innovations are being evaluated by multiple specialized groups within the patent office. This variety requires the university to manage a wide array of examiner preferences and departmental guidelines simultaneously.
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.
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 | 2 (18%) |
| §103 only | 5 (45%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1 | 90.0% | +22.5% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 74.1% | +24.5% |
| GARCIA, SANTIAGO | 1 | 87.9% | +13.6% |
| CADEAU, WEDNEL | 1 | 71.8% | +19.2% |
| WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 1 | 49.8% | +26.0% |
| HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 1 | 60.0% | +16.1% |
| IQBAL, SYED TAHA | 1 | 79.9% | +21.3% |
| LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1 | 56.7% | +20.7% |
| ALLEN, JOSHUA L | 1 | 52.1% | +62.7% |
| HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 1 | 56.2% | +23.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18778412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL IMAGE PREPROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17907708 | VIRUS METABOLITES DETECTION USING ENVIRONMENT AIR CAPTURE COUPLED TO A TUNABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETER | HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 24d overdue |
| 19169341 | GREENHOUSE-BASED PRODUCTION OF FUNGAL-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| 19040371 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EXTRUDED MATERIALS FROM LOOSE CHIPS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18649708 | DEVICES FOR BIOMECHANICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING AN EXOSKELETON AND A ROBOTIC GLOVE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| 18345439 | FABRICATION PROCEDURE OF NON-BINDER BIO-BASED CARBON ELECTRODE FOR BATTERY AND SUPERCAPACITOR | ALLEN, JOSHUA L | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17907708 | VIRUS METABOLITES DETECTION USING ENVIRONMENT AIR CAPTURE COUPLED TO A TUNABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETER | HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 24d overdue |
| 19169341 | GREENHOUSE-BASED PRODUCTION OF FUNGAL-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| 19040371 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EXTRUDED MATERIALS FROM LOOSE CHIPS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18778412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL IMAGE PREPROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — |
| 18755561 | SYSTEM TO ASSIST FARMERS | CADEAU, WEDNEL | — |
| 18649708 | DEVICES FOR BIOMECHANICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING AN EXOSKELETON AND A ROBOTIC GLOVE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| 18649757 | PELTIER-INTEGRATED THERAPEUTIC WRAP | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | — |
| 18612726 | ADSORPTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE BY SWING ADSORPTION METHODS | IQBAL, SYED TAHA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1799 | 2 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 2632 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19169341 | GREENHOUSE-BASED PRODUCTION OF FUNGAL-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19040371 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EXTRUDED MATERIALS FROM LOOSE CHIPS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18778412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL IMAGE PREPROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | 2673 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18755561 | SYSTEM TO ASSIST FARMERS | CADEAU, WEDNEL | 2632 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 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 |
| 18612726 | ADSORPTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE BY SWING ADSORPTION METHODS | IQBAL, SYED TAHA | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18486887 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY DRIVEN UNIAXIAL CELL STRETCHING DEVICE | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18345439 | FABRICATION PROCEDURE OF NON-BINDER BIO-BASED CARBON ELECTRODE FOR BATTERY AND SUPERCAPACITOR | ALLEN, JOSHUA L | 1713 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 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 |
| 17689974 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE (TMD) MATERIAL-COATED ANODE FOR IMPROED METAL ION RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2022 |
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