Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

University of Notre Dame Du Lac

17 pending office actions • 15 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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 (24%)
13
Medium (76%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only10 (59%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
47% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
2
Communications
12% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAMADYK, ANNA N 1 88.7% +7.0%
SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1 63.6% +11.1%
KASSA, TIGABU 1 36.5% +28.2%
GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1 50.0% +25.8%
LUONG, PETER 1 69.0% +27.0%
FLYNN, RANDY A 1 65.4% +16.3%
HO, DAO Q 1 83.1% +32.3%
RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 1 67.9% +23.0%
PAN, YUWEN 1 50.0% +22.3%
CHAN, CAROL WANG 1 83.7% +34.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18862753 Integration-Friendly Low-Profile Planar Grin Lens Antennas for Millimeter Wave Handheld Devices HAMADYK, ANNA N 31d overdue
18605280 SPECTRUM SHAPING VIA CODING SCHEMES TO ADDRESS EMISSION CONSTRAINTS HO, DAO Q 4d overdue

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
18389049 NON-CONTRASTIVE UNSUPERVISED LEARNING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS FROM VIDEO CHAN, CAROL WANG 121d overdue
18224842 METHODS OF ALTERING PROTEIN DEPOSITION ON URINARY CATHETERS AND DEVICES WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 26d
18914910 TUNABLE ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW POLYMER COATED CAPILLARY SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN
18439375 Four-Dimensional Polarization Filtering RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL

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
18389049 NON-CONTRASTIVE UNSUPERVISED LEARNING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS FROM VIDEO CHAN, CAROL WANG 121d overdue
18625685 LIVENESS DETECTION FLYNN, RANDY A 99d overdue
18438130 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING MULTI-PORT RADIO DEVICES PAN, YUWEN 9d overdue
18605280 SPECTRUM SHAPING VIA CODING SCHEMES TO ADDRESS EMISSION CONSTRAINTS HO, DAO Q 4d overdue
18744824 PROMOTING GENERALIZATION IN CROSS-DATASET REMOTE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY LUONG, PETER 30d
18914910 TUNABLE ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW POLYMER COATED CAPILLARY SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN
18849978 MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF DRUG RELEASE KASSA, TIGABU
18842683 Intelligent Electronic Nose System GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 1
1795 1
3797 1
2424 1
2432 1
3646 1
2649 1
2672 1
1712 1
1779 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18862753 Integration-Friendly Low-Profile Planar Grin Lens Antennas for Millimeter Wave Handheld Devices HAMADYK, ANNA N 2845 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2024
18914910 TUNABLE ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW POLYMER COATED CAPILLARY SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18849978 MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF DRUG RELEASE KASSA, TIGABU §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18842683 Intelligent Electronic Nose System GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18744824 PROMOTING GENERALIZATION IN CROSS-DATASET REMOTE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY LUONG, PETER 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18625685 LIVENESS DETECTION FLYNN, RANDY A 2424 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18605280 SPECTRUM SHAPING VIA CODING SCHEMES TO ADDRESS EMISSION CONSTRAINTS HO, DAO Q 2432 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18439375 Four-Dimensional Polarization Filtering RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 3646 §101§102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 12, 2024
18438130 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING MULTI-PORT RADIO DEVICES PAN, YUWEN 2649 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18389049 NON-CONTRASTIVE UNSUPERVISED LEARNING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS FROM VIDEO CHAN, CAROL WANG 2672 §102§103 Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18224842 METHODS OF ALTERING PROTEIN DEPOSITION ON URINARY CATHETERS AND DEVICES WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1712 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18215463 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR WATER PURIFICATION BASS, DIRK R 1779 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2023
18334732 MACROCYCLIC PEPTIDES HA, JULIE 1654 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2023
18310733 GLUCAGON DELIVERY VIA ENZYMATIC ACTUATION VARADARAJ, ARCHANA 1658 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2023
17909067 COMPOSITION FOR EXTENDING VIABLE PRESERVATION AND SHELF-LIFE OF ORGANS AND TISSUES MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2022
17908506 ADJUVANT-ANTIBIOTIC COMBINATION AGAINST GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA 1613 §102DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 31, 2022
17312107 PREDICTING AFFINITY USING STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL MODELING ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1687 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jun 09, 2021

Managing University of Notre Dame Du Lac's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month