Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

University of Oregon

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Hard (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIANG, SHIBIN 1 62.5% +17.7%
TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH 1 54.3% +42.1%
TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1 64.1% +28.6%
WILKINS III, HARRY D 1 62.5% +18.6%
COPPINS, JANET L 1 72.9% +25.5%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19066796 ROTATABLE PRINTHEAD FOR ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PROCESSES LIANG, SHIBIN
18340754 HYDROGELS CONTAINING AFFIBODIES AND USES THEREOF TAYLOR, LIA ELAN

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18653828 ANION SENSING USING 1,2,3-TRIAZOLATE METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK NANOPARTICLES TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH 23d overdue
19066796 ROTATABLE PRINTHEAD FOR ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PROCESSES LIANG, SHIBIN
18340754 HYDROGELS CONTAINING AFFIBODIES AND USES THEREOF TAYLOR, LIA ELAN
18112868 DISSOCIATION AND RECOMBINATION CATALYST LAYERS FOR REVERSE AND FORWARD-BIAS BIPOLAR MEMBRANES WILKINS III, HARRY D
15733818 COMPOUNDS FOR THIOL-TRIGGERED COS AND/OR H2S RELEASE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME COPPINS, JANET L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1794 2
1641 1
1628 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19066796 ROTATABLE PRINTHEAD FOR ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PROCESSES LIANG, SHIBIN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
18653828 ANION SENSING USING 1,2,3-TRIAZOLATE METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK NANOPARTICLES TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH 1794 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending May 02, 2024
18340754 HYDROGELS CONTAINING AFFIBODIES AND USES THEREOF TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1641 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18112868 DISSOCIATION AND RECOMBINATION CATALYST LAYERS FOR REVERSE AND FORWARD-BIAS BIPOLAR MEMBRANES WILKINS III, HARRY D 1794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2023
15733818 COMPOUNDS FOR THIOL-TRIGGERED COS AND/OR H2S RELEASE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2020

Managing University of Oregon'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