Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

39 pending office actions • 35 art units • 39 examiners • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
0
Due this week
17
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. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 30 days (17)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.

2
Hard (5%)
29
Medium (74%)
7
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (5%)
§103 only28 (72%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only7 (18%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

21
Life Sciences
54% of docket
2
Information Tech
5% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
7
Semiconductors
18% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
21% 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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 1 68.1% +15.2%
DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 1 75.1% +14.6%
PADUA, NICO LAUREN 1 9.1% +15.8%
BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 1 88.3% +7.3%
UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 1 78.9% +22.9%
LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL 1 92.2% +6.1%
MACH, ANDRE 1 42.9% +54.4%
SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 1 70.0% +50.0%
WYCHE, MYRON 1 84.9% +13.0%
QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 1 54.1% +32.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18506413 SELF-BIASED MO/N-4H-SIC SCHOTTKY BARRIERS AS HIGH-PERFORMANCE ULTRAVIOLET PHOTODETECTORS LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL 8d overdue
18312656 MULTI-CELL NON-COHERENT OVER-THE-AIR COMPUTATION FOR FEDERATED EDGE LEARNING WYCHE, MYRON 14d
18520979 IN-SITU DEPOSITION OF OXIDE PASSIVATION LAYER ON III-NITRIDE BASED HEMT BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 76d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17386733 BIOMARKERS FOR CONGENITAL VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 142d overdue
18588120 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEDIATE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AUTOMATICALLY FOR USER SAFETY PADUA, NICO LAUREN 21d
18304457 AI METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF REAL-TIME DAMAGE USING AE (ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS) QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 71d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18610522 COMPACT MOBILE REACTOR SYSTEM USING HIGH DENSITY NUCLEAR FUEL GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 9d overdue
18559145 BRAIN-TARGETED ANTIBODY NANOPARTICLE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES THERAPY MACH, ANDRE 9d overdue
18464761 VERTICAL ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE DEVICES ON CRYSTALLINE METALLIC SUBSTRATES SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 9d
18513934 Laser-based Non-destructive Spike Defect Inspection System UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 13d
18312656 MULTI-CELL NON-COHERENT OVER-THE-AIR COMPUTATION FOR FEDERATED EDGE LEARNING WYCHE, MYRON 14d
18599450 Using Limited Lead Device EEG to Predict Delirium DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 20d
18588120 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEDIATE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AUTOMATICALLY FOR USER SAFETY PADUA, NICO LAUREN 21d
18304457 AI METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF REAL-TIME DAMAGE USING AE (ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS) QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 71d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1615 2
1632 2
3715 2
1647 2
3646 1
3791 1
3626 1
2814 1
2877 1
2893 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18610522 COMPACT MOBILE REACTOR SYSTEM USING HIGH DENSITY NUCLEAR FUEL GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18599450 Using Limited Lead Device EEG to Predict Delirium DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18588120 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEDIATE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AUTOMATICALLY FOR USER SAFETY PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18520979 IN-SITU DEPOSITION OF OXIDE PASSIVATION LAYER ON III-NITRIDE BASED HEMT BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 §112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18513934 Laser-based Non-destructive Spike Defect Inspection System UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 2877 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18506413 SELF-BIASED MO/N-4H-SIC SCHOTTKY BARRIERS AS HIGH-PERFORMANCE ULTRAVIOLET PHOTODETECTORS LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18559145 BRAIN-TARGETED ANTIBODY NANOPARTICLE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES THERAPY MACH, ANDRE 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18464761 VERTICAL ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE DEVICES ON CRYSTALLINE METALLIC SUBSTRATES SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18312656 MULTI-CELL NON-COHERENT OVER-THE-AIR COMPUTATION FOR FEDERATED EDGE LEARNING WYCHE, MYRON 2644 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 05, 2023
18304457 AI METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF REAL-TIME DAMAGE USING AE (ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS) QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18302329 MISTY PLASMA DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA SYSTEM FOR DISINFECTION SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE 1799 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18300533 ELECTRODES FOR FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROLYZERS NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18188154 PHOSPHOLIPID PRESENTING PARTICLES FOR CELL TARGETING IN THERAPY AND DIAGNOSTICS LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18245191 Minimally Invasive and Semi-Automated Myocardial Injection Device STIGELL, THEODORE J 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 14, 2023
18179691 AUTONOMOUS DRONE FOR RAILROAD TRACK INSPECTION MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 3656 §103 Final Rejection 138d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18023070 CO-GENERATION OF HIGH PURITY HYDROGEN AND HALIDE GASES BY ELECTROLYSIS CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Feb 24, 2023
17986579 TRANSFER OF WIDE AND ULTRAWIDE BANDGAP LAYERS TO ENGINEERED SUBSTRATE VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 14, 2022
17971694 Preparation of a Brain Targeted Artificial Nano-Enzyme and Application TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1738 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 24, 2022
17953593 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING TEAMS SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2022
17898708 NON-CONTACTING TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT MALIK, VIPUL 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 133d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2022
17866137 CHIRAL PHOTONIC INK AND IRIDESCENT PRODUCTS LEE, DORIS L 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2022
17783381 TGFbeta1 Hyperactivation Causes Gender-Specific Calcific Aortic Stenosis SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §103 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2022
17717342 Hearing Screening Simulator Application POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH 3715 §102 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022
17691262 Regenerative Tissue-Mimetic Multilayer Fused Microgel-Cell Construct HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1617 Other Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2022
17586937 INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL AID ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2022
17533432 ELECTROCHEMICAL DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE TO ETHYLENE USING SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYZER WONG, EDNA 1795 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 23, 2021
17510473 MOTOR WINDING INSULATION DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS USING RESISTANCE SIMULATION METHOD KIM, EUNHEE 2188 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 26, 2021
17504700 Approaches for Fabricating N-Polar AlxGa1-xN Templates for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices NIX, NORA TAYLOR 2891 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2021
17476803 INHIBIN AS TARGETABLE REGULATORS OF ANGIOGENESIS DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 16, 2021
17474178 VITRO ASSAY FOR DRUG DISCOVERY OF VALVULAR HEART DISEASE STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 14, 2021
17386733 BIOMARKERS FOR CONGENITAL VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1677 §101 Non-Final OA 142d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2021
17370101 DECELLULARIZATION OF TISSUES USING SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 1619 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jul 08, 2021
17242559 Immune CB1 Activation for Obesity Therapy SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH 1643 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2021
17242647 Method For The Degradation Of Endogenous Protein BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Apr 28, 2021
17241508 Semi-Stochastic Boolean-Neural Hybrids for Solving Hard Problems HOANG, AMY P 2143 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2021
17221003 GENE TO TRANSCRIPTOME ASSOCIATION PLATFORM FOR DRUG TARGET IDENTIFICATION HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD 1685 §103 Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2021
17071020 Cell-Based Biosensor for Early Alzheimer's Disease Detection MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL 1631 §112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2020
16748968 Methods for Resensitizing p53-Null Cells to Cancer Chemotherapy SHIN, DANA H 1635 §112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jan 22, 2020
15861124 Biomimetic Scaffolds Including Devitalized Cells CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2018

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