Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

University of South Florida

46 pending office actions • 28 art units • 46 examiners • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 73 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

46
Total Pending OAs
31
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

24
Hard (52%)
18
Medium (39%)
4
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (7%)
§101 + other3 (7%)
§103 only12 (26%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only2 (4%)
Double-patenting only2 (4%)
Double-patenting + other3 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)18 (39%)

Industry Mix

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

17
Life Sciences
37% of docket
2
Information Tech
4% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
2
Semiconductors
4% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
14
Business / Other
30% 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.

460 h
Manual time on pending OAs
92 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
161 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHNSON, RYAN 1 83.7% +15.9%
MIRZA, ADNAN M 1 84.5% +9.6%
YOUNG, TIFFANY P 1 79.4% +23.1%
ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 1 26.7% +27.8%
GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA 1 33.3% -50.0%
LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 1 84.7% +48.0%
PREM, SAIPRATAP 1
MUDD, HENRY HOOPER 1 70.3% +23.8%
MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 1 100.0% +0.0%
STEELE, AMBER D 1 59.0% +9.7%

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
19223430 ATOMIC CLOCK UTILIZING SPIN-DEPENDENT RECOMBINATION JOHNSON, RYAN
19211113 ANALYTICAL ADAPTIVE ALGORITHM FOR AUTONOMOUS RACE DRIVING MIRZA, ADNAN M

Hard Cases (24)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17320352 HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE FAST CV SENSOR USING WIDE BANDGAP SILICON CARBIDE SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 150d overdue
18098057 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING A CONVERSION TIME OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN PATIENTS BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 67d overdue
18556969 METHODS FOR TREATING SYMPTOMS OF KABUKI SYNDROME HAVLIN, ROBERT H 42d overdue
18742149 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING PROPRANOLOL SENSITIVE TUMORS MYERS, CARLA J 26d
18394762 CADAVERIC 6-AXIS SPINE SIMULATOR FOR ASSESSING SPINAL BIOMECHANICS ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 34d
18456444 CONTROL OF MULTIAGENT NETWORKS WITH MISBEHAVING VEHICLES OVER DIRECTED NETWORK TOPOLOGIES MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 35d
18673231 SEQUENTIAL PACKETS IMAGE-BASED NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM KIM, EUI H 83d
19207801 AUTOMATIC REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY YOUNG, TIFFANY P

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
19223430 ATOMIC CLOCK UTILIZING SPIN-DEPENDENT RECOMBINATION JOHNSON, RYAN
19207801 AUTOMATIC REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY YOUNG, TIFFANY P
19190061 SMART MOSQUITO TRAP FOR MOSQUITO CLASSIFICATION ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA
19043393 ADAPTIVE SPEECH ELABORATION AND FEEDBACK FOR SPEECH THERAPY LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI
19036419 METHODS OF FORMING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CONCRETE ARTICLES MUDD, HENRY HOOPER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
1658 2
1622 2
1795 2
2849 1
3643 1
4100 1
1682 1
2453 1
2491 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19223430 ATOMIC CLOCK UTILIZING SPIN-DEPENDENT RECOMBINATION JOHNSON, RYAN 2849 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
19211113 ANALYTICAL ADAPTIVE ALGORITHM FOR AUTONOMOUS RACE DRIVING MIRZA, ADNAN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2025
19207801 AUTOMATIC REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY YOUNG, TIFFANY P §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
19190061 SMART MOSQUITO TRAP FOR MOSQUITO CLASSIFICATION ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 3643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
19087380 PERCENTAGE STENOSIS OF THE ARTERIES OF THE HEART: CAUSES, OPTIMIZATION, METHOD, AND PROBABILISTIC STRATEGIES GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19043393 ADAPTIVE SPEECH ELABORATION AND FEEDBACK FOR SPEECH THERAPY LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
19038669 CUSTOM AI CO-PILOT FOR SOFTWARE SECURITY PEN-TESTING PREM, SAIPRATAP 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
19036419 METHODS OF FORMING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CONCRETE ARTICLES MUDD, HENRY HOOPER §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
18987416 LASER PHACOLYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD MARSH, OWEN LEWIS §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18872790 PREVENTING ALU SINES-MEDIATED PATHOLOGIES STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §102§112DP Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18886935 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PRACTICING A REDUCTION PROCEDURE FOR TREATING RADIAL HEAD SUBLUXATION ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18763184 CELL CULTURE DISHES WITH DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE SURFACE TEXTURES FOR CELL EXPANSION AND HARVESTING JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18721164 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR FREQUENCY DOMAIN DIFFUSE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18742149 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING PROPRANOLOL SENSITIVE TUMORS MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18673231 SEQUENTIAL PACKETS IMAGE-BASED NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM KIM, EUI H 2453 §102§103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 23, 2024
18713153 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AUTHENTICITY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18647858 PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR DNA ADDUCTOMICS SAMPLES GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18638133 BLOCKADE OF CHEMOKINE (C-C MOTIF) RECEPTOR 2 DURING FLUID RESUSCITATION SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18698748 COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS INAM, SAHAR 1622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18623565 PREVENTION OF ATTACKS VIA REQUESTED DISPLAYABLE CONTENT AHSAN, SYED M 2491 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 01, 2024
18620133 METHODOLOGY FOR INCREASE OF BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT PRODUCED BY A NANOSCALE SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED HETEROSTRUCTURE PATEL, REEMA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18594989 Use of Cannabidiol to Improve Rehabilitation in Lung Cancer KIM, SEONG JONG 1621 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18594993 STING MODULATOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE AND DETECTION THEREOF BUNKER, AMY M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18594910 Method of Treatment for Auditory Dysfunction GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18593708 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BRAM, STANLEY 1691 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18687558 STING MODULATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE HEES, OLIVER DRAGON 1628 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18394762 CADAVERIC 6-AXIS SPINE SIMULATOR FOR ASSESSING SPINAL BIOMECHANICS ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3715 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18391455 RANGE BASED HARDWARE OPTIMIZATION OF NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD KHAN, SHAHID K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18556969 METHODS FOR TREATING SYMPTOMS OF KABUKI SYNDROME HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18555600 TIME OR TIDAL VOLUME SPLITTING VENTILATOR AND METHODS OF USE JANG, JAEICK 3785 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2023
18554285 PEPTIDE-SMALL INTERFERING RNA-HYALURONIC ACID NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BANERJEE, KOYELI 1658 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18456444 CONTROL OF MULTIAGENT NETWORKS WITH MISBEHAVING VEHICLES OVER DIRECTED NETWORK TOPOLOGIES MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §103§112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18453200 DETERMINING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AUTHENTICITY VIA ELECTRONIC SIGNAL SIGNATURE MEASUREMENT GONZALEZ, MILTON 2852 §112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18360407 SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING AFFECT IN PAIN LEVEL RECOGNITION HUNTSINGER, PETER K 2682 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18183271 NAILABLE CONCRETE COMPOSITION USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §102 Final Rejection 28d Pending Mar 14, 2023
18174724 SURFACE MODIFICATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS TAI, XIUYU 1795 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2023
18098057 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING A CONVERSION TIME OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN PATIENTS BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 3796 §101§103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2023
17913253 INTRAOCULAR LENS REPOSITIONING DEVICE BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Sep 21, 2022
17793506 METHODS OF TREATING FRAGILE X SYNDROME WITH REELIN KIM, TAEYOON 1631 DP Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2022
17733265 DNA CAPTURE-BASED GRAVITATIONAL FLOW-THROUGH ASSAY FOR ANTIGEN DETECTION LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2022
17773257 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
17713382 METHODS FOR TREATING COVID-19 BASED ON INDIVIDUAL GENOMIC PROFILES BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1672 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2022
17511332 GAIT TRAINING USING A COMBINATION OF REHABILITATION THERAPIES AND FEEDBACK BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2021
17392047 SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING REAL DATA-DRIVEN MODELS FOR PREDICTING AND OPTIMIZING CROP PRODUCTION HATCHER, DEIRDRE D 3625 §101 Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2021
17320352 HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE FAST CV SENSOR USING WIDE BANDGAP SILICON CARBIDE SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103§112 Final Rejection 150d overdue Pending May 14, 2021
17224831 METHODS OF TREATING INFLAMMATION CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 07, 2021

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