Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

29 pending office actions • 26 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 73 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
6
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (6)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.

1
Hard (3%)
21
Medium (72%)
3
Easy (10%)
4
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only16 (55%)
§102 only5 (17%)
§112 only3 (10%)
No statute on record4 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
52% of docket
3
Information Tech
10% of docket
2
Communications
7% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
28% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STEELE, AMBER D 1 59.1% +9.1%
PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J 1 70.9% +39.3%
MYERS, CARLA J 1 48.6% +47.0%
KIM, EUI H 1 48.8% +53.2%
SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1 34.6% +19.5%
VU, KHOA 1 68.5% +15.2%
MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 1 64.5% +32.7%
HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN 1 100.0% +0.0%
ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 1 42.9% +39.7%
SMITH, BENJAMIN J 1 63.7% +55.3%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18594305 WITHAFERIN A AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT BLOCKER COMBINATION THERAPIES HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN 111d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18175423 MACHINE LEARNING BASED HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 34d

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
18638595 DYNAMIC MEMORY MANAGEMENT ON GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS VU, KHOA 98d overdue
18931395 EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL CAGE PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J 96d overdue
18508366 Prevention of Web Scraping and Copy and Paste of Content by Font Obfuscation SMITH, BENJAMIN J 26d overdue
18627805 DIFFERENTIATION OF AN INTACT CANCER CELL MEMBRANE WITH RAMAN IMAGING MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 4d overdue
18742149 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING PROPRANOLOL SENSITIVE TUMORS MYERS, CARLA J 26d
18638133 BLOCKADE OF CHEMOKINE (C-C MOTIF) RECEPTOR 2 DURING FLUID RESUSCITATION SIMMONS, CHRIS E 26d
18394762 CADAVERIC 6-AXIS SPINE SIMULATOR FOR ASSESSING SPINAL BIOMECHANICS ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 34d
18673231 SEQUENTIAL PACKETS IMAGE-BASED NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM KIM, EUI H 83d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 2
3796 2
1629 2
1658 1
3773 1
1682 1
2453 1
1622 1
2611 1
2664 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18872790 PREVENTING ALU SINES-MEDIATED PATHOLOGIES STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §102 Final Rejection 110d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18931395 EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL CAGE PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J 3773 Other Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18742149 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING PROPRANOLOL SENSITIVE TUMORS MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18673231 SEQUENTIAL PACKETS IMAGE-BASED NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM KIM, EUI H 2453 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending May 23, 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
18638595 DYNAMIC MEMORY MANAGEMENT ON GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS VU, KHOA 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18627805 DIFFERENTIATION OF AN INTACT CANCER CELL MEMBRANE WITH RAMAN IMAGING MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 2664 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18594305 WITHAFERIN A AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT BLOCKER COMBINATION THERAPIES HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18394762 CADAVERIC 6-AXIS SPINE SIMULATOR FOR ASSESSING SPINAL BIOMECHANICS ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18508366 Prevention of Web Scraping and Copy and Paste of Content by Font Obfuscation SMITH, BENJAMIN J 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18556969 METHODS FOR TREATING SYMPTOMS OF KABUKI SYNDROME HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18456444 CONTROL OF MULTIAGENT NETWORKS WITH MISBEHAVING VEHICLES OVER DIRECTED NETWORK TOPOLOGIES MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §103 Final Rejection 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
18546422 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING LIQUIDS GORDON, BRIAN R 1798 §112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2023
18262548 ELECTROTRANSFER METHODS FOR TREATING TUMORS ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1647 §102 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18307995 AUTONOMOUS CONTROL USING HIERARCHICAL ENSEMBLES OF AUTONOMOUS DECISION SYSTEMS BARRETT, RYAN S 2148 Other Final Rejection 76d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18183271 NAILABLE CONCRETE COMPOSITION USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 14, 2023
18175423 MACHINE LEARNING BASED HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18174471 MACHINE LEARNING BASED PATIENT SPECIFIC POST-SURGERY MORTALITY PREDICTION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS BURGESS, JOSEPH D 3685 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Feb 24, 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 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2023
17919238 METHOD OF MAKING LECTURES MORE INTERACTIVE WITH REALTIME AND SAVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH 3715 §102 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2022
17913253 INTRAOCULAR LENS REPOSITIONING DEVICE BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Sep 21, 2022
17793506 METHODS OF TREATING FRAGILE X SYNDROME WITH REELIN KIM, TAEYOON 1631 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2022
17773257 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
17642566 COMBINATIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17637773 STING MODULATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 23, 2022
17626205 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1621 Other Non-Final OA 315d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2022
17320352 HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE FAST CV SENSOR USING WIDE BANDGAP SILICON CARBIDE SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 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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