Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 24, 2026

University of Tennessee Research Foundation

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

23 pending office actions • 17 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
2
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

15
Hard (65%)
8
Medium (35%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (17%)
§103 only5 (22%)
§102 only2 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (48%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
65% of docket
2
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
4
Business / Other
17% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DANIELS, ANTHONY J 1 79.8% +16.7%
TRAN, MICHAEL THANH 1 95.8% +0.4%
ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1 72.2% +21.4%
KIM, KIHO 1 85.4% +4.5%
KUBELIK, ANNE R 1 75.8% -0.7%
JIANG, HAIMEI 1 52.1% +31.4%
ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1 73.5% +21.0%
MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1 68.8% +40.2%
KINGDON, CATHY 1 80.3% +2.5%
GUSSOW, ANNE 1 57.9% +43.5%

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
18973648 CURRENT-CONTROLLED ANALOG MEMORY CIRCUITS BUILT FROM NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENTS TRAN, MICHAEL THANH —

Hard Cases (15)

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
17717821 NOVEL-ARCHITECTURE ELECTRODES WITH ENHANCED MASS TRANSPORT FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY AND LOW-COST HYDROGEN ENERGY CONLEY, OI K 120d overdue
18385490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING GASTROINTESTINAL IMPAIRMENT FERNANDES, PATRICK M 4d overdue
18194374 METHOD FOR TREATING OBESITY AND/OR HYPERTENSION MILLER, DALE R 56d
18124110 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING ICE RECRYSTALLIZATION VAN BUREN, LAUREN K 76d
18367112 METHOD OF COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) MACHINING AND HYBRID MANUFACTURING COLLINS, GARY 77d
19194606 BINARY PIXEL SENSOR CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY DANIELS, ANTHONY J —
18965202 DISCOVERY OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE RESISTANCE GENES BASED ON EPIGENETIC ANALYSIS ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN —
18866904 MULTI-COMPONENT RARE-EARTH GARNET SCINTILLATORS KIM, KIHO —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19194606 BINARY PIXEL SENSOR CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY DANIELS, ANTHONY J —
18965202 DISCOVERY OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE RESISTANCE GENES BASED ON EPIGENETIC ANALYSIS ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN —
18675826 HARDWARE ENCODERS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR SPIKING NEURAL NETWORKS JIANG, HAIMEI —
18695866 FILTER MEDIA WITH BIODEGRADABLE FIBERS ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA —
18612647 BROMODOMAIN INHIBITORS FOR CANCER THERAPY MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE —
18683969 PHARMACOGENOMICS SCORE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THERAPY AUGMENTATION IN AML GUSSOW, ANNE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 2
2115 2
1662 1
1776 1
1626 1
1683 1
3791 1
1734 1
1732 1
3774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19194606 BINARY PIXEL SENSOR CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY DANIELS, ANTHONY J — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2025
18973648 CURRENT-CONTROLLED ANALOG MEMORY CIRCUITS BUILT FROM NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENTS TRAN, MICHAEL THANH — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18965202 DISCOVERY OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE RESISTANCE GENES BASED ON EPIGENETIC ANALYSIS ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1662 §101§102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18866904 MULTI-COMPONENT RARE-EARTH GARNET SCINTILLATORS KIM, KIHO — §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18748186 KINASE-DEAD MUTATION: A NEW APPROACH TO ENHANCE SOYBEAN RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE KUBELIK, ANNE R 1663 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18675826 HARDWARE ENCODERS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR SPIKING NEURAL NETWORKS JIANG, HAIMEI — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18695866 FILTER MEDIA WITH BIODEGRADABLE FIBERS ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1776 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18612647 BROMODOMAIN INHIBITORS FOR CANCER THERAPY MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18694018 RESISTANCE GENES AGAINST ROOT KNOT-NEMATODES IN TOMATO KINGDON, CATHY 1663 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18683969 PHARMACOGENOMICS SCORE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THERAPY AUGMENTATION IN AML GUSSOW, ANNE 1683 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18385490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING GASTROINTESTINAL IMPAIRMENT FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §101§112DP Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18369468 A3BX5, A2BX4, ABX3, AND AX HALIDE SCINTILLATORS DOPED WITH TRANSITION METAL IONS KOSLOW, CAROL M 1734 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Sep 18, 2023
18367112 METHOD OF COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) MACHINING AND HYBRID MANUFACTURING COLLINS, GARY 2115 §102§103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18243215 SELECTIVE CARBON BINDING ON CARBON QUANTUM DOTS DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18197849 MUSCLE-DRIVEN ENDOPROSTHESIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME COCHRAN, KARI LEE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending May 16, 2023
18194374 METHOD FOR TREATING OBESITY AND/OR HYPERTENSION MILLER, DALE R 1693 §103§112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18124110 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING ICE RECRYSTALLIZATION VAN BUREN, LAUREN K 1638 §102§103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18120191 PROGRAMMED CELLS FOR TARGETED ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND BONE REGENERATION BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2023
18109021 CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2023
18089011 PHOTODYNAMIC ANTI-GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF PHARMACEUTICAL-GRADE ROSE BENGAL BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 27, 2022
17793355 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR REMOVAL OF AMYLOID WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2022
17734846 BIOMIMETIC TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION AND ROBOTIC FABRICATION OF 3D-PRINTED HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS FARINA, MICHAEL VINCENT 2115 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2022
17717821 NOVEL-ARCHITECTURE ELECTRODES WITH ENHANCED MASS TRANSPORT FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY AND LOW-COST HYDROGEN ENERGY CONLEY, OI K 1752 §102§103 Final Rejection 120d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022

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