Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

University of Tennessee Research Foundation

22 pending office actions • 20 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)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.

14
Hard (64%)
8
Medium (36%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (18%)
§103 only7 (32%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

17
Life Sciences
77% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DANIELS, ANTHONY J 1 79.6% +16.9%
ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1 72.5% +21.3%
AGUDELO, PAOLA 1 77.1% +16.7%
KUBELIK, ANNE R 1 75.8% -1.0%
TENTONI, LEO B 1 81.9% +10.0%
ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1 73.6% +20.9%
KINGDON, CATHY 1 80.4% +2.3%
MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1 70.0% +39.5%
GUSSOW, ANNE 1 58.0% +42.6%
MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H 1 73.5% +14.8%

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
18652194 METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT HOMOGENEOUS MIXING OF FIBERS FEEDSTOCK FOR A CARDING PROCESS TENTONI, LEO B 43d overdue

Hard Cases (14)

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
18573797 BINDER JETTING PROCESS USING LIGHT CURING TECHNOLOGY MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H 24d 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

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
18652194 METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT HOMOGENEOUS MIXING OF FIBERS FEEDSTOCK FOR A CARDING PROCESS TENTONI, LEO B 43d overdue
18573797 BINDER JETTING PROCESS USING LIGHT CURING TECHNOLOGY MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H 24d overdue
18793307 Method of Retrofitting Building Exteriors With Insulation And Cladding Construction AGUDELO, PAOLA 22d overdue
19194606 BINARY PIXEL SENSOR CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY DANIELS, ANTHONY J
18965202 DISCOVERY OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE RESISTANCE GENES BASED ON EPIGENETIC ANALYSIS ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN
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
1662 1
3633 1
1742 1
1776 1
1626 1
1683 1
1743 1
3791 1
2115 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
18965202 DISCOVERY OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE RESISTANCE GENES BASED ON EPIGENETIC ANALYSIS ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1662 §101§102DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18793307 Method of Retrofitting Building Exteriors With Insulation And Cladding Construction AGUDELO, PAOLA 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Aug 02, 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
18652194 METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT HOMOGENEOUS MIXING OF FIBERS FEEDSTOCK FOR A CARDING PROCESS TENTONI, LEO B 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18695866 FILTER MEDIA WITH BIODEGRADABLE FIBERS ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1776 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18694018 RESISTANCE GENES AGAINST ROOT KNOT-NEMATODES IN TOMATO KINGDON, CATHY 1663 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2024
18612647 BROMODOMAIN INHIBITORS FOR CANCER THERAPY MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §102§112DP Non-Final OA 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
18573797 BINDER JETTING PROCESS USING LIGHT CURING TECHNOLOGY MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H 1743 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18385490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING GASTROINTESTINAL IMPAIRMENT FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §101§112Other Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 31, 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 Non-Final OA 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
17967634 PRECERAMIC POLYMER 3D-PRINTING FORMULATION COMPRISING FUMED ALUMINA AUER, LAURA A 1783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2022
17793355 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR REMOVAL OF AMYLOID WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 15, 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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