Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

University of Tsukuba

11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

6
Hard (55%)
4
Medium (36%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only3 (27%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
27% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
4
Business / Other
36% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEN, XUEMEI G 1 77.0% +25.4%
WANG, NICHOLAS A 1 53.8% +22.2%
PARK, SOO JIN 1 81.9% +17.3%
YENINAS, STEVEN LEE 1 73.4% +4.7%
MARTIN, ANGELA J 1 67.0% -31.9%
STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 1 52.7% +40.9%
PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 1 80.7% +18.0%
NGUYEN, NGHI V 1 53.4% +50.7%
BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1 46.5% +33.1%
GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R 1 45.5% +30.1%

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
18558290 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM PINKNEY, DAWAYNE

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18699428 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PARK, SOO JIN 7d
18842280 ROBUSTNESS VERIFICATION DEVICE, ROBUSTNESS VERIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CHEN, XUEMEI G
18637555 MnBi-based magnet WANG, NICHOLAS A
18578782 BOROHYDRIDE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM MARTIN, ANGELA J
18564538 COLD SENSATION PRESENTATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN
17776191 EVALUATION DEVICE, EVALUATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON

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
18699428 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PARK, SOO JIN 7d
18842280 ROBUSTNESS VERIFICATION DEVICE, ROBUSTNESS VERIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CHEN, XUEMEI G
18637555 MnBi-based magnet WANG, NICHOLAS A
18564538 COLD SENSATION PRESENTATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN
18558290 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM PINKNEY, DAWAYNE
18026991 NERVE FASCICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING NERVE FASCICLE NGUYEN, NGHI V
18259037 FIBROIN MICRO-SPHERE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE
18252819 FEATURE AMOUNT SELECTION DEVICE, FEATURE AMOUNT SELECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2675 1
2858 1
3794 1
2872 1
1653 1
1619 1
1687 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18842280 ROBUSTNESS VERIFICATION DEVICE, ROBUSTNESS VERIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CHEN, XUEMEI G §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18637555 MnBi-based magnet WANG, NICHOLAS A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18699428 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PARK, SOO JIN 2675 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18696741 ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DEVICE AND DETERIORATION EVALUATION METHOD YENINAS, STEVEN LEE 2858 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18578782 BOROHYDRIDE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM MARTIN, ANGELA J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18564538 COLD SENSATION PRESENTATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 3794 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 27, 2023
18558290 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18026991 NERVE FASCICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING NERVE FASCICLE NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2023
18259037 FIBROIN MICRO-SPHERE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2023
18252819 FEATURE AMOUNT SELECTION DEVICE, FEATURE AMOUNT SELECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
17776191 EVALUATION DEVICE, EVALUATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON 1687 §101§102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending May 11, 2022

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