Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

University of Vermont

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only1 (12%)
§102 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 1 82.8% +7.4%
BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE 1 91.6% +6.5%
CLARKE, TRENT R 1 41.1% +25.3%
DUNN, MCKENZIE A 1 53.8% +55.3%
WESTON, ALYSSA G 1 60.0% +51.3%
BOECKER, JOSEPH D 1 83.6% +22.8%
ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1 9.1% +45.0%
AGAHI, PUYA 1 49.1% +23.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17906973 VENTILATOR AND VENTILATOR VALVE BOECKER, JOSEPH D 23d overdue
19219315 Mobile Sensing Robots Having Multipoint Sensing Systems for Sensing Characteristics of Materials, and Related Systems, Methods, and Software NGUYEN, BAO LONG T
18676828 CATHETERS, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR MAPPING, MINIMIZING, AND TREATING CARDIAC FIBRILLATION BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16757481 A Method and Apparatus for Interpreting Multi-Breath Nitrogen Washout Data AGAHI, PUYA 1d overdue
18614071 Fetal Microchimeric Cells and EVs for Regenerative Medicine in Women's Health CLARKE, TRENT R
18681004 METHODS FOR SELECTING A CANCER PATIENT FOR TREATMENT DUNN, MCKENZIE A
18003705 ENGINEERED MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS WESTON, ALYSSA G
17621200 METHODS FOR GUIDING DIRECT DELIVERY OF DRUGS AND/OR ENERGY TO LESIONS USING COMPUTATIONAL MODELING ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL

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
17906973 VENTILATOR AND VENTILATOR VALVE BOECKER, JOSEPH D 23d overdue
16757481 A Method and Apparatus for Interpreting Multi-Breath Nitrogen Washout Data AGAHI, PUYA 1d overdue
18614071 Fetal Microchimeric Cells and EVs for Regenerative Medicine in Women's Health CLARKE, TRENT R
18681004 METHODS FOR SELECTING A CANCER PATIENT FOR TREATMENT DUNN, MCKENZIE A
18003705 ENGINEERED MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS WESTON, ALYSSA G
17621200 METHODS FOR GUIDING DIRECT DELIVERY OF DRUGS AND/OR ENERGY TO LESIONS USING COMPUTATIONAL MODELING ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3656 1
3794 1
1651 1
1633 1
3785 1
1687 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19219315 Mobile Sensing Robots Having Multipoint Sensing Systems for Sensing Characteristics of Materials, and Related Systems, Methods, and Software NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 3656 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
18676828 CATHETERS, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR MAPPING, MINIMIZING, AND TREATING CARDIAC FIBRILLATION BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18614071 Fetal Microchimeric Cells and EVs for Regenerative Medicine in Women's Health CLARKE, TRENT R 1651 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18681004 METHODS FOR SELECTING A CANCER PATIENT FOR TREATMENT DUNN, MCKENZIE A §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18003705 ENGINEERED MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2022
17906973 VENTILATOR AND VENTILATOR VALVE BOECKER, JOSEPH D 3785 §102 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17621200 METHODS FOR GUIDING DIRECT DELIVERY OF DRUGS AND/OR ENERGY TO LESIONS USING COMPUTATIONAL MODELING ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1687 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2021
16757481 A Method and Apparatus for Interpreting Multi-Breath Nitrogen Washout Data AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2020

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