Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
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
The University of Vermont maintains 8 pending office actions primarily within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 8 distinct examiners, indicating a high degree of variety in the individuals reviewing the university's intellectual property. The workload spans 7 distinct art units, which suggests the portfolio covers a diverse range of sub-specialties within the broader biotech sector. This diversity requires counsel to manage multiple distinct examiner relationships simultaneously.
The busiest examiner, NGUYEN, BAO LONG T, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 8 and the busiest examiner only handles 1, the prosecution workload is perfectly distributed with no single examiner managing a disproportionate share of the applications. This distribution requires the university to adapt to the unique perspectives of many different examiners. The ratio of 8 examiners to 8 actions suggests that each application is receiving an independent review. Managing 7 distinct art units requires a broad understanding of various pharmaceutical and biological examination standards.
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.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 1 | 82.9% | +7.3% |
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1 | 90.0% | +22.5% |
| CLARKE, TRENT R | 1 | 42.0% | +24.0% |
| DUNN, MCKENZIE A | 1 | 53.8% | +56.3% |
| WESTON, ALYSSA G | 1 | 59.8% | +50.9% |
| BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 1 | 83.6% | +23.0% |
| ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL | 1 | 12.0% | +41.3% |
| LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 1 | 38.6% | +14.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17906973 | VENTILATOR AND VENTILATOR VALVE | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 23d overdue |
| 18994248 | INDUCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE DIFFERENTIATION IN VEGETATIVE SOMATIC PLANT CELLS, AND METHODS AND CELLS THEREOF | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17403811 | CATHETER SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR MAPPING, MINIMIZING, AND TREATING CARDIAC FIBRILLATION | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 1d overdue |
| 19219315 | Mobile Sensing Robots Having Multipoint Sensing Systems for Sensing Characteristics of Materials, and Related Systems, Methods, and Software | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | — |
| 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 | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17906973 | VENTILATOR AND VENTILATOR VALVE | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 23d overdue |
| 17403811 | CATHETER SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR MAPPING, MINIMIZING, AND TREATING CARDIAC FIBRILLATION | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 1d overdue |
| 18994248 | INDUCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE DIFFERENTIATION IN VEGETATIVE SOMATIC PLANT CELLS, AND METHODS AND CELLS THEREOF | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3656 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 1651 | 1 |
| 1633 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 1687 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 18994248 | INDUCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE DIFFERENTIATION IN VEGETATIVE SOMATIC PLANT CELLS, AND METHODS AND CELLS THEREOF | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 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 | Final Rejection | 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§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2021 |
| 17403811 | CATHETER SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR MAPPING, MINIMIZING, AND TREATING CARDIAC FIBRILLATION | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 3794 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2021 |
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