Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

University of Washington

78 pending office actions • 53 art units • 75 examiners • 0 of 78 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 67 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

78
Total Pending OAs
43
Non-Final OAs
35
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
10
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

39
Hard (50%)
30
Medium (38%)
9
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other9 (12%)
§103 only23 (29%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only9 (12%)
Double-patenting + other4 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)29 (37%)

Industry Mix

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

45
Life Sciences
58% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
4
Communications
5% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
12
Business / Other
15% 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.

780 h
Manual time on pending OAs
156 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
273 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAVLIN, ROBERT H 3 51.6% +27.9%
BRETZ, COREY LANE 2 0.0% +0.0%
SEABE, JUSTIN D 1 71.8% +24.5%
FARAG, AMAL ALY 1 67.8% +38.0%
CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL 1 58.8% +37.6%
JOHNSON, KYLE T 1 84.9% +15.7%
CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 1 31.3% +30.3%
MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER 1 68.6% +33.9%
SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 1 53.8% +53.6%
EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A 1 84.6% +9.3%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19080526 ROBOTIC LASER ABLATION SYSTEM WITH PROGRAMMATIC SURFACE-FIT MOTION PATH GENERATION JOHNSON, KYLE T
18728378 COMPUTATIONALLY GENERATED GRIPPERS EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A

Hard Cases (39)

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
17904907 COMPOSITION AND METHOD TO PREPARE LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE SUSPENSION CONTAINING MULTIPLE CANCER DRUGS BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 86d overdue
17916683 METHODS TO ENRICH ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS AND THEIR SUBTYPES IN THE CONTIGUOUS, INTESTINAL MONOLAYER SYSTEMS ROGERS, ERIC JASON 38d overdue
18246981 USE OF A DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA CYTOSINE DEAMINASE FOR MAPPING DNA-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS BRETZ, COREY LANE 37d overdue
17999011 PREDICTING INCIPIENT SEPARATION IN TURBULENT FLOWS HANN, JAY B 31d overdue
18547644 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZATION OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS AEDER, SEAN E 23d overdue
17766876 REFERENCE CANCELING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TISSUE CHARACTERISTICS IN VITRO ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L 23d overdue
18223989 COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING ENDOPHYTES FOR IMPROVING PLANT NUTRITION, GROWTH,AND PERFORMANCE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME BOWERS, ERIN M 16d overdue
18329495 MULTI-STAGE TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR PROTONATED GLYCAN ISOMER ASSIGNMENT KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18455152 METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES HAVLIN, ROBERT H 66d overdue
18188504 METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES HAVLIN, ROBERT H 30d
19140171 Flybar Apparatus SEABE, JUSTIN D
19136218 AXIALLY STEERED BOILING HISTOTRIPSY FARAG, AMAL ALY
19216139 METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES HAVLIN, ROBERT H
19213369 SPECTRALLY-ENCODED NON-SCANNING IMAGING THROUGH FIBER CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL
19080526 ROBOTIC LASER ABLATION SYSTEM WITH PROGRAMMATIC SURFACE-FIT MOTION PATH GENERATION JOHNSON, KYLE T
18932410 WEARABLE DEVICES FOR DETECTING EVENTS USING EXTERNAL EAR AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, INCLUDING EXAMPLES OF EARRINGS CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1626 4
3791 2
1671 2
1653 2
1796 2
1635 2
1656 2
1638 2
1675 2
1684 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19140171 Flybar Apparatus SEABE, JUSTIN D 3745 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
19136218 AXIALLY STEERED BOILING HISTOTRIPSY FARAG, AMAL ALY 3798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2025
19216139 METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2025
19213369 SPECTRALLY-ENCODED NON-SCANNING IMAGING THROUGH FIBER CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2025
19080526 ROBOTIC LASER ABLATION SYSTEM WITH PROGRAMMATIC SURFACE-FIT MOTION PATH GENERATION JOHNSON, KYLE T 3656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
18932410 WEARABLE DEVICES FOR DETECTING EVENTS USING EXTERNAL EAR AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, INCLUDING EXAMPLES OF EARRINGS CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18853272 EXTENDABLE AND FLEXIBLE DRIVE SHAFT MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18794618 LEADLESS PACEMAKERS INCLUDING A PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18728378 COMPUTATIONALLY GENERATED GRIPPERS EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2024
18763337 ACOUSTIC BALANCE: WEIGHING IN ULTRASONIC NON-CONTACT MANIPULATORS SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18671766 STRINGER HANDLING AND FORMING TOOL WILENSKY, MOSHE K 3726 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18711782 FREQUENCY ANGULAR RESOLVING (FAR) LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) BY ACOUSTO-OPTIC BEAM STEERING SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18708734 Camera Probe Navigation within Cavity POON, KING Y 2617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18651347 Movable Carriage and Wrapping a Material Sheet Around a Longitudinal Component WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S 1743 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18638492 COMMUNICATION USING MODULATED THERMAL NOISE RACHEDINE, MOHAMMED 2646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18632126 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBTAINING AND/OR RECONSTRUCTING SENSOR DATA FOR PREDICTING PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS AND/OR BIOMARKERS COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Apr 10, 2024
18691615 METHODS, DEVICES, AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR DETECTING SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS-2 BOESEN, AGNIESZKA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18596363 TARGETED TREATMENT FOR SKIN FRAGILITY DISEASES NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE 1627 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18582346 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY BIOMARKER DETECTION CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18293011 TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED BIOLOGICAL GROWTH SURFACES FOR HIGHER MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN BIOPROCESSING HOBBS, MICHAEL L §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18291018 GENERATION OF LARGE PROTEINS BY CO-DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE VECTORS BRETZ, COREY LANE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18408173 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACTIVE PREDICTIVE CODING NETWORKS SANKS, SCHYLER S §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18577620 ENZYME-LOADED POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE OF SAME SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN 1699 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18576518 MULTIPLE DE NOVO DESIGNED PROTEIN BINDING PROTEINS KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18389890 IN SITU COMBINATORIAL LABELING OF CELLULAR MOLECULES GUSSOW, ANNE §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18467255 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING MICROCELLULAR BUBBLES IN SELECTED PORTION OF A THERMOPLASTIC MEMBER KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18549077 PICOSCALE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR ANALYSIS OF SINGLE CELLS AND MICROSAMPLES WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN 1798 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 05, 2023
18458120 MULTILAYERED VASCULARIZED CONSTRUCT BARIA, DINAH N 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18547897 Methods and Devices to Measure Angular Stiffness of Dental and Medical Implants YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §101§102§103§112Other Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18455152 METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18547644 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZATION OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS AEDER, SEAN E 1642 §101§102 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18454005 BIOLOGICAL CEMENT WITH ALGAL BIOMATTER LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 3674 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 2023
18278085 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CARDIOMYOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT 1674 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2023
18360190 Glycoengineered protein nanoparticles and uses thereof CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18359154 SELF-ASSSEMBLING NANOSTRUCTURE VACCINES GILL, RACHEL B 1671 §103§112Other Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18223989 COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING ENDOPHYTES FOR IMPROVING PLANT NUTRITION, GROWTH,AND PERFORMANCE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18271203 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGE SETS SATCHER, DION JOHN 2676 §102§103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18339978 CATHETERS FOR EMERGENCY ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18258735 PHOTOPATTERNED BIOMOLECULE IMMOBILIZATION TO GUIDE 3D CELL FATE IN NATURAL PROTEIN-BASED HYDROGELS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2023
18331034 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING OF VISUALS AND GRAPHICS CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS 2614 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18329495 MULTI-STAGE TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR PROTONATED GLYCAN ISOMER ASSIGNMENT KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1796 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18324004 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ESTIMATING HEARING THRESHOLDS USING AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSES BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending May 25, 2023
18251514 PRECISE GENOME DELETION AND REPLACEMENT METHOD BASED ON PRIME EDITING TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2023
18034583 HYDROTHERMAL REACTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN 1773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 28, 2023
18299033 ADVANCED OXIDATION USING SUPEROXIDE RADICAL AND FREE AVAILABLE CHLORINE NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI 1779 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 11, 2023
18246981 USE OF A DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA CYTOSINE DEAMINASE FOR MAPPING DNA-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 §103§112 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18188504 METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18179555 Customized Foot Support And Systems And Methods For Providing Same MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO 2189 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2023
18006413 IN VIVO SCREENING ARRAY TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2023
18011687 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY AND TREATMENTS FOR CANCER PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE 1687 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2022
18063205 OPHTHALMIC LENSES FOR TREATING MYOPIA LEE, MATTHEW Y 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2022
17999011 PREDICTING INCIPIENT SEPARATION IN TURBULENT FLOWS HANN, JAY B 2186 §101 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17998459 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF HALOGENS IN SAMPLES SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE 1758 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2022
17938752 De novo designed protein homodimers containing tunable symmetric pockets TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §112 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17995671 INTEGRATION OF LARGE ADENOVIRUS PAYLOADS BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1638 §102§103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17916683 METHODS TO ENRICH ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS AND THEIR SUBTYPES IN THE CONTIGUOUS, INTESTINAL MONOLAYER SYSTEMS ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §103§112 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2022
17904907 COMPOSITION AND METHOD TO PREPARE LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE SUSPENSION CONTAINING MULTIPLE CANCER DRUGS BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2022
17800494 DEVICE AND METHODS FOR ENGINEERING 3D COMPLEX TISSUES WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 17, 2022
17760180 POLYPEPTIDES AND THEIR USE BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Aug 04, 2022
17797694 FIBER COMPOSITES HAVING STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS THEREOF PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1789 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2022
17791504 LONG-ACTING THERAPEUTIC AGENT COMBINATIONS AND METHODS THEREOF VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2022
17827479 BRANCHED DISCRETE PEG CONSTRUCTS DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 27, 2022
17769705 EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE-BASED AGENTS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC DISORDERS WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 15, 2022
17766876 REFERENCE CANCELING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TISSUE CHARACTERISTICS IN VITRO ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L 3761 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2022
17649668 Systems and Methods for Deep Brain Stimulation Using Beta Burst Feedback SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 3796 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2022
17618774 RECOMBINANT AD35 VECTORS AND RELATED GENE THERAPY IMPROVEMENTS ARON, KIMBERLY A 1633 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 13, 2021
17595946 Endoscope Steering Mechanism with Everted Tube Introducer MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH 3795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2021
17441741 HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-CELL LIBRARIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND OF USING YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS 1684 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2021
17434832 Precise Gene Activation Via Novel Designed Proteins Mediating Epigenetic Remodeling SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 30, 2021
17422074 COMBINATION PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF RAMOS LEWIS, JOSMALEN MILAGROS 1621 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 09, 2021
17348504 TISSUE SAMPLE STORAGE SYSTEM LE, AUSTIN Q 1796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 15, 2021
17283007 REPORTER CONSTRUCTS FOR NANOPORE-BASED DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1651 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2021
17276690 NARROW ABSORPTION POLYMER NANOPARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 1678 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2021
16966851 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING TRIPARTITE MOTIF-CONTAINING PROTEIN 16 (TRIM16) SIGNALING SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2020
16625100 HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-CELL TRANSCRIPTOME LIBRARIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND OF USING BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §102§103§112DPOther Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2019
18581760 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING DIGITAL ASSAYS USING POLYDISPERSE DROPLETS PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN 1675 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18465952 METHODS OF LOWERING THE ERROR RATE OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL DNA SEQUENCING USING DUPLEX CONSENSUS SEQUENCING PRIEST, AARON A 1681 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023
18317288 CHROMOPHORIC POLYMER DOTS WITH NARROW-BAND EMISSION HAQ, SHAFIQUL 1678 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023

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