Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
12 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University of Wyoming has 12 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 9 distinct art units, which indicates a range of chemical research and material science applications. Every one of the 12 pending actions is assigned to a different person, resulting in 12 distinct examiners for the portfolio. Silvana C Runyan is the busiest examiner, though she only manages 1 pending office action.
This distribution of 12 examiners for 12 actions shows a fragmented prosecution landscape. The involvement of 9 distinct art units further emphasizes the technical diversity of the university's filings. Practitioners should be prepared to manage many different examiner styles, as no single examiner has oversight of more than 1 pending matter. The number of examiners is higher than the 9 distinct art units involved. Silvana C Runyan handles a single active case.
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 | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 5 (42%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 1 | 82.4% | +16.9% |
| TOOMER, CEPHIA D | 1 | 74.4% | +2.5% |
| NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1 | 64.9% | +28.4% |
| SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | 1 | 57.0% | +46.4% |
| WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | 1 | 47.1% | +100.0% |
| HANN, JAY B | 1 | 61.1% | +31.9% |
| BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1 | 35.2% | +45.6% |
| RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1 | 45.8% | +32.9% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.9% | +44.1% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.7% | +37.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19276651 | FOAMING AGENTS, GAS MOBILITY CONTROL AGENTS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
| 19103251 | APPARATUS AND PROCESSES FOR SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF COAL | TOOMER, CEPHIA D | — |
| 18239220 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING QUASI-STATIC PROCESSES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — |
| 18239533 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PORE NETWORK DUPLICATION AND BLENDING | HANN, JAY B | — |
| 17968700 | MICROEMULSIONS AND USES THEREOF TO DISPLACE OIL IN HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | — |
| 17849481 | RADIATIVE COOLING STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17990195 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO CONTROL CELLULAR EXPRESSION | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 60d overdue |
| 19276651 | FOAMING AGENTS, GAS MOBILITY CONTROL AGENTS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
| 18907864 | CARBON FOAMS, DOPED CARBON COMPOSITES, PROCESSES FOR FABRICATING CARBON FOAMS AND DOPED CARBON COMPOSITES, AND USES THEREOF | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | — |
| 18737141 | FIBRIN PARTICLES AND METHODS OF FORMING FIBRIN PARTICLES | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | — |
| 18239220 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING QUASI-STATIC PROCESSES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — |
| 18239533 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PORE NETWORK DUPLICATION AND BLENDING | HANN, JAY B | — |
| 17968700 | MICROEMULSIONS AND USES THEREOF TO DISPLACE OIL IN HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | — |
| 17849481 | RADIATIVE COOLING STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3674 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 1636 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19276651 | FOAMING AGENTS, GAS MOBILITY CONTROL AGENTS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 3674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19103251 | APPARATUS AND PROCESSES FOR SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF COAL | TOOMER, CEPHIA D | 1771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18907864 | CARBON FOAMS, DOPED CARBON COMPOSITES, PROCESSES FOR FABRICATING CARBON FOAMS AND DOPED CARBON COMPOSITES, AND USES THEREOF | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18737141 | FIBRIN PARTICLES AND METHODS OF FORMING FIBRIN PARTICLES | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18239220 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING QUASI-STATIC PROCESSES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18239533 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PORE NETWORK DUPLICATION AND BLENDING | HANN, JAY B | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 17990195 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO CONTROL CELLULAR EXPRESSION | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17968700 | MICROEMULSIONS AND USES THEREOF TO DISPLACE OIL IN HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1759 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
| 17849481 | RADIATIVE COOLING STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2022 |
| 17484381 | APPARATUS AND PROCESSES FOR ISOLATING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2021 |
| 17482143 | HYDROGEL-ENCAPSULATED BETA CELLS, BETA-CELL ENCAPSULATION PROCESS, AND USES THEREOF | VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE | 1636 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2021 |
| 17463362 | HYDROGEL-ENCAPSULATED CELLS AND HYDROGEL-DISPERSED CELLS | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Aug 31, 2021 |
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