Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UNIVERSITÄT BASEL

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
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
§102 only1 (12%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
HOWELL, THEODORE R 1 66.8% +25.4%
ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE 1 57.9% +61.5%
VANORE, DAVID A 1 88.8% +7.5%
KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE 1 38.9% +100.0%
BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1 28.6% +83.3%
PRAGANI, RAJAN 1 50.0% +73.5%
HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 1 39.5% +45.8%

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
18005605 SINGLE PHOTON SOURCE FOR GENERATING BRIGHT AND COHERENT SINGLE PHOTONS VANORE, DAVID A 46d overdue
18280329 COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EBV ASSOCIATED DISEASES OR CONDITIONS ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 63d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17635534 CELL THERAPY METHODS BARRERA, IMMACULADA 66d overdue

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
18021323 LFA-1 SIGNALLING MEDIATOR FOR USE IN CANCER THERAPY HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE 110d overdue
17627751 Cosmetic Preparations Comprising Natural Activators PRAGANI, RAJAN 104d overdue
17635534 CELL THERAPY METHODS BARRERA, IMMACULADA 66d overdue
17254737 FORCE SENSING DEVICE, MEDICAL ENDODEVICE AND PROCESS OF USING SUCH ENDODEVICE HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 60d overdue
17849272 Coupler Device for Round Window Stimulation of the Cochlea KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE 6d
18526732 TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS HOWELL, THEODORE R 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
1628 1
1672 1
1641 1
2878 1
1671 1
1614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18526732 TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18280329 COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EBV ASSOCIATED DISEASES OR CONDITIONS ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1672 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18021323 LFA-1 SIGNALLING MEDIATOR FOR USE IN CANCER THERAPY HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE 1641 §103 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023
18005605 SINGLE PHOTON SOURCE FOR GENERATING BRIGHT AND COHERENT SINGLE PHOTONS VANORE, DAVID A 2878 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2023
17849272 Coupler Device for Round Window Stimulation of the Cochlea KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE 3791 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jun 24, 2022
17635534 CELL THERAPY METHODS BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1671 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2022
17627751 Cosmetic Preparations Comprising Natural Activators PRAGANI, RAJAN 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2022
17254737 FORCE SENSING DEVICE, MEDICAL ENDODEVICE AND PROCESS OF USING SUCH ENDODEVICE HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2020

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