Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other2 (33%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD 1 75.3% +8.2%
BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE 1
KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1 30.0% +38.8%
SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1 53.6% +32.5%
STEADMAN, DAVID J 1 57.7% +29.5%
ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1 60.2% +23.8%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18562893 MOLECULAR SIGNATURE FOR ASSESSING THE RESPONSIVENESS OF CANCER TO MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETED ANTIOXIDANTS BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE
18263756 POLYPEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY FOR USE IN CANCER THERAPY KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH
17920560 ALPHA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR THE TREATMENT OF SPLEEN DISORDERS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH
17608002 LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE INHIBITOR POLYPEPTIDES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17792011 GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIUM WITH ALTERED ENVELOP INTEGRITY AND USES THEREOF STEADMAN, DAVID J 26d
18263756 POLYPEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY FOR USE IN CANCER THERAPY KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH
17920560 ALPHA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR THE TREATMENT OF SPLEEN DISORDERS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH
17608002 LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE INHIBITOR POLYPEPTIDES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1683 1
1658 1
1629 1
1656 1
1641 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18843768 DEVICE FOR HEART VALVE REPAIR SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2024
18562893 MOLECULAR SIGNATURE FOR ASSESSING THE RESPONSIVENESS OF CANCER TO MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETED ANTIOXIDANTS BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE 1683 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18263756 POLYPEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY FOR USE IN CANCER THERAPY KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
17920560 ALPHA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR THE TREATMENT OF SPLEEN DISORDERS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2022
17792011 GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIUM WITH ALTERED ENVELOP INTEGRITY AND USES THEREOF STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 §103DP Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jul 11, 2022
17608002 LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE INHIBITOR POLYPEPTIDES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1641 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2021

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