Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (29%)
§103 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1 64.0% +17.9%
DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1 0.0% +0.0%
ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1 47.4% +76.9%
NICKOL, GARY B 1 45.3% +28.7%
NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1 41.1% +33.7%
SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1 58.6% +39.6%
MYERS, CARLA J 1 49.0% +46.6%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18278494 ALLELE-SPECIFIC GENOME EDITING OF THE NR2E3 MUTATION G56R POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA
18546300 COMBINATION OF A SERCA2 INHIBITOR AND A STING ACTIVATOR FOR USE IN TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING CANCER DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE
18250018 C-TERMINAL SPARC FRAGMENTS FOR TREATING CANCER NICKOL, GARY B
18248240 NOVEL PEPTOIDS AND USE THEREOF FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CHRONIC PAIN NIEBAUER, RONALD T
17918468 PROGNOSIS METHOD OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA MYERS, CARLA J

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
18275331 BILE SALTS BACTOSENSOR AND USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSITC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 30d overdue
18278494 ALLELE-SPECIFIC GENOME EDITING OF THE NR2E3 MUTATION G56R POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA
18250018 C-TERMINAL SPARC FRAGMENTS FOR TREATING CANCER NICKOL, GARY B
18248240 NOVEL PEPTOIDS AND USE THEREOF FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CHRONIC PAIN NIEBAUER, RONALD T
18002215 BILE SALTS BACTOSENSOR AND USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN
17918468 PROGNOSIS METHOD OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA MYERS, CARLA J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1637 1
1622 1
1651 1
1643 1
1658 1
1635 1
1682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18278494 ALLELE-SPECIFIC GENOME EDITING OF THE NR2E3 MUTATION G56R POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 23, 2023
18546300 COMBINATION OF A SERCA2 INHIBITOR AND A STING ACTIVATOR FOR USE IN TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING CANCER DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2023
18275331 BILE SALTS BACTOSENSOR AND USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSITC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1651 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18250018 C-TERMINAL SPARC FRAGMENTS FOR TREATING CANCER NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 21, 2023
18248240 NOVEL PEPTOIDS AND USE THEREOF FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CHRONIC PAIN NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 06, 2023
18002215 BILE SALTS BACTOSENSOR AND USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2022
17918468 PROGNOSIS METHOD OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2022

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