Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Unm Rainforest Innovations

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

21 pending office actions • 20 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Unm Rainforest Innovations has 21 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 20 distinct examiners across 20 distinct art units, showing broad dispersion across both examination personnel and technical groups. The action count is only slightly above each diversity figure, indicating limited repetition in the assignments.

HONRATH, MARC D is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That assignment may justify a targeted check for consistent arguments or amendments, but it does not define the overall docket. Portfolio management should emphasize matter-level review and careful tracking across the 20 art units.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

16
Hard (76%)
5
Medium (24%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (14%)
§103 only3 (14%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
29% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
29% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HONRATH, MARC D 2 73.5% +33.2%
MARTIN, VERONICA 1 82.6% +13.4%
GANNON, LEVI 1 82.7% +7.1%
HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M 1 86.3% -15.3%
LE, KHOA TAN 1 75.4% +41.7%
YU, TIAN NMN 1 55.6% +19.3%
RUMP, RICHARD M 1 74.4% +20.3%
WANG, RUIXUE 1 55.9% +19.0%
WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1 55.4% +16.8%
HA, NGUYEN Q 1 80.5% +4.1%

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
19012767 Slatted Cathode for Frequency Agility of MILO HPM Source GANNON, LEVI 11d overdue
19247369 PARYLENE CAPPING LAYER FOR EMBEDDED LIQUID PACKAGING MARTIN, VERONICA —

Hard Cases (16)

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
17370961 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENTROPY AND STATISTICAL QUALITY METRICS IN PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION GENERATED BITSTRINGS DUONG, HUY 56d overdue
18544117 Non-Contact Dynamic Displacement Measurement of Structures Using a Moving Laser Doppler Vibrometer AMARA, MOHAMED K 10d overdue
18840471 Magnetic Snare Endovascular Catheter System for Central Venous Stenosis LE, KHOA TAN 5d overdue
18086274 TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY HONRATH, MARC D 16d
18616085 Monitoring Reference-Free Contact-Free Total Displacements And Movements With A UAS Equipped With Lasers And Computer-Vision HA, NGUYEN Q 21d
18693931 Drain Electrode CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 26d
17771382 ACCELERATED EVOLUTION AND RESTRUCTURING TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPING EVOLVED STRUCTURES REYES, REGINALD R 33d
18549887 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ALTERING THE EXPRESSION OF ENDOGENOUS CIRCULAR RNAS LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT 70d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18840471 Magnetic Snare Endovascular Catheter System for Central Venous Stenosis LE, KHOA TAN 5d overdue
18086274 TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY HONRATH, MARC D 16d
19247369 PARYLENE CAPPING LAYER FOR EMBEDDED LIQUID PACKAGING MARTIN, VERONICA —
18678737 GENE SIGNATURE OF CTCS TO DETECT MELANOMA BRAIN METASTASIS YU, TIAN NMN —
18663018 Perovskite Material For Methane To Ethylene Conversion RUMP, RICHARD M —
18704248 ONCOLYTIC VIROTHERAPY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS WANG, RUIXUE —
18641282 Scalable Self-assembly Technique for Strain-Engineering of Amorphous Complex Oxides and Fabrication of Hybrid Superlattices WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P —
18579540 METHODS FOR NOISE REMOVAL IN FUNCTIONAL MRI USING SPECTRALLY SEGMENTED REGRESSION OF MOTION PARAMETERS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL NOISE HONRATH, MARC D —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
3731 1
2849 1
2858 1
3771 1
1681 1
1759 1
1672 1
1712 1
2853 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19247369 PARYLENE CAPPING LAYER FOR EMBEDDED LIQUID PACKAGING MARTIN, VERONICA 3731 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 24, 2025
19012767 Slatted Cathode for Frequency Agility of MILO HPM Source GANNON, LEVI 2849 §102 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2025
18888510 ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPTROSCOPY FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE, REAL-TIME, TRACKING OF RELATIVE WATER CONTENT AND STRESS RESPONSE IN PLANTS HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M 2858 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18840471 Magnetic Snare Endovascular Catheter System for Central Venous Stenosis LE, KHOA TAN 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2024
18678737 GENE SIGNATURE OF CTCS TO DETECT MELANOMA BRAIN METASTASIS YU, TIAN NMN 1681 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18663018 Perovskite Material For Methane To Ethylene Conversion RUMP, RICHARD M 1759 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18704248 ONCOLYTIC VIROTHERAPY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18641282 Scalable Self-assembly Technique for Strain-Engineering of Amorphous Complex Oxides and Fabrication of Hybrid Superlattices WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1712 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18616085 Monitoring Reference-Free Contact-Free Total Displacements And Movements With A UAS Equipped With Lasers And Computer-Vision HA, NGUYEN Q 2853 §102§103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18693931 Drain Electrode CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 3781 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18609914 SCAFFOLDS FOR BONE-SOFT TISSURE INTERFACE AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME HIGHLAND, RACHEL S 3774 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2024
18579540 METHODS FOR NOISE REMOVAL IN FUNCTIONAL MRI USING SPECTRALLY SEGMENTED REGRESSION OF MOTION PARAMETERS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL NOISE HONRATH, MARC D 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2024
18544117 Non-Contact Dynamic Displacement Measurement of Structures Using a Moving Laser Doppler Vibrometer AMARA, MOHAMED K 2877 §103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18513539 SYSTEM AND METHODS DIRECTED TO SIDE-CHANNEL POWER RESISTANCE FOR ENCRYPTION ALGORITHMS USING DYNAMIC PARTIAL RECONFIGURATION SHOLEMAN, ABU S 2496 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 18, 2023
18370954 DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED EMISSIVITY AND METHODS THEREOF SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 2872 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 21, 2023
18549887 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ALTERING THE EXPRESSION OF ENDOGENOUS CIRCULAR RNAS LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT 1633 §102§103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18307173 APPLICATIONS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL SILICON CARBIDE AS THE CHANNEL LAYER IN FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS HAN, JONATHAN 2818 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18086274 TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY HONRATH, MARC D 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 21, 2022
17916115 MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USING GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2022
17771382 ACCELERATED EVOLUTION AND RESTRUCTURING TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPING EVOLVED STRUCTURES REYES, REGINALD R 3684 §101§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 22, 2022
17370961 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENTROPY AND STATISTICAL QUALITY METRICS IN PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION GENERATED BITSTRINGS DUONG, HUY 2182 §101§112 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Unm Rainforest Innovations have?

Unm Rainforest Innovations has 21 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 20 art units and 20 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Unm Rainforest Innovations applications?

Marc D Honrath has the most, with 2 of Unm Rainforest Innovations's pending office actions.

What technology area are Unm Rainforest Innovations's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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