Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Waseda University

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
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.

3
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEL TORO-ORTEGA, JORGE G 1 18.9% +29.1%
LAGOY, KYRA RAND 1 11.8% -14.3%
WESTON, ALYSSA G 1 60.0% +51.3%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18565425 DUAL-LAYER CULTURE SUBSTRATE WESTON, ALYSSA G 20d
19142324 DELIVERY PLAN DETERMINATION DEVICE, DELIVERY PLAN DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM DEL TORO-ORTEGA, JORGE G
19240124 HAPPINESS MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS, HAPPINESS CALCULATION APPARATUS, HAPPINESS CALCULATION SYSTEM, HAPPINESS MODEL GENERATION METHOD, HAPPINESS CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM LAGOY, KYRA RAND

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18565425 DUAL-LAYER CULTURE SUBSTRATE WESTON, ALYSSA G 20d
19142324 DELIVERY PLAN DETERMINATION DEVICE, DELIVERY PLAN DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM DEL TORO-ORTEGA, JORGE G

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 1
3683 1
1633 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19142324 DELIVERY PLAN DETERMINATION DEVICE, DELIVERY PLAN DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM DEL TORO-ORTEGA, JORGE G 3628 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2025
19240124 HAPPINESS MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS, HAPPINESS CALCULATION APPARATUS, HAPPINESS CALCULATION SYSTEM, HAPPINESS MODEL GENERATION METHOD, HAPPINESS CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM LAGOY, KYRA RAND 3683 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
18565425 DUAL-LAYER CULTURE SUBSTRATE WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102§103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Nov 29, 2023

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