Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Yale University

43 pending office actions • 33 art units • 39 examiners • 0 of 43 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 57 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

43
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 43 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

26
Overdue
0
Due this week
12
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 43 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (26)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (5)

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%)
25
Medium (58%)
3
Easy (7%)
15
Unknown (35%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only22 (51%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only3 (7%)
No statute on record15 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

38
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
7% 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.

430 h
Manual time on pending OAs
86 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
150 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOTFREDSON, GAREN 2 40.0% +29.1%
SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 2 56.6% +21.7%
MOLOYE, TITILAYO 2 63.4% +47.1%
HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 2 40.9% +46.3%
BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1 66.3% +53.5%
COHEN, MICHAEL P 1 58.5% +27.6%
GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 1 57.3% +39.7%
DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 1 46.5% +48.9%
HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN 1 70.0% +14.1%
LIU, BENJAMIN T 1 74.4% +12.8%

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18516195 PEDIATRIC FORMULATION OF TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS GOTFREDSON, GAREN 112d overdue
17822245 TREATMENT OF DISEASES INVOLVING DEFICIENCY OF ENPP1 OR ENPP3 MOLOYE, TITILAYO 77d overdue
17768145 ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES AS MOLECULAR DEGRADERS THROUGH CELLULAR RECEPTORS HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 70d overdue
17845461 COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR CULTURING RETINAL PROGENITOR CELLS MOLOYE, TITILAYO 36d overdue
17768166 TARGETED BIFUNCTIONAL DEGRADERS GOTFREDSON, GAREN 30d overdue
18557008 ON-CHIP SPECTROMETER WITH TUNABLE PHOTODETECTION LAYER LIU, BENJAMIN T 26d overdue
17654984 ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES AS MOLECULAR DEGRADERS THROUGH CELLULAR RECEPTORS HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 23d overdue
18790607 Protein Capture Membrane and Method of Use Thereof BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 9d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1629 4
1612 2
1619 2
1625 2
1627 2
1632 2
1675 2
1693 2
1798 1
3683 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18790607 Protein Capture Membrane and Method of Use Thereof BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18674209 POLY(AMINE-CO-ESTER) POLYMERS AND POLYPLEXES WITH MODIFIED END GROUPS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF COHEN, MICHAEL P 1612 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending May 24, 2024
18660594 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INCREASING APPOINTMENT COMPLIANCE GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 3683 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending May 10, 2024
18623722 EGFR PROTEOLYSIS TARGETING CHIMERIC MOLECULES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Apr 01, 2024
18616372 ENDOBRONCHIAL BLOCKER SYSTEM AND APPARATUS HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18516195 PEDIATRIC FORMULATION OF TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18557008 ON-CHIP SPECTROMETER WITH TUNABLE PHOTODETECTION LAYER LIU, BENJAMIN T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18555112 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCER COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18043436 N-Linked Glycosylation Inhibitors and Methods of Using Same WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1629 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18277505 MULTIMODE SUPERCONDUCTING CAVITY RESONATORS HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18446296 Bi-functional Molecules To Degrade Circulating Proteins SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1629 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18357810 MULTIFUNCTIONAL pO2/pH-SENSITIVE THERANOSTIC LIPOSOME NANOCARRIERS AND METHODS OF USING SAME ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18349851 FLUORESCENT COMPOUND COMPRISING A FLUOROPHORE CONJUGATED TO A pH-TRIGGERED POLYPEPTIDE DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18266917 USE OF MGLUR5 ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATING GAMBLING DISORDER ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18314688 IMMUNOTHERAPY OF SKIN CANCER USING MPLA-LOADED HPG NANOPARTICLES RONEY, CELESTE A 1612 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending May 09, 2023
18250530 Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Inhibitors, and Methods of Making and Using Same HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR 1627 §102 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18300984 Compositions and Methods of Treating or Preventing Fibrotic Lung Diseases PIHONAK, SARAH 1627 Other Final Rejection 161d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18133900 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMMUNO-STIMULATORY ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS JUEDES, AMY E 1644 Other Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18043534 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS TO CELLS LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 1647 §112 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18042993 Compounds and Compositions for Disrupting Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting KIM, SEONG JONG 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18005444 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO TYPHOID TOXIN SUBUNIT PLTC DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18003125 Compositions and Methods for Selective Detection and/or Inhibition of Bacterial Pathogens in Microbial Communities BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 1657 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18002710 PanK Modulators and Methods Using Same VISHNYAKOVA, ELENA VLADIMIROVNA 1691 Other Non-Final OA 40d Pending Dec 21, 2022
18002477 Methods of Treating, Ameliorating, Shortening Duration, and/or Reversing Symptoms and/or Complications of a Coronavirus Infection RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1625 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17999324 AN INTEGRATED DIELECTROPHORESIS-TRAPPING AND NANOWELL TRANSFER APPROACH TO ENABLE DOUBLE-SUB-POISSON SINGLE-CELL RNA-SEQUENCING CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17822245 TREATMENT OF DISEASES INVOLVING DEFICIENCY OF ENPP1 OR ENPP3 MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2022
17813395 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH TOPOLOGICAL SEMIMETAL INTERCONNECTS DUMBRIS, SETH M 1784 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 19, 2022
17845461 COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR CULTURING RETINAL PROGENITOR CELLS MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1632 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17782338 A T cell-based immunotherapy for central nervous system viral infections and tumors ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 Other Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 03, 2022
17756212 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY AND/OR LUNG INJURY SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1629 Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending May 19, 2022
17769642 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF CELL-PENETRATING ANTIBODIES PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 §112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2022
17768166 TARGETED BIFUNCTIONAL DEGRADERS GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022
17768145 ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES AS MOLECULAR DEGRADERS THROUGH CELLULAR RECEPTORS HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 1693 Other Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022
17764804 DETERMINISTIC BARCODING FOR SPATIAL OMICS SEQUENCING FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1684 Other Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2022
17654984 ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES AS MOLECULAR DEGRADERS THROUGH CELLULAR RECEPTORS HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 1693 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2022
17641516 NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE TISSUE OR CELLULAR UPTAKE LAZARO, DOMINIC 1611 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17620182 IN-SITU AND SELECTIVE AREA ETCHING OF SURFACES OR LAYERS, AND HIGH-SPEED GROWTH OF GALLIUM NITRIDE, BY ORGANOMETALLIC CHLORINE PRECURSORS BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A 1714 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2021
17510981 METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMMUNO-STIMULATORY DENDRITIC CELLS SCHUBERG, LAURA J 1631 Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2021
17289882 Quantitative Algorithm for Endometriosis LIU, GUOZHEN 1686 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 29, 2021
17283315 Selective Binding and Aggregation of Human Keratin in the Skin Barrier Using Human Filaggrin Subdomains SD67 and SD150 DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §112 Final Rejection 57d Pending Apr 07, 2021
17272124 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING CELL-PENETRATING ANTIBODIES IN COMBINATION WITH IMMUNE CHECKPOINT MODULATORS ESSEX, LAURA ANN 1675 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2021
17160050 TARGETING GENE AMPLIFICATION IN CANCER USING TRIPLEX FORMATION AS A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1636 Other Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2021
15548197 INTEGRATED PAINLESS BONE MARROW BIOPSY DEVICE CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 02, 2017

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