Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Yale University

60 pending office actions • 36 art units • 56 examiners • 0 of 60 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

60
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
4
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

26
Hard (43%)
22
Medium (37%)
11
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (5%)
§103 only14 (23%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only5 (8%)
Double-patenting only6 (10%)
Double-patenting + other6 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)23 (38%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

48
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
7
Business / Other
12% 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.

600 h
Manual time on pending OAs
120 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
210 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 2 56.6% +21.7%
RAMIREZ, DELIA M 2 65.1% +56.3%
FLINDERS, JEREMY C 2 63.7% +16.7%
MOLOYE, TITILAYO 2 63.1% +47.1%
MOSS, JAMES R 1 51.1% +40.7%
SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK 1 70.0% +33.3%
LI, WENHAN 1
YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 1 74.9% -4.7%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.3% +20.3%
BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1 66.2% +52.8%

Hard Cases (26)

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
18266917 USE OF MGLUR5 ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATING GAMBLING DISORDER ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 49d overdue
18003125 Compositions and Methods for Selective Detection and/or Inhibition of Bacterial Pathogens in Microbial Communities BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 10d overdue
18790607 Protein Capture Membrane and Method of Use Thereof BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 9d overdue
18042993 Compounds and Compositions for Disrupting Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting KIM, SEONG JONG 4d overdue
18002710 PanK Modulators and Methods Using Same VISHNYAKOVA, ELENA VLADIMIROVNA 40d
18623722 EGFR PROTEOLYSIS TARGETING CHIMERIC MOLECULES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 53d
18856787 NANOPARTICLES AND NANOPARTICLE-RELEASING VAGINAL RINGS LI, WENHAN
18843593 AUTOMATED TEST OF EMBODIED COGNITION YENTRAPATI, AVINASH

Interview Candidates (12)

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
17845461 COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR CULTURING RETINAL PROGENITOR CELLS MOLOYE, TITILAYO 36d overdue
17764804 DETERMINISTIC BARCODING FOR SPATIAL OMICS SEQUENCING FLINDERS, JEREMY C 28d overdue
18790607 Protein Capture Membrane and Method of Use Thereof BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 9d overdue
18446296 Bi-functional Molecules To Degrade Circulating Proteins SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 14d
17756212 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY AND/OR LUNG INJURY SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 20d
19077565 INTRACARDIAC DEVICE MOSS, JAMES R
18987814 METHODS OF INCORPORATING SPORADIC OBJECTS ONTO AN EXISTING MESH SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK
18840040 METHODS OF TREATING, AMELIORATING, OR PREVENTING HEART FAILURE, AND METHODS OF PROMOTING HEART MUSCLE GROWTH WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1684 4
1629 3
1625 3
1632 3
1612 2
1655 2
1622 2
3791 2
1644 2
1652 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19077565 INTRACARDIAC DEVICE MOSS, JAMES R DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
18987814 METHODS OF INCORPORATING SPORADIC OBJECTS ONTO AN EXISTING MESH SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18856787 NANOPARTICLES AND NANOPARTICLE-RELEASING VAGINAL RINGS LI, WENHAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18843593 AUTOMATED TEST OF EMBODIED COGNITION YENTRAPATI, AVINASH §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18840040 METHODS OF TREATING, AMELIORATING, OR PREVENTING HEART FAILURE, AND METHODS OF PROMOTING HEART MUSCLE GROWTH WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18790607 Protein Capture Membrane and Method of Use Thereof BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18724520 METHODS OF TREATING, AMELIORATING, AND/OR PREVENTING STRESS-RELATED DISORDER CORNET, JEAN P §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18674209 POLY(AMINE-CO-ESTER) POLYMERS AND POLYPLEXES WITH MODIFIED END GROUPS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF COHEN, MICHAEL P 1612 §102Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending May 24, 2024
18653162 Bioprinting of Collagenous Bioinks SWANSON, ANDREW L 1745 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2024
18648749 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NORMOTHERMIC EX VIVO PRESERVATION OF INTACT ORGANS KOSAR, AARON J 1655 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18701027 IMPROVED SELECTIVE JAK2 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18623722 EGFR PROTEOLYSIS TARGETING CHIMERIC MOLECULES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 1629 §103§112Other 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
18692729 NANOPARTICLE SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MODIFIED WITH BOTTLEBRUSH BLOCK COPOLYMERS ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18690785 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF INTACT ORGANS IN A MAMMAL YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1633 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18684124 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TICK IMMUNITY GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18558943 SEQUENCE-DEFINED POLYMERS WITH ONE OR MORE AZIDES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18486265 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS ESTIMATION OF ORGAN AND TISSUE SIZE AND CONTENT WITHIN AN INTACT ORGANISM YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18282206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BARCODES AND SCREENING IN SITU BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18548823 Compositions and Methods for Treating Skeletal Muscle Disease JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 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
18354428 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING, AMELIORATING, AND/OR PREVENTING DISEASES OR DISORDERS CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH DNASE1 AND/OR DNASE1L3 DEFICIENCY RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 18, 2023
18270684 HIGH-SPATIAL-RESOLUTION EPIGENOMIC PROFILING KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18266917 USE OF MGLUR5 ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATING GAMBLING DISORDER ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18253250 TARGETING HOST-BACTERIA INTERACTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MICROBIOTA-MEDIATED DISEASES GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M 1684 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2023
18317526 Rapidly synthesized extracellular matrix-based gels and patterning techniques, from micro- to macro-scale PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
18312793 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM SEA WATER KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2023
18299324 Reverse Transcriptase and Methods of Use KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2023
18295446 ALL-OPTICAL VISUALIZATION OF SPECIFIC MOLECULES IN THE ULTRASTRUCTURAL CONTEXT OF BRAIN TISSUE DOWNES, NATHANAEL JASON §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2023
18042993 Compounds and Compositions for Disrupting Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting KIM, SEONG JONG 1621 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18042385 Nanobody Compositions and Methods of Use of the Same FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1684 §101§102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2023
18041504 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENGINEERING AND SELECTION OF CAR T CELLS WITH DESIRED PHENOTYPES GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE 1637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2023
18161712 Bifunctional Small Molecules to Target the Selective Degradation of Circulating Proteins LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
18006590 RAPID CLINICAL TEST FOR GENETIC DIAGNOSIS INVOLVING KNOWN VARIANTS BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2023
18003125 Compositions and Methods for Selective Detection and/or Inhibition of Bacterial Pathogens in Microbial Communities BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 1657 §103§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18002710 PanK Modulators and Methods Using Same VISHNYAKOVA, ELENA VLADIMIROVNA 1691 §102§103§112Other 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
18000957 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING COAGULOPATHY AND/OR SEPSIS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM BACTERIAL AND/OR VIRAL INFECTIONS MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1632 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2022
18073852 DRUG THERAPY TO INHIBIT CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED ADVERSE EFFECTS AND RELATED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, DIAGNOSTICS, SCREENING TECHNIQUES AND KITS NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2022
17928381 STABLE PEPTIDES HAVING RENALASE AGONIST ACTIVITY KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 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
17822332 TARGETED MEASURE OF TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO HORMONE RECEPTORS JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1682 DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2022
17801486 TREATMENT FOR CHEMOBRAIN ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 2022
17813395 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH TOPOLOGICAL SEMIMETAL INTERCONNECTS DUMBRIS, SETH M 1784 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 19, 2022
17792101 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING, AMELIORATING, AND/OR PREVENTING DISEASES OR DISORDERS CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH DNASE1 AND/OR DNASE1L3 DEFICIENCY RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 11, 2022
17845461 COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR CULTURING RETINAL PROGENITOR CELLS MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1632 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17782914 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING RECURRENCE OF CANCER BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §102DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2022
17756212 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY AND/OR LUNG INJURY SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1629 §102Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending May 19, 2022
17776922 METHODS OF INDUCING OR ENHANCING FARNESOID X RECEPTOR (FXR)-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 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
17768145 ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES AS MOLECULAR DEGRADERS THROUGH CELLULAR RECEPTORS HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 1693 §103§112DP Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022
17764804 DETERMINISTIC BARCODING FOR SPATIAL OMICS SEQUENCING FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1684 §103Other Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2022
17637100 PORTABLE AND COMPACT SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF HUMIDIFIED HIGH FLOW NASAL CANNULA (HHFNC) THERAPY IN NEONATES AND INFANTS KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 3700 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2022
17626903 Genetically Modified Non-Human Animals and Methods of Use Thereof SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2022
17625683 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING A HUMANIZED ANTI-DKK2 ANTIBODY PETRASH, HILARY ANN 1644 §102§112DP Final Rejection Pending Jan 07, 2022
17312260 MICROBIOTA METABOLITES THAT SHAPE HOST PHYSIOLOGY MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1600 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 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
17223551 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED DEGRADATION OF KRAS MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 06, 2021
15548197 INTEGRATED PAINLESS BONE MARROW BIOPSY DEVICE CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 02, 2017

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