Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Cantor Colburn LLP - Uconn

19 pending office actions • 3 clients • 19 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=73473 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=73473
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=73473
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=51629
-0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=51629
1017 days
Time to Allowance
n=51629
+3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=73473
25.9%
RCE Rate
n=73473
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=73473

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.6%
§101 Overcome
n=3150
81.0%
§102 Overcome
n=23579
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=36783
82.5%
§112 Overcome
n=23383

Specialization & Scale

H10K, G02F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=73473
68
Practitioners
n=73473
1080.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=73473

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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.

8
Hard (42%)
9
Medium (47%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (26%)
§103 only7 (37%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (16%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
58% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
37% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 1 52.0% +51.9%
STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 1 75.5% +14.6%
CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 1 49.2% +38.2%
ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1 46.2% +22.1%
COUGHLIN, DANIEL F 1 39.2% +19.5%
LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 1 57.0% +47.9%
BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 1 69.9% +49.6%
SULTANA, NAHIDA 1 78.3% +8.6%
IQBAL, SYED TAHA 1 80.0% +21.7%
EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1 60.0% +72.7%

Hard Cases (8)

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
18658442 DERIVATION OF ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY RESPONSE FROM AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SIGNAL SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 23d overdue
18313734 APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR ARTIFACT REDUCTION IN ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 13d
18474544 NASOGASTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD BRANDT, DAVID NELSON
18234099 SOLID POROUS PENTACIL-ZEOLITE COMPOSITE MATERIALS IQBAL, SYED TAHA
18027384 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES WITH ENHANCED BIOCOMPATIBILITY PRICE, NATHAN R
18017551 BIOMEDICAL BIG DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN
17961416 ROBOTIC BRACE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA
17881387 ASSAY COMPOUND SCREENING FLINDERS, JEREMY C

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18658442 DERIVATION OF ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY RESPONSE FROM AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SIGNAL SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 23d overdue
18658102 DISSOLUTION ADAPTER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F
18535288 PHOTO-CROSSLINKABLE PLANT-BASED MATERIALS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME CRAIGO, WILLIAM A
18491536 INHIBITORS OF CYTOCHROME P450 FAMILY 7 SUBFAMILY B MEMBER 1 (CYP7B1) FOR USE IN MOBILIZATION OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM
18285602 FOAM BIOMATERIAL AND SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR MAKING AND USING SAME COUGHLIN, DANIEL F
18480268 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PICORNAVIRUS ANTI-VIRAL AGENTS LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE
18474544 NASOGASTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD BRANDT, DAVID NELSON
18234099 SOLID POROUS PENTACIL-ZEOLITE COMPOSITE MATERIALS IQBAL, SYED TAHA

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37832
37921
37811
16151
16181
16191
16221
17431
17361
16771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18658442 DERIVATION OF ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY RESPONSE FROM AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SIGNAL UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 08, 2024
18658102 DISSOLUTION ADAPTER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18535288 PHOTO-CROSSLINKABLE PLANT-BASED MATERIALS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 1615 §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18491536 INHIBITORS OF CYTOCHROME P450 FAMILY 7 SUBFAMILY B MEMBER 1 (CYP7B1) FOR USE IN MOBILIZATION OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18285602 FOAM BIOMATERIAL AND SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR MAKING AND USING SAME UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT COUGHLIN, DANIEL F 1619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2023
18480268 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PICORNAVIRUS ANTI-VIRAL AGENTS UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18474544 NASOGASTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD Connecticut Children'S Medical Center BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18283251 MULTI-MATERIAL BIOPRINTING UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SULTANA, NAHIDA 1743 §102 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18234099 SOLID POROUS PENTACIL-ZEOLITE COMPOSITE MATERIALS The University of Connecticut IQBAL, SYED TAHA 1736 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2023
18351317 ULTRASENSITIVE SENSING METHOD FOR DETECTION OF BIOMOLECULES UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1677 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 12, 2023
18313734 APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR ARTIFACT REDUCTION IN ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 08, 2023
18125394 CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTRODES, WIRING ELEMENTS, AND USE THEREOF IN HEALTH AND SPORTS MONITORING UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023
18027384 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES WITH ENHANCED BIOCOMPATIBILITY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2023
18041271 ANTI-SEED PNAS AND MICRORNA INHIBITION BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1638 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 10, 2023
18017551 BIOMEDICAL BIG DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2023
18006235 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ANGELL, JON E 1637 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 20, 2023
17961416 ROBOTIC BRACE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA 3785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2022
17881387 ASSAY COMPOUND SCREENING UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1684 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2022
17834387 GRAPHENE-POLYAMIDE COMPOSITE MEMBRANES AND MICROPARTICLES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, AND METHODS OF USE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G 1773 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 07, 2022

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