Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Harness Dickey (Msu)

7 pending office actions • 2 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1 63.4% +19.7%
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1 52.8% +26.4%
SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1 66.7% +50.0%
SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 1 11.9% +14.4%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.0% +11.5%
SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 1 55.0% +50.0%
KELLOGG, MICHAEL S 1 42.1% +55.5%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18108861 ENHANCING THE LIFETIME OF MOLECULAR AND MOLECULAR SALT PHOTOVOLTAICS & LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS TRINH, THANH TRUC 67d overdue
18201006 Packaging Evaluation Using NLP For Customer Reviews SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 33d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18222944 Graphene Nanoribbon Photovoltaics TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 97d overdue
17903156 Systems And Method For Optogenetically Controlling Insulin Secretion For Treating Type 1 Diabetes SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 80d overdue
18108861 ENHANCING THE LIFETIME OF MOLECULAR AND MOLECULAR SALT PHOTOVOLTAICS & LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS TRINH, THANH TRUC 67d overdue
17383507 Multi-Modal Contrast Agent For Medical Imaging KELLOGG, MICHAEL S 30d overdue
18351624 SURFACE TREATMENT OF CARBON FIBER EPOXY COMPOSITES THROUGH DIAZONIUM ADMOLECULE MODIFICATION SYLVESTER, KEVIN 9d
18201006 Packaging Evaluation Using NLP For Customer Reviews SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 33d
18890897 Microwave Capillary Nanodiamond Reactor DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 71d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17171
17221
17941
36261
17261
37921
37981

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18890897 Microwave Capillary Nanodiamond Reactor BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1717 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18222944 Graphene Nanoribbon Photovoltaics Board Of Regents Of The Nevada System Of Higher Educationon Behalf Of The University Of Nevada, Reno TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18351624 SURFACE TREATMENT OF CARBON FIBER EPOXY COMPOSITES THROUGH DIAZONIUM ADMOLECULE MODIFICATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18201006 Packaging Evaluation Using NLP For Customer Reviews BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 23, 2023
18108861 ENHANCING THE LIFETIME OF MOLECULAR AND MOLECULAR SALT PHOTOVOLTAICS & LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2023
17903156 Systems And Method For Optogenetically Controlling Insulin Secretion For Treating Type 1 Diabetes BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 §103 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2022
17383507 Multi-Modal Contrast Agent For Medical Imaging BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY KELLOGG, MICHAEL S 3798 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2021

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