Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
19 pending office actions • 5 clients • 19 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 14 (74%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 2 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 57.4% | +40.0% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.7% | +20.3% |
| AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | 1 | 72.8% | +31.0% |
| BRUCE, FAROUK A | 1 | 47.4% | +37.4% |
| LEWIS, PATRICK T | 1 | 74.3% | +14.5% |
| HOLMES, REX R | 1 | 80.4% | +18.1% |
| ZAYKOVA-FELDMAN, LYUDMILA | 1 | 66.7% | +25.1% |
| BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | 1 | 75.0% | +36.4% |
| CLARKE, ADAM S | 1 | 78.8% | +11.6% |
| HALPRIN, MOLLY SARA | 1 | 41.2% | +83.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277867 | Method and System for Locating Epilepsy Seizure Onset Zone and Prediction of Seizure Outcome | HOLMES, REX R | 13d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18033677 | Sensing Device | CLARKE, ADAM S | 44d overdue |
| 18267134 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Classification of Diseases Based on Expansion Microscopic Images | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | 30d overdue |
| 18272141 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Sensor Drift Compensation | ZAYKOVA-FELDMAN, LYUDMILA | 18d overdue |
| 18462634 | Modular DNA Nanoshells for Cell Encapsulation and Ruggedization | AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | 4d overdue |
| 18279687 | Synthesis of Gamma Peptide Nucleic Acid Monomers and Oligomers, and Applications Therefor | LEWIS, PATRICK T | 8d |
| 18277867 | Method and System for Locating Epilepsy Seizure Onset Zone and Prediction of Seizure Outcome | HOLMES, REX R | 13d |
| 18280283 | System and Method for Tracking an Object Based on Skin Images | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 48d |
| 19234794 | System, Method, and Device for Determining Hyperactivity Based on Sensor Data | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | 14 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 2 |
| Sam Shaaban | 1 |
| Grant E. Feichter | 1 |
| Kevin Byerly | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1691 | 2 |
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19234794 | System, Method, and Device for Determining Hyperactivity Based on Sensor Data | Sam Shaaban | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | 3683 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 18851720 | Holographic Light Curtains | Carnegie Mellon University | CHANG, AUDREY Y | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18462634 | Modular DNA Nanoshells for Cell Encapsulation and Ruggedization | Carnegie Mellon University | AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | 1638 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18280283 | System and Method for Tracking an Object Based on Skin Images | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18279687 | Synthesis of Gamma Peptide Nucleic Acid Monomers and Oligomers, and Applications Therefor | Carnegie Mellon University | LEWIS, PATRICK T | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18277867 | Method and System for Locating Epilepsy Seizure Onset Zone and Prediction of Seizure Outcome | Carnegie Mellon University | HOLMES, REX R | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18272141 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Sensor Drift Compensation | Carnegie Mellon University | ZAYKOVA-FELDMAN, LYUDMILA | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18267134 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Classification of Diseases Based on Expansion Microscopic Images | Carnegie Mellon University | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | 2673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18033677 | Sensing Device | Carnegie Mellon University | CLARKE, ADAM S | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18131393 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Estimating Intracranial Pressure Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy | Carnegie Mellon University | HALPRIN, MOLLY SARA | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 18245936 | System and Method for Operating a Ventilator | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2023 |
| 18012048 | Polymer Carriers for Delivery of Agrochemicals in Crop Plants | Carnegie Mellon University | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18007853 | Metal Chelating Functional Graphene Materials | Carnegie Mellon University | PERRIN, CLARE M | 1779 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17792919 | Neuromodulation Using Electrical Stimulation | Carnegie Mellon University | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jul 14, 2022 |
| 17626626 | Methods of Modifying a Domain Structure of a Magnetic Ribbon, Manufacturing an Apparatus, and Magnetic Ribbon Having a Domain Structure | Grant E. Feichter | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2022 |
| 17604180 | Transformer and Method of Engineering a Transformer to Incorporate a Leakage Inductance | Kevin Byerly | NGUYEN, TUYEN T | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
| 17430837 | Extracellular Vesicle Functionalization Using Oligonucleotide Tethers | Carnegie Mellon University | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 13, 2021 |
| 16972873 | Modified Nucleobases with Uniform H-Bonding Interactions, Homo- and Hetero-Basepair Bias, and Mismatch Discrimination | Carnegie Mellon University | LEE, ANDREW P | 1691 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2020 |
| 16955508 | Bivalent Nucleic Acid Ligands and Uses Therefor | Carnegie Mellon University | SHIN, DANA H | 1635 | DPOther | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2020 |
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