Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Thomas|Horstemeyer, LLP - Uf

21 pending office actions • 5 clients • 21 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
8
Due this month
3
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

1
Hard (5%)
16
Medium (76%)
1
Easy (5%)
3
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only13 (62%)
§102 only3 (14%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record3 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
43% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
38% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 1 90.5% +6.9%
BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 1 79.1% +20.7%
SITTNER, MATTHEW T 1 57.7% +56.2%
VETERE, ROBERT A 1 60.8% +13.3%
ZEC, FILIP 1 65.3% +13.8%
BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 1 82.5% +21.3%
ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 1 9.6% +15.9%
MEILLER, SEAN V 1 77.5% +36.0%
TRA, TUYEN Q 1 86.0% +10.2%
ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1 73.3% +4.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18285518 CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS OF MAKING CONTACT LENSES TRA, TUYEN Q 3d overdue
19206649 AGRICULTURE DRONE STATION BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 2d overdue
18293521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF A TAXONOMY BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 22d

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
18013954 EXERGY-BASED LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS YESILDAG, MEHMET 5d overdue
18541637 BLOCKCHAIN-GIS BASED FRAMEWORK FOR LAND REGISTRATION ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 46d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19094455 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED BUILDING CODE CONFORMANCE SITTNER, MATTHEW T 5d overdue
18285518 CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS OF MAKING CONTACT LENSES TRA, TUYEN Q 3d overdue
19117477 DILUTE COMBUSTION OF HYDROGEN IN RETROFITTED GAS TURBINE ENGINES BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 12d
18293521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF A TAXONOMY BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 22d
18949297 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MINIMIZING X-RAY SCATTERING ARTIFACTS VETERE, ROBERT A 30d
18734533 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPRAY QUENCHING AN IN-SPACE PROPELLANT STORAGE TANK ZEC, FILIP 30d
18541637 BLOCKCHAIN-GIS BASED FRAMEWORK FOR LAND REGISTRATION ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 46d
18556967 SEMI-CLOSED CYCLE AERO ENGINE WITH CONTRAIL SUPPRESSION MEILLER, SEAN V 49d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36292
36471
37461
17121
37631
21681
37411
28721
17641
36251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19206649 AGRICULTURE DRONE STATION AgriBugs LLC BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 13, 2025
19117477 DILUTE COMBUSTION OF HYDROGEN IN RETROFITTED GAS TURBINE ENGINES UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 01, 2025
19094455 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED BUILDING CODE CONFORMANCE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. SITTNER, MATTHEW T 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2025
18949297 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MINIMIZING X-RAY SCATTERING ARTIFACTS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18734533 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPRAY QUENCHING AN IN-SPACE PROPELLANT STORAGE TANK UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. ZEC, FILIP 3763 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 05, 2024
18293521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF A TAXONOMY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 2168 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18541637 BLOCKCHAIN-GIS BASED FRAMEWORK FOR LAND REGISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §102 Final Rejection 46d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18556967 SEMI-CLOSED CYCLE AERO ENGINE WITH CONTRAIL SUPPRESSION UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. MEILLER, SEAN V 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18285518 CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS OF MAKING CONTACT LENSES UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. TRA, TUYEN Q 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18275147 CEMENTITIOUS SHIELDING COMPOSITION FOR THE WIDE-SPECTRUM CAPTURE OF THERMAL, EPITHERMAL, AND FAST NEUTRONS W. Calvin Mccall ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18266367 METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF NEUTRONICS PARAMETERS USING DEEP LEARNING UT-BATTELLE, LLC WAESCO, JOSEPH M 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18140910 ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. WHITELEY, JESSICA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18250260 OPEN CELL HYDROGEL NETWORKS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18245947 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RELATED TO NUCLEIC ACID ISOLATION UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. SINES, BRIAN J 1796 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18044094 DNA-COLLAGEN COMPLEXES AND MAGNETOELECTRIC JANUS MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1651 §112 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18154588 Portable Smart Air Quality Multisensory System Equipped Carrying Case for Asthma Inhalers Satyanarayan Hegde KIDANU, GEDEON M 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18013954 EXERGY-BASED LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 §101 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
17773179 CEMENT KILN MODELING FOR IMPROVED OPERATION UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. STOICA, ADRIAN 2188 §102 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
17772709 OXYGEN-GENERATING WOUNDING HEALING DRESSING UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 28, 2022
17565972 CELLULAR MICRO-MASONRY SYSTEM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2021
17025664 HANDHELD SENSOR FOR RAPID, SENSITIVE DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF SARS-CoV-2 FROM SALIVA UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 Other Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2020

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