Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Venable LLP (The Johns Hopkins University)

6 pending office actions • 3 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FRITH, SEAN A 1 61.2% +27.6%
JACOB, OOMMEN 1 78.8% +17.4%
FARAG, AMAL ALY 1 67.0% +37.6%
HAWKINS, DOMINIC E 1 87.1% +11.9%
PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG 1 56.9% +15.5%
TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1 0.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18708455 BALANCED FORCE SHIM COIL ARRAY HAWKINS, DOMINIC E 25d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17416399 RATIOMETRIC FLUORESCENCE CODING METHOD FOR MULTIPLEX NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 38d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18710849 NASAL TRANS-ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND DEVICE FARAG, AMAL ALY 88d overdue
18714917 QUANTIFICATION OF FLUID-TISSUE EXCHANGE USING PHASE ALTERNATE LABELING WITH NULL RECOVERY MRI FRITH, SEAN A 37d overdue
18708455 BALANCED FORCE SHIM COIL ARRAY HAWKINS, DOMINIC E 25d overdue
18711344 IMAGE GUIDED ROBOTIC SPINE INJECTION SYSTEM JACOB, OOMMEN 4d overdue
18266433 VIDEO-GUIDED PLACEMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG 46d

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37983
37971
28581
16821

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18714917 QUANTIFICATION OF FLUID-TISSUE EXCHANGE USING PHASE ALTERNATE LABELING WITH NULL RECOVERY MRI Kennedy Krieger Institute FRITH, SEAN A 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18711344 IMAGE GUIDED ROBOTIC SPINE INJECTION SYSTEM The Johns Hopkins University JACOB, OOMMEN 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18710849 NASAL TRANS-ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND DEVICE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY FARAG, AMAL ALY 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending May 16, 2024
18708455 BALANCED FORCE SHIM COIL ARRAY The Johns Hopkins University HAWKINS, DOMINIC E 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending May 08, 2024
18266433 VIDEO-GUIDED PLACEMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION The Johns Hopkins University PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG 3798 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Jun 09, 2023
17416399 RATIOMETRIC FLUORESCENCE CODING METHOD FOR MULTIPLEX NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS The Johns Hopkins University TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2021

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