BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE

Portfolio Summary

62

Total Pending OAs

46

Non-Final OAs

15

Final Rejections

1

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 62 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33

Overdue

3

Due this week

12

Due this month

7

Due in next 60 days

7

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. 62 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (7)

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 (2%)

52

Medium (84%)

7

Easy (11%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	49 (79%)
§102 only	2 (3%)
§112 only	7 (11%)
Double-patenting + other	1 (2%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

31

Life Sciences

50% of docket

1

Information Tech

2% of docket

4

Communications

6% of docket

6

Semiconductors

10% of docket

20

Mechanical / Eng

32% 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.

620 h

Manual time on pending OAs

124 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

217 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.4 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
MELENDEZ, ARMAND	2	46.7%	+42.7%
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S	2	74.3%	+24.2%
KIM, EUN HWA	2	71.5%	+38.9%
SAAD, ERIN BARRY	1	72.4%	+11.2%
PIPIC, ALMA	1	54.5%	+55.6%
BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER	1	46.3%	+70.8%
ALMEIDA, CORY A	1	67.1%	+22.6%
KITT, STEPHEN A	1	54.2%	+39.3%
TRAN, ZOE T	1	56.7%	+48.3%
FERGUSON, MICHAEL P	1	63.4%	+73.7%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
16952162	RAPID PROTOTYPING MODEL	LAKHANI, ANDREW C	9d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18791866	APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING CRAZING OF A POLYMER MATERIAL	KITT, STEPHEN A	31d overdue
18513392	VARIABLE THICKNESS EXTRUSION FOR VARIABLE EXTRUDATE PRODUCT PROPERTIES	ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S	30d overdue
18244814	EXTRUSION WITH SPECIFIABLE OR VARIABLE WALL THICKNESS	ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S	30d overdue
17946115	ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS	KIM, EUN HWA	5d
18884416	THREE-DIMENSIONAL THREAT IMAGE PROJECTION AND IMAGE AUGMENTATION	ALMEIDA, CORY A	6d
18902135	POLYMER NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM	PIPIC, ALMA	7d
18892177	METHODS FOR CREATING LINKAGE OF MULTIPLE VIRAL VECTORS FOR INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY	BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER	12d
18978287	FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW) APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES	SAAD, ERIN BARRY	33d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3725	4
1772	3
3791	3
1759	2
3794	2
1797	2
2851	2
3761	2
1735	1
1617	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18978287	FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW) APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES	SAAD, ERIN BARRY	1735	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Dec 12, 2024
18902135	POLYMER NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM	PIPIC, ALMA	1617	Other	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Sep 30, 2024
18892177	METHODS FOR CREATING LINKAGE OF MULTIPLE VIRAL VECTORS FOR INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY	BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER	1631	§103	Final Rejection	12d	Pending	Sep 20, 2024
18885988	MANUFACTURING AND RECYCLING OF PLASTICS VIA SHEAR ASSISTED PROCESSING	MELENDEZ, ARMAND	1759	§103	Non-Final OA	54d	Pending	Sep 16, 2024
18884416	THREE-DIMENSIONAL THREAT IMAGE PROJECTION AND IMAGE AUGMENTATION	ALMEIDA, CORY A	2628	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Sep 13, 2024
18806408	FRICTION EXTRUSION OF POLYMER COMPOSITES WITH HIGH FILLER CONTENT	MELENDEZ, ARMAND	1759	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Aug 15, 2024
18791866	APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING CRAZING OF A POLYMER MATERIAL	KITT, STEPHEN A	1717	§103	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Aug 01, 2024
18766303	Plant Supplement Delivery Assemblies, Plant Supplement Delivery Assembly Inserts, and Methods for Delivering Plant Supplements	TRAN, ZOE T	3647	§103	Final Rejection	39d	Pending	Jul 08, 2024
18732463	Riveted Assemblies and Methods for Riveting Components	FERGUSON, MICHAEL P	3619	DPOther	Non-Final OA	72d	Pending	Jun 03, 2024
18649076	Material Separating Assemblies and Methods	RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C	3653	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Apr 29, 2024
18438355	Sorption-Induced Tunable Fiber Optic Plasmonic Gas Sensing	SOHN, SEUNG C	2878	§102	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Feb 09, 2024
18577976	THIN, FLEXIBLE, TUNABLE INFRARED EMISSIVITY BASED ON CARBON NANOTUBES	ZHANG, MICHAEL N	1781	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Jan 09, 2024
18545286	NEUROSTIMULATION OR ELECTROMYOGRAPHY CUFF	JOHNSON, NICOLE F	3796	§103	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18513402	SHEAR-ASSISTED EXTRUSION WITH VARIABLE EXTRUDATE PROPERTIES	EKIERT, TERESA M	3725	§112	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Nov 17, 2023
18513392	VARIABLE THICKNESS EXTRUSION FOR VARIABLE EXTRUDATE PRODUCT PROPERTIES	ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S	3725	§103	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Nov 17, 2023
18476216	METHODS AND TOOLS FOR FRICTION EXTRUSION OF COMPOSITE EXTRUDATES	SULLIVAN, DEBRA M	3725	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Sep 27, 2023
18368785	WEARABLE ELECTRONIC GARMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME	KIM, EUN HWA	3794	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Sep 15, 2023
18244814	EXTRUSION WITH SPECIFIABLE OR VARIABLE WALL THICKNESS	ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S	3725	§103	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Sep 11, 2023
18453280	METHOD OF COMBINED SEPARATION AND CONVERSION OF AN OXYGENATE AND MICROCHANNEL REACTIVE DISTILLATION APPARATUS	FADHEL, ALI Z	1772	§112	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Aug 21, 2023
18226753	Multiscale architectures for reducing regeneration energy of solvents in CO2 capture	CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR	1773	§103	Non-Final OA	52d overdue	Pending	Jul 26, 2023
18354571	Combined Capture and Conversion of CO2 to Methanol in a Post Combustion Capture Solvent	RHOADES, DEREK JAMES	1692	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Jul 18, 2023
18347821	POLYAMIDE RECOVERY FOR ENZYMATIC DEPOLYMERIZATION	RUNYAN, SILVANA C	3674	§103	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	Jul 06, 2023
18209858	METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PROTEOME ANALYSIS AND IMAGING	XU, XIAOYUN	1797	§103	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Jun 14, 2023
18332101	NON-VIRAL DELIVERY OF SMALL MOLECULE THERAPEUTICS	WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL	1619	§103	Final Rejection	38d overdue	Pending	Jun 09, 2023
18253556	IMMUNOMODULATORY CLINICAL BIOMARKER PROFILES AND USES THEREOF	WECKER, JENNIFER	1797	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	May 18, 2023
18198530	NON-DESTRUCTIVE VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS	PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA	2669	§103	Final Rejection	26d overdue	Pending	May 17, 2023
18318573	Flow-Assisted Selective Mineral Extraction from Non-Traditional Sources	RAJA, JAANZEB CHAANGEZ	1736	§103	Non-Final OA	84d	Pending	May 16, 2023
18134773	Sulfur-Doped Tin Oxide Catalysts for Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 into Aqueous Formate/Formic Acid Solutions	KEELING, ALEXANDER W	1795	§103	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Apr 14, 2023
18133764	Imaging Systems and Imaging Methods	LI, YONGHONG	3648	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Apr 12, 2023
18030166	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPE DATA	KRASNIC, BERNARD	2671	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Apr 04, 2023
18130281	ALUMINUM-ETHER-BASED COMPOSITION FOR BATTERIES AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ALUMINUM DEPOSITION	RHEE, JANE J	1724	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Apr 03, 2023
18128204	Beta-Amino Carboxylate (BAC) Solvents for Enhanced CO2 Separations	PREGLER, SHARON	1772	§112	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Mar 29, 2023
18126018	ALUMINUM SHEET PROCESSING, ALUMINUM COMPONENT PROCESSING, AND ALUMINUM COMPONENTS	LIANG, ANTHONY M	1734	§112	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Mar 24, 2023
18124777	Electric Power Systems, Control Systems and Associated Operational Methods	SHECHTMAN, SEAN P	2896	§103	Final Rejection	84d	Pending	Mar 22, 2023
18121069	INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT EXTRACTION USING PARALLELIZED TILE IMAGE PROCESSING	SOUNDRANAYAGAM, RAYAPPU NMN	2851	§112	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Mar 14, 2023
18177586	INDIUM ZINC-BASED ALLOY ANODES FORMING POROUS STRUCTURE FOR AQUEOUS ZINC BATTERIES	DOVE, TRACY MAE	1725	§112	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Mar 02, 2023
18116181	Systems and Methods for Preparing Butenes	CHONG, JASON Y	1772	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Mar 01, 2023
18019631	Surface Determination Systems, Threat Detection Systems and Medical Treatment Systems	SHOEMAKER, ERIC JAMES	2664	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Feb 03, 2023
18100717	Sampling for monitoring Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in surface water, groundwater and pore water	RAMIREZ, ALEX	1798	Other	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Jan 24, 2023
18099912	Radio Frequency (RF) and Infrared (IR) Transparent Resistive Heaters	HELFERTY, ALLISON ERIN	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Jan 20, 2023
18099550	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF WATER AND CO2	TREMARCHE, CONNOR J.	3762	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Jan 20, 2023
17927076	COMPENSATING FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE DISRUPTIONS	DAVIS, CYNTHIA L	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	63d	Pending	Nov 22, 2022
18054232	NETWORK ANALYSIS OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT	BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA	3791	§102	Final Rejection	72d	Pending	Nov 10, 2022
17946115	ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS	KIM, EUN HWA	3794	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Sep 16, 2022
17906560	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION	CHO, DAVID H	1693	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Sep 16, 2022
17944539	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING SPASTICITY AFTER NEUROLOGICAL INJURY	PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ	3791	§103	Final Rejection	49d overdue	Pending	Sep 14, 2022
17891153	Amidoxime Functionalized Polymers Loaded with Alkyl Amines, Methods of Making, And CO2 Capture Using Same	CHU, YONG LIANG	1731	§103	Final Rejection	42d overdue	Pending	Aug 19, 2022
17854029	AUTOMATED CIRCUIT DESIGN VALIDATION	NGUYEN, NHA T	2851	§103	Final Rejection	11d overdue	Pending	Jun 30, 2022
17744559	High Strain Lead	CHEN, KUANGYUE	3761	§103	Final Rejection	31d overdue	Pending	May 13, 2022
17713220	Enzymatic Degradation of Nylon	MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA	1652	§112	Final Rejection	30d	Pending	Apr 04, 2022
17552340	NONFLAMMABLE ELECTROLYTES	LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE	1727	§103	Final Rejection	70d	Pending	Dec 15, 2021
17507432	AIR-STABLE SOLID-STATE SULFIDE ELECTROLYTE	NEWMAN, DREW C	1751	§103	Final Rejection	10d overdue	Pending	Oct 21, 2021
17486800	Transmitters for Animals and Methods for Transmitting from Animals	PARSLEY, DAVID J	3643	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Sep 27, 2021
17460986	System and Process for Production of Isotopes and Isotope Compositions	STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE	1642	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Aug 30, 2021
17389437	SLEEVE WITH CONFIGURABLE ELECTRODES FOR FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND/OR ELECTROMYOGRAPHY	PORTILLO, JAIRO H	3791	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Jul 30, 2021
17313707	PATHOGEN TESTING	ROSSI, VY BUI	1685	§103	Non-Final OA	87d overdue	Pending	May 06, 2021
17231273	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER	CORNET, JEAN P	1628	§103	Non-Final OA	50d	Pending	Apr 15, 2021
17174257	Autonomous Sensor Fish to Support Advanced Hydropower Development	CULLER, JILL E	2853	§103	Non-Final OA	112d overdue	Pending	Feb 11, 2021
17143244	FLEXIBLE DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATOR	HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW	2188	§103	Non-Final OA	73d overdue	Pending	Jan 07, 2021
16952162	RAPID PROTOTYPING MODEL	LAKHANI, ANDREW C	3629	§101	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Nov 19, 2020
17021319	NANOLITER-SCALE SAMPLE PROCESSING AND MASS SPECTROMETRY ACQUISITION METHOD FOR SINGLE CELL PROTEOMICS	TSAY, MARSHA M	1656	§103	Final Rejection	55d	Pending	Sep 15, 2020
16904376	ELECTROLYTES FOR RECHARGEABLE METAL-SULFUR BATTERIES	RUTHKOSKY, MARK	1785	§103	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Jun 17, 2020

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