Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (36%)
9
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only7 (50%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
50% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
4
Business / Other
29% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1 28.5% +27.4%
MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN 1 78.3% +29.4%
REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN 1
NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA 1 89.0% +10.5%
STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1 44.2% +36.3%
JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1
JAUHARI, SACHI 1 100.0% +0.0%
SASAN, ARADHANA 1 64.3% +26.6%
LIU, CHU CHUAN 1 71.3% +14.2%
LOVE, TREVOR M 1 43.1% +26.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18661492 INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA 15d
18282173 USE OF KAPPA OPIOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE JAUHARI, SACHI

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19023923 CLOTH COMPRISING THERMOCHROMIC YARNS PIZIALI, ANDREW T
18750975 METHODS OF PREVENTING A VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENT REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN
18689519 MicroRNA Sensor JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE
18015469 KITS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING INSULIN SENSITIVITY LIU, CHU CHUAN
17903138 COVID-19 THERAPEUTICS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT ADLAM, CHANTAL PETA-GAYE
17746315 DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE SENSING USING FIBER-OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR SITIRICHE, LUIS A

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
18661492 INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA 15d
18016189 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING UPS-ASSOCIATED DISEASES SASAN, ARADHANA 19d
19023923 CLOTH COMPRISING THERMOCHROMIC YARNS PIZIALI, ANDREW T
18982189 QUANTIFICATION OF MICRO-SCALE BIOMASS, NECROMASS, ROOT ARCHITECTURE, PORE STRUCTURE, AND SEDIMENT DENSITY IN WETLAND SOILS USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN
18642228 METHODS OF PRODUCING TENDON NEOTISSUE FROM ADULT STEM CELLS AND USES THEREOF STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E
18015469 KITS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING INSULIN SENSITIVITY LIU, CHU CHUAN
18012579 A HYPERTENSION ANIMAL MODEL AND METHODS OF USE LOVE, TREVOR M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1615 2
3773 1
1682 1
1654 1
3791 1
1611 1
1622 1
2126 1
1645 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19023923 CLOTH COMPRISING THERMOCHROMIC YARNS PIZIALI, ANDREW T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18982189 QUANTIFICATION OF MICRO-SCALE BIOMASS, NECROMASS, ROOT ARCHITECTURE, PORE STRUCTURE, AND SEDIMENT DENSITY IN WETLAND SOILS USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18750975 METHODS OF PREVENTING A VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENT REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18661492 INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA 3773 §102 Final Rejection 15d Pending May 10, 2024
18642228 METHODS OF PRODUCING TENDON NEOTISSUE FROM ADULT STEM CELLS AND USES THEREOF STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18689519 MicroRNA Sensor JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1682 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18282173 USE OF KAPPA OPIOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE JAUHARI, SACHI 1654 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18016189 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING UPS-ASSOCIATED DISEASES SASAN, ARADHANA 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18015469 KITS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING INSULIN SENSITIVITY LIU, CHU CHUAN 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2023
18012579 A HYPERTENSION ANIMAL MODEL AND METHODS OF USE LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022
17903138 COVID-19 THERAPEUTICS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT ADLAM, CHANTAL PETA-GAYE 1622 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2022
17746315 DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE SENSING USING FIBER-OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR SITIRICHE, LUIS A 2126 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2022
17771420 THERANOSTICS FOR HYPERTENSION INDUCED MYOCARDIAL MICROBLEEDS CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2022
17283730 Lignin-PLGA Biopolymers and Nanoparticles, and their Synthesis and Use MACH, ANDRE 1615 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 08, 2021

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