Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY has 2 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 2 examiners and 2 art units, so the reported activity is divided between separate examination paths.
RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The equal distribution favors independent matter analysis supported by coordinated tracking of prosecution deadlines and claim strategy.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES | 1 | 38.2% | +48.4% |
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1 | 60.8% | +43.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18699523 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Cag Repeat Diseases | RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18699523 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Cag Repeat Diseases | RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES | — |
| 18692182 | ENGINEERED MICROBES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOPOLYMERS FROM OHD-DERIVED ORGANIC CARBON | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1635 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18699523 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Cag Repeat Diseases | RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES | 1635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18692182 | ENGINEERED MICROBES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOPOLYMERS FROM OHD-DERIVED ORGANIC CARBON | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Douglas Charles Ryan has the most, with 1 of BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
