Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
The company patent portfolio for Boise State University contains 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, reflecting the even spread of work across the portfolio.
For a practitioner, this data shows that each of the 5 pending office actions is being handled by a different individual in a different specialized group. The involvement of 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units means there is no concentration of expertise or examiner relationships to utilize. Every case in the Chemistry & Materials area must be prosecuted as an independent effort with its own unique set of examiner expectations.
With CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J and the other examiners each managing only 1 busiest examiner pending action, the portfolio's progress is not tied to any single examiner's workload. This lack of overlap requires the practitioner to be versatile, as they will be interacting with 5 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units. The prosecution experience for Boise State University is thus characterized by its variety and lack of examiner level consolidation.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 1 | 65.1% | +35.7% |
| XU, JIANGTIAN | 1 | 64.9% | +35.5% |
| DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1 | 45.2% | -14.5% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +24.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19201721 | COMPRESSION-RESISTANT THIN-WALL CONTAINER | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
| 18574658 | STABLE POLY(ALKYL ALDEHYDE)S | XU, JIANGTIAN | — |
| 18574092 | LAYERED CONSTRUCTIONS WITH REMOVABLE LAYERS | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19201721 | COMPRESSION-RESISTANT THIN-WALL CONTAINER | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
| 18574658 | STABLE POLY(ALKYL ALDEHYDE)S | XU, JIANGTIAN | — |
| 18452212 | SUGAR-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AS ALTERNATIVES TO PLASTICS | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19201721 | COMPRESSION-RESISTANT THIN-WALL CONTAINER | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 3733 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 18574658 | STABLE POLY(ALKYL ALDEHYDE)S | XU, JIANGTIAN | 1762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18574092 | LAYERED CONSTRUCTIONS WITH REMOVABLE LAYERS | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1788 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18452212 | SUGAR-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AS ALTERNATIVES TO PLASTICS | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBoise State University has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Stephen J Castellano has the most, with 1 of Boise State University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
