Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
14 pending office actions • 13 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brigham Young University has 14 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 14 distinct examiners across 13 distinct art units. This distribution shows a nearly 1 to 1 ratio of actions to examiners and art units, indicating a decentralized portfolio.
The busiest examiner, ATTEL, NINA KAY, is responsible for 1 pending action. With 14 pending office actions and 14 distinct examiners, the portfolio's prosecution is completely spread out. Each of the 14 matters is being reviewed by a unique examiner, mostly in different art units, which requires a highly individualized approach to each case.
The 13 distinct art units involved suggest a broad array of mechanical and system-related innovations being pursued by the university. The presence of 14 pending office actions across 14 distinct examiners means that the university must navigate 14 different examiner perspectives simultaneously, with no single examiner providing a central point of contact for multiple cases. Practitioners should prepare for 14 unique examiner styles.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 6 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTEL, NINA KAY | 1 | 41.5% | +28.0% |
| MAESTRI, PATRICK J | 1 | 73.3% | +15.0% |
| MAI, THIEN T | 1 | 59.1% | +19.9% |
| STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 1 | 37.7% | +26.0% |
| KIM, MICHELLE JINJU | 1 | 70.0% | +50.0% |
| KIM, YUNJU | 1 | 55.2% | +35.4% |
| MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS | 1 | 58.2% | +32.8% |
| YI, STELLA KIM | 1 | 71.2% | +28.4% |
| MOORE, JOHN DAVID | 1 | 61.1% | +28.3% |
| DO, ANDREW V | 1 | 84.9% | +11.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18957286 | COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 4d overdue |
| 18567708 | RESORBABLE MATERIAL ACTIVATED MECHANISMS | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 7d |
| 19067098 | ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC FOLDED FLANGE PAPER FOOD CONTAINERS | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
| 19060576 | LOW-COST SHEET-BASED INSULATION WITH SWITCHABLE THERMAL PROPERTIES FOR USE IN RADIATION DOMINATED ENVIRONMENTS | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | — |
| 18766425 | MAIZE RUNNERS | DO, ANDREW V | — |
| 18593658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PROGENY WITH SELECTIVE TRAITS | KIM, TAEYOON | — |
| 18281927 | GALECTIN-1 IMMUNOMODULATION AND MYOGENIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MUSCLE DISEASES AND AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS | LIEB, JEANETTE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18818559 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING ABSORPTION OF DROPLETS ON POWDER | YI, STELLA KIM | 11d overdue |
| 18957286 | COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 4d overdue |
| 18955592 | HUMAN-READABLE EXTREMELY HIGH DENSITY PERMANENT DATA STORAGE | KIM, MICHELLE JINJU | 30d |
| 19053875 | WRITER FOR HUMAN-READABLE EXTREMELY HIGH DENSITY PERMANENT DATA STORAGE | MAI, THIEN T | 76d |
| 19067098 | ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC FOLDED FLANGE PAPER FOOD CONTAINERS | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
| 19060576 | LOW-COST SHEET-BASED INSULATION WITH SWITCHABLE THERMAL PROPERTIES FOR USE IN RADIATION DOMINATED ENVIRONMENTS | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | — |
| 18945202 | OBSERVATION AND CONTROL OF POWDER BED FUSION PROCESSES VIA MELT DETECTION | KIM, YUNJU | — |
| 18860200 | HIGH THROUGHPUT, THERMO-REFLECTANCE MICROSCOPY TO MEASURE THERMAL TRANSPORT AT THE MICROSCOPIC SCALE | MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1742 | 2 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19067098 | ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC FOLDED FLANGE PAPER FOOD CONTAINERS | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19060576 | LOW-COST SHEET-BASED INSULATION WITH SWITCHABLE THERMAL PROPERTIES FOR USE IN RADIATION DOMINATED ENVIRONMENTS | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19053875 | WRITER FOR HUMAN-READABLE EXTREMELY HIGH DENSITY PERMANENT DATA STORAGE | MAI, THIEN T | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18957286 | COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 3623 | §101 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18955592 | HUMAN-READABLE EXTREMELY HIGH DENSITY PERMANENT DATA STORAGE | KIM, MICHELLE JINJU | 2688 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18945202 | OBSERVATION AND CONTROL OF POWDER BED FUSION PROCESSES VIA MELT DETECTION | KIM, YUNJU | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18860200 | HIGH THROUGHPUT, THERMO-REFLECTANCE MICROSCOPY TO MEASURE THERMAL TRANSPORT AT THE MICROSCOPIC SCALE | MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18818559 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING ABSORPTION OF DROPLETS ON POWDER | YI, STELLA KIM | 1742 | §102 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18800933 | SUSPENSION-BASED 3D CULTURE METHOD FOR ORGANOIDS | MOORE, JOHN DAVID | 1638 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18766425 | MAIZE RUNNERS | DO, ANDREW V | 2852 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18593658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PROGENY WITH SELECTIVE TRAITS | KIM, TAEYOON | 1631 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18567708 | RESORBABLE MATERIAL ACTIVATED MECHANISMS | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18281927 | GALECTIN-1 IMMUNOMODULATION AND MYOGENIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MUSCLE DISEASES AND AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS | LIEB, JEANETTE M | 1654 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18012124 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO INDUCE VIBRATIONAL WAVEFORMS THAT HETERODYNE IN THE BODY TO IMPROVE SLEEP ONSET AND SLEEP QUALITY | CASS, JEAN PAUL | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBrigham Young University has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 13 art units and 14 examiners.
Nina Kay Attel has the most, with 1 of Brigham Young University's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
