Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
26 pending office actions • 24 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brown University has 26 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 26 distinct examiners and 23 distinct art units, showing broad distribution across examination assignments rather than concentration in a small group of units.
HANNETT, JAMES M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the busiest examiner has only 1 matter against a portfolio of 26 pending actions, a centralized examiner-specific strategy will have limited reach. Counsel should instead maintain matter-level tracking across the 23 art units and account for varied examination practices.
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 + other | 8 (31%) |
| §103 only | 6 (23%) |
| §112 only | 4 (15%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (19%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANNETT, JAMES M | 1 | 84.4% | +0.5% |
| SCHNURR, JOHN R | 1 | 72.1% | +10.7% |
| CABRAL, ROBERT S | 1 | 62.8% | +32.3% |
| MCANANY, JOHN D | 1 | 65.1% | +46.4% |
| FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | 1 | 65.8% | +15.3% |
| ROBERTS, ANNA L | 1 | 55.7% | +39.8% |
| SAPKOTA, SURAJ | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 1 | 14.8% | +40.0% |
| NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | 1 | 74.8% | +15.7% |
| NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 1 | 78.8% | +29.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18185281 | FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATING GENERAL MULTI-SCALE PROBLEMS | BARRETT, RYAN S | 105d overdue |
| 18656157 | DISSECTING BETA WAVEFORMS USING CONVOLUTIONAL DICTIONARY LEARNING ACROSS SENSORY PERCEPTION, AGING, AND DISEASE | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 61d |
| 19224557 | SYSTEM FOR SPATIOTEMPORAL AUDIOVISUAL CAPTURE | HANNETT, JAMES M | — |
| 18711899 | COMPUTATIONS TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL FLAWS | FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | — |
| 18436385 | PROTEIN SEQUENCE DESIGN METHODS AND USES THEREOF TO PREVENT PROTEIN AGGREGATION | SAPKOTA, SURAJ | — |
| 18578379 | MENTAL IMAGE-BASED NEUROFEEDBACK TO IMPROVE COGNITIVE FUNCTION | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | — |
| 18391580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING ROBOTS USING OBJECT-ORIENTED PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | — |
| 18513051 | CELL AND COLLAGEN COMPOSITIONS FOR ENGINEERED CARDIAC TISSUE | WRIGHT, ERIC BRANDON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18539590 | OBJECT-CENTRIC VIDEO REPRESENTATION FOR ACTION PREDICTION | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 14d |
| 18656157 | DISSECTING BETA WAVEFORMS USING CONVOLUTIONAL DICTIONARY LEARNING ACROSS SENSORY PERCEPTION, AGING, AND DISEASE | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 61d |
| 19172430 | DEEP SURFACE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY | SCHNURR, JOHN R | — |
| 18920438 | NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES | CABRAL, ROBERT S | — |
| 18784840 | PROANGIOGENIC PROTEIN COCKTAILS DELIVERED IN CUSTOM BIOMATERIALS TO REVASCULARIZE ISCHEMIC TISSUE | MCANANY, JOHN D | — |
| 18711899 | COMPUTATIONS TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL FLAWS | FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | — |
| 18578379 | MENTAL IMAGE-BASED NEUROFEEDBACK TO IMPROVE COGNITIVE FUNCTION | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | — |
| 18391580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING ROBOTS USING OBJECT-ORIENTED PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| 1675 | 2 |
| 2639 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1625 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1635 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19224557 | SYSTEM FOR SPATIOTEMPORAL AUDIOVISUAL CAPTURE | HANNETT, JAMES M | 2639 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19172430 | DEEP SURFACE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY | SCHNURR, JOHN R | 2425 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18920438 | NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES | CABRAL, ROBERT S | 1614 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18784840 | PROANGIOGENIC PROTEIN COCKTAILS DELIVERED IN CUSTOM BIOMATERIALS TO REVASCULARIZE ISCHEMIC TISSUE | MCANANY, JOHN D | 1625 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18711899 | COMPUTATIONS TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL FLAWS | FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | 2857 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18656157 | DISSECTING BETA WAVEFORMS USING CONVOLUTIONAL DICTIONARY LEARNING ACROSS SENSORY PERCEPTION, AGING, AND DISEASE | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 3791 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18436385 | PROTEIN SEQUENCE DESIGN METHODS AND USES THEREOF TO PREVENT PROTEIN AGGREGATION | SAPKOTA, SURAJ | 1635 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18578379 | MENTAL IMAGE-BASED NEUROFEEDBACK TO IMPROVE COGNITIVE FUNCTION | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18391580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING ROBOTS USING OBJECT-ORIENTED PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | 3658 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18539590 | OBJECT-CENTRIC VIDEO REPRESENTATION FOR ACTION PREDICTION | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 2675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18513051 | CELL AND COLLAGEN COMPOSITIONS FOR ENGINEERED CARDIAC TISSUE | WRIGHT, ERIC BRANDON | 1632 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18500768 | GENERALIZED THREE DIMENSIONAL MULTI-OBJECT SEARCH | KEUP, AIDAN JAMES | 2666 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18481330 | FIBER SUPPLEMENTATION PROTECTS FROM ANTIBIOTIC-INDUCED GUT MICROBIOME DYSBIOSIS BY MODULATING REDOX METABOLISM | KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY | 1693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18282679 | PREDICTING VELOCIMETRY USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | TSAI, TSUNG YIN | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18282463 | CHARACTERIZING THE BINDING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MUSK AND BMP RECEPTORS | NICOL, ALEXANDER W | 1634 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 87d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18451325 | LANTHANIDE DOUBLE PEROVSKITE NANOCRYSTALS | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18230810 | NEUROENDOCRINE DIFFERENTIATION IN IMIPRIDONE CANCER TREATMENT | SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH | 1629 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 18230872 | TESTING COLON CANCER DRUGS FOR IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS | GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | 1684 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 18275897 | DEEP OPERATOR NETWORK | ANDERSON, SCOTT C | 3694 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18260440 | POLY-ARGININE DERIVATIVES FOR ENHANCING BRAIN-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR TO MITIGATE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | LEE, JIA-HAI | 1658 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18339980 | DECELLULARIZED MAMMALIAN EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MORSELS, METHODS MAKING AND METHODS OF USING SAME | LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18185281 | FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATING GENERAL MULTI-SCALE PROBLEMS | BARRETT, RYAN S | 2148 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 105d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 17917672 | NANOTIP ION SOURCES AND METHODS | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17778375 | BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AGAINST CHI3L1 AND CTLA4 WITH ENHANCED CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS ON TUMOR CELLS | BERHANE, SELAM | 1675 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17769165 | MUSCLE REGENERATION AND GROWTH | CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N | 1675 | §112 | Final Rejection | 51d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2022 |
| 17265751 | ORAL FORMULATIONS WITH INCREASED UPTAKE | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialBrown University has 26 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 24 art units and 26 examiners.
James M Hannett has the most, with 1 of Brown University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
