Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
25 pending office actions • 20 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brown University manages a patent portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The university currently has 25 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 20 distinct art units, highlighting the range of scientific research occurring at the institution. This count of 20 distinct art units indicates that the university's patentable output covers many different specialized fields within biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
The prosecution involves 25 distinct examiners. John R Schnurr is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. The fact that there are 25 distinct examiners for 25 pending office actions across 20 different art units demonstrates a decentralized prosecution landscape for the university's intellectual property. Because each of the 25 pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner, there is no single examiner or small group of examiners that dominates the university's current USPTO activity.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 | 7 (28%) |
| §103 only | 7 (28%) |
| §112 only | 4 (16%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (16%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHNURR, JOHN R | 1 | 72.1% | +10.8% |
| MCANANY, JOHN D | 1 | 67.2% | +43.7% |
| FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | 1 | 63.9% | +17.1% |
| SAPKOTA, SURAJ | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 1 | 15.4% | +40.0% |
| NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | 1 | 74.8% | +15.7% |
| NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 1 | 79.1% | +32.5% |
| WRIGHT, ERIC BRANDON | 1 | — | — |
| KEUP, AIDAN JAMES | 1 | 80.3% | +16.4% |
| OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 1 | 73.0% | +16.7% |
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 |
| 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 | — |
| 18500768 | GENERALIZED THREE DIMENSIONAL MULTI-OBJECT SEARCH | KEUP, AIDAN JAMES | — |
| 18451325 | LANTHANIDE DOUBLE PEROVSKITE NANOCRYSTALS | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SINGLE-ION MASS SPECTROMETRY WITH TEMPORAL INFORMATION | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 42d overdue |
| 18539590 | OBJECT-CENTRIC VIDEO REPRESENTATION FOR ACTION PREDICTION | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 14d |
| 19172430 | DEEP SURFACE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY | SCHNURR, JOHN R | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18500768 | GENERALIZED THREE DIMENSIONAL MULTI-OBJECT SEARCH | KEUP, AIDAN JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 2 |
| 1675 | 2 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| 2666 | 1 |
| 2656 | 1 |
| 1634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19172430 | DEEP SURFACE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY | SCHNURR, JOHN R | 2425 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18784840 | PROANGIOGENIC PROTEIN COCKTAILS DELIVERED IN CUSTOM BIOMATERIALS TO REVASCULARIZE ISCHEMIC TISSUE | MCANANY, JOHN D | — | §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 | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18436385 | PROTEIN SEQUENCE DESIGN METHODS AND USES THEREOF TO PREVENT PROTEIN AGGREGATION | SAPKOTA, SURAJ | — | §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 |
| 18287052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SINGLE-ION MASS SPECTROMETRY WITH TEMPORAL INFORMATION | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18282679 | PREDICTING VELOCIMETRY USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | TSAI, TSUNG YIN | 2656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18251868 | INHIBITION OF GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE-3 (GSK-3) | HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR | 1627 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18309548 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING, PREVENTING OR REVERSING OBESITY AND OBESITY-RELATED DISORDERS BY OPSIN 3 REGULATION OF HYPOTHALAMIC MELANOCORTIN RECEPTORS | ANGELL, JON E | 1637 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 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 |
| 17721618 | ELECTRICAL DISSOCIATION OF TISSUE SAMPLES INTO SINGLE CELLS AND/OR SMALLER GROUPS OF CELLS | SHI, TINGCHEN | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 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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