Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
15 pending office actions • 12 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Colorado State University Research Foundation has 17 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 17 actions are assigned to 17 distinct examiners across 13 distinct art units. The high number of 17 distinct examiners for 17 pending office actions shows a decentralized prosecution effort, while the 13 distinct art units reflect an array of technical subjects within the biotechnology field. This means that each of the 17 pending office actions is being handled by a different individual at the USPTO.
ARANT, HARRY E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 pending office action. With 17 distinct examiners and 13 distinct art units involved, the practitioner must manage a large number of unique relationships and technical standards. The fact that there are 13 distinct art units for 17 pending office actions suggests that while some cases may share an art unit, many are being evaluated in different technical environments. This diversity requires a broad prosecution strategy to address the varying requirements of the 17 pending office actions.
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 | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 1 (7%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARANT, HARRY E | 1 | 49.6% | +21.4% |
| AGAHI, PUYA | 1 | 49.2% | +24.4% |
| NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 1 | 79.1% | +32.5% |
| DOUNIS, LAERT | 1 | 67.8% | +20.7% |
| VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | 1 | 84.0% | +10.9% |
| KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 1 | 64.7% | +9.8% |
| CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI | 1 | 47.1% | +27.3% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.7% | +37.1% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.3% | +19.9% |
| SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | 1 | 31.3% | +49.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17405289 | MICROBIAL EFFICIENCY-MATRIX STABILIZATION (MEMS) ECOSYSTEM MODEL AND METHODS | SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R | 124d overdue |
| 17913528 | PHOTO REACTOR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | 42d overdue |
| 17929574 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION | BURKHART, MICHAEL D | 36d overdue |
| 17729940 | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR p-Cresyl SULFATE ADSORPTION | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 6d |
| 18691113 | Modular High-Performance Turbo-Compression Cooling | DOUNIS, LAERT | 15d |
| 17906310 | PADLOCK PROBE-BASED ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION PAIRED WITH NUCLEASE PROTECTION FOR POINT-OF-NEED NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION | BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | 22d |
| 18843243 | JET IMPINGEMENT COOLING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF COOLING HIGH HEAT FLUX DEVICES | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| 18781632 | RESPIRABLE AND THORACIC SAMPLING INLET ASSEMBLIES | AGAHI, PUYA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18020335 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROFLUIDIC ASSAY DEVICES | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 70d overdue |
| 17913528 | PHOTO REACTOR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | 42d overdue |
| 18691113 | Modular High-Performance Turbo-Compression Cooling | DOUNIS, LAERT | 15d |
| 18843243 | JET IMPINGEMENT COOLING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF COOLING HIGH HEAT FLUX DEVICES | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| 18781632 | RESPIRABLE AND THORACIC SAMPLING INLET ASSEMBLIES | AGAHI, PUYA | — |
| 18666744 | PLUME IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHM FOR OPTICAL NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS IMAGING | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | — |
| 18568615 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS | VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | — |
| 18483950 | METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER | CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2675 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 1622 | 1 |
| 1699 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1671 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18843243 | JET IMPINGEMENT COOLING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF COOLING HIGH HEAT FLUX DEVICES | ARANT, HARRY E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2024 |
| 18781632 | RESPIRABLE AND THORACIC SAMPLING INLET ASSEMBLIES | AGAHI, PUYA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18666744 | PLUME IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHM FOR OPTICAL NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS IMAGING | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 2675 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18691113 | Modular High-Performance Turbo-Compression Cooling | DOUNIS, LAERT | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18568615 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS | VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | 1622 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18529459 | BIODEGRADABLE ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18483950 | METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER | CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI | 1699 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18186597 | DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS CARTRIDGE DEVICE AND SYSTEM | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2023 |
| 18020335 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROFLUIDIC ASSAY DEVICES | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §102 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 17913528 | PHOTO REACTOR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17906310 | PADLOCK PROBE-BASED ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION PAIRED WITH NUCLEASE PROTECTION FOR POINT-OF-NEED NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION | BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | 1671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Sep 14, 2022 |
| 17929574 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION | BURKHART, MICHAEL D | 1638 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
| 17794318 | Herbicide Combinations Comprising Glufosinate and Saflufenacil | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1617 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 17729940 | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR p-Cresyl SULFATE ADSORPTION | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1779 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
| 17405289 | MICROBIAL EFFICIENCY-MATRIX STABILIZATION (MEMS) ECOSYSTEM MODEL AND METHODS | SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R | 1687 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 124d overdue | Pending | Aug 18, 2021 |
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