Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
20 pending office actions • 15 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Drexel University is currently managing 20 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are spread across 15 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical focus for the university's research and patenting activities. The prosecution involves 20 distinct examiners, which matches the total number of pending office actions.
With 20 distinct examiners each handling a single matter, the busiest examiner, ZHANG, HAI Y, is responsible for 1 pending action. This distribution of examiners to pending office actions means that the university's legal representatives must engage with a unique individual for every active case. The distribution across 15 distinct art units further defines the prosecution landscape, as each unit may have different internal standards for the Chemistry & Materials field. Practitioners must tailor their strategies to ZHANG, HAI Y and the other 20 distinct examiners while navigating the specific nuances of the 15 distinct art units involved in these applications.
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 | 2 (10%) |
| §103 only | 6 (30%) |
| §102 only | 2 (10%) |
| §112 only | 2 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, HAI Y | 1 | 68.7% | +42.6% |
| GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1 | 71.8% | +33.1% |
| CHEN, PO-CHIH | 1 | 74.2% | +14.8% |
| SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | 1 | 70.8% | +4.6% |
| LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 1 | 68.6% | +14.7% |
| NICOL, ALEXANDER W | 1 | 42.9% | +43.1% |
| LAZARO, DOMINIC | 1 | 63.6% | +31.5% |
| GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1 | 65.3% | +47.3% |
| PLUMB, NIGEL H | 1 | 90.8% | +1.0% |
| DORNA, CARRIE R | 1 | 72.3% | +27.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18695147 | BURIED PIPE ASSESSMENTS (CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION) BASED ON STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION | PLUMB, NIGEL H | 4d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17637233 | MXENES FOR SELECTIVE ADSORPTION OF DESIRED CHEMICAL ANALYTES AND METHOD THEREOF | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 32d overdue |
| 17995184 | MXENE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING LAYERS FOR DIGITAL DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | 22d |
| 18859908 | SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — |
| 18844474 | COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING, AMELIORATING, AND/OR PRVENTING COCAINE USE DISORDER | SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | — |
| 18821187 | COMPOSITE WITH POROUS SWELLING COPOLYMER FOR BONE FIXATION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 18644807 | DNA mapping and sequencing on linearized DNA molecules | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — |
| 18025191 | Hydroponic Growing System | PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | — |
| 17593475 | METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING WOUNDS AND CANDIDATE TREATMENTS | LUO, JAMMY NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19024943 | ASSEMBLED MXENE NANOMATERIAL COATING BY SOLUTE-ASSISTED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | ZHANG, HAI Y | — |
| 18859908 | SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — |
| 18851289 | TREATING CANCER WITH SMALL MOLECULES THAT INHIBIT ACSS-2 | CHEN, PO-CHIH | — |
| 18821187 | COMPOSITE WITH POROUS SWELLING COPOLYMER FOR BONE FIXATION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 18737396 | SEQUENTIAL APPLICATION OF MACROPHAGES FOR WOUND HEALING | NICOL, ALEXANDER W | — |
| 18654097 | INJECTABLE HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | LAZARO, DOMINIC | — |
| 18644807 | DNA mapping and sequencing on linearized DNA molecules | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — |
| 18416340 | TUMOR BED IMPLANT FOR MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT OF AT RISK TISSUE SURROUNDING A RESECTION CAVITY | DORNA, CARRIE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19024943 | ASSEMBLED MXENE NANOMATERIAL COATING BY SOLUTE-ASSISTED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | ZHANG, HAI Y | 1717 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18859908 | SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18851289 | TREATING CANCER WITH SMALL MOLECULES THAT INHIBIT ACSS-2 | CHEN, PO-CHIH | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18844474 | COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING, AMELIORATING, AND/OR PRVENTING COCAINE USE DISORDER | SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18821187 | COMPOSITE WITH POROUS SWELLING COPOLYMER FOR BONE FIXATION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18737396 | SEQUENTIAL APPLICATION OF MACROPHAGES FOR WOUND HEALING | NICOL, ALEXANDER W | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18654097 | INJECTABLE HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | LAZARO, DOMINIC | 1611 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18644807 | DNA mapping and sequencing on linearized DNA molecules | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18695147 | BURIED PIPE ASSESSMENTS (CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION) BASED ON STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION | PLUMB, NIGEL H | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18416340 | TUMOR BED IMPLANT FOR MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT OF AT RISK TISSUE SURROUNDING A RESECTION CAVITY | DORNA, CARRIE R | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18504291 | Dendrite-Free, Wide Temperature Range Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Hybrid Network Ionic Liquids | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 121d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18479878 | PORTABLE EXTREMELY FAST CHARGER FOR OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC VEHICLES | MIKELS, MATTHEW | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18452502 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING CEREBROVASCULAR REACTIVITY | CALLISON, KEIRA EILEEN | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18355437 | Distributed Ribonucleic Acid Manufacturing Via Enzymatic Reaction And Separation | BOWERS, ERIN M | 1653 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18025191 | Hydroponic Growing System | PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | 3642 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2023 |
| 18146145 | Physical Layer Key based Interleaving for Secure Wireless Communication | SUH, ANDREW | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 17995184 | MXENE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING LAYERS FOR DIGITAL DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | 1767 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17637233 | MXENES FOR SELECTIVE ADSORPTION OF DESIRED CHEMICAL ANALYTES AND METHOD THEREOF | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2022 |
| 17628106 | Modulators of Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters and Methods Using Same | KUCHARCZK, JED A | 1623 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 92d overdue | Pending | Jan 18, 2022 |
| 17593475 | METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING WOUNDS AND CANDIDATE TREATMENTS | LUO, JAMMY NMN | 1686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2021 |
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