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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Duke University

72 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

72
Total Pending OAs
26
Final Rejections
46
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18875071 PROTEIN LIBRARY DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF BOESEN, CHRISTIAN C 1684 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2024
18962035 NON-INVASIVE ORTHOSIS FOR IMMOBILIZING THE CERVICAL SPINE ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 Final Rejection Nov 27, 2024
18757189 Compositions and Methods for Safeguarding Plant Immunity Response to Elevated Temperatures ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 1663 Non-Final OA Jun 27, 2024
18660889 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF DELAYED CHEST CLOSURE CARTER, TARA ROSE E 3773 Final Rejection May 10, 2024
18652899 NPR1 VARIANT TO ENHANCE PLANT RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES AND METHOD THEREOF ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 1663 Non-Final OA May 02, 2024
18629488 GENETIC ALTERATIONS IN ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE AND OTHER GENES IN MALIGNANT GLIOMA HALVORSON, MARK 1646 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2024
18609720 METHODS OF TREATMENT BASED ON PATIENT SPECIFIC CLINICAL TRIAL MODELS AND ASSOCIATED MODELS AND USES HEIN, DEVIN C 3686 Final Rejection Mar 19, 2024
18581157 COMPUTATIONAL IMAGE CONTRAST FROM MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN 2662 Non-Final OA Feb 19, 2024
18559337 HYDROGEL-COATED ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS NGUYEN, VI X 3771 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18558211 COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER RAO, SAVITHA M 1691 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2023
18497368 ESTIMATING PHARMACOKINETICS OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM THROUGH A CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ANALYTICAL MODEL AND/OR NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHM FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 3798 Final Rejection Oct 30, 2023
18288817 Compositions Comprising Adeno-Associated Virus Chimera Capsid Proteins and Methods of Using the Same BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1638 Non-Final OA Oct 29, 2023
18376919 REGIONAL MOTION DISPLAY AND ASSESSMENT IMAGING TRAN, DUY ANH 2674 Non-Final OA Oct 05, 2023
18473202 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADJUVANT CANCER THERAPEUTICS MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 Non-Final OA Sep 22, 2023
18360187 TUMOR IMAGING WITH X-RAYS AND OTHER HIGH ENERGY SOURCES USING AS CONTRAST AGENTS PHOTON-EMITTING PHOSPHORS HAVING THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES NGANGA, BONIFACE N 3797 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2023
18225661 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LARGE FIELD OF VIEW, SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 3798 Final Rejection Jul 24, 2023
18273344 ENHANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING USING QUANTUM COMPUTATION HILAIRE, CLIFFORD 2488 Non-Final OA Jul 20, 2023
18270613 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER USING ABL INHIBITORS AND DRUGS TARGETING THE MEVALONATE PATHWAY ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG 1624 Non-Final OA Jun 30, 2023
18324941 NANOFIBER REINFORCEMENT OF ATTACHED HYDROGELS HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1617 Non-Final OA May 26, 2023
18036721 TOUGH, REPROCESSABLE ELASTOMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 Non-Final OA May 12, 2023
18251950 SELF-REPAIRING BIOMIMETIC LUBRICANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME MILLER, DALE R 1693 Non-Final OA May 05, 2023
18312719 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING REMYELINATION WITH FACTORS DERIVED FROM UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD MACROPHAGES DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 Non-Final OA May 05, 2023
18033166 Compositions and Methods Relating to Alzheimer's Disease HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2023
18033002 COMPOSITIONS FOR AND METHODS OF CO-ANALYZING CHROMATIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ALONG WITH TRANSCRIPTION OUTPUT BUNKER, AMY M 1684 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2023
18026088 METHODS OF DETECTING AND USING BIOMARKERS FOR GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASES FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 Final Rejection Mar 13, 2023
18182018 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTION AND DESIGN OF NEURAL STIMULATION PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 Final Rejection Mar 10, 2023
18024091 METHODS FOR REPROGRAMMING TARGET CELLS CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2023
18116138 CASCADED NUCLEIC ACID PROTOCOLS FOR ULTRA-SPECIFIC MOLECULAR DETECTION, TRANSDUCTION, AND AMPLIFICATION PRIEST, AARON A 1681 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2023
18159255 UP AND DOWN CONVERSION SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCTION OF EMITTED LIGHT FROM VARIOUS ENERGY SOURCES INCLUDING RADIO FREQUENCY, MICROWAVE ENERGY AND MAGNETIC INDUCTION SOURCES FOR UPCONVERSION MALEVIC, DJURA 2884 Non-Final OA Jan 25, 2023
18084777 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3D DATA DRIVEN LASER ORIENTATION PLANNING CASCAIS, JUSTIN PHILIP 2674 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2022
18001884 ENHANCED CELL SURVIVAL AGAINST BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES THROUGH SALICYLICK ACID-INDUCED NPR1 CONDENSATES MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN 1663 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2022
18080868 ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING AND PATTERNED STIMULATION AT CELLULAR RESOLUTION FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 3798 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2022
18007879 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTING AUTOLOGOUS FAT GRAFTS BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 Non-Final OA Dec 02, 2022
18059550 GENERATION OF N-BODY ENTANGLING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN QUBITS KINKEAD, ARNOLD M 2849 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2022
17927575 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SENSITIZING ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIAS TO CHEMOTHERAPY SOROUSH, ALI 1614 Final Rejection Nov 23, 2022
17992727 ANTIGEN DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING ANTIBODY RESPONSES FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1684 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2022
18055406 TUMOR-INTRINSIC NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME SIGNALING PATHWAY AS A GENETIC AND FUNCTIONAL BIOMARKER FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY RESPONSE AEDER, SEAN E 1642 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2022
17921338 TARGETED GENOMIC INTEGRATION TO RESTORE NEUROFIBROMIN CODING SEQUENCE IN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1 (NF1) BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2022
17919997 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMATION AND SECRETION OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND AAV PARTICLES SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK 1671 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2022
17957373 METHODS FOR DETECTING NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2022
17914598 BETA-ARRESTIN COMPOSITIONS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 Non-Final OA Sep 26, 2022
17908427 PROTEINS WITH PREDICTABLE LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2022
17908415 PROTEIN NANOPARTICLE DESIGN AND APPLICATION CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT 1674 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2022
17895280 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MYELIN RELATED AND INFLAMMATION RELATED DISEASES OR DISORDERS JEAN-LOUIS, SAMIRA JM 1642 Final Rejection Aug 25, 2022
17798868 COMPLEX STRUCTURES FROM STIMULI-RESPONSIVE PROTEINS HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 1658 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2022
17874136 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PREPARING SPHERICAL DROPLETS VAN BUREN, LAUREN K 1638 Final Rejection Jul 26, 2022
17758480 COMPOSISTIONS AND METHODS FOR CRISPR ENABLED DNA SYNTHESIS ZARA, JANE J 1637 Final Rejection Jul 07, 2022
17758477 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AUTO-INDUCIBLE CELLULAR LYSIS AND NUCLEOTIDE HYDROLYSIS MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1651 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2022
17786397 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MONITORING AND DIAGNOSING HEALTHY AND DISEASE STATES DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 Final Rejection Jun 16, 2022
17782559 Pudendal Nerve Burst Stimulation for Bladder Control HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 Final Rejection Jun 03, 2022
17749858 UNIVERSAL LAMP ASSAYS FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID TARGETS LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1683 Non-Final OA May 20, 2022
17774329 TREATMENT FOR PRIMARY AND METASTATIC CANCER SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 Final Rejection May 04, 2022
17769985 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MODULATING TISSUE TEMPERATURE PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Final Rejection Apr 18, 2022
17768454 PERIPHERALLY INSERTED LEFT VENTRICULAR VENT AND ANTICOAGULATION CATHETER SYSTEM TAYLOR, MARISSA ENVENESIA 3783 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2022
17768152 LPXH TARGETING COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME CHENG, KAREN 1623 Final Rejection Apr 11, 2022
17712479 PLASMONICS-ACTIVE METAL NANOSTAR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE HARTLEY, MICHAEL G 1618 Non-Final OA Apr 04, 2022
17696287 COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL THERAPY ABUZEINEH, HANAN ISAM 1633 Final Rejection Mar 16, 2022
17637760 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL PAIN AND ITCH GRABER, JAMES J 1631 Non-Final OA Feb 23, 2022
17636750 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING REGULATORS OF CELL TYPE FATE SPECIFICATION REGA, KYLE THOMAS 1636 Final Rejection Feb 18, 2022
17674212 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NERVE FIBER CONDUCTION BLOCK LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 17, 2022
17633467 HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING PLATFORM FOR ENGINEERING NEXT-GENERATION GENE THERAPY VECTORS LAFAVE, ELIZABETH ROSE 1684 Final Rejection Feb 07, 2022
17616499 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BONE REPAIR AND BONE HEALTH NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1615 Final Rejection Dec 03, 2021
17603329 CRISPR/CAS-BASED GENOME EDITING COMPOSITION FOR RESTORING DYSTROPHIN FUNCTION EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2021
17494047 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND DYNAMIC FLUX CONTROL USING SYNTHETIC METABOLIC VALVES ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY 1636 Final Rejection Oct 05, 2021
17430991 PRR-Activating and MicroRNA-Inhibiting Molecules and Methods of Using Same PERSONS, JENNA L 1637 Final Rejection Aug 13, 2021
17178210 PRECISION DRUG SCREENING FOR PERSONALIZED CANCER THERAPY BUNKER, AMY M 1684 Final Rejection Feb 17, 2021
17265731 Enhanced Delivery of Drugs and Other Compounds to the Brain and Other Tissues DONOGHUE, BRITTNEY ERIN 1675 Non-Final OA Feb 03, 2021
17055805 Optimized gp41-Binding Molecules and Uses Thereof DONOGHUE, BRITTNEY ERIN 1675 Final Rejection Nov 16, 2020
17007994 CONJUGATED POLYCATIONIC POLYMERS, METHODS OF USING THE SAME AND METHODS OF TREATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND ACUTE RADIATION EXPOSURE MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2020
16632226 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDE-POLYMER NANOFIBERS FOR SUBLINGUAL IMMUNIZATION STEELE, AMBER D 1658 Final Rejection Jan 17, 2020
16482941 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING GENE EXPRESSION BOGGS, RUSSELL T 1663 Non-Final OA Aug 01, 2019
16477110 Methods of Treating Brain Injury Using Cord Blood or a Component Thereof WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 Non-Final OA Jul 10, 2019

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