Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Middle Tennessee State University manages 2 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This activity level represents the institution's current investment in protecting its biological and pharmaceutical innovations.
The portfolio is distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The presence of 2 art units shows how the 2 pending actions are categorized across different technical specialties at the office, with each action assigned to a separate examiner.
Seong Jong Kim is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. This examiner's role is central to the university's strategy, as they manage 1 of the 2 total pending actions currently active.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, SEONG JONG | 1 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | 1 | 58.8% | +48.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18695490 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND THE METHODS OF USE | KIM, SEONG JONG | — |
| 18684007 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND THE METHOD OF USE | HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18684007 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND THE METHOD OF USE | HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1621 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18695490 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND THE METHODS OF USE | KIM, SEONG JONG | 1621 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18684007 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND THE METHOD OF USE | HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | 1658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMiddle Tennessee State University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Seong Jong Kim has the most, with 1 of Middle Tennessee State University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
