Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
56 pending office actions • 46 art units • 55 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nanyang Technological University has 59 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The portfolio spans 58 distinct examiners and 48 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution across examination personnel and technical units. The difference between the action volume and examiner count shows that at least some examiner assignments carry more than one matter, while the art unit count indicates additional concentration at the unit level.
PATEL, RONAK C is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That examiner is a limited focal point within a much wider prosecution operation. Counsel should maintain a centralized position on recurring claim language, enablement support, and prior-art responses, while allowing matter-specific adjustments for the many examiner and art unit contexts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 | 8 (14%) |
| §103 only | 15 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 29 (52%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, RONAK C | 2 | 51.2% | +56.2% |
| PATEL, SHIVANG I | 1 | 74.8% | +16.7% |
| FRAZIER, BRADY W | 1 | 78.6% | +26.9% |
| TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA | 1 | 78.9% | +8.6% |
| ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R | 1 | 82.7% | +20.9% |
| KRASNIC, BERNARD | 1 | 77.9% | +57.1% |
| GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1 | 58.0% | +4.5% |
| NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | 1 | 51.9% | +11.3% |
| MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1 | 59.7% | +11.3% |
| TRAN, TRAN M. | 1 | 75.0% | +23.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18879611 | Method for generating a fuzzing harness | ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785863 | BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH NITRIC OXIDE DONOR | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 142d overdue |
| 17233022 | BULLFROG SKIN-DERIVED COLLAGEN, MATERIALS COMPRISING THEREOF, AND APPLICATIONS IN WOUND HEALING | LEE, JIA-HAI | 80d overdue |
| 18268026 | OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | HARVEY, MINSUN OH | 19d |
| 18567255 | METHOD OF RECOVERING METAL IONS FROM BATTERIES | LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | 40d |
| 18549856 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SEAMLESS DNA VECTORS | GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON | 70d |
| 17669059 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL POROUS HYBRID SCAFFOLD AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF | MARTIN, PAUL C | 78d |
| 18992250 | METHOD OF PROCESSING COMMUNICATION SIGNALS FOR USE IN RADAR SENSING, AND APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE THE METHOD | FRAZIER, BRADY W | — |
| 18866713 | POSITION DETERMINATION OF A VEHICLE USING IMAGE SEGMENTATIONS | KRASNIC, BERNARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18041385 | INDUCTION HEATING-CURED ADHESIVES | PATEL, RONAK C | 31d overdue |
| 19169923 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIDAR POINT CLOUD PROCESSING | PATEL, SHIVANG I | — |
| 18992250 | METHOD OF PROCESSING COMMUNICATION SIGNALS FOR USE IN RADAR SENSING, AND APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE THE METHOD | FRAZIER, BRADY W | — |
| 18879611 | Method for generating a fuzzing harness | ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R | — |
| 18866713 | POSITION DETERMINATION OF A VEHICLE USING IMAGE SEGMENTATIONS | KRASNIC, BERNARD | — |
| 18856211 | IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLLED OBJECTS | NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | — |
| 18904697 | DIAFILTRATION-NANOFILTRATION-REVERSE OSMOSIS FOR BRINE MANAGEMENT | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — |
| 18850530 | DIRECTED THERMAL CONDUCTION ARTICLE, COMPOSITE AND METHOD | PATEL, RONAK C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1658 | 4 |
| 1788 | 3 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 1657 | 2 |
| 1618 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 2615 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2192 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19169923 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIDAR POINT CLOUD PROCESSING | PATEL, SHIVANG I | 2615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 18992250 | METHOD OF PROCESSING COMMUNICATION SIGNALS FOR USE IN RADAR SENSING, AND APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE THE METHOD | FRAZIER, BRADY W | 3648 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18881720 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG ANTENNA FOR METALLIC OBJECTS | TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA | 2876 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18879611 | Method for generating a fuzzing harness | ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R | 2192 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18866713 | POSITION DETERMINATION OF A VEHICLE USING IMAGE SEGMENTATIONS | KRASNIC, BERNARD | 2671 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18857755 | AN AMPHIPHOBIC COATING AND METHOD OF PREPARING AN AMPHIPHOBIC COATING | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18856211 | IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLLED OBJECTS | NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | 3656 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18904697 | DIAFILTRATION-NANOFILTRATION-REVERSE OSMOSIS FOR BRINE MANAGEMENT | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1778 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18850530 | DIRECTED THERMAL CONDUCTION ARTICLE, COMPOSITE AND METHOD | PATEL, RONAK C | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18848505 | MONITORING SYSTEMS AND MONITORING METHODS FOR PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED DOOR | TRAN, TRAN M. | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18846103 | MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | SUN, GEORGE | 3673 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18809472 | Selective Dielectric Capping for Hybrid Bonding | HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18834904 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING A HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM | SKRZYCKI, JONATHAN MICHAEL | 2116 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18722396 | METHOD OF BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND TESTING OF BACTERIUM RESISTANT TO ONE OR MORE ANTIBIOTICS | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18721939 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING NANOTRANSFER WITHOUT CHEMICAL TREATMENT AND SUBSTRATE FABRICATED BY THE METHOD | LU, JIONG-PING | 1713 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18743916 | SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN TWO OBJECTS | HUANG, DAVID Z | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18712544 | TANDEM MOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE REPORTERS FOR DETECTION OF TUMOR-INFILTRATING LEUKOCYTES | DICKINSON, PAUL W | 1618 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18702217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SEMI-CLOSED REVERSE OSMOSIS | SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1776 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18700680 | A RECOMBINANT REFLECTIN NANOPARTICLE | STEELE, AMBER D | 1658 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18700067 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | KOO, LAMONT B | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18697116 | PROGRAMMABLE SELECTIVE ACYLATION OF POLYOLS | MILLER, DALE R | 1693 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18692088 | Non-Volatile Memory with Oxygen Scavenger Regions and Methods of Making the Same | MANN, WILLIAM ROBERT | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18691712 | SILICON PHOTONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING LASER LIGHT | LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y | 3991 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18691686 | MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS GROWTH INHIBITOR AND MODEL | REILLY, SOPHIA JANE | 1627 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18685824 | METHOD OF PREPARING A COATING HAVING SELF-CLEANING AND ANTI-FOGGING PROPERTIES | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18682662 | AN APPARATUS FOR A CELLULOSE-BASED VERTICAL FLOW ASSAY AND RELATED METHOD | ALABI, OYELEYE A | 1797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18294472 | DISCOVERY OF A F-ATP SYNTHASE INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS DISEASES | ISMAIL, REHANA | 1625 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18421889 | CONTROL OF ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH SOLID STATE TRANSFORMERS | LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18578248 | A COMPOSITION AND ITS APPLICATION IN CONTROLLED LIVING WATER-BASED EMULSION POLYMERIZATION | LEE, RIP A | 1762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18567255 | METHOD OF RECOVERING METAL IONS FROM BATTERIES | LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | 1736 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18566471 | ULTRABRIGHT CHEMILUMINESCENT PROBES FOR DETECTION AND IMAGING | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 1618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18559987 | BIO-INK PRINTING | NELSON, JAMEL M | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18559299 | AN AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18558687 | MICROPATTERNED 3D HYDROGEL MICROARRAY IN FLUIDIC CHANNELS FOR SPHEROID-IN-GEL CULTURE | HASSAN, LIBAN M | 1632 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18557115 | A MUSCLE SPASTICITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND SENSOR | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18556711 | COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | KUCHARCZK, JED A | 1623 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18492487 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT ISOLATION OF PLASMA AND NANO/MICROPARTICLES FROM BLOOD AND CULTURE MEDIA USING CURVED MICROCHANNELS | YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS | 1799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18286816 | ANTI-VIRAL PEPTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY THEREOF | VARADARAJ, ARCHANA | 1658 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18282417 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING METHODS AND SYSTEMS | HOANG, AMY P | 2143 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18549856 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SEAMLESS DNA VECTORS | GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON | 1637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18547468 | METHODS FOR LIGATION OF (POLY)PEPTIDES AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDES | REGLAS, GEORGIANA C | 1651 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18264843 | METHODS FOR (POLY) PEPTIDE TANDEM LIGATION AND CYCLIZATION | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18273238 | PLASTICALLY DEFORMABLE 3D OBJECTS WITH HEAT CHANNELS | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18268026 | OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | HARVEY, MINSUN OH | 2828 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18251173 | MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR MAGNETIC LOCALIZED POLYMERISATION OF AN ANAEROBIC ADHESIVE | EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18041385 | INDUCTION HEATING-CURED ADHESIVES | PATEL, RONAK C | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18006138 | LAYER-BY-LAYER COATED NANOLIPOSOME FOR ORAL DELIVERY OF INSULIN | SHOMER, ISAAC | 1612 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 17917425 | Keratin Filament Networks | TSAY, MARSHA M | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2022 |
| 17905994 | DETECTION OF SLOWING PATTERNS IN EEG DATA | GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER | 3791 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
| 17785863 | BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH NITRIC OXIDE DONOR | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 142d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNanyang Technological University has 56 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 46 art units and 55 examiners.
Ronak C Patel has the most, with 2 of Nanyang Technological University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
