Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
National Cerebral And Cardiovascular Center has 4 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. Each matter is associated with a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, creating a fully distributed examination profile.
MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. No examiner carries more than that figure in the supplied data, so counsel should manage the docket at the individual-application level.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (40%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K | 1 | 60.2% | +33.3% |
| SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 1 | 63.3% | +47.6% |
| NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE | 1 | 56.6% | +44.2% |
| LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | 1 | 64.0% | +53.7% |
| KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA | 1 | 15.6% | +29.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275602 | METHODS, ASSAYS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MEASURING BRAIN DAMAGE OR HARM DURING SURGERY | MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K | — |
| 18031919 | Method for Detecting Genetic Polymorphism | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | — |
| 17924447 | Therapeutic Agent for Mild Cognitive Impairment | NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE | — |
| 17043195 | NOVEL AORTIC ANEURYSM MARKER | KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17599475 | ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND ARTERIOSCLEROSIS-RELATED DISEASE MARKER | LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | 62d |
| 18275602 | METHODS, ASSAYS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MEASURING BRAIN DAMAGE OR HARM DURING SURGERY | MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K | — |
| 18031919 | Method for Detecting Genetic Polymorphism | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | — |
| 17924447 | Therapeutic Agent for Mild Cognitive Impairment | NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE | — |
| 17043195 | NOVEL AORTIC ANEURYSM MARKER | KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1677 | 2 |
| 1674 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| 1627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18275602 | METHODS, ASSAYS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MEASURING BRAIN DAMAGE OR HARM DURING SURGERY | MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K | 1674 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18031919 | Method for Detecting Genetic Polymorphism | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 1683 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 17924447 | Therapeutic Agent for Mild Cognitive Impairment | NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE | 1627 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
| 17599475 | ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND ARTERIOSCLEROSIS-RELATED DISEASE MARKER | LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | 1677 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Sep 28, 2021 |
| 17043195 | NOVEL AORTIC ANEURYSM MARKER | KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA | 1677 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialNational Cerebral And Cardiovascular Center has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Andrea K Mccollum has the most, with 1 of National Cerebral And Cardiovascular Center's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
