Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

New York University

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

37 pending office actions • 28 art units • 37 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

New York University has 41 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The docket spans 41 distinct examiners across 31 distinct art units, showing extensive examiner distribution across the biotechnology and pharmaceutical examination groups.

TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of repeated examiner concentration makes centralized docket control and application-specific scientific and claim analysis important for prosecution management.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

22
Hard (59%)
13
Medium (35%)
2
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other8 (22%)
§103 only8 (22%)
§102 only3 (8%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other2 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (38%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

18
Life Sciences
49% of docket
3
Information Tech
8% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
4
Semiconductors
11% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
1
Business / Other
3% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1 64.8% +28.1%
SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 1 32.7% +40.7%
ASGHAR, AMINAH 1 60.8% +46.1%
NEWTON, CHAD A 1 38.4% +23.4%
MELHUS, BENJAMIN S 1 60.7% +43.5%
FULLER, RODNEY EVAN 1 83.9% +7.1%
FANG, PAKEE 1 67.8% +36.8%
SANGHERA, JAS A 1 94.6% +4.9%
MCANANY, JOHN D 1 65.1% +46.4%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18923344 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING ROTATIONAL INVARIANTS OF CUMULANT EXPANSION FROM ONE OR MORE ACQUISITIONS WHICH CAN BE MINIMAL FULLER, RODNEY EVAN —

Hard Cases (22)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18000772 MODIFIED ALPHAVIRUS FOR USE AS COVID-19 VACCINE SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 71d overdue
19067406 Doped Organic Semiconductors and Methods of Making the Same NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 45d overdue
18135990 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR SEPARATING FAT AND WATER IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING FREQUENCY SWEEP RADIOFREQUENCY SATURATION PULSES CLARKE, ADAM S 44d overdue
18257504 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CRISPR-CAS13 GUIDE RNAS KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 38d overdue
18251384 ENHANCEMENT OF PREDICTABLE AND TEMPLATE-FREE GENE EDITING BY THE ASSOCIATION OF CAS WITH DNA POLYMERASE TATGE, LEXUS MARC 37d overdue
18297160 NASAL MOLDING DEVICE JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID 26d overdue
17637427 TARGETING SLC38A2 IN PANCREATIC CANCER ANGELL, JON E 9d
19199877 TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENCY: EXPLAINABLE SOCIAL NAVIGATION FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS VIA VISION-LANGUAGE MODELS FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19067406 Doped Organic Semiconductors and Methods of Making the Same NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 45d overdue
19047123 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING STIMULATION TO OBSTRUCTED COCHLEA SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN —
18868122 SYSTEMS AND METHODS REGARDING LONGITUDINAL GRASP MRI ASGHAR, AMINAH —
18940457 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS NEWTON, CHAD A —
18937417 Methods And Kits For Assessing Neurological And Ophthalmic Function And Localizing Neurological Lesions MELHUS, BENJAMIN S —
18851344 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILITY PROCEDURES FOR HIGHLY DIRECTIONAL SYSTEMS FANG, PAKEE —
18826792 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING KRAS INHIBITOR OR SHP2 INHIBITOR EFFICACY MCANANY, JOHN D —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
1658 3
3797 2
2852 2
1654 2
1637 2
1761 1
3796 1
3681 1
2409 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19199877 TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENCY: EXPLAINABLE SOCIAL NAVIGATION FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS VIA VISION-LANGUAGE MODELS FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 06, 2025
19067406 Doped Organic Semiconductors and Methods of Making the Same NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2025
19047123 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING STIMULATION TO OBSTRUCTED COCHLEA SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 3796 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2025
18868122 SYSTEMS AND METHODS REGARDING LONGITUDINAL GRASP MRI ASGHAR, AMINAH 3797 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18940457 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS NEWTON, CHAD A 3681 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18937417 Methods And Kits For Assessing Neurological And Ophthalmic Function And Localizing Neurological Lesions MELHUS, BENJAMIN S 3791 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18923344 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING ROTATIONAL INVARIANTS OF CUMULANT EXPANSION FROM ONE OR MORE ACQUISITIONS WHICH CAN BE MINIMAL FULLER, RODNEY EVAN 2852 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18851344 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILITY PROCEDURES FOR HIGHLY DIRECTIONAL SYSTEMS FANG, PAKEE 2409 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18848241 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RAPID BIOSENSING SANGHERA, JAS A 2852 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18826792 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING KRAS INHIBITOR OR SHP2 INHIBITOR EFFICACY MCANANY, JOHN D 1625 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18815038 Discrete Microenvironment Chamber HUANG, MICKEY NMN 1758 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18765178 PATIENT-ACCESSIBLE CALIBRATION OF VIDEO EYETRACKING APPARATUS SHIN, SOO JUNG 2872 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18646234 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING HUMAN-MODEL ALIGNMENT USING METADATA AND ARTIFACTS, PATIENT INFORMATION, OR SYNTHETIC DATA GURMU, MULUEMEBET 2163 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18690480 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18434053 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING A LANGUAGE MODEL POPULATION SIMULATOR ALBERTALLI, BRIAN LOUIS 2656 §102 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18294021 NORA INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18508879 Smart Wearable IOT Device for Health Tracking, Contact Tracing and Prediction of Health Deterioration HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18487767 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING AUTOIMMUNE INDUCED CARDIAC LONG QT SYNDROME WEIDNER, ADAM M 1675 DP Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18555363 Bone Marrow on a Chip MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL 1798 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18370695 MULTIVALENT PEPTOID OLIGOMERS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2023
18280186 APPLICATION OF APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR 5 (API5) FOR EPITHELIAL RESTITUTION HA, JULIE 1654 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18460519 FLUORINATED FIBERS FOR MULTIMODAL 1H AND 19F MRI, ULTRASOUND, FLUORESCENCE DETECTION AND CONFORMATIONAL AND TEMPERATURE DETECTION BY 19F MRS VARADARAJ, ARCHANA 1658 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18259637 CROSSLINKED HELIX DIMER MIMICS OF SOS AND METHODS OF USING SAME GARYU, LIANKO G 1654 §101§102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2023
18257609 WEARABLE INERTIAL SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHODS YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 15, 2023
18257504 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CRISPR-CAS13 GUIDE RNAS KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1635 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18252285 NPC1 MONOBODIES AND MONOBODY CONJUGATES THEREOF PETERS, ALEC JON 1641 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2023
18251384 ENHANCEMENT OF PREDICTABLE AND TEMPLATE-FREE GENE EDITING BY THE ASSOCIATION OF CAS WITH DNA POLYMERASE TATGE, LEXUS MARC 1637 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18135990 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR SEPARATING FAT AND WATER IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING FREQUENCY SWEEP RADIOFREQUENCY SATURATION PULSES CLARKE, ADAM S 2858 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18297160 NASAL MOLDING DEVICE JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID 3771 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18185601 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INTEGRATION OF A DNA CONSTRUCT HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2023
18101105 DIGITAL WITNESS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING AND CONFIRMING THE INTEGRITY OF A DIGITAL ARTIFACT GELAGAY, SHEWAYE 2400 §103 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
18000772 MODIFIED ALPHAVIRUS FOR USE AS COVID-19 VACCINE SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §103§112 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2022
17789047 THE COMBINATION OF CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 7 INHIBITOR AND IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA 1621 §103Other Final Rejection 30d Pending Jun 24, 2022
17637427 TARGETING SLC38A2 IN PANCREATIC CANCER ANGELL, JON E 1637 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Feb 22, 2022
17445915 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCUSSIVE IMPACT MONITORING ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2021
17152463 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTOR, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF PROMOTING MUSCLE REGENERATION, AND TREATMENT METHODS NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2021
16960530 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 3798 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does New York University have?

New York University has 37 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 28 art units and 37 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most New York University applications?

Michael Alan Foster Jr. has the most, with 1 of New York University's pending office actions.

What technology area are New York University's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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