Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Northwestern University

112 pending office actions • 74 art units • 105 examiners • 0 of 112 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 116 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

112
Total Pending OAs
74
Non-Final OAs
37
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
2
Due this week
12
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (6)

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.

62
Hard (55%)
42
Medium (38%)
7
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other19 (17%)
§103 only32 (29%)
§102 only5 (4%)
§112 only5 (4%)
Double-patenting only2 (2%)
Double-patenting + other5 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)42 (38%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

74
Life Sciences
66% of docket
3
Information Tech
3% of docket
2
Communications
2% of docket
3
Semiconductors
3% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
11
Business / Other
10% 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.

1,120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
224 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
392 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
9.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 2 62.9% +61.6%
ZHU, JIANJIAN 2 61.0% +83.7%
SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY 2 12.5% +25.6%
SALMON, KATHERINE D 2 42.6% +38.0%
EIX, EMILY FAY 2 46.7% +76.2%
MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN 2 90.6% -12.6%
HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 2 26.8% +36.3%
BRUTUS, JOEL F 1 72.6% +17.9%
KELLY, ROBERT M 1 73.8% +24.8%
NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V 1 66.4% +26.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18269078 TOXIN AND GAS ADSORPTION BY POROUS MELANIN MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN
18142771 LANTHANA AND ALUMINA OVERCOATED NICKEL CATALYSTS FOR ENHANCED METHANE REFORMING MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN

Hard Cases (64)

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
18780061 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED RISK-CLASSIFICATION OF ENDOMERIAL CANCER PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 139d overdue
18308349 METHODS FOR IMPROVING COVID VACCINE IMMUNOGENICITY ALLEN, MICHAEL D 46d overdue
17784891 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE REDDIG, PETER J 38d overdue
17421677 RAPID REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 30d overdue
18009384 HYDRATION SENSOR FOR MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS OF SKIN DISEASES IN ANY ENVIRONMENT AND APPLICATION OF SAME PARK, EVELYN GRACE 26d overdue
19122087 Systems and Methods to Identify Commercialization and Partnership Potential for Research Institutions SCHNEIDER, JOSHUA D 18d overdue
18249057 USE OF REELIN FOR TREATING CARDIAC DISEASES BUTTICE, AUDREY L 16d overdue
16611548 CONJUGATION OF PEPTIDES TO SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS (SNAS) USING TRACELESS LINKERS VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR 5d overdue

Interview Candidates (15)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17287668 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MAMMAL SUBJECT AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 12d
19311921 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGHLY PARALLEL ULTRASONIC DETECTION USING MICRO-RING RESONATOR IN AN ARRAY FORMAT BRUTUS, JOEL F
19284280 LIPOSOMAL PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING SAME AND USES THEREOF KELLY, ROBERT M
19259714 HUMAN SPINAL CORD INJURY ORGANOIDS EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL
19227080 PROGRAMMABLE STREAMING ARCHITECTURE FOR LOW-ENERGY HUMAN-CENTRIC VISION APPLICATIONS NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V
18941862 BIOACTIVE AND ANTIOXIDANT SUPRAMOLECULAR POLYMER HYDROGELS FOR NEURAL CELL CULTURE ZHU, JIANJIAN
18929526 COST EFFECTIVE CULTURE MEDIA AND PROTOCOL FOR HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS ZHU, JIANJIAN
18901448 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL REMODELING PROGRESSION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1632 4
1652 4
3797 3
3796 3
1626 3
1736 3
1631 2
1629 2
3783 2
1653 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19311921 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGHLY PARALLEL ULTRASONIC DETECTION USING MICRO-RING RESONATOR IN AN ARRAY FORMAT BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2025
19284280 LIPOSOMAL PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING SAME AND USES THEREOF KELLY, ROBERT M 1638 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 29, 2025
19259714 HUMAN SPINAL CORD INJURY ORGANOIDS EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2025
19227080 PROGRAMMABLE STREAMING ARCHITECTURE FOR LOW-ENERGY HUMAN-CENTRIC VISION APPLICATIONS NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V 2486 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2025
19215178 INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY FOR INTRAOPERATIVE FUNCTIONAL MAPPING POPESCU, GABRIEL VICTOR 3797 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2025
19129428 Fluid-Structure Instability-Based Physiomarker LY, TOMMY TAI 3797 §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2025
19122087 Systems and Methods to Identify Commercialization and Partnership Potential for Research Institutions SCHNEIDER, JOSHUA D 3626 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2025
19053742 Efficient Ray-Tracing Rendering Processor with Optimization for Mobile Devices and Support of Inverse Rendering PATEL, SHIVANG I §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2025
18880219 REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES RESPONSIVE CLEAVABLE HIERARCHIAL METALLIC SUPRANANOSTRUCTURES SCHLEIS, DANIEL J 1784 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
18876553 METHODS OF FORMING STABLE CONDUCTIVE SURFACES CHEN, BRET P 1718 §103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18865562 Anatomic Imaging Derived 4D Hemodynamics Using Deep Learning JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH 3798 §102 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2024
18941862 BIOACTIVE AND ANTIOXIDANT SUPRAMOLECULAR POLYMER HYDROGELS FOR NEURAL CELL CULTURE ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18929526 COST EFFECTIVE CULTURE MEDIA AND PROTOCOL FOR HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS ZHU, JIANJIAN §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18929268 METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR EARLY RECOGNITION OF RARE SKIN DISEASES BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18914929 KERNEL-BASED ERGODIC SEARCH KARWAN, SIHAR A 3658 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Oct 14, 2024
18901448 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL REMODELING PROGRESSION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18886300 PLATFORM OF COMPOSABLE MAMMALIAN ELEMENTS OF TRANSCRIPTION (COMET) FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18792715 Synthesis of MEK7 Inhibitors and methods of Use Thereof OH, TAYLOR V §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18779742 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREDICT RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING OF MEDICAL IMPLANTS SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL 2673 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18780061 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED RISK-CLASSIFICATION OF ENDOMERIAL CANCER PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 3685 §101§103 Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18775012 ENGINEERED PROBIOTICS FOR DETECTION OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE IN HUMANS DAVIS, RUTH A Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18725885 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS ORGAN AND ORGAN ALLOGRAFT MONITORING KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18718693 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SMART MASK MCCARTHY, GINA 3786 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18737007 COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY PROCESSOR SUPPORTING BOTH GENERAL-PURPOSE CPU AND DEEP LEARNING PHAM, LY D 2827 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18735506 FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR METASTASIS AND TUMORIGENESIS SHIM, DAVID M. 1626 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18735858 HUMAN SPINAL CORD INJURY ORGANOIDS EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18731925 RESORBABLE IMPLANT FOR STIMULATING TISSUE, SYSTEMS INCLUDING SUCH IMPLANT, AND METHODS OF USING GEDEON, BRIAN T §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18640956 CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMER FOR BLADDER REGENERATION WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18694853 NANOPARTICULATE MONOBENZONE FOR TREATING MELANOMA ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2024
18613535 CONDUCTIVE NANOMATERIALS AND COMPOSITES THEREOF NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18606338 Methods of Using Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA to Distinguish Acute Rejection and Other Conditions in Liver Transplant Recipients SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18595057 DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES BY QUANTIFYING SPINK1 LEVEL SALMON, KATHERINE D §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18583685 CATALASE MIMETIC PEPTIDES SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN 1652 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2024
18434367 MODULATION OF SEX STEROID HORMONE PRODUCTION AND ACTIVITY FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING HERNIAS CORNET, JEAN P 1628 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18006688 CLOTRIMAZOLE AS A TREATMENT FOR IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18418897 LIPOTEICHOIC ACID FROM STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS AND ITS USE TO MODULATE NEURONAL ACTIVITY VIA PD-1 INHIBITORY SIGNALLING IN NEURONS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18412362 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18404041 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LIGHT DELIVERY SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY 3783 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18544247 GENE THERAPY TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION LANDSMAN, ROBERT S §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18569070 Systems and Methods for Prediction of Hematoma Expansion Using Automated Deep Learning Image Analysis DICKERSON, CHAD S 2683 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 11, 2023
18515196 TGF-BETA INHIBITION FOR IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS REACTIVATION FROM LATENCY, ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-SPECIFIC RESPONSES AND IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS CURE KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18512950 Small Molecule Degraders of DOT1L and Uses Thereof TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1629 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18559244 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PROSTATITIS AND/OR CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18556311 3D-PRINTING OF STRONG LIVING SCAFFOLDS KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18286619 HIERARCHICAL DEEP LEARNING NEURAL NETWORKS-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AN AI PLATFORM FOR SCIENTIFIC AND MATERIALS SYSTEMS INNOVATION KIM, DAVID 3625 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18283710 CRISPR-MEDIATED CLEAVAGE OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-DETECTABLE MARKER CONJUGATES FOR DETECTION OF TARGET ANALYTES GUSSOW, ANNE 1683 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18466599 RATIONAL DESIGN, OPTIMIZATION, AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NOVEL MEK4 INHIBITORS AGAINST PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2023
18548784 (S)-3-AMINO-4,4-DIHALOCYCLOPENT-1-ENECARBOXYLIC ACID AS SELECTIVE INACTIVATORS OF HUMAN ORNITHINE AMINOTRANSFERASE CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1626 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18240201 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANT BUCCINI, MICHELLE CALLAHAN 1675 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2023
18548175 CELL-FREE BIOSENSORS WITH DNA STRAND DISPLACEMENT CIRCUITS SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2023
18279034 STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP GENOME EDITING SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS (SNAS) PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18278068 DYNAMIC BIOACTIVE SCAFFOLDS AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF AFTER CNS INJURY WANG, CHANG YU 1675 DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 21, 2023
18229231 STERILIZABLE AND REUSABLE ULTRAVIOLET-RESISTANT ELASTOMER COMPOSITES, FABRICATING METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2023
18274019 FABRICATION OF PIXELATED RADIATION DETECTORS VIA LASER CUTTING KERR, ELIZABETH M 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2023
18261638 USE OF IMMUNE CONTENT SCORES DIAGNOSTICALLY TO PREDICT RESPONSIVENESS OF PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS TO IMMUNOTHERAPY DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 1644 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18271782 LIPID NANOPARTICLE SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS GIBBS, TERRA C 1635 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023
18270903 BOROPHANE POLYMORPHS AND SYNTHESIS METHODS OF SAME NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2023
18270891 OHMIC-CONTACT-GATED CARBON NANOTUBE TRANSISTORS, FABRICATING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 05, 2023
18215701 Methods and Materials for Matching Chemistry of Individuals and Human Melanin JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO 1797 §102 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18269078 TOXIN AND GAS ADSORPTION BY POROUS MELANIN MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN 1736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18257261 PI3K INHIBITORS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED ATROPHY MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18330874 INHIBITORS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TRIP8B AND HCN CHANNELS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1691 §102§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18265513 Systems and Methods for Knowledge Distillation Using Artificial Intelligence SHAW, PETER C 2493 §102§103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18328967 Portable Closed System for Culturing Cells Using Small Volumes of Capillary Blood LEPAGE, JONATHAN EVERETT 1796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2023
18327725 ELECTRICAL WRITE/READ OF HIGH-INFORMATION-DENSITY MAGNETIC THIN FILM SMET, UYEN TRAN 2824 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18326966 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER APPARATUS WITH PASSIVE LUBRICANT REPLENISHMENT DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1743 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2023
18251604 A CELL-FREE BIO-MANUFACTURING PLATFORM FOR PRODUCTION OF FATTY ACIDS AND CANNABINOIDS RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18142771 LANTHANA AND ALUMINA OVERCOATED NICKEL CATALYSTS FOR ENHANCED METHANE REFORMING MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN 1736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18251596 METHODS FOR FULL-LENGTH REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR OF LONG RNAs CONTAINING MODIFIED RIBONUCLEOSIDES USING A THERMOSTABLE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18308349 METHODS FOR IMPROVING COVID VACCINE IMMUNOGENICITY ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1671 §102§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023
18250140 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING PATIENT IMPROVEMENT THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STRIEGEL, THEODORE CHARLES §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2023
18134868 Systems and Methods for Dieless Composite Forming NGUYEN, UYEN T 1741 §102§103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18249057 USE OF REELIN FOR TREATING CARDIAC DISEASES BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18029432 COMPOSITES WITH SURFACE REFINING AND CONFORMAL GRAPHENE COATING, ELECTRODES, AND FABRICATING METHODS OF SAME WEST, ROBERT GENE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18021429 GRAPHENE-FUNCTIONALIZED COMPOSITES FOR BATTERY ANODES, FORMING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2023
18017372 GRAPHENE METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK COMPOSITE ELECTRODES FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES BULLOCK, IN SUK C 1723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 20, 2023
18006120 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPIDLY SCREENING FOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DISORDERS EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 3683 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2023
18005826 ENGINEERED N-GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES WITH ALTERED SPECIFICITIES EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 17, 2023
18153872 TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN SEQUENCES IN PROTEIN-LIKE POLYMERS AND USES THEREOF LIEB, JEANETTE M 1654 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2023
18004104 HUMAN RECOMBINANT ACE2-FC MUTANTS THAT DECOUPLE ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ACTIVITY FROM CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 03, 2023
18080067 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAR T-CELL SCREENING WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE 1797 §102§103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Dec 13, 2022
18009384 HYDRATION SENSOR FOR MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS OF SKIN DISEASES IN ANY ENVIRONMENT AND APPLICATION OF SAME PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
17997013 Small Molecule Inhibitors That Block the Budding of Enveloped Viruses MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §103Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 24, 2022
18048673 A SYNTHENTIC POLY-TRANSTHYRETIN AFFINITY TRAP FOR DETECTING AMYLOIDOGENIC TRANSTHYRETIN FORMS IN PLASMA SAMPLES OFTRANTHYRETIN AMYLOIDOSIS PATIENTS DUNN, MCKENZIE A 1678 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2022
17936208 Carbohydrate-Modified Particles and Particulate Formulations for Modulating an Immune Response BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17814211 ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY USING SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS (SNAS) CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2022
17838428 MODULATION OF UBIQUITIN CARBOXY-TERMINAL HYDROLASE LIGASE 1 (UCHL1) EXPRESSION FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE, DISORDERS, AND INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER MOTOR NEURONS CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 13, 2022
17784891 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §103§112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17752407 ENCODING HIERARCHICAL ASSEMBLY PATHWAYS OF PROTEINS WITH DNA BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1647 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 24, 2022
17749977 SYNERGISTIC IMMUNOSTIMULATION THROUGH THE DUAL ACTIVATION OF TLR3/9 WITH SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 1674 §103Other Final Rejection 12d Pending May 20, 2022
17778340 FLUID MECHANICS-BASED ANALYSIS TOOL TO ESTIMATE FLOW DATA FROM PLANIMETRY CATHETER DATA ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 19, 2022
17775187 MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS AND A PROCESS TO DISCOVER NEW NATURAL PRODUCTS BY LINKING GENOMES AND METABOLOMES IN FUNGI SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 06, 2022
17772169 MOLECULAR COMPUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOLVING COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEMS NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT 1686 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2022
17760990 HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN-LIKE NANOPARTICLES AS INDUCERS OF FERROPTOSIS IN CANCER FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH 1617 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 16, 2022
17641525 MULTIPLEXED WEARABLE SENSORS FOR PREGNANCY MONITORING AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. 3700 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2022
17637410 BLOOD GENE BIOMARKERS TO DIAGNOSE AND PREDICT ACUTE REJECTION IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2022
17634908 CONTROLLING THE DNA HYBRIDIZATION CHAIN REACTION CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Feb 11, 2022
17634497 BRUSH POLYMERS FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS BRANCH, CATHERINE S 1763 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 10, 2022
17625023 METHODS OF USING MODIFIED CYTOTOXINS TO TREAT CANCER KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 05, 2022
17503057 ANTI-POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG) ANTIBODY MOUSE MODEL FOR RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT OF PEG-BASED THERAPIES: ADJUVANT-FREE INDUCTION MODEL WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 1634 §102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 15, 2021
17445285 ENHANCING SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION AND TARGET TISSUE ACCUMULATION OF NANOPARTICLES VIA CO-ADMINISTRATION WITH MACROPINOCYTOSIS INHIBITORY NANOPARTICLES (MINP) WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2021
17421677 RAPID REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 1681 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2021
17311108 Protein Crystal Engineering Through DNA Hybridization Interactions MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1652 §102§103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Jun 04, 2021
17287668 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MAMMAL SUBJECT AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §103§112DP Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 22, 2021
17287196 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVELY MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MAMMAL SUBJECT AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2021
17273438 DATA-DRIVEN REPRESENTATION AND CLUSTERING DISCRETIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND/OR PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME HANN, JAY B 2186 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2021
17054441 SELF-MANAGEABLE ABNORMAL SCAR TREATMENT WITH SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACID (SNA) TECHNOLOGY NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Nov 10, 2020
17076607 SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS WITH DENDRITIC LIGANDS SHIN, DANA H 1635 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2020
17074343 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNTARGETED METABOLOMIC SCREENING PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 1686 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 19, 2020
17046482 ADDRESSING NANOMEDICINE COMPLEXITY THROUGH NOVEL HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING AND MACHINE LEARNING BEIL, RANDI LYNN 1684 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Oct 09, 2020
16975987 NANOPATTERNING FOR CONTROLLING CELL CYTOSKELETON STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 26, 2020
16611548 CONJUGATION OF PEPTIDES TO SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS (SNAS) USING TRACELESS LINKERS VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR 1637 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2019

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