Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 14 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nutech Ventures has 15 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned to 15 distinct examiners and 15 distinct art units, so the portfolio is fully distributed across the available examination assignments reflected in the data.
AHMED, SHAMIM is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner carries a larger recorded concentration, which makes centralized response control and matter-level tracking important for avoiding inconsistent claim positions across the portfolio.
The breadth of assignments also limits the value of treating the open actions as a single examiner relationship. Counsel should prioritize docket visibility, identify recurring technical themes independently, and tailor each response to its assigned art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 3 (21%) |
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, SHAMIM | 1 | 78.5% | +22.1% |
| JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | 1 | 87.5% | +21.9% |
| PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1 | 45.6% | +36.2% |
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1 | 84.6% | +26.4% |
| GILL, RACHEL B | 1 | 65.4% | +28.8% |
| LANKFORD JR, LEON B | 1 | 70.0% | +31.5% |
| HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 1 | 69.8% | +36.3% |
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1 | 51.0% | +29.5% |
| MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 1 | 33.3% | +65.0% |
| MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1 | 5.9% | -6.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18840986 | RICE SEQUENCES INVOLVED IN GRAIN WEIGHT UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 8d overdue |
| 18853775 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING PLANTS HAVING HIGH VEGETATIVE FATTY ACIDS | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17815729 | THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLES AND USES THEREOF | FORD, VANESSA L | 60d overdue |
| 18392260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD) USING GAIT ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTICS | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 10d overdue |
| 18968470 | TITANIUM ALLOY POWDER RECONDITIONING FOR 3D ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED, SHAMIM | — |
| 18800951 | METHODS OF MAKING AND USING UNIVERSAL CENTRALIZED INFLUENZA VACCINE GENES | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| 18783181 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING MEDIUM CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (MCCAs) | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — |
| 18692261 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE MOLECULES USING CHEMICAL SENSORS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — |
| 18562795 | ARONIA BERRY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH COMPOSITIONS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18392260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD) USING GAIT ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTICS | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 10d overdue |
| 18840986 | RICE SEQUENCES INVOLVED IN GRAIN WEIGHT UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 8d overdue |
| 18968470 | TITANIUM ALLOY POWDER RECONDITIONING FOR 3D ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED, SHAMIM | — |
| 18853775 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING PLANTS HAVING HIGH VEGETATIVE FATTY ACIDS | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | — |
| 18889297 | CHITOSAN-SUPPLEMENTED STARCH BIOAEROGELS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 18800951 | METHODS OF MAKING AND USING UNIVERSAL CENTRALIZED INFLUENZA VACCINE GENES | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| 18783181 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING MEDIUM CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (MCCAs) | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — |
| 18692261 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE MOLECULES USING CHEMICAL SENSORS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1713 | 1 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 1671 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18968470 | TITANIUM ALLOY POWDER RECONDITIONING FOR 3D ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED, SHAMIM | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18853775 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING PLANTS HAVING HIGH VEGETATIVE FATTY ACIDS | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | 1662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18889297 | CHITOSAN-SUPPLEMENTED STARCH BIOAEROGELS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18840986 | RICE SEQUENCES INVOLVED IN GRAIN WEIGHT UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18800951 | METHODS OF MAKING AND USING UNIVERSAL CENTRALIZED INFLUENZA VACCINE GENES | GILL, RACHEL B | 1671 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18783181 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING MEDIUM CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (MCCAs) | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | 1657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18692261 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE MOLECULES USING CHEMICAL SENSORS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 1796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18573837 | Methods of Additive Manufacturing by Direct Ink Writing of Emulsion Compositions | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18392260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD) USING GAIT ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTICS | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18562795 | ARONIA BERRY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH COMPOSITIONS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1791 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18556703 | PHOSPHINATE ESTER-CONTAINING DYES HAVING TUNABLE PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | VU, JAKE MINH | 1618 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18240879 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEFECT DETECTION | HUNTSINGER, PETER K | 2682 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 17815729 | THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLES AND USES THEREOF | FORD, VANESSA L | 1645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17856477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE GROWTH OF PRISTINE, DOPED AND NANOPOROUS GRAPHENE FILMS | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialNutech Ventures has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 14 examiners.
Shamim Ahmed has the most, with 1 of Nutech Ventures's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
