Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 1 of 8 (12%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ohio University has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 8 examiners and 8 art units, creating a widely distributed chemistry and materials prosecution docket.
BREWER, JACK ROBERT is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner and art-unit distribution favors matter-level preparation, supported by centralized tracking of recurring chemistry issues and consistent terminology.
Counsel should avoid assuming that an amendment or argument will transfer directly between matters. Separate examination assignments call for individual review of the record, while portfolio-level oversight can preserve alignment in disclosure and claim strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, JACK ROBERT | 1 | 44.4% | +71.4% |
| HELLMAN, KRISTINA M | 1 | 65.1% | +55.5% |
| WHITE, SADIE | 1 | 49.3% | +31.2% |
| HEVEY, JOHN A | 1 | 61.8% | +19.7% |
| WONG, EDNA | 1 | 58.4% | -19.7% |
| MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 1 | 54.2% | +24.4% |
| BULLOCK, IN SUK C | 1 | 51.2% | +28.3% |
| OYER, ANDREW J | 1 | 79.2% | +16.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18902224 | MARINE SURFACE VESSEL TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL | BREWER, JACK ROBERT | — |
| 18802702 | Methods for Regulating Muscle Performance using Fat Specific Protein 27 (FSP27) Compositions | HELLMAN, KRISTINA M | — |
| 18479916 | WHEELED GROUND VEHICLE ROLLOVER PROTECTION CONTROL BY TRAJECTORY LINEARIZATION CONTROL | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | — |
| 18247610 | POLYMER COMPOSITES COMPRISING CARBON SOURCE MATERIALS | OYER, ANDREW J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18536709 | ULTRACONDUCTIVE METAL COMPOSITE FORMS AND THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF | HEVEY, JOHN A | 128d overdue |
| 18902224 | MARINE SURFACE VESSEL TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL | BREWER, JACK ROBERT | — |
| 18802702 | Methods for Regulating Muscle Performance using Fat Specific Protein 27 (FSP27) Compositions | HELLMAN, KRISTINA M | — |
| 18650924 | Electrochemical UV Sensor Using Carbon Quantum Dots | WHITE, SADIE | — |
| 18479916 | WHEELED GROUND VEHICLE ROLLOVER PROTECTION CONTROL BY TRAJECTORY LINEARIZATION CONTROL | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | — |
| 18227542 | SHAPE MEMORY POLY(ß-HYDROXYTHIOETHER) FOAMS RAPIDLY PRODUCED FROM MULTIFUNCTIONAL EPOXIDES AND THIOLS | BULLOCK, IN SUK C | — |
| 18247610 | POLYMER COMPOSITES COMPRISING CARBON SOURCE MATERIALS | OYER, ANDREW J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3663 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18902224 | MARINE SURFACE VESSEL TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL | BREWER, JACK ROBERT | 3663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18802702 | Methods for Regulating Muscle Performance using Fat Specific Protein 27 (FSP27) Compositions | HELLMAN, KRISTINA M | 1654 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18650924 | Electrochemical UV Sensor Using Carbon Quantum Dots | WHITE, SADIE | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18536709 | ULTRACONDUCTIVE METAL COMPOSITE FORMS AND THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 128d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18536930 | MODULAR ELECTROCATALYTICAL PROCESSING FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND WET SHALE GAS | WONG, EDNA | 1795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18479916 | WHEELED GROUND VEHICLE ROLLOVER PROTECTION CONTROL BY TRAJECTORY LINEARIZATION CONTROL | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 3661 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18227542 | SHAPE MEMORY POLY(ß-HYDROXYTHIOETHER) FOAMS RAPIDLY PRODUCED FROM MULTIFUNCTIONAL EPOXIDES AND THIOLS | BULLOCK, IN SUK C | 1772 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18247610 | POLYMER COMPOSITES COMPRISING CARBON SOURCE MATERIALS | OYER, ANDREW J | 1767 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialOhio University has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 8 examiners.
Jack Robert Brewer has the most, with 1 of Ohio University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
