Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
51 pending office actions • 40 art units • 50 examiners • 0 of 51 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days
Osaka University has 53 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 52 examiners and 40 art units, indicating an unusually dispersed prosecution docket. The near one-to-one relationship between actions and examiners means that examiner familiarity is likely to be limited across the portfolio, while the smaller art-unit figure shows some concentration at the broader technical-group level.
TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That assignment represents only a small portion of the overall workload, leaving most cases with separate examiners. Counsel should maintain centralized deadline and response controls while preserving detailed records of individual examiner interactions and art-unit treatment.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 only | 3 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (18%) |
| §103 only | 11 (22%) |
| §102 only | 4 (8%) |
| §112 only | 3 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (35%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 2 | 64.6% | +34.4% |
| DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | 1 | — | — |
| KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1 | 82.1% | +13.2% |
| LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | 1 | 79.8% | +0.2% |
| MOLOYE, TITILAYO | 1 | 62.3% | +48.3% |
| HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 1 | 40.6% | +50.8% |
| PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT | 1 | 68.1% | +36.1% |
| OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 1 | 73.0% | +16.8% |
| RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| BERRY, LAYLA D | 1 | 66.0% | +9.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990573 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTALS | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18042430 | GRAPHENE GRID, METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE GRID, AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TARGET SUBSTANCE | STOFFA, WYATT A | 44d overdue |
| 18032169 | JOINT EVALUATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 14d |
| 18643068 | SINTERED MATERIAL, METAL SINTERED COMPACT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING JOINED BODY, AND JOINED BODY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 22d |
| 18844708 | TREATMENT-METHOD SELECTION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, TREATMENT-METHOD SELECTION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 33d |
| 18710932 | IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IRRADIATION METHOD | CONLON, MARISA V | 62d |
| 19100156 | SENSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | — |
| 18873153 | OPTICAL ELEMENT | LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | — |
| 18863725 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING STEM CELLS FROM ANIMAL TISSUE | MOLOYE, TITILAYO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17386776 | DIFFERENTIATION-INDUCED CELL POPULATION FROM WHICH UNDIFFERENTIATED CELLS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, USE OF SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 5d overdue |
| 18990573 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTALS | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | — |
| 18863725 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING STEM CELLS FROM ANIMAL TISSUE | MOLOYE, TITILAYO | — |
| 18705271 | COGNITIVE FUNCTION EVALUATION SYSTEM AND LEARNING METHOD | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — |
| 18850038 | MICROWAVE ABSORBER | PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT | — |
| 18845161 | OSCILLATION DEVICE, OSCILLATION SYSTEM, EXTRACTION/IONIZATION SYSTEM, MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM, AND OSCILLATION METHOD | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | — |
| 18282450 | PERICYTE HAVING BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR (BFGF) GENE INTRODUCED THEREIN | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 3 |
| 1658 | 3 |
| 1632 | 2 |
| 2881 | 2 |
| 1693 | 2 |
| 1631 | 2 |
| 1637 | 2 |
| 1636 | 2 |
| 1653 | 2 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19100156 | SENSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | 3645 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18990573 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTALS | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18873153 | OPTICAL ELEMENT | LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18863725 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING STEM CELLS FROM ANIMAL TISSUE | MOLOYE, TITILAYO | 1632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18705271 | COGNITIVE FUNCTION EVALUATION SYSTEM AND LEARNING METHOD | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18850038 | MICROWAVE ABSORBER | PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT | 1743 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18845161 | OSCILLATION DEVICE, OSCILLATION SYSTEM, EXTRACTION/IONIZATION SYSTEM, MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM, AND OSCILLATION METHOD | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18844708 | TREATMENT-METHOD SELECTION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, TREATMENT-METHOD SELECTION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 3684 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18835370 | PHENOXAZINE DERIVATIVE AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FORMULATION USING SAME | BERRY, LAYLA D | 1693 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18784235 | Organoid Compositions | SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 1631 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18733430 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING COMPONENTS USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPH | SHIAO, YIH-HORNG | 1691 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18710932 | IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IRRADIATION METHOD | CONLON, MARISA V | 3643 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18705643 | 3D PRINTING SUPPORT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | CHO, DAVID H | 1693 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18648087 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF MYOCARDIAL CELL LAYER, MYOCARDIAL CELL LAYER, AND USE THEREOF | BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER | 1631 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18643068 | SINTERED MATERIAL, METAL SINTERED COMPACT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING JOINED BODY, AND JOINED BODY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18697805 | Al-ND-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIAL | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 1734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18687110 | LAMINATED BODY HAVING RESIN LAYER AND METAL LAYER AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18293488 | RADIOLABELED COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF | LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL | 1612 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18292652 | DIAGNOSTIC MARKER FOR HEPATIC CANCER DEVELOPMENT IN CHRONIC HEPATIC DISEASE | SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE | 1682 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18418347 | QUANTUM COMPUTATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | NGUYEN, MAIKHANH | 2144 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18577263 | Mature-Hepatocyte Transdifferentiation Suppressing Composition | CLARK, AMY LYNN | 1628 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18579988 | Method for Creating Isotope Distribution Data | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1758 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18576993 | PEPTIDE AND COMPOSITION | REYNOLDS, FRED H | 1658 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18392869 | CHIMERIC DOUBLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID | ZARA, JANE J | 1637 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18520251 | METHOD FOR REVALUATING ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT REACTION USING PSEUDOVIRUS | BARRERA, IMMACULADA | 1671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18561702 | MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR IMAGE DIAGNOSIS AND CONTRAST MEDIUM FOR IMAGE DIAGNOSIS | ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM | 1618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18288867 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18288887 | PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF MYOPATHY USING MIR-33B INHIBITOR | ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY | 1636 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18288746 | MEDICINE RECOMMENDATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | ZEMAN, MARY K | 1686 | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18282450 | PERICYTE HAVING BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR (BFGF) GENE INTRODUCED THEREIN | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18278931 | TEST FOR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT | MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K | 1674 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18273767 | EXERCISE SUPPORT APPARATUS, EXERCISE SUPPORT METHOD, EXERCISE SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RENWICK, REGINALD A | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2023 |
| 18142863 | COPOLYMER | BLAND, ALICIA | 1759 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18032169 | JOINT EVALUATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 3791 | §101 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Apr 15, 2023 |
| 18126045 | TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18027695 | Wnt SIGNALING PATHWAY INHIBITOR | FISCHER, JOSEPH | 1658 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18043507 | METHOD OF PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE BODY AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE BODY | REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA | 1632 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18023573 | IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION TARGETING PHOSPHORYLATED TAU PROTEIN | WEIDNER, ADAM M | 1600 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18042430 | GRAPHENE GRID, METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE GRID, AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TARGET SUBSTANCE | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Feb 21, 2023 |
| 18157250 | METHOD OF ASSISTING DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE | COUNTS, GARY W | 1678 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 17926348 | BRANCHED CONNECTOR AND CATHETER | LEGETTE-THOMPSON, TIFFANY | 1723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17999347 | EPITHELIAL CANCER THERAPEUTIC AGENT | WORSHAM, JESSICA N | 1615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17925123 | TUBE ASSEMBLY FOR LIVING ORGANISM AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR LIVING ORGANISM | CHOU, WILLIAM B | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Nov 14, 2022 |
| 17925225 | CUG REPEAT SEQUENCE BINDING AGENT | VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE | 1636 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2022 |
| 17976518 | LASER WELDING METHOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE USING SAME | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17913066 | COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17801115 | DIGESTIVE FLUID LEAK PREVENTATIVE MATERIAL AND ORGAN PROTECTIVE MATERIAL AGAINST DIGESTION BY DIGESTIVE FLUID | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | 1658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17386776 | DIFFERENTIATION-INDUCED CELL POPULATION FROM WHICH UNDIFFERENTIATED CELLS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, USE OF SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2021 |
| 17264496 | Super Versatile Method for Imparting New Binding Specificity to Antibody | AUDET, MAURY A | 1654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2021 |
| 16971604 | ANALYSIS/DIAGNOSIS METHOD UTILIZING RNA MODIFICATION | ANGELL, JON E | 1637 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialOsaka University has 51 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 40 art units and 50 examiners.
Jennifer M.H. Tichy has the most, with 2 of Osaka University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
