Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
146 pending office actions • 96 art units • 142 examiners • 0 of 146 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 158 patents granted in the last 365 days
Purdue Research Foundation currently manages 142 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 76 distinct art units, indicating a research scope that requires navigating diverse examination standards. The involvement of 137 distinct examiners suggests that prosecution strategies must be tailored to a variety of individual examiner preferences.
McDowell, Brian E is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio with 2 pending office actions. This concentration of cases per examiner highlights the fragmented nature of the foundation's patent prosecution. Practitioners should prepare for variability in feedback across the 137 distinct examiners currently reviewing these applications. With 142 pending office actions and 76 distinct art units, the legal team must coordinate across many USPTO divisions to ensure consistent outcomes.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 47 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. 47 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 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (5%) |
| §103 only | 41 (28%) |
| §102 only | 4 (3%) |
| §112 only | 8 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 16 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 67 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDOWELL, BRIAN E | 2 | 74.1% | +30.8% |
| BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN | 2 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | 2 | 43.5% | +56.6% |
| MOORE, SUSANNA | 2 | 68.0% | +31.5% |
| WONG, JESSICA BOWEN | 1 | 67.0% | +20.3% |
| GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1 | 29.8% | +37.2% |
| NGUYEN, SANG H | 1 | 88.7% | +11.7% |
| SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 1 | 50.6% | +13.4% |
| AMIN, HAMZEH HICHAM | 1 | 36.8% | +70.6% |
| WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 65.7% | +21.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18773855 | SYSTEMS HAVING POLYMERIC FIBERS WITH METALLIC NANOPARTICLES THEREON AND METHODS OF FABRICATION | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 224d overdue |
| 17989647 | FILTERS FOR VIRUS FILTRATION AND INACTIVATION AND MASK ASSEMBLIES CONTAINING THE SAME | LEE, MICHELLE J | 71d overdue |
| 17670091 | PRIMER DESIGN AND USE FOR LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) PATHOGEN DETECTION | WANG, RUIXUE | 49d overdue |
| 18123018 | Circularly Recyclable Polymers Featuring Topochemically Elongated Carbon-Carbon Bonds | COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P | 36d overdue |
| 17906604 | TRICYCLIC P2-LIGAND CONTAINING POTENT HIV-PROTEASE INHIBITORS | MOORE, SUSANNA | 36d overdue |
| 18631886 | WIRELESS STICKER TYPE ANTENNA FOR REMOTE SENSING OF URINE ACTIVITY | ALLGOOD, ALESA M | 32d overdue |
| 19245018 | AGRICULTURAL ROBOT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WONG, JESSICA BOWEN | 9d overdue |
| 18285439 | IMMUNOFUNCTIONAL CARRIER, METHODS OF USES, AND COMPOSITION MATTERS AS AN ANTITUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY | DAVIS, BRIAN J | 3d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17906604 | TRICYCLIC P2-LIGAND CONTAINING POTENT HIV-PROTEASE INHIBITORS | MOORE, SUSANNA | 36d overdue |
| 19245018 | AGRICULTURAL ROBOT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WONG, JESSICA BOWEN | 9d overdue |
| 17972972 | PLASTICIZERS TO IMPROVE RELEASE PERFORMANCE OF AMORPHOUS SOLID DISPERSIONS | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | 5d |
| 17758492 | TARGETED STEROID COMPOUNDS | MOORE, SUSANNA | 61d |
| 19183348 | METHODS OF FABRICATING REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES AND REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES FORMED THEREBY | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | — |
| 19116091 | COMBINED SENSOR DETECTION PLATFORM | NGUYEN, SANG H | — |
| 19074760 | EMESIS CONTAINMENT SYSTEM, METHOD OF USE, AND DISSOLVABLE CHARGE THEREFOR | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | — |
| 19061538 | METHODS OF ENHANCING SURFACE HARDNESS OF QUENCH-SENSITIVE AGE-HARDENING MATERIALS, ALLOYS PRODUCED THEREFROM, AND LASER CLADDING SYSTEMS THEREFOR | AMIN, HAMZEH HICHAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 8 |
| 1624 | 6 |
| 1618 | 5 |
| 1658 | 4 |
| 2877 | 3 |
| 1633 | 3 |
| 1611 | 3 |
| 1621 | 3 |
| 2858 | 3 |
| 1631 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19245018 | AGRICULTURAL ROBOT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WONG, JESSICA BOWEN | 3644 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19183348 | METHODS OF FABRICATING REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES AND REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES FORMED THEREBY | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19116091 | COMBINED SENSOR DETECTION PLATFORM | NGUYEN, SANG H | 2877 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19074760 | EMESIS CONTAINMENT SYSTEM, METHOD OF USE, AND DISSOLVABLE CHARGE THEREFOR | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 3735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19061538 | METHODS OF ENHANCING SURFACE HARDNESS OF QUENCH-SENSITIVE AGE-HARDENING MATERIALS, ALLOYS PRODUCED THEREFROM, AND LASER CLADDING SYSTEMS THEREFOR | AMIN, HAMZEH HICHAM | 3761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19050844 | ROLL-TO-ROLL MANUFACTURING MACHINES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING NANOSTRUCTURE-CONTAINING POLYMER FILMS | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19026911 | SPORTS TRAINING SYSTEM WITH EMBODIED AND DETACHED AUGMENTED REALITY VISUALIZATION | EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19018365 | FLEXIBLE HYBRID ELECTRONICS ADAPTABLE FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS | MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY | 2841 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19007167 | MODULAR ROBOTIC ULTRASOUND PROBE GRIPPER WITH AUTONOMOUS GEL DISPENSER | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | 3618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18988769 | SMART ACCUMULATOR WITH OIL CIRCULATION RATIO SENSING | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | 3763 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18875094 | CAR-EXPRESSING PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED NEUTROPHILS LOADED WITH DRUG NANOPARTICLES AND USES THEREOF | MARVICH, MARIA | 1633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18870924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FOUR-DIMENSIONAL FLOW MRI DATASETS | MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL | 2663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18965670 | SENSING PLATFORMS WITH NEEDLES AND METHODS OF FABRICATION AND USE | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18951518 | BI-PHASIC QUASI-STATIC BRAIN COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD | VUONG, QUOCHIEN B | 2645 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18949699 | COMPOSITIONS AND MATERIALS FOR REGENERATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE | WESTON, ALYSSA G | 1633 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18941592 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR BIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM ORGANIC WASTE USING YEAST | SINGH, SATYENDRA K | 1657 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18937756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBODIED AUTHORING OF HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATIVE TASKS WITH AUGMENTED REALITY | AZHAR, ARSLAN | 3656 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18862945 | HIGH-STRENGTH ADHESIVES FROM SUSTAINABLE COMPONENTS | DESAI, ANISH P | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18859948 | LABEL-FREE AUTOFLUORESCENCE-DETECTED MID-IR PHOTOTHERMAL MICROSCOPY | RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18857956 | MULTIMODAL SEIZURE SENSING | LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18915595 | CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING T CELLS AS ANTI-CANCER THERAPEUTICS | BURKHART, MICHAEL D | 1638 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18913734 | COMPOUNDS FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY | CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE | 1618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18907844 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING REACTIONS AND SCREENING FOR REACTION PRODUCTS | WANG, JING | 2881 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18890359 | MULTI-LAYER PROTECTIVE COATING SYSTEMS, METHODS OF MAKING, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE PROVIDED THEREWITH | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18889005 | METHOD OF MAKING FLEXIBLE TRANSDUCERS | OMGBA, ESSAMA | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18847433 | MANGROVE INSPIRED STRUCTURES FOR ENERGY HARVESTING | GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR | 2831 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18884032 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ROAD CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK | CROCKETT, JOSHUA BRIGHAM | 2661 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18827288 | SPHERICAL AGGLOMERATION OF PROTEINS | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | 1611 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18835723 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOLDING OF CNF-CMC ONTO MOLDED PULP | AHMED, MOBEEN | 3731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Aug 03, 2024 |
| 18793625 | ULTRA-SHORT CHANNEL LENGTHS IN SIC MOS-BASED POWER DEVICES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | BELL, LAUREN R | 2896 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18835159 | MANGROVE INSPIRED STRUCTURES FOR EROSION MITIGATION | ANDRISH, SEAN D | 3678 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18790605 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ATTACHING SOFT TISSUE TO AN IMPLANT | AZPURU, CARLOS A | 1617 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18834474 | FORESTRY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | LI, RUIPING | 2676 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18833637 | POLYMER SALTS FOR IMPROVED DRUG DELIVERY FROM AMORPHOUS SOLID DISPERSIONS | BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18782020 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ENABLING ACTIONABLE ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT REQUESTS | YU, XINYUAN | 2113 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18774135 | METAL-FREE SOLAR-REFLECTIVE INFRARED-EMISSIVE PAINTS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1787 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18773855 | SYSTEMS HAVING POLYMERIC FIBERS WITH METALLIC NANOPARTICLES THEREON AND METHODS OF FABRICATION | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 224d overdue | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18728874 | BONE TARGETED TREATMENT IN OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA | BANERJEE, KOYELI | 1658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2024 |
| 18728431 | COMPOUND COMPRISING RALTITREXED OR 5-MTHF LINKED TO A THERAPEUTIC AGENT, COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF USE | YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN | 1629 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18725571 | PLANT-BASED SUBSTRATE, APPLICATIONS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF | COLLINS, SEAN W | 3794 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18749120 | ADENOVIRAL VECTOR SYSTEM FOR GENE DELIVERY | BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P | 1671 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18748010 | METHOD FOR DIURNAL VARIATION CALIBRATION FOR PLANT PHENOTYPING | HASKINS, TWYLER LAMB | 2639 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18720469 | UNDERWATER BONDING WITH A BIOBASED ADHESIVE | HON, SOW FUN | 1748 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18678100 | DEEP LEARNING DRIVEN ADAPTIVE OPTICS FOR SINGLE MOLECULE LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY | VARNDELL, ROSS E | 2674 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18674820 | METHOD FOR SECURE, SIMPLE, AND FAST SPECULATIVE EXECUTION | ALLI, KASIM A | 2183 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2024 |
| 18674830 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, KITS, AND METHODS FOR ON-FARM DETECTION OF CONTAMINATION | ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY | 1636 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2024 |
| 18712613 | CELL-POTENT BISUBSTRATE INHIBITORS FOR NICOTINAMIDE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE (NNMT) AND USES THEREOF | KIM, SEONG JONG | 1621 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18661871 | ELECTRO-PHOTOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF 1,2,4-TRIAZOLO-[4,3-A]PYRAZINE | MCDOWELL, BRIAN E | 1624 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18659571 | ENTANGLED PHOTON LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SMYTH, ANDREW P | 2878 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18706745 | METHODS FOR THERMAL OLIGOMERIZATION TO LIQUID FUEL RANGE PRODUCTS | VALENCIA, JUAN C | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPurdue Research Foundation has 146 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 96 art units and 142 examiners.
Brian E Mcdowell has the most, with 2 of Purdue Research Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.