Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Research Triangle Institute has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Those matters are distributed among 8 examiners and 8 art units, indicating broad allocation across the portfolio rather than concentration in one examination group.
BHAT, ADITYA S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the busiest-examiner figure is limited relative to the portfolio’s overall action volume, counsel may need matter-specific strategies instead of relying on one examiner relationship or one art-unit practice.
The distribution also makes docket coordination important. Each response may involve different technical framing, prior-art analysis, and amendment considerations, while the chemistry and materials focus provides the common substantive context.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHAT, ADITYA S | 1 | 81.1% | +10.1% |
| UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C | 1 | 79.1% | +21.1% |
| VALENCIA, JUAN C | 1 | 86.4% | +7.8% |
| CHU, YONG LIANG | 1 | 74.9% | +3.2% |
| WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 1 | 23.4% | +37.3% |
| NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 1 | 55.9% | +24.3% |
| HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 1 | 49.5% | +23.0% |
| FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 1 | 27.8% | +40.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17798188 | Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Nanoplastics and Microplastics | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 61d |
| 18810821 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING A PRESENCE OR CONCENTRATION OF A CHEMICAL IN A SAMPLE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS | BHAT, ADITYA S | — |
| 18225191 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN | VALENCIA, JUAN C | — |
| 18020687 | SPRAY-DRIED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR TREATMENT AND/OR DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY DISEASE | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | — |
| 17616305 | Cannabis Proficiency Testing Material | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | — |
| 17236266 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18631969 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF PARTICLES USING A LINE LASER | UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C | 50d overdue |
| 17798188 | Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Nanoplastics and Microplastics | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 61d |
| 18810821 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING A PRESENCE OR CONCENTRATION OF A CHEMICAL IN A SAMPLE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS | BHAT, ADITYA S | — |
| 18020687 | SPRAY-DRIED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR TREATMENT AND/OR DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY DISEASE | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | — |
| 17616305 | Cannabis Proficiency Testing Material | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | — |
| 17236266 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18810821 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING A PRESENCE OR CONCENTRATION OF A CHEMICAL IN A SAMPLE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS | BHAT, ADITYA S | 2857 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18631969 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF PARTICLES USING A LINE LASER | UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18225191 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN | VALENCIA, JUAN C | 1771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18271277 | METHOD TO CONTROL SYNGAS COMPOSITION FROM AN ENGINE-BASED SYNGAS GENERATOR | CHU, YONG LIANG | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18020687 | SPRAY-DRIED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR TREATMENT AND/OR DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY DISEASE | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 1618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 17798188 | Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Nanoplastics and Microplastics | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 1734 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Aug 08, 2022 |
| 17616305 | Cannabis Proficiency Testing Material | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 1614 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2021 |
| 17236266 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 3796 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialResearch Triangle Institute has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 8 examiners.
Aditya S Bhat has the most, with 1 of Research Triangle Institute's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
