Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rowan University has 9 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 9 pending office actions are spread across 9 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units. LEE, JOHN J is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that the 9 pending office actions are handled by 9 distinct examiners.
The distribution of 9 pending office actions among 9 distinct examiners shows a high degree of examiner variety. The involvement of 8 distinct art units further indicates a broad range of technical subjects within the Chemistry & Materials field. The 9 distinct examiners are more than the 8 distinct art units involved in the portfolio. Even though LEE, JOHN J is the busiest examiner, the 1 pending action he manages is equal to the count for other examiners.
This structure ensures that the 9 pending office actions are not concentrated under a single examiner. Practitioners should note that the 9 distinct examiners provide a wide range of perspectives for the Chemistry & Materials portfolio. The 8 distinct art units suggest that the matters cover several technical classifications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, JOHN J | 1 | 92.8% | +6.4% |
| DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | 1 | 32.0% | +20.0% |
| MPAMUGO, CHINYERE | 1 | 28.5% | +26.9% |
| WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | 1 | 84.7% | +14.2% |
| WEISS, PAMELA HL | 1 | 54.9% | +45.9% |
| LIU, XUE H | 1 | 73.2% | +12.5% |
| HELM, CARALYNNE E | 1 | 28.9% | +49.6% |
| MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 1 | 71.7% | +31.3% |
| GREENE, IVAN A | 1 | 18.7% | +6.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18739516 | MULTI-SESSION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS | MPAMUGO, CHINYERE | 146d overdue |
| 17507951 | BACTERICIDAL COATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME | GREENE, IVAN A | 72d overdue |
| 18989230 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIOLOGICAL PROGRESSION IN CANCER SURVEILLANCE | LEE, JOHN J | — |
| 18679043 | DEVICE FOR TESTING VAPORIZABLE FLUIDS IN A HUMAN AIRWAY MODEL | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — |
| 18557099 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FIBER ZONE-DRAWING AND/OR ZONE-ANNEALING | LIU, XUE H | — |
| 18091615 | OPTICALLY CLEAR, IN-SITU FORMING BIODEGRADABLE NANO-CARRIERS FOR OCULAR THERAPY, AND METHODS USING SAME | HELM, CARALYNNE E | — |
| 17830888 | DEVICE PROVIDING NEUROTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION VIA MULTI-MODAL ENERGY THERAPY | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18739516 | MULTI-SESSION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS | MPAMUGO, CHINYERE | 146d overdue |
| 18825927 | DIAGNOSTIC AUTOANTIBODY PROFILES FOR THE DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | — |
| 18679043 | DEVICE FOR TESTING VAPORIZABLE FLUIDS IN A HUMAN AIRWAY MODEL | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — |
| 18524709 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING CEMENT-CONTAINING MATERIALS TO PRODUCE RECLAIMED FINES FOR USE IN CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES | WEISS, PAMELA HL | — |
| 18557099 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FIBER ZONE-DRAWING AND/OR ZONE-ANNEALING | LIU, XUE H | — |
| 18091615 | OPTICALLY CLEAR, IN-SITU FORMING BIODEGRADABLE NANO-CARRIERS FOR OCULAR THERAPY, AND METHODS USING SAME | HELM, CARALYNNE E | — |
| 17830888 | DEVICE PROVIDING NEUROTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION VIA MULTI-MODAL ENERGY THERAPY | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3991 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989230 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIOLOGICAL PROGRESSION IN CANCER SURVEILLANCE | LEE, JOHN J | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18825927 | DIAGNOSTIC AUTOANTIBODY PROFILES FOR THE DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | 3991 | §112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18739516 | MULTI-SESSION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS | MPAMUGO, CHINYERE | 3685 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 146d overdue | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18679043 | DEVICE FOR TESTING VAPORIZABLE FLUIDS IN A HUMAN AIRWAY MODEL | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18524709 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING CEMENT-CONTAINING MATERIALS TO PRODUCE RECLAIMED FINES FOR USE IN CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES | WEISS, PAMELA HL | 1732 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18557099 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FIBER ZONE-DRAWING AND/OR ZONE-ANNEALING | LIU, XUE H | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18091615 | OPTICALLY CLEAR, IN-SITU FORMING BIODEGRADABLE NANO-CARRIERS FOR OCULAR THERAPY, AND METHODS USING SAME | HELM, CARALYNNE E | 1615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 17830888 | DEVICE PROVIDING NEUROTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION VIA MULTI-MODAL ENERGY THERAPY | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2022 |
| 17507951 | BACTERICIDAL COATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME | GREENE, IVAN A | 1619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2021 |
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