Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
San Diego State University Research Foundation has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions are handled by 2 examiners across 2 art units, so the portfolio presents separate examination contexts.
RIPA, BRYAN D is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should preserve consistency across the portfolio while addressing the distinct technical and procedural expectations of each assignment.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIPA, BRYAN D | 1 | 54.3% | +36.7% |
| ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 1 | 57.3% | +24.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18105111 | METHODS FOR TREATING SOCIAL DISORDERS | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 35d overdue |
| 18247324 | UNIFORM LITHIUM DEPOSITION THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICAL PULSING | RIPA, BRYAN D | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18105111 | METHODS FOR TREATING SOCIAL DISORDERS | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 35d overdue |
| 18247324 | UNIFORM LITHIUM DEPOSITION THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICAL PULSING | RIPA, BRYAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18247324 | UNIFORM LITHIUM DEPOSITION THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICAL PULSING | RIPA, BRYAN D | 1794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18105111 | METHODS FOR TREATING SOCIAL DISORDERS | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSan Diego State University Research Foundation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Bryan D Ripa has the most, with 1 of San Diego State University Research Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
