Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
San Diego State University (Sdsu) Foundation Dba San Diego State University Research Foundation has 6 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing that the outstanding work is distributed across separate examination channels.
AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Because no examiner handles more than that amount in the supplied profile, counsel should organize the response strategy by application and art unit rather than by a dominant examiner relationship.
The spread across art units may require separate prior-art reviews and claim-amendment approaches. A centralized docketing process can still help maintain consistent positions while preserving the technical distinctions of each case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1 | 76.4% | +20.6% |
| MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL | 1 | 35.7% | +63.4% |
| XU, QING | 1 | 50.9% | +55.2% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.7% | +10.5% |
| ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 1 | 42.9% | +80.0% |
| ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | 1 | 50.9% | +56.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18844517 | GENETIC ENGINEERING OF MARINE BACTERIA FOR BIOMATERIAL PRODUCTION, PROBIOTIC USE IN AQUACULTURE AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION | MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL | — |
| 17627280 | PRODUCTS OF MANUFACTURE AND METHODS FOR METHANE CAPTURING USING BIOFILTRATION | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993431 | Methods for Forming Parts by Spark Plasma Sintering and Additive Manufacturing | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | — |
| 18844517 | GENETIC ENGINEERING OF MARINE BACTERIA FOR BIOMATERIAL PRODUCTION, PROBIOTIC USE IN AQUACULTURE AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION | MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL | — |
| 18789850 | PRODUCTS OF MANUFACTURE AND METHODS TO ENRICH FOR AND ISOLATE VIRUSES OR PHAGES CAPABLE OF TARGETING SPECIFIC MICROBES | XU, QING | — |
| 18267721 | BIOMATERIALS AND BIOTEXTILES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| 17627280 | PRODUCTS OF MANUFACTURE AND METHODS FOR METHANE CAPTURING USING BIOFILTRATION | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | — |
| 17294656 | PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM | ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1651 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18993431 | Methods for Forming Parts by Spark Plasma Sintering and Additive Manufacturing | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1742 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18844517 | GENETIC ENGINEERING OF MARINE BACTERIA FOR BIOMATERIAL PRODUCTION, PROBIOTIC USE IN AQUACULTURE AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION | MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL | 1631 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18789850 | PRODUCTS OF MANUFACTURE AND METHODS TO ENRICH FOR AND ISOLATE VIRUSES OR PHAGES CAPABLE OF TARGETING SPECIFIC MICROBES | XU, QING | 1656 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18267721 | BIOMATERIALS AND BIOTEXTILES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 17627280 | PRODUCTS OF MANUFACTURE AND METHODS FOR METHANE CAPTURING USING BIOFILTRATION | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 1651 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2022 |
| 17294656 | PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM | ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | 1654 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSan Diego State University (Sdsu) Foundation Dba San Diego State University Research Foundation has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Mohammad M Ameen has the most, with 1 of San Diego State University (Sdsu) Foundation Dba San Diego State University Research Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
