Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Soonchunhyang University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation has 10 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. Each of these 10 actions is assigned to a different person, resulting in 10 distinct examiners for the portfolio. These matters are spread across 6 distinct art units, which indicates that the foundation's biotech and pharma work is reviewed by several different technical groups at the USPTO. The distribution across 6 distinct art units suggests that the 10 pending office actions cover a variety of specific biotechnology or pharmaceutical applications.
Jason S Uhlenhake is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. Because there are 10 distinct examiners for the 10 total actions, there is no overlap in examiner assignments. The 6 distinct art units involved show that the 10 pending office actions are distributed across multiple specialized units. This structure requires the foundation to navigate 10 different individual examination styles. Practitioners should develop unique strategies for each of the 10 pending office actions to address the specific feedback from each assigned examiner within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector.
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 + other | 2 (18%) |
| §103 only | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 1 | 87.3% | -2.3% |
| NEAGU, IRINA | 1 | 46.8% | +57.3% |
| YOON, CHANEL J | 1 | 55.0% | +40.1% |
| FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 1 | 79.1% | +14.2% |
| SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 1 | 63.0% | +56.5% |
| CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1 | 53.3% | +17.8% |
| WRIGHT, AMIRAH DANNYE | 1 | — | — |
| KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 1 | 37.5% | +92.3% |
| BAUSCH, SARAE L | 1 | 29.8% | +44.7% |
| EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1 | 60.9% | +64.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18039563 | PCR KIT FOR DIAGNOSING ASTHMA OR ASTHMA EXACERBATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR DIAGNOSING ASTHMA OR ASTHMA EXACERBATION BY USING SAME | BAUSCH, SARAE L | 33d |
| 19180156 | INKJET HEAD MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | — |
| 19032593 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEOPLASTIC DISORDERS COMPRISING AURANOFIN AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT | NEAGU, IRINA | — |
| 18833553 | MICROBIOME COLLECTION DEVICE | YOON, CHANEL J | — |
| 18584279 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS USING PLASMONIC IMMUNOMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | — |
| 18583776 | RAPID TARGET GENE DETECTION METHOD USING PLASMONIC PHOTOTHERMAL REACTION | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | — |
| 18420939 | APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING ACTIVE MOTION OF FINGER | WRIGHT, AMIRAH DANNYE | — |
| 18284017 | SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY AID DEVICE | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18039563 | PCR KIT FOR DIAGNOSING ASTHMA OR ASTHMA EXACERBATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR DIAGNOSING ASTHMA OR ASTHMA EXACERBATION BY USING SAME | BAUSCH, SARAE L | 33d |
| 18666247 | INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 71d |
| 19032593 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEOPLASTIC DISORDERS COMPRISING AURANOFIN AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT | NEAGU, IRINA | — |
| 18833553 | MICROBIOME COLLECTION DEVICE | YOON, CHANEL J | — |
| 18584279 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS USING PLASMONIC IMMUNOMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | — |
| 18583776 | RAPID TARGET GENE DETECTION METHOD USING PLASMONIC PHOTOTHERMAL REACTION | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | — |
| 18284017 | SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY AID DEVICE | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | — |
| 17907432 | COMPOSITION USING URINE SAMPLE FOR DIAGNOSIS OF KIDNEY DISEASE | EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1629 | 2 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 1672 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1699 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19180156 | INKJET HEAD MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19032593 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEOPLASTIC DISORDERS COMPRISING AURANOFIN AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT | NEAGU, IRINA | 1629 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18833553 | MICROBIOME COLLECTION DEVICE | YOON, CHANEL J | — | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18666247 | INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18584279 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS USING PLASMONIC IMMUNOMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18583776 | RAPID TARGET GENE DETECTION METHOD USING PLASMONIC PHOTOTHERMAL REACTION | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18420939 | APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING ACTIVE MOTION OF FINGER | WRIGHT, AMIRAH DANNYE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18284017 | SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY AID DEVICE | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18039563 | PCR KIT FOR DIAGNOSING ASTHMA OR ASTHMA EXACERBATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR DIAGNOSING ASTHMA OR ASTHMA EXACERBATION BY USING SAME | BAUSCH, SARAE L | 1699 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 17907432 | COMPOSITION USING URINE SAMPLE FOR DIAGNOSIS OF KIDNEY DISEASE | EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1677 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
| 17744162 | USE OF SILDENAFIL AND ROCK INHIBITORS FOR TREATING STROKE OR SEQUELAE FOLLOWING STROKE | SCHMITT, MICHAEL J | 1629 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
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