Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 1 of 12 (8%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sorbonne Université has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 3 examiners and 3 art units, with each matter following a distinct examination path.
LEE, ANDREW P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should focus on the individual rejection records while maintaining consistent support for related biotechnology and pharmaceutical claim concepts.
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 | 3 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J | 1 | 69.0% | +20.8% |
| AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | 1 | 73.8% | +29.4% |
| MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER | 1 | 68.5% | +45.1% |
| POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1 | 12.5% | +18.2% |
| WILSON, MICHAEL C | 1 | 41.5% | +17.8% |
| GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1 | 45.4% | +40.5% |
| BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | 1 | 42.9% | +57.1% |
| RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1 | 65.1% | +56.3% |
| JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA | 1 | 34.8% | +41.2% |
| BURKHART, MICHAEL D | 1 | 62.4% | +11.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18006888 | BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING LUNG CANCER | BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | 100d overdue |
| 18273389 | A Method for Diagnosing Endometrial or Ovarian Carcinoma | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 23d overdue |
| 19070790 | Colloidal Particles Functionalized Homogeneously by Biomolecules | JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J | — |
| 18554161 | METHODS AND KITS FOR DIAGNOSING CANCER AND PREDICTING RESPONSE TO TREATMENT BASED ON CENP-A LABELLING | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
| 18461035 | OPTOGENETIC VISUAL RESTORATION USING CHRIMSON | WILSON, MICHAEL C | — |
| 17926160 | USE OF A FUSION PROTEIN FOR INDUCING GENETIC MODIFICATIONS BY TARGETED MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | — |
| 17790075 | PH SENSOR DEVICE INTENDED TO BE INSERTED INTO THE GROUND, METHOD FOR MEASURING PH, IN PARTICULAR FOR CATHODIC PROTECTION | JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA | — |
| 17766311 | SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC EVALUATION OF COGNITION AND CONSCIOUSNESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL THROUGH EXTERNAL STIMULATIONS | GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18006888 | BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING LUNG CANCER | BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | 100d overdue |
| 18273389 | A Method for Diagnosing Endometrial or Ovarian Carcinoma | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 23d overdue |
| 19070790 | Colloidal Particles Functionalized Homogeneously by Biomolecules | JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J | — |
| 18772744 | CONSTRUCTS COMPRISING NEURONAL VIABILITY FACTORS AND USES THEREOF | AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | — |
| 18287758 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER | — |
| 18554161 | METHODS AND KITS FOR DIAGNOSING CANCER AND PREDICTING RESPONSE TO TREATMENT BASED ON CENP-A LABELLING | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
| 18461035 | OPTOGENETIC VISUAL RESTORATION USING CHRIMSON | WILSON, MICHAEL C | — |
| 17926160 | USE OF A FUSION PROTEIN FOR INDUCING GENETIC MODIFICATIONS BY TARGETED MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1638 | 3 |
| 1682 | 2 |
| 1635 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19070790 | Colloidal Particles Functionalized Homogeneously by Biomolecules | JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18772744 | CONSTRUCTS COMPRISING NEURONAL VIABILITY FACTORS AND USES THEREOF | AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | 1638 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18287758 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER | 1635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18554161 | METHODS AND KITS FOR DIAGNOSING CANCER AND PREDICTING RESPONSE TO TREATMENT BASED ON CENP-A LABELLING | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1683 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18461035 | OPTOGENETIC VISUAL RESTORATION USING CHRIMSON | WILSON, MICHAEL C | 1638 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18273389 | A Method for Diagnosing Endometrial or Ovarian Carcinoma | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1682 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18006888 | BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING LUNG CANCER | BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | 1682 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 100d overdue | Pending | Jan 26, 2023 |
| 17926160 | USE OF A FUSION PROTEIN FOR INDUCING GENETIC MODIFICATIONS BY TARGETED MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1652 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17790075 | PH SENSOR DEVICE INTENDED TO BE INSERTED INTO THE GROUND, METHOD FOR MEASURING PH, IN PARTICULAR FOR CATHODIC PROTECTION | JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2022 |
| 17768002 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED HUMAN STEM CELL EXPRESSING A MUTANT HUMAN CYTOCHROME P450 2B6 PROTEIN AND ITS USE THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | BURKHART, MICHAEL D | 1638 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2022 |
| 17766311 | SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC EVALUATION OF COGNITION AND CONSCIOUSNESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL THROUGH EXTERNAL STIMULATIONS | GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2022 |
| 17622065 | LAYERED ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NA-ION BATTERIES | ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSorbonne Université has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 12 examiners.
Lakia J Jackson-Tongue has the most, with 1 of Sorbonne Université's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
