Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Southern Methodist University has 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so each pending matter has a separate examination path.
KING, BRADLEY T is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The even distribution supports matter-specific responses rather than a single portfolio-wide examiner strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, BRADLEY T | 1 | 70.8% | +22.5% |
| SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK | 1 | 55.1% | +32.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823052 | Sealing System and Method for Pressurized Sand Damper | KING, BRADLEY T | — |
| 18522587 | IMPEDANCE-BASED NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY DETECTION BIOSENSOR WITH APPLICATION TO SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION | SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823052 | Sealing System and Method for Pressurized Sand Damper | KING, BRADLEY T | — |
| 18522587 | IMPEDANCE-BASED NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY DETECTION BIOSENSOR WITH APPLICATION TO SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION | SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 1 |
| 1671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18823052 | Sealing System and Method for Pressurized Sand Damper | KING, BRADLEY T | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18522587 | IMPEDANCE-BASED NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY DETECTION BIOSENSOR WITH APPLICATION TO SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION | SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK | 1671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSouthern Methodist University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Bradley T King has the most, with 1 of Southern Methodist University's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
