Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
202 pending office actions • 95 art units • 183 examiners • 0 of 202 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 213 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Office Of The General Counsel has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner. The current prosecution activity is concentrated in a single matter, reflecting a highly specific technical focus. This 1 to 1 ratio between the pending action and the examiner indicates a centralized review process.
Julie Thi Tran is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This single action constitutes the entire pending workload for the university's office, as there is only 1 pending office action in the entire portfolio. The portfolio's current status indicates a very narrow and specific interaction with the USPTO. Because the university only deals with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution outcome is entirely dependent on the interpretation of this one individual. This narrow footprint suggests a very targeted approach to patenting within the medical device sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 56 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. 56 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 only | 3 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 30 (15%) |
| §103 only | 42 (21%) |
| §102 only | 4 (2%) |
| §112 only | 17 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 6 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 16 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 83 (41%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | 3 | 57.6% | +45.8% |
| AHMED, JAMIL | 3 | 82.0% | +15.3% |
| ZHU, JIANJIAN | 3 | 58.8% | +82.4% |
| GRAY, JESSICA | 3 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| HOPPE, EMMA RUTH | 3 | 41.0% | +57.6% |
| DHAR, MATASHA | 2 | 42.9% | +44.0% |
| VETERE, ROBERT A | 2 | 61.4% | +12.9% |
| RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 2 | 67.8% | +20.4% |
| SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN | 2 | 58.7% | +40.3% |
| PUTTLITZ, KARL J | 2 | 69.1% | +18.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17904562 | ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS CONJUGATED TO PEG-PLGA NANOPARTICLES IMPROVE IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST CANCER CELLS | SWARTWOUT, BRIANNA KENDALL | 189d overdue |
| 18020907 | Systems and Methods for Crowdsourced Machine Learning | GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK | 120d overdue |
| 17620633 | BACTERIA-ENGINEERED TO ELICIT ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T-CELLS | GRASER, JENNIFER E | 93d overdue |
| 17920541 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS AND MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS USING THE SAME | KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA | 86d overdue |
| 18561643 | Scalable Distributed Processing Software for Next-Generation in Situ Sequencing | SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH | 85d overdue |
| 17755713 | Systems and Methods for Deconvoluting Tumor Ecosystems for Personalized Cancer Therapy | SMITH, EMILIE ALINE | 74d overdue |
| 18381930 | POLYMERIC PERFLUOROCARBON NANOEMULSIONS FOR ULTRASONIC DRUG UNCAGING | SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H | 71d overdue |
| 18191222 | Systems and Methods for Automated Identification of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | 66d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18200280 | Fully open-air combustion deposition and rapid plasma treatment of metal oxides | VETERE, ROBERT A | 15d |
| 18569097 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Shock Absorption | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 53d |
| 19358715 | GLP-1R ANTAGONISM TO IMPROVE NUTRITION FOLLOWING GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | — |
| 19353711 | BUFFERED FORMULATIONS OF EXENDIN (9-39) | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | — |
| 18992718 | L ight manipulation and sensing based on geometric reconfiguration of nanoscale optical systems | AHMED, JAMIL | — |
| 18965736 | High-throughput single-molecule photoacoustic absorption spectroscopy with nanomechanical oscillators | AHMED, JAMIL | — |
| 18712142 | DEVICES AND METHODS INVOLVING METADEVICES AND PHOTONIC-BASED BIOSENSING | AHMED, JAMIL | — |
| 18659959 | NEUROPROTECTION GENE THERAPY | DHAR, MATASHA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1682 | 9 |
| 1683 | 6 |
| 1674 | 6 |
| 3791 | 5 |
| 3771 | 5 |
| 3792 | 5 |
| 1632 | 5 |
| 1631 | 5 |
| 1687 | 5 |
| 1654 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19358715 | GLP-1R ANTAGONISM TO IMPROVE NUTRITION FOLLOWING GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | 1654 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19353711 | BUFFERED FORMULATIONS OF EXENDIN (9-39) | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | 1654 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19094722 | Systems and Methods for Predictive Glucose Management | ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19093116 | Systems and Methods for Targeted Neuromodulation | COOK, CHRISTOPHER L | 3797 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19088809 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION WITH RADIATIVE COOLING | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1728 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19114292 | NANOPHOTONIC PURCELL ENHANCED METAMATERIAL SCINTILLATOR | BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY | 2884 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19102341 | Systems and Methods for Decoding Speech from Neural Activity | RILEY, MARCUS T | 2654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19100561 | Systems and Methods for Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Neurostimulation | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2025 |
| 18995763 | Systems and Methods for Unsupervised Calibration of Brain-Computer Interfaces | NGUYEN, JIMMY H | 2626 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18992718 | L ight manipulation and sensing based on geometric reconfiguration of nanoscale optical systems | AHMED, JAMIL | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18982985 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNCERTAINTY AWARE MONOCULAR 3D OBJECT DETECTION | DUONG, JOHNNYKHOI BAO | 2667 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18967557 | ADJUSTABLE AORTIC ANNULOPLASTY RINGS FOR SYMMETRIC AORTIC ANNULUS REDUCTION AND METHODS FOR USE | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18965736 | High-throughput single-molecule photoacoustic absorption spectroscopy with nanomechanical oscillators | AHMED, JAMIL | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18940688 | MODULAR BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND MAKING THEM | HO, TAN-UYEN THI | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18939349 | MAGNETIC MILLI-SPINNER FOR UNTETHERED ROBOTIC ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY AND METHODS FOR USE | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18939316 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURES | SCHERBEL, TODD J | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18908097 | Method to achieve 24/7 carbon-free electrified fleet operations | HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18907086 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | FISSEL, TRAVIS S | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18853322 | Capacitive Charge Storage and Transport Device for Room Temperature applications | PATEL, REEMA | 2847 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18892532 | Rapid non-Cartesian reconstruction using an implicit representation of GROG kernels | MONSUR, NASIMA | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2024 |
| 18821626 | Adaptive Acoustic Imaging with Differentiable Beamforming | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18840401 | Functionalized Nanoclusters and Their Use in Treating Bacterial Infections | BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN | 1619 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18840454 | Systems and Methods to Assess Neonatal Health Risk and Uses Thereof | RAPILLO, KRISTINE K | 3682 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18838211 | CREATION OF VASCULARIZED BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES | PRONZATI, GINA | 1633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18838192 | PERSONALIZED MACHINE LEARNING ON MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES | BEAN, GRIFFIN TANNER | 2121 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18833739 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A NON-BIOABSORBABLE POLYMER AND METABOLIC INHIBITOR | JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE | 1613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18833852 | Systems and Methods for Randomized Coordinated Reset Deep Brain Stimulation | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18770522 | RADIATIVE COOLING WITH SOLAR SPECTRUM REFLECTION | ALVARE, PAUL | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18762628 | Data-Compressive Sensor Array | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18725696 | USE OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION TO ENABLE ENGRAFTMENT OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS | O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN | 1633 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18745091 | TREATMENT OF POST-BARIATRIC HYPOGLYCEMIA WITH EXENDIN (9-39) | HELLMAN, KRISTINA M | 1654 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18744951 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Shock Absorption | BOWES, STEPHEN M | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18745010 | Human Gait parameter and Health Information Extraction using Floor-Mounted Geophone Sensors | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18718838 | CELL-PERMEANT INHIBITORS OF VIRAL CYSTEINE PROTEASES | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | 1658 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18714931 | NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF OPTIC NEUROPATHIES | CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE | 1633 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18713563 | GENERALIZABLE MACHINE LEARNING MEDICAL PROTOCOL RECOMMENDATION | NGUYEN, TRAN N | 3685 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18712142 | DEVICES AND METHODS INVOLVING METADEVICES AND PHOTONIC-BASED BIOSENSING | AHMED, JAMIL | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18659959 | NEUROPROTECTION GENE THERAPY | DHAR, MATASHA | 1632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18706875 | METHOD FOR COMBINED GENOME METHYLATION AND VARIATION ANALYSES | BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE | 1683 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18707062 | SELECTION AND TREATMENT OF SUBJECTS HAVING A CIRCULATING MYELOID CELL INFLAMMATORY PHENOTYPE | ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18706228 | Process for the Pulsed Laser Ejection of Multiple Epitaxial Structures from one Thin Film Growth | VETERE, ROBERT A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18642416 | Retina Clip | NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18700890 | CELL-DERIVED NANOVESICLES FOR IN VIVO TRANSPORT AND DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18696898 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE PRESSURE-ASSISTED TISSUE STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN | 3791 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18696014 | TREATMENT OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA VIA CRISPR/AAV6 GENOME EDITING | ZHU, JIANJIAN | 1631 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18612561 | Modulation of Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor Activity for Tympanic Membrane Healing | ALLEN, MARIANNE P | 1647 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18692943 | METHODS FOR DETECTING HEAVY METALS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | FISHER, BRITTANY I | 1796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18691685 | COMPOSITIONS OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) SIGNALING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF | DUFFY, BRADLEY | 1643 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18691410 | METHODS OF AMPLIFYING TUMOR-REACTIVE IMMUNE POPULATIONS USING ORGANOIDS | BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A | 1644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18686851 | WIRELESS CLOSED-LOOP SMART BANDAGE FOR CHRONIC WOUND MANAGEMENT AND ACCELERATED TISSUE REGENERATION | HULBERT, AMANDA K | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University has 202 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 95 art units and 183 examiners.
Mercy Hellen Sabila has the most, with 3 of The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.