Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
20 pending office actions • 15 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. has 18 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio is highly decentralized, with 17 distinct examiners assigned to these 18 actions. This suggests that nearly every pending matter is being evaluated by a different individual at the USPTO, requiring a broad management strategy.
The 18 pending actions are distributed across 15 distinct art units, reflecting the broad technical scope of the university's research in Chemistry & Materials. PILLAY, DEVINA is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions. This wide distribution across 15 art units and 17 examiners indicates a diverse and complex prosecution landscape for the foundation, where technical arguments must be tailored to many different specialized groups.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 | 3 (15%) |
| §103 only | 7 (35%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILLAY, DEVINA | 2 | 44.2% | +25.9% |
| PATEL, PARESH H | 1 | 79.5% | -1.1% |
| CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN | 1 | 64.3% | +43.9% |
| NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1 | 65.8% | +28.0% |
| WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN | 1 | 48.4% | +60.3% |
| KUMAR, PREETI | 1 | 31.9% | +43.7% |
| MAC, GARY | 1 | 40.9% | +38.3% |
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 1 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
| LAXTON, GARY L | 1 | 86.5% | +5.8% |
| EASHOO, MARK | 1 | 37.3% | +35.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18543335 | UNIVERSAL POWER ELECTRONICS BUILDING BLOCK (U-PEBB) BASED DELTA-CONNECTED CASCADE MULTILEVEL CONVERTER | LAXTON, GARY L | 49d overdue |
| 18590371 | BIAXIAL LOADCELL ACTUATOR FOR VACUUM TRIBOMETER | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 29d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19062891 | Non-Intrusive, In-Situ Power Measurement Method | PATEL, PARESH H | — |
| 18916202 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS | CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN | — |
| 18671245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS METABOLISM OF CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — |
| 18664869 | UNIFIED SYNTHETIC ENTRY TO AZASPIRO 3.N ALKANES | WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN | — |
| 18612359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | MAC, GARY | — |
| 18472636 | LIGNIN-BASED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | EASHOO, MARK | — |
| 18222114 | CLASSICAL CONDITIONING OF NEUROMODULATION WITH SYNCHRONIZED MUSICAL STIMULATION | RODDEN, JOANNE M | — |
| 18316755 | LYSERGIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND METHODS | KIM, SEONG JONG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18351601 | Organic Pigment Coating for Electronic Devices, Perovskite Solar Cells, and Methods | PILLAY, DEVINA | 38d overdue |
| 18590371 | BIAXIAL LOADCELL ACTUATOR FOR VACUUM TRIBOMETER | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 29d |
| 18916202 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS | CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN | — |
| 18671245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS METABOLISM OF CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — |
| 18664869 | UNIFIED SYNTHETIC ENTRY TO AZASPIRO 3.N ALKANES | WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN | — |
| 18627936 | MICROWAVE-MEDIATED LIQUID CIRCULATION OF HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION FOR HYDROCHAR PRODUCTION | KUMAR, PREETI | — |
| 18612359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | MAC, GARY | — |
| 18472636 | LIGNIN-BASED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | EASHOO, MARK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1726 | 2 |
| 2492 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 1621 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19062891 | Non-Intrusive, In-Situ Power Measurement Method | PATEL, PARESH H | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18916202 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS | CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN | 2492 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18671245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS METABOLISM OF CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18664869 | UNIFIED SYNTHETIC ENTRY TO AZASPIRO 3.N ALKANES | WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18627936 | MICROWAVE-MEDIATED LIQUID CIRCULATION OF HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION FOR HYDROCHAR PRODUCTION | KUMAR, PREETI | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18612359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | MAC, GARY | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18590371 | BIAXIAL LOADCELL ACTUATOR FOR VACUUM TRIBOMETER | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18543335 | UNIVERSAL POWER ELECTRONICS BUILDING BLOCK (U-PEBB) BASED DELTA-CONNECTED CASCADE MULTILEVEL CONVERTER | LAXTON, GARY L | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18472636 | LIGNIN-BASED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | EASHOO, MARK | 1767 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18222114 | CLASSICAL CONDITIONING OF NEUROMODULATION WITH SYNCHRONIZED MUSICAL STIMULATION | RODDEN, JOANNE M | 3794 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18351601 | Organic Pigment Coating for Electronic Devices, Perovskite Solar Cells, and Methods | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18351603 | Organic Pigment Coating for Electronic Devices, Perovskite Solar Cells, and Methods | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18316755 | LYSERGIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND METHODS | KIM, SEONG JONG | 1621 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18167467 | Improved Cortical Spheroids and Methods of Making the Same | JOHNSON, KARA D | 1632 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18103190 | Transcranial Stimulation to Treat DMN Dysfunction in Normal and Abnormal Aging | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 18160508 | Composite Materials, Devices, and Methods of Encapsulating Perovskites | LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
| 18100813 | CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS FOR PLANT STARTER PLUGS | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 18157146 | Method for Controlling Turn-to-Turn Contact Resistance in REBCO Magnet Pancake Coils | WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18053949 | Method and System for Area-Specific Tissue Collection and Analysis | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 1631 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
| 17816098 | POWER ELECTRONICS PARAMETER INDEPENDENCY USING MEMRISTOR CONTROL | LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN | 2117 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
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