Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

The Johns Hopkins University

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

184 pending office actions • 76 art units • 165 examiners • 0 of 184 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 123 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The Johns Hopkins University manages a portfolio with 186 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 79 distinct art units, showcasing the university's research and development reach. The prosecution involves 168 distinct examiners, which means that the count of pending cases is higher than the count of examiners assigned to them.

SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. Despite the total of 186 pending office actions, the workload is distributed, as evidenced by the 168 distinct examiners assigned. This count of 79 distinct art units requires a prosecution strategy to address the specific technical nuances of many different specialized groups within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. The distribution of cases ensures that the university's patenting outcomes are spread across many individuals, with the busiest examiner handling only 3 of the pending matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

184
Total Pending OAs
121
Non-Final OAs
59
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 67 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33
Overdue
3
Due this week
6
Due this month
15
Due in next 60 days
10
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 67 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (15)Due later (10)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

100
Hard (54%)
69
Medium (38%)
13
Easy (7%)
2
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (2%)
§101 + other20 (11%)
§103 only40 (22%)
§102 only5 (3%)
§112 only10 (5%)
Double-patenting only3 (2%)
Double-patenting + other24 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)76 (41%)
No statute on record2 (1%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

108
Life Sciences
59% of docket
3
Information Tech
2% of docket
5
Communications
3% of docket
7
Semiconductors
4% of docket
31
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
30
Business / Other
16% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

1,840 h
Manual time on pending OAs
368 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
644 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
16.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 3 63.0% +56.5%
PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 2 52.0% +25.8%
KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 2 0.0% +0.0%
SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 2 68.0% +55.6%
CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 2 54.5% +34.4%
LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL 2 — —
HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 2 75.2% +34.0%
KIM, DANIELLE A 2 37.1% +56.3%
HOWELL, THEODORE R 2 66.8% +25.3%
GRAY, JESSICA 2 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (102)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
16763827 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT GENOME EDITING WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 146d overdue
18030465 DETECTION OF ACE2 IgM AUTOANTIBODIES AS MARKERS OF SEVERITY AND MECHANISM IN COVID19 PATIENTS GILL, RACHEL B 124d overdue
18850458 Leg Support for Orthopaedic Surgery RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN 104d overdue
18255767 COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE FOR TREATING NEUROPATHIC PAIN MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 78d overdue
18261366 METHODS OF DETECTING HIGH RISK BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS WITH DYSPLASIA, AND ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA DAUNER, JOSEPH G 77d overdue
18698097 AUTOMATIC RADIOTHERAPY PRESCRIPTION ANOMALY DETECTION COBANOGLU, DILEK B 56d overdue
17550542 BIOMIMETIC ANISOTROPIC POLYMERIC PARTICLES WITH NATURALLY DERIVED CELL MEMBRANES FOR ENHANCED DRUG DELIVERY DONOHUE, SEAN R 53d overdue
18441540 System And Method For Displaying An Image SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 52d overdue

Interview Candidates (15)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18990863 IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPEUTICS AGENTS TARGETING FIBROBLAST-ACTIVATION PROTEIN-ALPHA (FAP-ALPHA) PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 78d overdue
18107336 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE FUNCTION HOWELL, THEODORE R 78d overdue
18376127 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE FUNCTION HOWELL, THEODORE R 50d overdue
17771772 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING ESOPHAGEAL CANCER SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 46d overdue
18380984 NanoMesh Drug Delivery for Treatment of Brain Tumors KIM, DANIELLE A 25d overdue
18657340 CITRULLINATED BRAIN AND NEUROLOGICAL PROTEINS AS BIOMARKERS OF BRAIN INJURY OR NEURODEGENERATION CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 8d overdue
18550371 DELIVERY OF MACROMOLECULES USING MICROINJECTORS KIM, DANIELLE A 34d
18548423 ANTI-FIBROTIC THERAPIES HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 42d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1618 11
1682 10
1683 6
3798 5
2877 5
1675 5
3791 5
1619 4
1626 4
1636 4

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19482406 OPERATOR-INDEPENDENT ULTRASOUND IMAGING FRITH, SEAN A 3798 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2025
19286066 REAL-TIME ULTRASOUND MONITORING FOR ABLATION THERAPY BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2025
19238047 ROBOTIC TASK COMPLETION FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE REQUESTS HANNAN, B M M 3657 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2025
19136781 Vehicle Recovery System CURRY, CINDI M 3642 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2025
19174285 NEUROMODULATION BASED NERVE IDENTIFICATION MATTSON, SEAN D 3798 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 36d Pending Apr 09, 2025
19112143 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR THE DETECTION OF DISEASE STATES ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 3687 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 14, 2025
18997669 LATTICE HEATSINK FOR IMPINGEMENT COOLING RUBY, TRAVIS C — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
18877461 METHODS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR CHARACTERIZING LABELED NANOPARTICLES RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN 2877 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18990863 IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPEUTICS AGENTS TARGETING FIBROBLAST-ACTIVATION PROTEIN-ALPHA (FAP-ALPHA) PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 1618 §103DP Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18972277 IN SITU NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS USING PROBE PAIR LIGATION KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18871568 DETECTING BINOCULAR EYE ALIGNMENT USING SIGNAL CORRELATION BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18869346 NON-ACID INHIBITORS OF INOSITOL HEXAKISPHOSPHATE KINASE (IP6K) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF MOORE, SUSANNA — §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18947884 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING ORBITAL DEBRIS GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18935852 PROVIDING SENSORY STIMULATIONS VIA PHOTOACOUSTIC, PIEZO-BASED, THERMAL, AND/OR ELECTRICAL EFFECTS JOHNSON, NICOLE F — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18861291 PENEM ANTIBACTERIALS AGAINST MYCOBACTERIAL PATHOGENS AND D,D- AND L,D TRANSPEPTIDASES BRAUN, MADELINE E — §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18857693 Device for Early Detection of Pediatric IV Infiltration SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18855981 METHOD OF MEASURING LEVEL OF IMMUNE SUPPRESSION DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18855172 INTERACTIVE TOOL TO IMPROVE RISK PREDICTION AND CLINICAL CARE FOR A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS MULTIPLE ORGANS EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 3683 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 08, 2024
18854746 IMPROVED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND COMBINED RAMAN-MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION (MALDI) IMAGING WORKFLOW WITH THE ADDITION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS RAHMAN, MD M 2877 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18854168 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING SYNGAP1-ASSOCIATED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18850458 Leg Support for Orthopaedic Surgery RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN 3786 §102§112 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18847731 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ULTRA-HIGH-TEMPERATURE CERAMICS YANG, JIE — §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18883232 RAPID ANEUPLOIDY DETECTION CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA 1681 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18844364 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS TO EYE MENSH, ANDREW J — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18818731 BIOMARKERS USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBJECTS HAVING DISEASES OF THE EYE RAO, SAVITHA M — §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18839307 FLUID ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHODS AKANBI, ISIAKA O 2877 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18839298 REGISTRATION OF DEFORMABLE STRUCTURES SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO 2661 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18834007 ORBITAL RESILIENT BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED INTER-AGENT TRANSACTION SERVICE PROTOCOL NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 2438 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18773723 SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLE WITH A FLOODABLE ACTUATOR VESSEL FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18772628 PSMA-BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2024
18768619 HIGH THROUGHPUT ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTATION DEVICES AND METHODS GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1795 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18756960 ITRACONAZOLE ANALOGS AND USE THEREOF RAO, PADMAJA S — §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18754996 SYNTHESIS OF THE RADIOLABELED PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA) INHIBITOR [18F]DCFPYL SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1618 §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18721824 COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18715998 METHODS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR MITIGATING UNKNOWN BIASES IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA BEKELE, MEKONEN T 2699 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2024
18657340 CITRULLINATED BRAIN AND NEUROLOGICAL PROTEINS AS BIOMARKERS OF BRAIN INJURY OR NEURODEGENERATION CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1675 §112DP Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 07, 2024
18705720 CONTROLLING HOMEOSTATIC REGULATORY CIRCUITRY IN HYPOTHALAMUS GU, QINHUA 1633 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18703915 USE OF BIOMARKERS IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING LUPUS NEPHRITIS SODERQUIST, ARLEN — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18630226 SURFACE-FORMED FIDUCIAL MARKERS AND SURGICAL OBJECT TRACKING SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18698097 AUTOMATIC RADIOTHERAPY PRESCRIPTION ANOMALY DETECTION COBANOGLU, DILEK B 3687 §101 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18694612 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF HYPERINTENSIVE APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT CLUSTERS FOR MRI-GUIDED LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMAL THERAPY POPESCU, GABRIEL VICTOR 3797 §101§103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18693636 MRNA REGULON THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY DISORDERS GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18693749 BIOPSY NEEDLE ACCESSORY KRETZER, KYLE W. 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18689342 APTAMER-BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL VIRUS DETECTOR AND METHODS THEREOF KWAK, DEAN P — §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18688195 CONTROLLED LONG-TERM DRUG DELIVERY AND METHODS THEREOF OTTON, ALICIA L 1699 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18591714 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THERMOCHEMICALLY REDUCING METALLIC ELEMENTS USING THERMAL SHOCK WANG, NICHOLAS A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18687539 AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18581931 AUTOIMMUNE ANTIBODIES FOR USE IN INHIBITING CANCER CELL GROWTH WEIDNER, ADAM M — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2024
18684083 POLYMERS AND NANOPARTICLES FOR INTRAMUSCULAR NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18441540 System And Method For Displaying An Image SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 3798 §103§112 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2024
18294646 AGENTS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR CANCER DETECTION LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18293683 INHIBITORS OF HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTORS CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2024
18423360 SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURES FOR THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES ZEC, FILIP 3763 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18420857 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MACHINE LEARNING ENRICHED NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION DUONG, JOHNNYKHOI BAO 2667 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18291122 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURE OF CIRCULATING FREE DNA BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE 1683 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2024
18579227 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALPHA-SYNUCLEINOPATHIES ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18411753 METHODS FOR PREVENTING OR SLOWING THE PROGRESSION OF COGNITIVE DECLINE OR IMPAIRMENT IN SUBJECTS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18404727 ANTI-FIBROTIC TISSUE RESIDENT MEMORY T CELLS AND USES THEREOF PRIEST, JESSICA MARIE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18571126 TUNABLE DYNAMIC AND NON-DYNAMIC HYDROGEL SYSTEMS GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 1654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2023
18535180 NONVIRAL GENE TRANSFER TO THE SUPRACHOROIDAL SPACE BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2023
18566922 nSMASE2 INHIBITOR PRODRUGS WITH ENHANCED ORAL AND BRAIN EXPOSURES HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2023
18037482 IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY TARGETS TO IMPROVE T-CELL METABOLIC RESPONSE LOCKARD, JON MCCLELLAND — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18289332 AUTOANTIBODIES FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING DISEASE BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2023
18495958 ORGANO-PHOSPHATE MODIFIED METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AND APPLICATIONS TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1738 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18288252 ESOPHAGEAL SLEEVE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18380984 NanoMesh Drug Delivery for Treatment of Brain Tumors KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18554928 OPHTHALMIC FORMULATIONS FOR SUSTAINED NEUROPROTECTION BARBER, KIMBERLY 1626 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2023
18484167 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FERNSTROM, KURT 3715 DP Final Rejection — Pending Oct 10, 2023
18484137 ENGINEERED VASCULAR TISSUE MODELS SCHUBERG, LAURA J 1631 §103DP Non-Final OA 43d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18286185 TREATMENT METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PERAMPANEL BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2023
18553785 SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY METHOD OF PATHOGEN DETECTION AND SUBSTRATE FOR THE SAME PHILLIPS, RUFUS L 2877 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 03, 2023
18376127 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE FUNCTION HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 Other Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18553092 HETEROBIVALENT AND HOMOBIVALENT AGENTS TARGETING FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN ALPHA AND/OR PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL 1612 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18284131 METHODS OF DETERMINING TREATMENT OUTCOME GRAY, JESSICA 1682 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18551557 K-RAS INHIBITOR BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2023
18550371 DELIVERY OF MACROMOLECULES USING MICROINJECTORS KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18281471 ENGINEERED IMMUNE CELLS AND USES THEREOF JUEDES, AMY E 1644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2023
18280164 NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548767 DETECTION OF STAGE I LUNG CANCER BIOMARKERS AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18280166 MOLECULAR INDEXING OF PROTEINS BY SELF ASSEMBLY (MIPSA) FOR EFFICIENT PROTEOMIC INVESTIGATIONS RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD 1684 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548423 ANTI-FIBROTIC THERAPIES HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 42d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18237744 NANOFIBER-HYDROGEL COMPOSITES FOR CELL AND TISSUE DELIVERY MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 24, 2023
18455201 METHODS OF ENZYMATICALLY REPAIRING CLEAVED RNAS AND DETECTING THEREOF YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS 1682 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 24, 2023
18275586 BINDING PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 02, 2023
18263644 SMART PILL DISPENSER OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY 3651 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18274560 METHODS FOR INHIBITING CORONAVIRUSES USING SULFORAPHANE JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18262536 PATIENT-SPECIFIC BRACHYTHERAPY APPLICATORS HONRATH, MARC D 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2023
18224151 WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR MUSCLE ACTIVITY SENSING AND FEEDBACK ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL 3794 §103§112 Final Rejection 85d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18223331 MULTI-IMAGER COMPATIBLE ROBOT FOR IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTIONS AND FULLY AUTOMATED BRACHYTHERAPY SEED HONRATH, MARC D 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 18, 2023
18261366 METHODS OF DETECTING HIGH RISK BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS WITH DYSPLASIA, AND ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18268893 DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER USING CELL-FREE DNA FRAGMENTATION GRAY, JESSICA 1682 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18257925 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTION OF ADVERSE OUTCOMES USING MACHINE LEARNING AND HIGH-DIMENSIONAL CLINICAL DATA VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18209992 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF RNA ANALYSIS POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2023
18255769 POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR ENCAPSULATION AND SUSTAINED RELEASE OF NEUROMODULATORS JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J 1645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 02, 2023
18255630 RADIOMICS STANDARDIZATION ZHANG, FAN 2682 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2023
18265118 SIGNAL STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2023
18255767 COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE FOR TREATING NEUROPATHIC PAIN MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1624 §102§112 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18255518 RESTORATION OF MOTOR FUNCTION POST-NEUROLOGICAL INJURY USING PSYCHEDELICS SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2023
18039403 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING T CELL CANCERS MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2023
18322237 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFE AND FLEXIBLE BATTERIES BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE 1729 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2023
18253231 PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA)-TARGETED PRODRUG FOR SELECTIVE KILLING OF CELLS EXPRESSING PSMA REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA 60d Pending May 17, 2023
18315330 BIOMIMETIC ARTIFICIAL CELLS: ANISOTROPIC SUPPORTED LIPID BILAYERS ON BIODEGRADABLE MICRO AND NANOPARTICLES FOR SPATIALLY DYNAMIC SURFACE BIOMOLECULE PRESENTATION KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 10, 2023
18312196 ANASTASIS BIOSENSOR CASPASE TRACKER SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1636 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 04, 2023
18310048 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CELLULAR COMPONENT TRANSFER THERAPY REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2023
18033746 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISORDERS CHARACTERIZED WITH TGF-BETA ACTIVITY HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2023
18249676 INTRINSICALLY-DISORDERED PROTEINS AS EMULSIFIERS KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1614 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18249314 SUSTAINED ANTIBODY AND IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC DELIVERY TO CERVICAL LYMPH NODES FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1643 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2023
18300014 ANASTASIS BIOSENSOR KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 13, 2023
18248722 ASSESSING A CARDIAC CONDITION INDEPENDENTLY OF PPG WAVEFORM AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18248834 ROBOT WATCHDOG YANCHUS III, PAUL B 2115 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18030465 DETECTION OF ACE2 IgM AUTOANTIBODIES AS MARKERS OF SEVERITY AND MECHANISM IN COVID19 PATIENTS GILL, RACHEL B 1671 §101§103 Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18194840 HYPOTONIC MICROBICIDAL FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USE KUCHARCZK, JED A 1623 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Apr 03, 2023
18247579 SMART SENSOR-EQUIPPED PHANTOM FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL PROCEDURES GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A 3715 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2023
18247144 INTEGRATED PROTEOMIC BIOMARKERS FOR THE DETECTION OF AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 29, 2023
18187526 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18027067 NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION USING A NUCLEASE ACTUATOR SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 17, 2023
18044405 GALACTOSYLATED DENDRIMERS FOR TARGETED INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY TO HEPATOCYTES VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY 1643 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2023
18167546 IMPLANTABLE LENS CAPSULE FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN 3774 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2023
18107336 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE FUNCTION HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 DP Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023
18040858 IMAGING AND TARGETING PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND-1 (PD-L1) EXPRESSION RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §103DP Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18015684 COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF ANTI-ALLERGEN ANTIBODIES USING PHAGE DISPLAY ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1641 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 11, 2023
18013864 METHODS TO GLYCOENGINEER PROTEINS DAHLE, CHUN WU 1641 §102§112 Final Rejection 63d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18003462 GROWTH AND SITE-SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION OF MICRO-SCALE BIMOLECULAR DEVICES ON LIVING CELLS ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN 1615 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18088074 PROCESSING EVENT DATA BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING MORALES, PEDRO JESUS 2124 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 23, 2022
18011071 NON-INTUITIVE COMBINATION OF DRUG DELIVERY CARRIERS OF THE SAME DRUG FOR SYNERGISTIC GROWTH DELAY OF SOLID TUMORS YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 16, 2022
18001992 METHODS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR OCULAR PATHOLOGY DETECTION WILLIAMS, REBECCA COLETTE 2677 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2022
18009659 LINKER-FUNCTIONALIZED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK FOR POLYSULFIDE TETHERING IN LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES LEE, JAMES 1725 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2022
17999677 MAGNETOFLUIDIC CARTRIDGES, DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF SAMPLE ANALYSIS CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 22, 2022
17998839 FUNCTIONAL SKIN COATING POLYMER BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 15, 2022
18052804 PSMA-TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 1618 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2022
17922662 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CORONAVIRUS DETECTION KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2022
18050809 PAPANICOLAOU TEST FOR OVARIAN AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2022
17995455 METHODS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR EAR PATHOLOGY DETECTION WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2022
17947661 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING CORNEAL TISSUE HEALTH DINH, JACK 2872 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 19, 2022
17816924 C. NOVYI FOR THE TREATMENT OF SOLID TUMORS IN HUMANS TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 02, 2022
17873980 IN SITU FORMING COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR TISSUE RESTORATION JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2022
17759382 SELF-ASSEMBLING PRODRUGS AS IMMUNE BOOSTERS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1642 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 25, 2022
17857698 APPARATUS FOR THERMAL SENSING DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND METHODS THAT ACCOMPLISH THE SAME REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW 2877 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2022
17790293 IN SITU RNA ANALYSIS USING PROBE PAIR LIGATION KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 DPOther Final Rejection 72d Pending Jun 30, 2022
17845487 METHODS FOR ASSESSING RATES OF DNA REPAIR POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 21, 2022
17737229 INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION OF GLUTAMATE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE (GCP-II) INHIBITORS YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending May 05, 2022
17771772 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING ESOPHAGEAL CANCER SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103DP Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2022
17771142 POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES FOR INTRACELLULAR PROTEIN DELIVERY ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 57d Pending Apr 22, 2022
17770531 A CRISPR-CAS9 PLATFORM WITH AN INTRINSIC OFF-SWITCH AND ENHANCED SPECIFICITY REGA, KYLE THOMAS 1636 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 20, 2022
17768591 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING ALTERNATIVE SPLICING TO CONTROL SPECIFICITY OF GENE THERAPY MARVICH, MARIA 1634 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 13, 2022
17715435 DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND TARGETED RELEASE OF PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS WITH FOCUSED ULTRASOUND LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Apr 07, 2022
17767389 HIGHLY MULTIPLEXED DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1600 §103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Apr 07, 2022
17633917 BIOMARKERS FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2022
17630104 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1677 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2022
17576503 ASSAYING OVARIAN CYST FLUID JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1682 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 14, 2022
17624440 IMMOBILIZATION AND QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF DROPLETS KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2022
17623060 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING LIVER CANCERS NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE 1627 §103 Final Rejection 107d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2021
17622504 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TARGETED EXPANSION OF REGULATORY T CELLS PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2021
17550542 BIOMIMETIC ANISOTROPIC POLYMERIC PARTICLES WITH NATURALLY DERIVED CELL MEMBRANES FOR ENHANCED DRUG DELIVERY DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2021
17617233 INTRAOPERATIVE 'NON-LIFTING' PERIPHERAL NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL RECORDING TEHRANI, DANIEL 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2021
17616740 DETERMINING CAUSES OF DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER, USING MACHINE LEARNING ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DATA HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD 1685 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 06, 2021
17611788 RAPID ANEUPLOIDY DETECTION KIM, YOUNG J 1681 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 16, 2021
17606605 COMPOSITIONALLY DEFINED PLASMID DNA/POLYCATION NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME DUNSTON, JENNIFER ANN 1637 §102§103DP Final Rejection — Pending Oct 26, 2021
17600843 LIPID NANOPARTICLES AS ORAL VEHICLES OF IMMUNOTHERAPY HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH 1611 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 01, 2021
17598690 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING AND TREATING CANCER LU, CHENG 1642 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2021
17438874 STICKY PARTICLES FOR EFFICIENT IMAGING CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2021
17428848 EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL INTRAOPERATIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING FOR SUBRETINAL MATERIAL DELIVERY ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 05, 2021
17422667 ADHESIVE/ADSORPTION SWITCH ON NANOPARTICLES TO INCREASE TUMOR UPTAKE AND DELAY TUMOR CLEARANCE CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 139d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2021
17416399 RATIOMETRIC FLUORESCENCE CODING METHOD FOR MULTIPLEX NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2021
17344511 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LOW-PROFILE INTERCRANIAL DEVICE AND THE LOW-PROFILE INTERCRANIAL DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103 Final Rejection 47d Pending Jun 10, 2021
17204892 CELL-FREE DNA FOR ASSESSING AND/OR TREATING CANCER MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1685 §101§103Other Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2021
17265650 REVERSIBLE LACRIMAL CANALICULAR OCCLUSION DEVICE DUBOSE, LAUREN 3771 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 35d Pending Feb 03, 2021
17264222 COMPETITIVE PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA) BINDING AGENTS FOR REDUCTION OF NON-TARGET ORGAN UPTAKE OF RADIOLABELED PSMA INHIBITORS FOR PSMA POSITIVE TUMOR IMAGING AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL THERAPY DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 28, 2021
17260943 INTERNAL LASER LIGHT DELIVERY FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC-GUIDED DRILLING MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2021
17139665 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO ACCELERATE RESOLUTION OF ACUTE LUNG INFLAMMATION CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2020
17047006 NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPY HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Oct 12, 2020
16979209 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 §112 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2020
16933283 GEOMETRIC BIOPSY PLAN OPTIMIZATION EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB 3797 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jul 20, 2020
16763827 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT GENOME EDITING WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1636 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending May 13, 2020
16753076 IMAGE TO WORLD REGISTRATION FOR MEDICAL AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATIONS USING A WORLD SPATIAL MAP LI, JOHN DENNY 3798 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2020
16809496 METHOD OF IDENTIFYING RISK FOR AUTISM HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2020
16612035 DEVICE TO FACILITATE PERFORMING DESCEMET'S MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY (DMEK) DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 §102§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 08, 2019
16556397 Colorimetric Detection of Organic Amines Using Metal-Organic Frameworks ADAMS, MICHELLE 1797 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 30, 2019
16489506 A NOVEL NERVOUS SYSTEM-SPECIFIC TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEASOME COMPLEX THAT MODULATES NEURONAL SIGNALING THROUGH EXTRACELLULAR SIGNALING VIA BRAIN ACTIVITY PEPTIDES CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1649 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2019
16379763 IMMORTALIZATION OF CELLS INCLUDING NEURONAL CELLS DUTT, ADITI 1675 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2019
16226714 DNA METHYLATION MARKERS FOR METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1636 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2018
18438286 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER GURLEY, JAMI MICHELLE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2024
18278998 THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS CESARE, JOSEPH DAVID 1675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2023
18364891 Click chemistry hydrogel with minimal swelling as a dural sealant and local delivery vehicle for recombinant proteins and other bioactive agents ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1612 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 03, 2023

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