Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
93 pending office actions • 71 art units • 90 examiners • 0 of 93 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 74 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Ohio State University has 98 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 98 pending office actions are spread across 64 distinct art units, reflecting a broad range of scientific research and technical specialization within the university's patent filings. The prosecution involves 95 distinct examiners, which means almost every case is being handled by a different individual.
LAUER, CHRISTINA C is the busiest examiner for the university with 2 pending office actions. This low level of examiner concentration, with 95 distinct examiners for 98 pending office actions, highlights the decentralized nature of the university's prosecution efforts. Navigating 64 distinct art units in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector requires the university to manage a wide variety of departmental standards and many individual examiner perspectives simultaneously. Practitioners must coordinate across 64 distinct art units and 95 distinct examiners to manage the 98 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 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. 35 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 | 14 (15%) |
| §103 only | 26 (28%) |
| §102 only | 2 (2%) |
| §112 only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 6 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 40 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 2 | 68.6% | +14.2% |
| GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 2 | 66.1% | +37.2% |
| VALENROD, YEVGENY | 2 | 72.5% | +25.1% |
| BROCKMAN, ELDON T | 1 | 85.0% | +5.7% |
| KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | 1 | 65.3% | +18.0% |
| DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R | 1 | 55.8% | +68.8% |
| LIEB, JEANETTE M | 1 | 79.9% | +17.2% |
| SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 1 | 73.6% | +19.0% |
| CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1 | 58.1% | +22.8% |
| PREM, SAIPRATAP | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18739226 | CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD | HIGGS, STELLA EUN | 71d overdue |
| 17442471 | ENGINEERED MRNA SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF | PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH | 51d overdue |
| 18695459 | INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELD (IEF) THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF SOLID CANCERS | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 31d overdue |
| 18695728 | INNER POROUS SCREW TYPE IMPLANT | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 22d overdue |
| 18975570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE HEART VALVE SIMULATION | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3d overdue |
| 17775236 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO SELECTIVE INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF CD38 INHIBITORS | VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN | 3d overdue |
| 18548719 | Method of Evaluating the Biofilm Detachment Efficacy of Compositions | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 2d overdue |
| 17608441 | Reagents and Methods for Alzheimer's Disease and CoMorbidities Thereof | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18293052 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIBRATION FREE LOW TEMPERATURE SAMPLE HOLDER FOR SIDE ENTRY ELECTRON MICROSCOPES | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 27d |
| 18962504 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 28d |
| 18688553 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 28d |
| 19329417 | CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS | DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R | 83d |
| 19479898 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING PROCEDURES FOR ENVISIONED AIR MOBILITY OPERATIONS | KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | — |
| 19329431 | INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS | LIEB, JEANETTE M | — |
| 19275071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MECHANICAL DISPLACEMENT OF AN ESOPHAGUS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — |
| 19207877 | RANGE EXTENSION WITH OPTIMAL TRACTION CONTROL FOR MULTI E-AXLE BASED ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES | CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1628 | 3 |
| 1638 | 3 |
| 1636 | 3 |
| 3799 | 2 |
| 1654 | 2 |
| 3661 | 2 |
| 3663 | 2 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 2881 | 2 |
| 1633 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19484758 | ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL ENABLED VARIABLE AREA TURBINE VANE | BROCKMAN, ELDON T | 3799 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19479898 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING PROCEDURES FOR ENVISIONED AIR MOBILITY OPERATIONS | KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | 3665 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19329417 | CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS | DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R | 1654 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19329431 | INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS | LIEB, JEANETTE M | 1654 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19275071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MECHANICAL DISPLACEMENT OF AN ESOPHAGUS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19207877 | RANGE EXTENSION WITH OPTIMAL TRACTION CONTROL FOR MULTI E-AXLE BASED ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES | CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 3661 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19113726 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING VULNERABILITY AND ATTACKABILITY | PREM, SAIPRATAP | 2494 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19106073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOPERATIVE NAVIGATION WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19046648 | MODULAR MULTILEVEL FLYING CAPACITOR CONVERTER | LEE, JYE-JUNE | 2838 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19100237 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID AUTONOMOUS MANUFACTURING | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18975570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE HEART VALVE SIMULATION | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18870856 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE POWERTRAINS | LINHARDT, LAURA E | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18962504 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18961890 | METHOD FOR QUENCH DETECTION USING RF INTERROGATION OF COOLANT PERMITTIVITY | LIU, KENDRICK X | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18950757 | CLADDING MAGNET APPLICATION TO CYCLOIDAL MAGNETIC GEARS | CHANG, MINKI | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18866675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT USING COGNITIVE TEST RESULTS WITH ITS BEHAVIORAL METADATA | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18946152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATION | TADESE, BERHANU | 2632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18865208 | AIR-TIGHT AMBIENT MASS SPECTROMETRY | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18934431 | COUPLED AUTONOMOUS PODS FOR SHARED MOBILITY | RAMESH, KRISHNAN | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18848613 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS AND METHODS OF USE OF AMINO-PYRROLOPYRIMIDINONE COMPOUND | VALENROD, YEVGENY | 1628 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18846152 | ELECTROSPRAY EMITTER DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | MASKELL, MICHAEL P | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18826539 | ETCHING METHODS AND PATTERNED SUBSTRATES MADE USING SAID METHODS | DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN | 1713 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18825158 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL OPERATIONAL SEPARATION FOR COLLABORATIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | OH, HARRY Y | 3657 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18819397 | X-RAY ASSISTIVE DEVICE FOR STANDARDIZING THE KNEE TEMPLATING | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18838519 | Cerebrovascular-Tumor-On-A-Chip | WILSON, MICHAEL C | 1638 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18777701 | DEVICE TO CREATE REPRODUCIBLE FENESTRATIONS IN A NON-VALVED TUBE SHUNT | TENTONI, LEO B | 1742 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18730155 | ALKANOLAMINE-CONTAINING MEMBRANES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18726968 | ELECTRO-SPINNING METHODS AND USES THEREOF | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18739226 | CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD | HIGGS, STELLA EUN | 3681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18716634 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE OF A SCALABLE HUMAN CELL-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX | SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | 1633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18716721 | DIAMINO LIPID (DAL) COMPOUNDS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18714308 | ENGINEERED CELLS AND USES THEREOF | AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | 1638 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18712524 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE | 1611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18710916 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISEASES AND INJURIES | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18564982 | COMPOSITIONS FOR RNA-PROTEIN TETHERING AND METHODS OF USING | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 1662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18646287 | BLOOD VESSEL LOCATOR | BUI PHO, PASCAL M | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18644750 | CYCLIC CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES WITH ONE OR MORE HYDROPHOBIC RESIDUES | COFFA, SERGIO | 1658 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18703637 | IMMUNOTHERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | PURDY, KYLE A | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18703633 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF THE DELIVERY OF ACTIVE AGENTS INCLUDING NUCLEIC ACIDS | EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA | 1616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18703008 | ARYLIMIDAMIDES FOR USE IN TREATMENT OF CANCERS | VALENROD, YEVGENY | 1628 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18635747 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALIGNING AN EYE FOR MAKING A DETERMINATION ABOUT THE EYE USING REMOTE OR TELEHEALTH PROCEDURES | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18695459 | INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELD (IEF) THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF SOLID CANCERS | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18695728 | INNER POROUS SCREW TYPE IMPLANT | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18688553 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18687974 | COATINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1782 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18687973 | PLASTICIZED BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18293052 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIBRATION FREE LOW TEMPERATURE SAMPLE HOLDER FOR SIDE ENTRY ELECTRON MICROSCOPES | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18419130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND AUDITING FAIRNESS | TANK, ANDREW L | 2141 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18579084 | COMPOSITIONS AND TREATMENTS FOR CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS | RAMADAN, OMAR | 1678 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18396859 | FLUORINATED LITHIUM-RICH AND MANGANESE-BASED OXIDE POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR BATTERIES THAT CYCLE LITHIUM IONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J | 1729 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialThe Ohio State University has 93 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 71 art units and 90 examiners.
Christina C Lauer has the most, with 2 of The Ohio State University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.