Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
48 pending office actions • 39 art units • 46 examiners • 0 of 48 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Penn State Research Foundation has 47 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned among 45 distinct examiners and 38 art units, indicating broad dispersion across both individual examination practices and technical classifications.
MISHRA, DEEPA is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. No examiner appears to dominate the listed workload, so prosecution planning should emphasize matter-specific review rather than relying on one examiner history. A coordinated docket process can still identify recurring biotechnology issues, while preserving flexibility for the different art-unit contexts reflected in the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 (6%) |
| §103 only | 16 (33%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 4 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 20 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISHRA, DEEPA | 2 | 28.9% | +35.5% |
| MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS | 2 | 50.0% | +23.3% |
| YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | 1 | 93.8% | +17.4% |
| YANG, ANDREW | 1 | 84.3% | +10.4% |
| MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | 1 | 58.3% | +26.0% |
| FUBARA, BLESSING M | 1 | 62.2% | +34.1% |
| KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1 | 82.1% | +13.2% |
| WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 1 | 73.0% | +18.0% |
| VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN | 1 | 61.0% | +51.0% |
| NGUYEN, TAM M | 1 | 77.1% | +11.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19229414 | PHASE SHIFTING APPARATUS AND PROCESS | YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | — |
| 19130429 | COMPLIANT BONE PLATE FOR FRACTURE FIXATION | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 18865726 | FABRICATION OF LARGE AREA RADIATION DETECTORS AND SHIELDING VIA FIELDASSISTED SINTERING TECHNOLOGY (FAST) | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17719833 | LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA CATHETER FOR LESS-INVASIVE, LOCALIZED TREATMENT OF ENDOCARDITIS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS | DELLA, JAYMI E | 168d overdue |
| 18793671 | MATCHING LAYER FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 46d overdue |
| 18037751 | INHIBITORS OF IGF2BP1-RNA BINDING | MCANANY, JOHN D | 38d overdue |
| 18490614 | PHOTOTHERMAL CURING OF THERMOSET RESINS | SONG, INJA | 37d overdue |
| 18708993 | HIGH FLAVONOID CORN AND USES THEREOF | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 2d overdue |
| 17758539 | Biodegradable and Multifunctional Neural Block Devices | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 1d overdue |
| 18994885 | COHESIVE SHEAR-THINNING BIOMATERIALS AND THE USE THEREOF | FUBARA, BLESSING M | — |
| 18729958 | SELECTION METHOD FOR DOMESTIC ANIMAL BREEDING | VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18010690 | SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR 1 AGONIST AND LIPOSOMAL FORMULATIONS THEREOF | MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS | 80d overdue |
| 18793671 | MATCHING LAYER FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 46d overdue |
| 17599188 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO TREATMENT OF CANCER | MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS | 42d overdue |
| 19229414 | PHASE SHIFTING APPARATUS AND PROCESS | YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | — |
| 19130429 | COMPLIANT BONE PLATE FOR FRACTURE FIXATION | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 19032683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED TRAINING FOR MANUALLY CONDUCTED PROCEDURES | MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | — |
| 18994885 | COHESIVE SHEAR-THINNING BIOMATERIALS AND THE USE THEREOF | FUBARA, BLESSING M | — |
| 18865726 | FABRICATION OF LARGE AREA RADIATION DETECTORS AND SHIELDING VIA FIELDASSISTED SINTERING TECHNOLOGY (FAST) | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1657 | 3 |
| 1625 | 3 |
| 1766 | 2 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| 1732 | 2 |
| 2843 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19229414 | PHASE SHIFTING APPARATUS AND PROCESS | YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | 2843 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19130429 | COMPLIANT BONE PLATE FOR FRACTURE FIXATION | YANG, ANDREW | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19032683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED TRAINING FOR MANUALLY CONDUCTED PROCEDURES | MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18994885 | COHESIVE SHEAR-THINNING BIOMATERIALS AND THE USE THEREOF | FUBARA, BLESSING M | 1613 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18865726 | FABRICATION OF LARGE AREA RADIATION DETECTORS AND SHIELDING VIA FIELDASSISTED SINTERING TECHNOLOGY (FAST) | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18793671 | MATCHING LAYER FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18729958 | SELECTION METHOD FOR DOMESTIC ANIMAL BREEDING | VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN | 1633 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18750470 | THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | NGUYEN, TAM M | 1771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18721118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FASTENING A TUBULAR PROSTHESIS | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18740833 | SMALL MOLECULE TRAIL GENE INDUCTION BY NORMAL AND TUMOR CELLS AS AN ANTICANCER THERAPY | CHONG, YONG SOO | 1623 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18680161 | Embedding Security into Ferroelectric FET Array via In-Situ Memory Operation | SHAW, PETER C | 2493 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18666900 | VANADIUM OXIDE-DOPED LASER-INDUCED GRAPHENE MULTI-PARAMETER SENSOR TO DECOUPLE SOIL NITROGEN LOSS AND TEMPERATURE | DUNLAP, JONATHAN M | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18709342 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOGASES FROM A LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK | MISHRA, DEEPA | 1657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18709329 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY BIOGASES FROM A LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK | MISHRA, DEEPA | 1657 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18708993 | HIGH FLAVONOID CORN AND USES THEREOF | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 1663 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18703417 | ENHANCED NANOENERGETIC METALS VIA IN SITU REDUCTION OF NATIVE OXIDE LAYER | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18636898 | REGENERATING FUNCTIONAL NEURONS FOR TREATMENT OF HEMORRHAGIC STROKE | WANG, CHANG YU | 1675 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18701074 | EXFOLIATION AND DISPERSION OF CARBON NANOTHREADS | FIGUEROA, JOHN J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18698567 | FABRICATION OF ELASTOMER BASED NANOCOMPOSITES | BOYLE, KARA BRADY | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18695915 | Integrated Circuit Design for Digital Computing and Information Processing of Mechanical Signals | MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | 2812 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18693441 | Rolling Circle Amplification-Coupled Glass Nanopore Counting of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Salivary miRNAs | BERTAGNA, ANGELA MARIE | 1681 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18690364 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR REDUCING OR PREVENTING FIRE BLIGHT DISEASE IN A POME FRUIT TREE | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1645 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18689620 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND STIMULATED STRUCTURES AND DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC SPECIES | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18688389 | NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR CHEMOTHERA0PY DRUG CAPTURE | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18293305 | TECHNIQUES FOR ISOLATION OR ANALYSIS OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS FROM PATIENT SAMPLES | DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | 1657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18392419 | Artemisia anti-bacterial compositions and methods of use for inhibition of cells of Mycobacterium species | BARSKY, JARED | 1628 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18568550 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF AT LEAST ONE RARE EARTH ELEMENT | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18565790 | ELECTRO-MECHANICAL POLYMERS AND DEVICES CONTAINING THE SAME | NGUYEN, HA S | 1766 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18562068 | ONCOLYTIC VIRUS BASED CANCER THERAPY | JACKSON III, WALTER | 1638 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18490614 | PHOTOTHERMAL CURING OF THERMOSET RESINS | SONG, INJA | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18264145 | METHOD OF MAKING HIGH VOLUMETRIC ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITOR | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 2847 | §103 | Final Rejection | 77d | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18270914 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING HAIR LOSS | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1612 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18268400 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18332359 | A MULTIPLEX CRISPR BASED ASSAY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 1683 | §112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18037751 | INHIBITORS OF IGF2BP1-RNA BINDING | MCANANY, JOHN D | 1625 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18030390 | NOVEL REDOX-BASED THERAPEUTIC APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER | FETTEROLF, BRANDON J | 1626 | §112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
| 18005944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO WATER ELECTROLYSIS | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jan 18, 2023 |
| 18010690 | SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR 1 AGONIST AND LIPOSOMAL FORMULATIONS THEREOF | MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS | 1625 | §103 | Final Rejection | 80d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17928985 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM TO LESSEN HUMAN CORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION AND SPREAD | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17796385 | RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM ACIDIC SOLUTIONS | CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
| 17758539 | Biodegradable and Multifunctional Neural Block Devices | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jul 08, 2022 |
| 17783393 | GRAPHENE-BASED GAS SENSING PLATFORM | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2022 |
| 17780716 | SLOW RELEASE COMPOSITE ACTIVE FILMS/PACKAGING TO REDUCE FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND IMPROVE SHELF LIFE OF RAW AND READY TO EAT FOODS | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2022 |
| 17719833 | LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA CATHETER FOR LESS-INVASIVE, LOCALIZED TREATMENT OF ENDOCARDITIS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS | DELLA, JAYMI E | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 168d overdue | Pending | Apr 13, 2022 |
| 17656587 | COLD SINTERING PROCESS OF USING SODIUM BETA ALUMINA | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
| 17641188 | ALKALI-SILICA MITIGATION ADMIXTURE, METHODS OF MAKING AND KITS COMPRISING THE SAME | CHAU, LISA N | 1785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2022 |
| 17599188 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO TREATMENT OF CANCER | MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS | 1625 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2021 |
| 17173853 | PERCUTANEOUS HEART PUMP | KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB | 3792 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialThe Penn State Research Foundation has 48 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 39 art units and 46 examiners.
Deepa Mishra has the most, with 2 of The Penn State Research Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
