Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
565 pending office actions • 170 art units • 466 examiners • 0 of 565 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 549 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Regents of the University of California has 566 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The docket spans 467 distinct examiners and 168 distinct art units, making it a highly distributed prosecution operation. The number of examination assignments indicates that portfolio oversight, related-case coordination, and consistent internal treatment of recurring claim issues are central management needs.
THUESON, HANNA MARIE is the busiest examiner with 4 pending matters. No individual examiner accounts for a substantial share of the supplied docket, so examiner concentration is not the principal organizing feature. Counsel may gain more value from technology and art-unit segmentation, supported by centralized records of amendments, disclosures, and arguments used across related applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 169 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. 169 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 | 7 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 68 (12%) |
| §103 only | 128 (23%) |
| §102 only | 15 (3%) |
| §112 only | 44 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 12 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 46 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 241 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 4 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THUESON, HANNA MARIE | 4 | 76.7% | +28.2% |
| ESSEX, LAURA ANN | 4 | 60.0% | +35.8% |
| JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3 | 68.7% | +21.0% |
| YU, TIAN NMN | 3 | 55.6% | +19.3% |
| ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI | 3 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 3 | 45.4% | +40.5% |
| JOHANNSEN, DIANA B | 3 | 53.2% | +42.8% |
| HA, JULIE | 3 | 75.7% | +44.1% |
| NGUYEN, QUANG | 3 | 37.9% | +52.6% |
| ANDERSON, REBECCA L | 3 | 73.3% | +23.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18110292 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ACTIVATED CARBON | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 191d overdue |
| 18634406 | SYNTHETIC GENOMIC SAFE HARBORS AND METHODS THEREOF | SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN | 131d overdue |
| 17617285 | SYSTEMS COMPRISING SUBSTRATES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME FOR DETECTION OF PANCREATIC CANCERS | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 124d overdue |
| 18532212 | DECOMPOSABLE AND RECYCLABLE EPOXY THERMOSETTING RESINS | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 113d overdue |
| 18248189 | MOTIF NEOEPITOPES FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY | CHATTIN, AMY MARIE | 105d overdue |
| 17617190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME MULTICOLOR SHORTWAVE INFRARED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING | FAYE, MAMADOU | 74d overdue |
| 17773283 | DEGRADATION OF SURFACE PROTEINS USING BISPECIFIC BINDING AGENT | CHATTIN, AMY MARIE | 66d overdue |
| 18021782 | SEMI-IMPLANTABLE HEARING AID | TRAN, LARA LINH | 60d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17625687 | LIPID-MODIFIED OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | YU, TIAN NMN | 91d overdue |
| 17570997 | N-SUBSTITUTED INDOLES AND OTHER HETEROCYCLES FOR TREATING BRAIN DISORDERS | ANDERSON, REBECCA L | 50d overdue |
| 17999762 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EPIGENOME EDITING | NGUYEN, QUANG | 35d overdue |
| 18569721 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND MENTAL DISEASES | ANDERSON, REBECCA L | 18d overdue |
| 18354719 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOOD PRODUCTS USING CELLS GROWN IN CULTURE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANIMAL HUSBANDRY | THUESON, HANNA MARIE | 34d |
| 17787152 | STABILIZATION OF MHC COMPLEXES | ESSEX, LAURA ANN | 34d |
| 18569550 | PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS | THUESON, HANNA MARIE | 83d |
| 18028740 | COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR MODULATING TCF4 GENE EXPESSION AND TREATING PITT HOPKINS SYNDROME | THUESON, HANNA MARIE | 86d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 27 |
| 1643 | 16 |
| 1638 | 15 |
| 1632 | 13 |
| 1631 | 12 |
| 1682 | 12 |
| 1675 | 12 |
| 3796 | 10 |
| 1645 | 10 |
| 1634 | 10 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19372053 | Compositions, Devices, Systems, and Methods for Using a Nanopore | BRAZIN, JACQUELINE | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19342452 | COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES AND BODY SURFACE ELECTRODE POSITIONING | CATTUNGAL, SANJAY | 3798 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19168290 | Asymmetrically-powered Neural Image Compression with Shallow Decoders | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19331024 | Microcapsules for Controlled Flow Diverter Formation in Geothermal Reservoirs and Method of Use Thereof | AHUJA, ANURADHA | 3674 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 19146895 | MECHANICAL ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERA-BASED BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING | ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED | 3797 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19141255 | SOLAR CELLS ABSORPTIVE TO SOME PHOTON ENERGIES AND TRANSPARENT TO OTHERS | DINH, BACH T | 1726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19228640 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF HOSPITAL QUALITY MEASURES | BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | 3682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19222829 | SUPER RESOLUTION HIGH SPEED IMAGING THROUGH APPLICATION OF STRUCTURED LIGHT PATTERNS | HASSAN, MEHEDI NMN | 2637 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19214843 | MULTI-SITE TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE SPINAL CORD FOR FACILITATION OF LOCOMOTION | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19210552 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING OF DEEP TISSUE MODULUS BY STRETCHABLE ULTRASONIC ARRAYS | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 3798 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19206460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING HIERARCHICAL IMITATION LEARNING TO TRAIN A ROBOT TO PERFORM A TASK | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19200689 | Gene editing to provide insect resistance in crops | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19170625 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SORTING MOVING PARTICLES | KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | 3653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19115947 | LOW HEAT LOSS LATENT HEAT BATTERY | ALVARE, PAUL | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19083200 | DEPTH SPECTROSCOPY | HANEY, NOAH JAMES | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19079888 | Deep Learning for Four-Dimensional (4D) Modeling of Glioblastoma Multiforme with Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) Therapy | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | 2661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19109537 | Systems and Methods for Wirelessly Powered Sources with Programmable Amplitude and Spectrum Spreading Using Pulse Width Modulation | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19059139 | Calibration Free In-Vivo Measurement of Analytes Using Electrochemical Sensors | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19104187 | NATURAL-BASED SALICYLIC ACID POLY(ANHYDRIDE ESTER) HYDROGELS FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS | DAVIS, BRIAN J | 1614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19048574 | RAPID PROCESS FOR VAPOR-DEPOSITED ZIF-8 METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK (MOF) FOR LOW-K DIELECTRIC SEAMLESS HIGH ASPECT RATIO GAP FILL | GATES, BRADFORD M | 1713 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19100521 | Systems and Methods of Non-Contact Force Sensing | LYONS, MICHAEL A | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18998479 | Imaging Using Reflected Illuminated Structures | AHMED, JAMIL | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 |
| 19032905 | TRANSCUTANEOUS NEUROMODULATION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | TEJANI, ANKIT D | 3796 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18997477 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR IONOCALORIC HEATING AND COOLING | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19026969 | RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE DEMODULATING 4N-QAM DIRECTLY IN ANALOG DOMAIN WITHOUT ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) | DEPPE, BETSY LEE | 2633 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18993797 | Methods and Systems for Detecting Stroke | UCHITEL, EMILY RUTH ABIGAIL | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19017229 | POPULATION-BASED DATA-DRIVEN GATING BASED ON CLUSTERING SHORT-FRAME DATA FEATURES | HSIEH, PING Y | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19010425 | MULTIPLE MODALITY BODY COMPOSITION ANALYSIS | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18881081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY BREATHING AMPLITUDES FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION | DHOOGE, DEVIN J | 2677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19007673 | LIGHT-FIELD TOMOGRAPHIC FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY (LIFT-FLIM) | HO, ALLEN C | 2884 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18999869 | ISOFORM NELL-1 PEPTIDE | MOLOYE, TITILAYO | 1632 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18987245 | MAGNONIC COMBINATORIAL MEMORY | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18984659 | Unibody Endoskeletal Transtibial Prosthetic Devices and Digital Fabrication Workflow | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875016 | HOLOGRAPHIC METASURFACE GRATING ELEMENTS FOR AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY | PICHLER, MARIN | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18873599 | POSITRONIUM LIFETIME IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION | KEFAYATI, SOORENA | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18974619 | HYBRID FLU-CORONAVIRUS VACCINE | ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 1671 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18872768 | STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS VACCINE | ZEMAN, ROBERT A | 1645 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18871774 | Motion Capture and Biomechanical Assessment of Goal-Directed Movements | COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18961937 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS BY VIRUS PARTICLES IN PLANTS | ROBINSON, KEITH O NEAL | 1661 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18960318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-ACTIVATED PARTICLE SORTING BASED ON AI GATING | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 2674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18961288 | RECONSTRUCTION OF BRAIN ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY USING SPATIALLY RESOLVED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY | JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH | 3798 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18959285 | IN VIVO 3D BIOPRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD | DARNELL, BAILEIGH K | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18868132 | METHODS FOR COBINAMIDE SYNTHESIS | YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN | 1629 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18867577 | ORGANOMETALLIC GOLD(III) COMPLEXES FOR RADIOLABELING BIOMOLECULES FOR APPLICATIONS IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) MOLECULAR IMAGING | MOSHER, ERIC PARKER | 1612 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18951229 | HEMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM | PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE | 3791 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18936590 | Ergonomic Indirect Ophthalmoscope | ABDUR, RAHMAN | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18936581 | ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR ARRAY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR POINT-OF-CARE DETECTION | QIAN, SHIZHI | 1795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18862453 | SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES DERIVED FROM TMGMV IMPROVE SOIL TRANSPORT OF SMALL, HYDROPHOBIC AGROCHEMICALS | KIM, DANIELLE A | 1615 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18861376 | Hollow Core Optical Waveguiding Enabled by Zero-Index Materials | CHU, CHRIS H | 2874 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18860177 | OSMOLYSIS-BASED RECOVERY OF BIOMACROMOLECULES FROM ENGINEERED HALOTOLERANT MICROORGANISMS | CHHAY, BONIRATH | 1645 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThe Regents of the University of California has 565 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 170 art units and 466 examiners.
Hanna Marie Thueson has the most, with 4 of The Regents of the University of California's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
