Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
59 pending office actions • 45 art units • 58 examiners • 0 of 59 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 85 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Texas A&M University System has 57 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The portfolio spans 57 distinct examiners and 45 distinct art units. The matching office-action and examiner figures show that each pending matter is associated with a separate examiner, while the lower art-unit figure reflects some technical grouping at the art-unit level.
LAMPRECHT, JOEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. This limited concentration means that docket oversight should address many examiner relationships rather than rely on a narrow set of recurring contacts. The breadth of assignments also supports maintaining claim, disclosure, and response strategies that can be adapted across multiple biotechnology and pharmaceutical examination contexts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 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. 20 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 | 2 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (8%) |
| §103 only | 18 (31%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| §112 only | 5 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OQUENDO, CARIB A | 2 | 78.0% | +12.2% |
| LAMPRECHT, JOEL | 1 | 81.4% | +16.5% |
| RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 1 | 76.5% | +12.0% |
| GILLS, KURTIS | 1 | 58.0% | +28.8% |
| KHAYER, SOHANA T | 1 | 82.1% | +18.3% |
| SINGH, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 77.1% | +2.2% |
| CALAMITA, HEATHER | 1 | 38.1% | +9.6% |
| TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 1 | 70.0% | +31.7% |
| CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | 1 | 75.0% | +29.2% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.3% | +34.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645578 | CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM BASED ON OUTAGE STATE OF RISK PREDICTION | ULLAH, ARIF | 147d overdue |
| 18526487 | METHODS OF TREATING COMPOUNDS USING VISIBLE LIGHT-ENABLED ACTIVATION OF PEROXYDISULFATE | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 31d overdue |
| 18670411 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASE | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 30d overdue |
| 17640128 | USE OF ENCAPSULATED STEROLS TO MODIFY GROWTH OF CROPS, CONTROL, AGRICULTURAL PESTS AND AS NON-TOXIC PRE-EMERGENT HERBICIDES | FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH | 22d overdue |
| 18288289 | INTRACELLULAR TARGETED NANOCARRIERS: TOWARDS CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY FOR NONINVASIVE NEUROREGENERATION TREATMENT | SAEED, ALI S | 19d overdue |
| 18123171 | OFFSHORE ANCHORING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | BURGESS, MARC R | 15d overdue |
| 17772539 | PROTEASE SWITCH FOR DUAL TARGETS CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T CELL THERAPY | REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA | 4d overdue |
| 18224207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF HIGHLY REACTIVE ALKALI METAL DENDRITES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENTS | BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS | 12d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19309046 | NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF MATERIAL PARAMETERS | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | — |
| 19265643 | INERT GAS ENABLED EXTREME WEAR RESISTANCE OF ELECTRIFIED MOVING COMPONENTS | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | — |
| 19197358 | GAMIFIED VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTION LAB | GILLS, KURTIS | — |
| 19192820 | CYCLOIDAL LEGS-AUGMENTED WHEELS FOR STAIR AND OBSTACLE CLIMBING IN MOBILE ROBOTS | KHAYER, SOHANA T | — |
| 19072786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING A SURGE OF WATER | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | — |
| 19072770 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING A SURGE OF WATER | OQUENDO, CARIB A | — |
| 19072749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING A SURGE OF WATER | OQUENDO, CARIB A | — |
| 19041936 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MOTILITY-BASED DETECTION OF BACTERIA AND EVALUATION OF SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3678 | 3 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 3798 | 2 |
| 1788 | 2 |
| 1672 | 2 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 1663 | 2 |
| 1657 | 2 |
| 3625 | 2 |
| 1631 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19309046 | NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF MATERIAL PARAMETERS | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | 3798 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19265643 | INERT GAS ENABLED EXTREME WEAR RESISTANCE OF ELECTRIFIED MOVING COMPONENTS | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19197358 | GAMIFIED VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTION LAB | GILLS, KURTIS | 3624 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19192820 | CYCLOIDAL LEGS-AUGMENTED WHEELS FOR STAIR AND OBSTACLE CLIMBING IN MOBILE ROBOTS | KHAYER, SOHANA T | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19171265 | HIGH TORQUE DENSITY ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH DIRECTLY COOLED END WINDINGS | SINGH, ALEXANDER A | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2025 |
| 19086700 | PURPLE-FLESHED SWEETPOTATO LINES AND METHODS THEREOF | CALAMITA, HEATHER | 1684 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19072786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING A SURGE OF WATER | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 3678 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19072770 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING A SURGE OF WATER | OQUENDO, CARIB A | 3678 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19072749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING A SURGE OF WATER | OQUENDO, CARIB A | 3678 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19041936 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MOTILITY-BASED DETECTION OF BACTERIA AND EVALUATION OF SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19018495 | BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19017990 | MEDICAL DEVICES COATED WITH SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER FOAMS | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19000508 | ANTIBODIES FOR TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE | CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE | 1672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18862423 | SURFACE-MICROMACHINED FABRY-PÉROT SENSORS AND ARRAY | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18914168 | MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED WEARABLE SENSOR WITH PAPER MICROFLUIDICS FOR REAL TIME SWEAT BIOMARKER ANALYSIS | LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2024 |
| 18849273 | NANOCOMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18820428 | Drug Eluting Shape Memory Foam | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1759 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18804525 | CORN ENDOTYPE-DERIVED POLYPEPTIDES CAPABLE OF METABOLIZING FUMONISIN | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18837026 | SARS-COV-2 NEUTRALIZING SYNTHETIC PROTEINS | SALVOZA, M FRANCO G | 1672 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18782100 | LOCKED APTAMER HAIRPIN INTEGRATED HYBRIDIZATION CHAIN REACTION FOR RAPID, INSTRUMENT-FREE BIOMARKER DETECTION | TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK | 1682 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18680572 | SELF-SUFFICIENT LOW-COST MITIGATION MODEL TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE IN POWER UTILITY WILDFIRE RESPONSE | NGUYEN, NGA X | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18670411 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASE | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18668700 | ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE INCORPORATING SIZE- AND MORPHOLOGY-CONTROLLED METASTABLE VANADIUM PENTOXIDE AS A CATHODE MATERIAL FOR ION BATTERIES | DOVE, TRACY MAE | 1725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18645578 | CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM BASED ON OUTAGE STATE OF RISK PREDICTION | ULLAH, ARIF | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18638104 | MACHINE LEARNING METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO DETECT INTERNAL MARKERS USING ULTRASOUND IMAGING | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18632858 | SUSTAINABLE ENERGY-BASED CONTACTLESS REVERSE OSMOSIS (CRO) BY LOW ENERGY PUMP FOR SMART PORTABLE WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM | SHIPMAN, KYLE HARRISON | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18608584 | EX-SITU DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENTS OF LIQUID-CONTAINER RELATIONSHIPS | MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18591213 | ABCG-TYPE SORGOLEONE TRANSPORTER FROM SORGHUM BICOLOR | SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18437149 | INTELLIGENT CONTROL FOR CELLULAR RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS | MILLS, DONALD L | 2462 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18292542 | VACCINE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BRUCELLA STRAINS AND METHODS THEREOF | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18574081 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE MIMICKING TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | 1799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18526487 | METHODS OF TREATING COMPOUNDS USING VISIBLE LIGHT-ENABLED ACTIVATION OF PEROXYDISULFATE | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1777 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18562374 | BIODEGRADABLE MUCOADHESIVE PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS AND METHODS THEREOF | MERCIER, MELISSA S | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18562601 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING STABLE AMORPHOUS SOLID SOLUTIONS AND DISPERSIONS | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | 1658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18290485 | A PLATFORM FOR THE FAST, LABEL-FREE, AUTOMATED EVALUATION OF STERILITY AND BIOBURDEN | SHI, TINGCHEN | 1657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18558908 | INHIBITORS OF SARS-COV-2 | JACKSON, SHAWQUIA | 1626 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18558995 | SMALL MOLECULE ANTAGONISTS AND AGONISTS OF ARTHROPOD KININ RECEPTORS FOR PEST CONTROL | BAUER, BRIANNA LEE | 1623 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18288289 | INTRACELLULAR TARGETED NANOCARRIERS: TOWARDS CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY FOR NONINVASIVE NEUROREGENERATION TREATMENT | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18484667 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ADAPTIVE IMMUNE MODULATION | LEONARD, ARTHUR S | 1631 | §101§112DP | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18450884 | Nuclear Reactor Thermal Management System | WASIL, DANIEL D | 3646 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18358846 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS | BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18224207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF HIGHLY REACTIVE ALKALI METAL DENDRITES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENTS | BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS | 1692 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18273293 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF STRUCTURE AND PROPERTY OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES | FUELLING, MICHAEL | 3992 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18346632 | IN-CORE PRINTED CIRCUIT HEAT EXCHANGER | DAVIS, SHARON M | 3646 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18344524 | METHODS AND PLATFORM FOR SCREENING AND SELECTING METABOLITES AND THEIR RECEPTORS | MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE | 1681 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18123171 | OFFSHORE ANCHORING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
| 18113472 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING THE MANAGEMENT OF WORKSITES | AUSTIN, JAMIE H | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Feb 23, 2023 |
| 18112279 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING PHYSIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT IN VITRO VESSELS | MARTIN, PAUL C | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2023 |
| 18020771 | MOBILE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT STATIONS | TRAN, JULIE THI | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18019189 | BONDING DISSIMILAR MATERIALS USING RADIO FREQUENCY WAVE CURING | DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | 1767 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialThe Texas A&M University System has 59 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 45 art units and 58 examiners.
Carib A Oquendo has the most, with 2 of The Texas A&M University System's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
