Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
57 pending office actions • 34 art units • 57 examiners • 0 of 57 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 82 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Texas A&M University System currently has 57 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This portfolio is exceptionally diverse, with 57 distinct examiners assigned to the pending actions. This one-to-one ratio of examiners to actions, spread across 34 distinct art units, indicates that every single pending application is being reviewed by a different person, presenting a significant management challenge for the university's legal team.
Joel Lamprecht is listed as the busiest examiner, though he currently manages only 1 pending office action. This confirms the total lack of examiner concentration across the 57 pending office actions. The distribution across 34 distinct art units further highlights the broad scientific scope of the university's research, requiring specialized legal expertise for each of the distinct examiners involved to ensure that every unique pharmaceutical or biotechnological innovation is properly protected.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (9%) |
| §103 only | 23 (40%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| §112 only | 3 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMPRECHT, JOEL | 1 | 81.4% | +16.8% |
| RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 1 | 76.3% | +12.0% |
| GILLS, KURTIS | 1 | 57.9% | +29.2% |
| KHAYER, SOHANA T | 1 | 81.9% | +18.7% |
| SINGH, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 77.0% | +2.3% |
| CALAMITA, HEATHER | 1 | 38.1% | +9.6% |
| WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 1 | 82.5% | +17.8% |
| GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1 | 57.9% | +4.8% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.2% | +34.8% |
| CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE | 1 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055481 | DEPLOYABLE BACKREST, FOOTRAIL AND ANTI-FATIGUE MAT ERGONOMIC OFFICE STOOL | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
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 6 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 | — |
| 19055481 | DEPLOYABLE BACKREST, FOOTRAIL AND ANTI-FATIGUE MAT ERGONOMIC OFFICE STOOL | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 19018495 | BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 3 |
| 1657 | 2 |
| 3625 | 2 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 1631 | 2 |
| 3646 | 2 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19309046 | NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF MATERIAL PARAMETERS | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | — | §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 | — | §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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19171265 | HIGH TORQUE DENSITY ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH DIRECTLY COOLED END WINDINGS | SINGH, ALEXANDER A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2025 |
| 19086700 | PURPLE-FLESHED SWEETPOTATO LINES AND METHODS THEREOF | CALAMITA, HEATHER | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19055481 | DEPLOYABLE BACKREST, FOOTRAIL AND ANTI-FATIGUE MAT ERGONOMIC OFFICE STOOL | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19017990 | MEDICAL DEVICES COATED WITH SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER FOAMS | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19018495 | BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19000508 | ANTIBODIES FOR TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE | CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18862423 | SURFACE-MICROMACHINED FABRY-PÉROT SENSORS AND ARRAY | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — | §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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2024 |
| 18849273 | NANOCOMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 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 | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18787309 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO MEASURE MULTIPHASE FLOW | VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18782100 | LOCKED APTAMER HAIRPIN INTEGRATED HYBRIDIZATION CHAIN REACTION FOR RAPID, INSTRUMENT-FREE BIOMARKER DETECTION | TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK | — | §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 | Final Rejection | 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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18634223 | THERMOSTABLE RAMAN INTERACTION PROFILING (TRIP) | SMITH, MAURICE C | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 85d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18632858 | SUSTAINABLE ENERGY-BASED CONTACTLESS REVERSE OSMOSIS (CRO) BY LOW ENERGY PUMP FOR SMART PORTABLE WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM | SHIPMAN, KYLE HARRISON | — | §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 |
| 18437149 | INTELLIGENT CONTROL FOR CELLULAR RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS | MILLS, DONALD L | 2462 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18418861 | MULTI-SENSOR UPPER ARM BAND FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS AND ALGORITHMS TO PREDICT GLYCEMIC EVENTS | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 18565855 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL CONSTITUTIVE MODEL PARAMETERS | LEE, SANGKYUNG | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 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 |
| 18273293 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF STRUCTURE AND PROPERTY OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES | FUELLING, MICHAEL | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18001604 | DENTAL COMPONENTS | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17904873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES | COUNTS, GARY W | 1678 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Aug 24, 2022 |
| 17772539 | PROTEASE SWITCH FOR DUAL TARGETS CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T CELL THERAPY | REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA | 1632 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2022 |
| 17640128 | USE OF ENCAPSULATED STEROLS TO MODIFY GROWTH OF CROPS, CONTROL, AGRICULTURAL PESTS AND AS NON-TOXIC PRE-EMERGENT HERBICIDES | FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH | 1617 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17639711 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RHEOLOGY PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS OF DRILLING FLUIDS IN REAL-TIME | MORELLO, JEAN F | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2022 |
| 17588458 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE CONTRAST AGENTS AND METHODS THEREOF | SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H | 1618 | §103 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Jan 31, 2022 |
| 17631390 | ANTICANCER AGENTS | MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS | 1625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
| 17609489 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ONE OR MORE PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS USING BIO-IMPEDANCE | ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2021 |
| 17494759 | FUNCTIONALIZED PYRANO[2,3-D]PYRIMIDIN-7-ONE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE | KIFLE, BRUCK | 1624 | §112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Oct 05, 2021 |
| 17352135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIMICKING A BLOOD VESSEL OF A PATIENT | SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 1631 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jun 18, 2021 |
| 16625226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUFF-LESS BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2019 |
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