Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 29, 2026

The Trustees of Indiana University

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

30 pending office actions • 18 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

17
Hard (57%)
10
Medium (33%)
3
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only6 (20%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only3 (10%)
Double-patenting + other2 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (53%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

17
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
10
Business / Other
33% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL 1 100.0% +0.0%
TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE 1 58.1% +34.6%
MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 1 41.8% +61.1%
VASISTH, VISHAL V 1 72.3% +33.4%
VO, HUYEN X 1 83.3% +19.9%
WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1 48.2% +59.8%
OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY 1 89.1% +3.7%
POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1 64.0% +18.0%
CHONG, KIMBERLY 1 72.4% +13.0%
RILEY, JEZIA 1 82.9% +7.3%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18886296 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING NEURAL NETWORK-BASED PERSONALIZED SPEECH VO, HUYEN X —

Hard Cases (17)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18042931 METHODS TO PREVENT HIGH-GRADE SEROUS OVARIAN CANCER AND BREAST CANCER BY ADMINISTERING ANTIPROGESTINS GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 37d overdue
18262799 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR METHODS OF USE HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 8d overdue
18027476 FOXP3S-PROMOTING MORPHOLINOS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 5d overdue
18040834 IN VIVO LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS SHIN, DANA H 9d
17791981 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIRUS PREPARATIONS TO REDUCE HETEROGENEITY SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK 16d
18541121 POTENTIATING THE TUMOR-SELECTIVE EFFECTS OF NQO1-BIOACTIVATABLE AGENT BY USE OF CMET INHIBITOR ARCORIA, PAUL JOSEPH 28d
19083739 HAND-HELD MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL —
18927321 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING ADDITIVE PRINTING PROCESSES TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18913249 DENTAL IMPLANTS, DENTAL ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF IMPLANTING AND REPAIRING DENTAL ASSEMBLIES MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 33d
18927321 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING ADDITIVE PRINTING PROCESSES TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE —
18851829 CYTOCOMPATIBLE HYDROGELS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME VASISTH, VISHAL V —
18886296 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING NEURAL NETWORK-BASED PERSONALIZED SPEECH VO, HUYEN X —
18794321 METHODS TO TREAT RENAL DISORDERS USING CALCIUM CHANNEL INHIBITORS WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN —
18699774 METHOD OF REGULATING PULMONARY ARTERY VASCULAR REMODELING POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA —
18694650 DEPLETION OF FNDC5 REDUCES CANCER INDUCED MUSCLE LOSS/CACHEXIA CHONG, KIMBERLY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1621 2
1635 2
1744 1
3772 1
2656 1
1653 1
1675 1
1764 1
1631 1
1799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19083739 HAND-HELD MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
18927321 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING ADDITIVE PRINTING PROCESSES TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE 1744 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18913249 DENTAL IMPLANTS, DENTAL ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF IMPLANTING AND REPAIRING DENTAL ASSEMBLIES MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 §112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18851829 CYTOCOMPATIBLE HYDROGELS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME VASISTH, VISHAL V — §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18886296 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING NEURAL NETWORK-BASED PERSONALIZED SPEECH VO, HUYEN X 2656 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18794321 METHODS TO TREAT RENAL DISORDERS USING CALCIUM CHANNEL INHIBITORS WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18649689 ANIMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18699774 METHOD OF REGULATING PULMONARY ARTERY VASCULAR REMODELING POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18694650 DEPLETION OF FNDC5 REDUCES CANCER INDUCED MUSCLE LOSS/CACHEXIA CHONG, KIMBERLY — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18691513 ZWITTERIONIC SURFACES FOR LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE RILEY, JEZIA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18599502 TARGETS AND BIOMARKERS FOR TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENTS BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18688475 COMPOSITION AND METHOD TO TREAT CACHEXIA DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18294722 EPIGENETIC MODULATORS FOR TISSUE REPROGRAMMING RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18541121 POTENTIATING THE TUMOR-SELECTIVE EFFECTS OF NQO1-BIOACTIVATABLE AGENT BY USE OF CMET INHIBITOR ARCORIA, PAUL JOSEPH 1621 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18535605 ULTRA-HIGH SPECIFIC ENERGY CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME RASSOULI, LILI — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2023
18546910 METABOLIC BIOMARKERS FOR ASSESSING HEART FAILURE IN A SINGLE VENTRICLE PEDIATRIC SUBJECT CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1675 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 17, 2023
18264508 SYNTHESIS OF PEG-BASED THIOL-NORBORNENE HYDROGELS WITH TUNABLE HYDROYLITIC DEGRADATION PROPERTIES BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2023
18262799 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR METHODS OF USE HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1631 §102§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18272455 A DEVICE HAVING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR CREATING A HOLLOW, THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORGANOIDS AND CULTURES LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE 1799 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 14, 2023
18261451 METHODS TO PREDICT EFFECTS OF PERIOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATION OF METHADONE TO OPTIMIZE PAIN RELIEF AND AVOID ADVERSE EFFECTS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 13, 2023
18260115 TOCOTRIENOL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO TREAT NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1621 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18027476 FOXP3S-PROMOTING MORPHOLINOS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1635 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18042931 METHODS TO PREVENT HIGH-GRADE SEROUS OVARIAN CANCER AND BREAST CANCER BY ADMINISTERING ANTIPROGESTINS GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 1629 §102§103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18041241 QUORUM SENSING INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE OTTON, ALICIA L 1699 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2023
18040834 IN VIVO LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS SHIN, DANA H 1635 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 07, 2023
17923055 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING PROLIFERATION IN CARDIOMYOCYTES STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 03, 2022
17966286 MAPPING CRITICAL BRAIN SITES USING INTRACRANIAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND MACHINE LEARNING JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH 3798 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2022
17937136 SEI PREFORMED GRAPHITE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS, APPARATUS, AND PRODUCTS JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1785 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2022
17870785 N-PROPANOL/H2O MIXED SOLVENT COMPOSITIONS FOR MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM 1724 §103 Final Rejection 163d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2022
17791981 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIRUS PREPARATIONS TO REDUCE HETEROGENEITY SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK 1671 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 11, 2022

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