Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University Court of the University of Edinburgh has 10 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 10 examiners and 10 art units, showing complete dispersion across the reported examination structure.
BUI, ANDREW THANH is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The distribution favors application-specific prosecution planning and does not indicate a recurring examiner cluster.
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 | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUI, ANDREW THANH | 1 | 80.9% | +9.1% |
| CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 1 | 88.1% | +9.3% |
| DONOHUE, SEAN R | 1 | 41.4% | +21.0% |
| GRABER, JAMES J | 1 | 46.5% | +57.6% |
| COLE, HOUSTON DAVID | 1 | — | — |
| BURKHART, MICHAEL D | 1 | 62.4% | +11.8% |
| PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1 | 52.5% | +8.4% |
| BOWLES, DAVID PAUL | 1 | 69.6% | +28.1% |
| MCANANY, JOHN D | 1 | 65.1% | +46.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19472202 | TURBINE BLADE | BUI, ANDREW THANH | — |
| 18866736 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | — |
| 18890620 | TSPO Binders | DONOHUE, SEAN R | — |
| 18832458 | RECOMBINANT OPTIMIZED MECP2 CASSETTES AND METHODS FOR TREATING RETT SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS | GRABER, JAMES J | — |
| 18717317 | FAP DETECTION | COLE, HOUSTON DAVID | — |
| 18580909 | METHOD OF SELECTIVE PRECIPITATION OF METALS USING AMIDE COMPOUNDS | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | — |
| 18568921 | GRANZYME B DETECTION | BOWLES, DAVID PAUL | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18890620 | TSPO Binders | DONOHUE, SEAN R | — |
| 18832458 | RECOMBINANT OPTIMIZED MECP2 CASSETTES AND METHODS FOR TREATING RETT SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS | GRABER, JAMES J | — |
| 18690014 | GENETIC RESISTANCE TO VIRAL DISEASE IN SALMONID FISH | BURKHART, MICHAEL D | — |
| 18568921 | GRANZYME B DETECTION | BOWLES, DAVID PAUL | — |
| 18010440 | ENHANCED MITOCHONDRIAL RESPONSE WITH THIOZOLIDINEDIONE, PIOGLITAZONE OR ROSIGLITAZONE | MCANANY, JOHN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19472202 | TURBINE BLADE | BUI, ANDREW THANH | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 18866736 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18890620 | TSPO Binders | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 1618 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18832458 | RECOMBINANT OPTIMIZED MECP2 CASSETTES AND METHODS FOR TREATING RETT SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS | GRABER, JAMES J | 1631 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18717317 | FAP DETECTION | COLE, HOUSTON DAVID | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18690014 | GENETIC RESISTANCE TO VIRAL DISEASE IN SALMONID FISH | BURKHART, MICHAEL D | 1638 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18580909 | METHOD OF SELECTIVE PRECIPITATION OF METALS USING AMIDE COMPOUNDS | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18568921 | GRANZYME B DETECTION | BOWLES, DAVID PAUL | 1653 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18010440 | ENHANCED MITOCHONDRIAL RESPONSE WITH THIOZOLIDINEDIONE, PIOGLITAZONE OR ROSIGLITAZONE | MCANANY, JOHN D | 1625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialThe University Court of the University of Edinburgh has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 9 examiners.
Andrew Thanh Bui has the most, with 1 of The University Court of the University of Edinburgh's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
