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Last updated: April 19, 2026

The University of Chicago

41 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
13
Final Rejections
28
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19330958 COMPOSITION AND METHODS RELATED TO MODIFICATION OF 5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE (5-hmC) SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 Non-Final OA Sep 17, 2025
19060948 Lip-based user interface system SITTA, GRANT 2622 Non-Final OA Feb 24, 2025
18847129 TRANSRADIAL APPROACH/ANGIOGRAPHY BOARD MILO, MICHAEL 3786 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2024
18708916 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING IMMUNE TOLERANCE RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 Non-Final OA May 09, 2024
18657117 PRINTHEAD, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT WRITE VAPOR DEPOSITION FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1741 Non-Final OA May 07, 2024
18425731 PROBIOTICS TO RESCUE MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION-INDUCED NEURODEVELOPMENT DEFICITS HINES, JANA A 1645 Non-Final OA Jan 29, 2024
18534086 SYNTHETIC DNA BINDING DOMAIN PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF COFFA, SERGIO 1658 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2023
18290499 STRAIN-INSENSITIVE SOFT PRESSURE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING PRESSURE TRAN, TRAN M. 2855 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2023
18559180 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING PROTEASE-ACTIVATED THERAPEUTIC AGENTS YU, MISOOK 1641 Final Rejection Nov 06, 2023
18554835 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IN-QUEUE OPTIMIZATIONS FOR QUANTUM CLOUD COMPUTING ANYA, CHARLES E 2194 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2023
18466204 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1799 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18280653 METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPECIFICITY OF CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1692 Non-Final OA Sep 06, 2023
18266404 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 Non-Final OA Jun 10, 2023
18202197 MULTI-ELEMENT ATOM ARRAY STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 Final Rejection May 25, 2023
18254301 POROUS AND MONOLITHIC CARBON MEMBRANES AND THEIR USE HUANG, RYAN 1777 Non-Final OA May 24, 2023
18138015 RAPID LEARNING WITH HIGH LOCALIZED SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY TRAN, QUOC A 2145 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2023
18246512 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND METHODS OF USE MERTZ, PREMA MARIA 1674 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2023
18042958 Nucleic Acid-Derivatized Therapeutics VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY 1643 Non-Final OA Feb 24, 2023
18172146 MECHANICALLY ADAPTIVE MATERIALS NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 Non-Final OA Feb 21, 2023
18022296 NANOPARTICLES CONTAINING MULTIPLE CLEAVABLE PRODUGS FOR CANCER THERAPY HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 Final Rejection Feb 21, 2023
18022004 MODIFIED SERINE PROTEASE PROPROTEINS ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1651 Final Rejection Feb 17, 2023
18019972 Pharmaceuticals for Treating or Preventing Nidoviruses and Picornaviruses RAO, SAVITHA M 1691 Final Rejection Feb 06, 2023
18006482 Inhibitors of the Artemin Pathway for Treatment of Cancer WEBB, WALTER E 1612 Final Rejection Jan 23, 2023
18088252 Metrology by Neural Networks ALGIBHAH, MAHER N 2165 Final Rejection Dec 23, 2022
18067192 Methods of Using Multi-Tissue Organoids DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 Non-Final OA Dec 16, 2022
17927168 METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS DELIVER SMALL MOLECULES AND BIOMACROMOLECULES FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY WORSHAM, JESSICA N 1615 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2022
17987649 Mechanism and Methods for Quantifying the Tactile Acuity of the Human Breast MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 Final Rejection Nov 15, 2022
17917438 USE OF MASITINIB FOR THE TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 Final Rejection Oct 06, 2022
17995225 TOCILIZUMAB FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS NICKOL, GARY B 1643 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2022
17833841 INORGANIC POROUS COATINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2022
17771266 SULFUR-CONTAINING INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME LEE, DORIS L 1764 Non-Final OA Apr 22, 2022
17754797 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MODIFIED FAB SCAFFOLDS AND PROTEIN G FAB BINDING DOMAINS YU, MISOOK 1641 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2022
17765176 LAMELLAR IRON SULFIDES WITH EMBEDDED CATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN 1752 Final Rejection Mar 30, 2022
17763089 METHOD OF CREATING ZERO-BURDEN DIGITAL BIOMARKERS FOR AUTISM, AND EXPLOITING CO-MORBIDITY PATTERNS TO DRIVE EARLY INTERVENTION SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2022
17690726 Method and System for Converting Electricity into Alternative Energy Resources HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1799 Final Rejection Mar 09, 2022
17597793 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING PROTEASE-ACTIVATED THERAPEUTIC AGENTS PETERS, ALEC JON 1641 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2022
17596118 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CANCER WITH COLLAGEN BINDING DRUG CARRIERS ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 Final Rejection Dec 03, 2021
17595098 NOVEL MATERIAL FOR SKIN WOUND CLOSURE AND SCAR PREVENTION SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA 1621 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2021
17517084 TREATMENT OF CANCER BY MANIPULATION OF COMMENSAL MICROFLORA HINES, JANA A 1645 Non-Final OA Nov 02, 2021
17302143 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROTECTION OF CELLS AND TISSUES FROM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RADIATION DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 Final Rejection Apr 26, 2021
16713657 COMPOSITION AND METHODS RELATED TO MODIFICATION OF 5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE (5-hmC) SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2019

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