Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
12 pending office actions • 11 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University of Melbourne has 13 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 13 distinct examiners and 11 art units, showing broad examiner coverage with repeated activity within some art units. The equal pending-action and examiner figures indicate no repeated examiner assignment in the available profile.
JOS, BASIL T is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The docket is therefore better organized by technology and art unit than by recurring examiner. Portfolio counsel should maintain consistent disclosure and claim objectives while adapting responses to the separate examination records.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (8%) |
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOS, BASIL T | 1 | 78.0% | +6.3% |
| LEE, SIN J | 1 | 68.8% | +25.1% |
| BERTRAM, ERIC D | 1 | 81.3% | +12.4% |
| STOCK JR, GORDON J | 1 | 81.6% | +17.4% |
| HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL | 1 | 56.9% | +54.5% |
| BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P | 1 | 70.7% | +30.6% |
| BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1 | 46.7% | +64.5% |
| OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 1 | 50.0% | +100.0% |
| O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1 | 65.6% | +13.6% |
| DONOHUE, SEAN R | 1 | 41.4% | +21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18949065 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSED-LOOP NEUROMODULATION | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17922583 | COPPER-CONTAINING THERAGNOSTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 15d overdue |
| 18766377 | EVANESCENT FIELD RESONANCE IMAGING MICROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD | STOCK JR, GORDON J | — |
| 18699932 | BLOOD COLLECTION DEVICE | HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL | — |
| 18294900 | SELF-CLEAVING POLYPROTEINS AND USES THEREOF | BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P | — |
| 18562459 | METHODS FOR INDUCING VASODILATION | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | — |
| 18462923 | LIQUID PHASE SINTERED ALUMINUM ALLOY FOR BINDER JET PRINTING | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | — |
| 17512812 | Image Analysis for Breast Cancer Prognosis | FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17922583 | COPPER-CONTAINING THERAGNOSTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 15d overdue |
| 19028247 | COMPLEXES FOR TREATING SENSITIVITY | LEE, SIN J | — |
| 18949065 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSED-LOOP NEUROMODULATION | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — |
| 18766377 | EVANESCENT FIELD RESONANCE IMAGING MICROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD | STOCK JR, GORDON J | — |
| 18699932 | BLOOD COLLECTION DEVICE | HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL | — |
| 18294900 | SELF-CLEAVING POLYPROTEINS AND USES THEREOF | BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P | — |
| 18562459 | METHODS FOR INDUCING VASODILATION | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | — |
| 18285490 | MULTIPLEX IMMUNOASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF MYCOPLASMA BOVIS INFECTION | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3658 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 1685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19175898 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR SENSING AND OR STIMULATING TISSUE | JOS, BASIL T | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19028247 | COMPLEXES FOR TREATING SENSITIVITY | LEE, SIN J | 1613 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18949065 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSED-LOOP NEUROMODULATION | BERTRAM, ERIC D | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18766377 | EVANESCENT FIELD RESONANCE IMAGING MICROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD | STOCK JR, GORDON J | 2877 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18699932 | BLOOD COLLECTION DEVICE | HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18294900 | SELF-CLEAVING POLYPROTEINS AND USES THEREOF | BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18562459 | METHODS FOR INDUCING VASODILATION | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1617 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18285490 | MULTIPLEX IMMUNOASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF MYCOPLASMA BOVIS INFECTION | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 1677 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18462923 | LIQUID PHASE SINTERED ALUMINUM ALLOY FOR BINDER JET PRINTING | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 17922583 | COPPER-CONTAINING THERAGNOSTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 1618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17512812 | Image Analysis for Breast Cancer Prognosis | FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA | 1685 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2021 |
| 17438299 | CONCEALMENT OF HYPOMINERALISED LESIONS | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1612 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Sep 10, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialThe University of Melbourne has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 12 examiners.
Basil T Jos has the most, with 1 of The University of Melbourne's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
