Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University of Southern California has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 examiners across 3 art units, showing examiner dispersion with some concentration at the technical-group level.
GOLDEN, ANDREW J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain consistent positions across related work while tailoring responses to each examiner and art unit.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDEN, ANDREW J | 1 | 42.9% | +38.1% |
| DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA | 1 | 64.9% | +41.8% |
| OTTON, ALICIA L | 1 | 65.0% | +9.3% |
| YANG, JAY LEE | 1 | 73.8% | +2.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18669253 | Methods for Enhancing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy | DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18914827 | THERMALLY ACTIVATED DELAYED FLUORESCENCE (TADF) MATERIALS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS | GOLDEN, ANDREW J | — |
| 18669253 | Methods for Enhancing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy | DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1699 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18914827 | THERMALLY ACTIVATED DELAYED FLUORESCENCE (TADF) MATERIALS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS | GOLDEN, ANDREW J | 1726 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18669253 | Methods for Enhancing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy | DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18322243 | NIR-ABSORBING MATERIALS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS | OTTON, ALICIA L | 1699 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18312908 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES | YANG, JAY LEE | 1786 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialThe University of Southern California has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Andrew J Golden has the most, with 1 of The University of Southern California's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
