Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
54 pending office actions • 45 art units • 52 examiners • 0 of 54 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 73 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University of Tokyo has 61 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. These matters involve 59 distinct examiners and 49 distinct art units, reflecting broad distribution across both examiner and technical assignments. The close examiner count suggests that repeated examiner relationships are limited, while the art-unit distribution still leaves some shared technical context.
MENGISTU, TEWODROS E is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. No larger examiner concentration appears in the data. Counsel may therefore prioritize consistent portfolio-wide disclosure and claim positions while tailoring responses to the many separate examiner practices.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 2 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 8 (15%) |
| §103 only | 15 (28%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 4 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (35%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENGISTU, TEWODROS E | 2 | 50.0% | +31.1% |
| SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 2 | 61.9% | +32.4% |
| RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | 1 | 73.4% | +29.1% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.3% | +27.2% |
| LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | 1 | 73.6% | +21.9% |
| CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1 | 44.0% | +70.1% |
| LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 1 | 81.3% | +14.4% |
| STULII, VERA | 1 | 32.7% | +24.9% |
| LUU, THANH X | 1 | 78.3% | +10.2% |
| MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA | 1 | 71.8% | +49.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19107032 | ACTUATOR CURVED INNER LENGTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ACTUATOR CURVED INNER LENGTH | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18271833 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING MIRROR AND ASTIGMATISM CONTROL MIRROR HAVING REFLECTING SURFACE SATISFYING DESIGN FORMULA IN SAID DESIGNING METHOD | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 112d overdue |
| 17418419 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING DEPENDENCE OF LASER MACHINING ON LASER LIGHT INTENSITY, AND LASER MACHINING DEVICE | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 100d overdue |
| 17925662 | Agent for Increasing Content of IgA Antibody in Milk | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 52d overdue |
| 17440068 | NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE, NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | BASOM, BLAINE T | 43d overdue |
| 18280420 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 19d |
| 17623952 | SLEEP-WAKEFULNESS DETERMINATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 21d |
| 18215025 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 57d |
| 17787161 | 3D TISSUE COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING 3D TISSUE COMPOSITE | VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN | 72d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18271833 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING MIRROR AND ASTIGMATISM CONTROL MIRROR HAVING REFLECTING SURFACE SATISFYING DESIGN FORMULA IN SAID DESIGNING METHOD | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 112d overdue |
| 19302630 | FILM DEPOSITION METHOD BY ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION | RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18850301 | ID TAG AND DETECTING SYSTEM | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 19074887 | SEISMIC EXPLORATION METHOD, SUBSURFACE MONITORING METHOD, SEISMIC EXPLORATION SYSTEM, AND SEISMIC SOURCE DEVICE | LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | — |
| 19109943 | GENOME EDITING TECHNIQUE | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | — |
| 19107032 | ACTUATOR CURVED INNER LENGTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ACTUATOR CURVED INNER LENGTH | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18994150 | SALTY TASTE ENHANCER, SALTY TASTE SEASONING, FOOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOODS, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SALT CONTENT OF FOODS | STULII, VERA | — |
| 18873731 | DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHM EVALUATION DEVICE | LUU, THANH X | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1637 | 3 |
| 1671 | 2 |
| 2127 | 2 |
| 2872 | 2 |
| 1636 | 2 |
| 1633 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19302630 | FILM DEPOSITION METHOD BY ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION | RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 18850301 | ID TAG AND DETECTING SYSTEM | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19074887 | SEISMIC EXPLORATION METHOD, SUBSURFACE MONITORING METHOD, SEISMIC EXPLORATION SYSTEM, AND SEISMIC SOURCE DEVICE | LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19109943 | GENOME EDITING TECHNIQUE | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19107032 | ACTUATOR CURVED INNER LENGTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ACTUATOR CURVED INNER LENGTH | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18994150 | SALTY TASTE ENHANCER, SALTY TASTE SEASONING, FOOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOODS, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SALT CONTENT OF FOODS | STULII, VERA | 1791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18873731 | DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHM EVALUATION DEVICE | LUU, THANH X | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976500 | MEMBRANE PROTEIN ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT METHOD | MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA | 1652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18871646 | VIRAL PARTICLE DETECTION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND VIRAL PARTICLE DETECTION PROGRAM | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | 2673 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18869003 | MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT | TECHANE, MUNA A | 2827 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18903674 | ANTI-ADHESION COMPOSITION | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18846449 | NOVEL USAGE OF ONCOLYTIC GENE-MODIFIED MEASLES VIRUS | LI, BAO Q | 1671 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18834373 | PROBE FOR NUCLEAR MEDICAL TESTING | LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL | 1612 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18833568 | LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE ANALOGUE, AND LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE ANALOGUE-CONTAINING PHAMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING FIBROSIS | FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES | 1626 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18784929 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY MATERIAL | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18743228 | SENSOR DEVICE | EYASSU, MARRIT | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18701094 | PROTEINACEOUS MOLECULES AND USES THEREFOR | TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M | 1684 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18697422 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING STRUCTURAL VARIATION, PRIMER PAIR SET, AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING PRIMER PAIR SET | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1682 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18579800 | A Beta Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease Model Mouse and Analysis Method Thereof | CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N | 1675 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18688948 | Classification Model Generation Method, Particle Determination Method, and Recording Medium | OBAID, HAMZEH M | 3624 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18685966 | LABEL GENERATION METHOD, MODEL GENERATION METHOD, LABEL GENERATION DEVICE, LABEL GENERATION PROGRAM, MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, AND MODEL GENERATION PROGRAM | MENGISTU, TEWODROS E | 2127 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18686072 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | MENGISTU, TEWODROS E | 2127 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18685335 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18292521 | HAIRPIN NUCLEIC ACID COMPOSITION | SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18038460 | INHIBITOR OF FIBROSIS PROGRESSION | LI, RUIXIANG | 1674 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18277623 | BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT) PROBE | SEAMAN, D MARGARET M | 1625 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18288889 | MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN | 2123 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18288237 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN-ENRICHED GAS | YOUNG, NATASHA E | 1736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18286657 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRUS PARTICLES | LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH | 1671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18283717 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM | ALI, MOHAMMAD | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18280420 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18234690 | RNA-TRIGGERED PROTEIN CLEAVAGE AND APPLICATIONS BY THE CRISPR CAS7-11-CSX29 COMPLEX | ZARA, JANE J | 1637 | §112 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18272978 | METHOD FOR EDITING PLANT GENOME | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
| 18271838 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING MIRROR AND ASTIGMATISM CONTROL MIRROR HAVING REFLECTING SURFACE SATISFYING DESIGN FORMULA IN SAID DESIGNING METHOD | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 2872 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18271833 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING MIRROR AND ASTIGMATISM CONTROL MIRROR HAVING REFLECTING SURFACE SATISFYING DESIGN FORMULA IN SAID DESIGNING METHOD | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 2872 | §101 | Final Rejection | 112d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18215025 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18257101 | ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD, ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND LEARNING MODEL GENERATION DEVICE | YI, HYUNGJUN B | 2146 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18323132 | KNEE JOINT | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18022593 | Modulatory Substance of Tumor Immune Microenvironment, and Preventive, Diagnostic and/or Therapeutic Utilization of the Same | GODDARD, LAURA B | 1642 | §102 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 17913723 | LINKED DNA PRODUCTION METHOD AND VECTOR COMBINATION FOR USE THEREIN | LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE | 1637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 18017583 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING ADHESION | BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE | 1613 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 18009111 | NUCLEIC ACID LIPID PARTICLE VACCINE | RILEY, JEZIA | 1637 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17909341 | Artificial Chromosome Vector and Use Thereof | YU, DELPHINUS DOU YI | 1636 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2022 |
| 17925662 | Agent for Increasing Content of IgA Antibody in Milk | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 52d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17925455 | Methods and Compositions for Treatment of Age-Related Dysfunction | DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R | 1654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 17787161 | 3D TISSUE COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING 3D TISSUE COMPOSITE | VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN | 1633 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
| 17794735 | SERUM-FREE MEDIUM AND CULTURING METHOD SUITED FOR CULTURING BLOOD CELLS SUCH AS HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS | LEVIN, JOEL D | 1633 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 17290317 | Split CPF1 Protein | REGA, KYLE THOMAS | 1636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
| 17784045 | INDUCTION OF PROLIFEROUS PANCREATIC ISLET PRECURSOR CELL-LIKE CELLS BY TRANSIENT EXPRESSION OF MYCL AND INDUCTION OF DIFFERENTIATION INTO INSULIN-POSITIVE CELLS | SHIN, DANA H | 1635 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17747790 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOLDED BODY, THERMO-COMPRESSED MOLDED BODY, AND USE THEREOF | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialThe University of Tokyo has 54 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 45 art units and 52 examiners.
Tewodros E Mengistu has the most, with 2 of The University of Tokyo's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
