Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tufts University has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners, which means each examiner is responsible for 1 pending action. This distribution indicates that the university's current workload is not concentrated under this official. The use of 2 distinct examiners suggests a varied approach to prosecution.
The prosecution is occurring across 2 distinct art units. KIM, BRYAN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This 1 pending action is part of the total pending workload for the university. With 2 distinct art units involved, the applicant must manage separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. Practitioners should ensure consistent arguments are maintained across the examiners and 2 distinct art units to avoid conflicting statements in the Chemistry & Materials area. These pending office actions reflect the university's ongoing research in this sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, BRYAN | 1 | 28.2% | +36.6% |
| PALENIK, JEFFREY T | 1 | 53.5% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17444293 | Biopolymer-Based Preservation of Perishable Products | KIM, BRYAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17444293 | Biopolymer-Based Preservation of Perishable Products | KIM, BRYAN | — |
| 17169195 | MULTI-LAYER BIOMATERIAL FOR TISSUE REGENERATION AND WOUND HEALING | PALENIK, JEFFREY T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17444293 | Biopolymer-Based Preservation of Perishable Products | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2021 |
| 17169195 | MULTI-LAYER BIOMATERIAL FOR TISSUE REGENERATION AND WOUND HEALING | PALENIK, JEFFREY T | 1615 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialTufts University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Bryan Kim has the most, with 1 of Tufts University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
