Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
41 pending office actions • 33 art units • 40 examiners • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
University of Cincinnati has 42 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters span 41 examiners and 33 art units, reflecting broad distribution across the examination corps and technical assignments.
SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN handles 2 pending matters, the largest stated examiner concentration. Nearly all remaining matters are assigned elsewhere, so counsel should avoid relying on a single examiner strategy.
The scale and dispersion support a structured portfolio process. Art-unit grouping can help identify recurring issues and coordinate related applications, while examiner-level review remains necessary because the docket is distributed across many separate records.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (7%) |
| §103 only | 16 (39%) |
| §112 only | 3 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 2 | 63.7% | +11.8% |
| GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1 | 54.8% | +13.6% |
| PIHONAK, SARAH | 1 | 61.4% | +42.4% |
| JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | 1 | 63.9% | +29.9% |
| MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 1 | 82.9% | +24.0% |
| SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 1 | 50.4% | +27.2% |
| OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A | 1 | 63.8% | +41.2% |
| SOROUSH, LAYLA | 1 | 40.5% | +43.4% |
| KAUR, GURPREET | 1 | 65.4% | +35.5% |
| REILLY, SOPHIA JANE | 1 | 60.0% | +49.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18978232 | Method and Device for Endoscopic Endonasal Occipitocervical Fusion | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 84d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18498616 | Non-Invasive Hydrogen Monitoring to Assess Gut Health and Other Clinical Outcomes | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 104d overdue |
| 17421616 | CONTINUOUS EX-VIVO AFFINITY-BASED SENSING OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 59d overdue |
| 17799556 | Wavelength Supplemented Light Bulbs and Lighting Fixtures | LUQUE, RENAN | 3d overdue |
| 18027391 | ABRASION PROTECTED MICRONEEDLE AND INDWELLING EAB SENSORS | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 83d |
| 18992233 | Atlantoaxial Prosthetic Joint | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | — |
| 18852553 | Engineered Probiotic Delivery System for Anti-SARS-COV-2 Treatment and Immunity Against Viruses | OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A | — |
| 18848646 | METHODS OF POTENTIATING TEMOZOLOMIDE ACTIVITY AGAINST GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS | SOROUSH, LAYLA | — |
| 18800769 | SULFONATO RESORCINARENE-COMPLEXED FLUOROQUINOLONES AND METHODS OF USE | REILLY, SOPHIA JANE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18978232 | Method and Device for Endoscopic Endonasal Occipitocervical Fusion | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 84d overdue |
| 19078420 | Large Scale Solar Energy Storage System-Based Advanced Materials | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 42d overdue |
| 19046763 | COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | PIHONAK, SARAH | — |
| 18992233 | Atlantoaxial Prosthetic Joint | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | — |
| 18860508 | Bed-Mounted Surgical Tool Organization System | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | — |
| 18852553 | Engineered Probiotic Delivery System for Anti-SARS-COV-2 Treatment and Immunity Against Viruses | OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A | — |
| 18848646 | METHODS OF POTENTIATING TEMOZOLOMIDE ACTIVITY AGAINST GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS | SOROUSH, LAYLA | — |
| 18839249 | Single Waveform, Continuous Squarewave Voltammetry for Optimal Calibration Free Sensing | KAUR, GURPREET | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 3 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 1627 | 2 |
| 3773 | 2 |
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1622 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19078420 | Large Scale Solar Energy Storage System-Based Advanced Materials | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1721 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19046763 | COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | PIHONAK, SARAH | 1627 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18992233 | Atlantoaxial Prosthetic Joint | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18978232 | Method and Device for Endoscopic Endonasal Occipitocervical Fusion | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18860508 | Bed-Mounted Surgical Tool Organization System | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18852553 | Engineered Probiotic Delivery System for Anti-SARS-COV-2 Treatment and Immunity Against Viruses | OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A | 1645 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18848646 | METHODS OF POTENTIATING TEMOZOLOMIDE ACTIVITY AGAINST GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS | SOROUSH, LAYLA | 1622 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18839249 | Single Waveform, Continuous Squarewave Voltammetry for Optimal Calibration Free Sensing | KAUR, GURPREET | 1759 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18800769 | SULFONATO RESORCINARENE-COMPLEXED FLUOROQUINOLONES AND METHODS OF USE | REILLY, SOPHIA JANE | 1627 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18834776 | Lift-Based Peel Separation for Inverted Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 1743 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18728021 | Electrochemical Aptamer Sensors with Signal Amplification Via Multiple Redox Tags | QIAN, SHIZHI | 1795 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18727023 | METHODS FOR SELF-SEEDED HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH OF MFI ZEOLITE NANOSHEETS AND NANOSHEET ASSEMBLIES AND FOR TILING NANOSHEET ZEOLITE PLATES ON POLYMER SUPPORTS | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1717 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18699494 | Functionalized Linkers in Responsive Biomaterials | COHEN, MICHAEL P | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18690025 | Shelf-Stable Sterilization of Aptamer-Sensors for In-Vivo Measurement in Humans | CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18681618 | MEMOMETER | DOAN, NGHIA M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18409074 | MG ALLOY MESH REINFORCED POLYMER/ECM HYBRID SCAFFOLDS FOR CRITICAL-SIZED BONE DEFECT REGENERATION | HOBAN, MELISSA A | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18577961 | Method for Making 3D-Shaped 3D Graphene | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18540458 | Synthesis of Thiophene Derivatized Polyphenolic Calixarenes | GREENE, IVAN A | 1619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 113d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18517667 | Compositions Incorporating Avobenzone Complexes | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 1612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18498616 | Non-Invasive Hydrogen Monitoring to Assess Gut Health and Other Clinical Outcomes | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 104d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18555940 | A VACCINE ADJUVANT FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES | BARRERA, IMMACULADA | 1671 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18553997 | IMPROVED ADDITIVE SOLUTION FOR WHOLE BLOOD PRESERVATION AND STORAGE | NGUYEN, NGHI V | 1653 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18268861 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES AND DEVICES THEREFOR | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18201179 | Device and Method for Detection of Post-Surgical Infection and Other Disease | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18196168 | C-Peptide as a Therapy for Patients with Diabetes | GARYU, LIANKO G | 1654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18036337 | TECHNIQUES FOR COVALENT BONDING OF CARBON NANOTUBES TO SUBSTRATES | PENNY, TABATHA L | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18027932 | Method for Pleurodesis and Delivery of Drugs to the Lung and Pleural Space | KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI | 1615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18027438 | SOLUTE-PHASE ELECTROCHEMICAL APTAMER SENSORS FOR IMPROVED LONGEVITY AND SENSITIVITY | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18027393 | CONTINUOUS OPTICAL APTAMER SENSORS | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 1758 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18027394 | SOLUTE-PHASE APTAMER SENSING WITH APTAMER ISOLATION | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18027391 | ABRASION PROTECTED MICRONEEDLE AND INDWELLING EAB SENSORS | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18069650 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALS | ARON, KIMBERLY A | 1633 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18007516 | FEEDBACK PROVIDING FACIAL MASKS | ZHANG, TINA | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17909187 | METHODS OF CONTROLLING BODYWEIGHT BY MODULATING PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 5-PHOSPHATE 4-KINASE BETA ACTIVITY | PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH | 1634 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
| 17799556 | Wavelength Supplemented Light Bulbs and Lighting Fixtures | LUQUE, RENAN | 2896 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
| 17815849 | METHOD OF TREATING HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER | PERSONS, JENNA L | 1637 | §112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17617191 | RED BLOOD CELL STORAGE SOLUTIONS, ADDITIVES, AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE STORAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS USING INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATES | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 1632 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Dec 07, 2021 |
| 17426365 | ELECTROCHEMICAL WAVEFORM FOR CALIBRATION-FREE AND BASAL LEVEL SENSING WITH APTASENSORS | JOHANNSEN, DIANA B | 1682 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2021 |
| 17421616 | CONTINUOUS EX-VIVO AFFINITY-BASED SENSING OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Jul 08, 2021 |
| 17265718 | TEST TO ASSESS LIVER DISEASE SEVERITY | IVICH, FERNANDO NMN | 1678 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2021 |
| 16806786 | SYSTEM, METHOD COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC PREDICTIVE MONITORING IN THE CRITICAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND OUTCOMES STUDY (CHAOS) | REYES, REGINALD R | 3684 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity of Cincinnati has 41 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 33 art units and 40 examiners.
Caitlyn Mingyun Sun has the most, with 2 of University of Cincinnati's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
