Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
25 pending office actions • 20 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. has 25 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The docket spans 24 examiners and 20 art units, creating substantial dispersion across examination assignments.
KIM, TAEYOON is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. No single examiner accounts for most of the docket, so portfolio management should emphasize systematic tracking rather than reliance on one examiner relationship.
The 20 art-unit settings make classification of recurring issues especially important. Counsel can use art-unit groupings to compare office-action themes, while preserving separate analyses for claim scope and technical disclosure in each matter.
The near one-to-one relationship between pending matters and examiners means that coordination must operate across many individual prosecution channels. Consistent internal positions can reduce avoidable divergence, but responses should remain tailored to the assigned examiner and art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 + other | 3 (12%) |
| §103 only | 9 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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, TAEYOON | 2 | 51.4% | +52.2% |
| ZHU, JIANJIAN | 1 | 58.1% | +82.5% |
| NOLAN, JASON MICHAEL | 1 | 66.6% | -27.2% |
| STEELE, AMBER D | 1 | 58.9% | +9.3% |
| KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 1 | 64.4% | +55.6% |
| MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1 | 61.5% | +27.4% |
| MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 1 | 50.5% | +33.5% |
| BANERJEE, KOYELI | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| ALFANO, ALAN | 1 | — | — |
| STOICA, ELLY GERALD | 1 | 66.8% | +22.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17544279 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES COMPRISING HALIDE-CONTAINING LITHIUM ARGYRODITE SOLID ELECTROLYTES | ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE | 117d overdue |
| 17780961 | BIOMASS-BASED SOLID COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES FOR BATTERIES | NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | 56d overdue |
| 17641787 | ANTI-NUCLEOLIN AGENT-PEG-CONJUGATED NANOPARTICLES | MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE | 3d overdue |
| 18020235 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING PERIODONTAL DISEASE | WEBB, WALTER E | 6d |
| 17862892 | 3-D BIOPRINTING COMPRISING BIOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS | KIM, TAEYOON | 12d |
| 18858318 | BORON COMPOUNDS, RELATED LIPID PARTICLES, LIPOPLEXES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF USE, AND METHODS OF MAKING | NOLAN, JASON MICHAEL | — |
| 18261950 | ACTINOHIVIN VARIANT POLYPEPTIDES AND RELATED METHODS | ALFANO, ALAN | — |
| 18253780 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF PLACEMENT OF SPINAL CORD EPIDURAL STIMULATION UNIT | THOMAS, SOUMYA | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17862892 | 3-D BIOPRINTING COMPRISING BIOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS | KIM, TAEYOON | 12d |
| 18233416 | IN-PROCESS ULTRASONIC POLLING OF 3D PRINTED CRYSTALLINE/SEMICRYSTALLINE ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 29d |
| 18124656 | HUMAN FACILITATING CELLS | KIM, TAEYOON | 29d |
| 18981938 | PHYSIOLOGICAL BIOMIMETIC CULTURE SYSTEM FOR HEART SLICES | ZHU, JIANJIAN | — |
| 18551043 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH CATHETER-BASED DELIVERY | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | — |
| 18447661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MULTIPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS USING NEUROSTIMULATION | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | — |
| 18333400 | METHOD OF INHIBITING LUNG OR BREAST CANCER GROWTH WITH ENGINEERED EMBRYONIC STEM-CELL DERIVED EXOSOMES COMPOSITIONS | STOICA, ELLY GERALD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1631 | 3 |
| 1658 | 2 |
| 1618 | 2 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 1641 | 1 |
| 1647 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18981938 | PHYSIOLOGICAL BIOMIMETIC CULTURE SYSTEM FOR HEART SLICES | ZHU, JIANJIAN | 1631 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18858318 | BORON COMPOUNDS, RELATED LIPID PARTICLES, LIPOPLEXES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF USE, AND METHODS OF MAKING | NOLAN, JASON MICHAEL | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2024 |
| 18290872 | ANTI-FUNGAL GRIFFITHSIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | STEELE, AMBER D | 1658 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18551043 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH CATHETER-BASED DELIVERY | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18233416 | IN-PROCESS ULTRASONIC POLLING OF 3D PRINTED CRYSTALLINE/SEMICRYSTALLINE ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18447661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MULTIPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS USING NEUROSTIMULATION | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18274412 | INHIBITION OF DEGRANULATION OF NEUTROPHIL CELLS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS | BANERJEE, KOYELI | 1658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18261950 | ACTINOHIVIN VARIANT POLYPEPTIDES AND RELATED METHODS | ALFANO, ALAN | 1641 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
| 18333400 | METHOD OF INHIBITING LUNG OR BREAST CANCER GROWTH WITH ENGINEERED EMBRYONIC STEM-CELL DERIVED EXOSOMES COMPOSITIONS | STOICA, ELLY GERALD | 1647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18253780 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF PLACEMENT OF SPINAL CORD EPIDURAL STIMULATION UNIT | THOMAS, SOUMYA | 2664 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2023 |
| 18248491 | PROBIOTIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | HINES, JANA A | 1645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18030174 | GRIFFITHSIN FOR RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS | DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R | 1654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18124656 | HUMAN FACILITATING CELLS | KIM, TAEYOON | 1631 | Other | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18020235 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING PERIODONTAL DISEASE | WEBB, WALTER E | 1612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Feb 07, 2023 |
| 18162777 | CELL LINES, SYSTEMS, KITS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE SPECIFICITY AND/OR POTENCY OF CERAMIDASE INHIBITORS | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1637 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18013010 | FIBER PRETREATMENT FOR IMPROVED NATURAL FIBER - POLYMER COMPOSITE FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION | EASHOO, MARK | 1767 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 17997764 | BIOMIMETIC HEART TISSUE CULTURE SYSTEM | HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 1799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17913575 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING VIRUSES | WANG, RUIXUE | 1672 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17862892 | 3-D BIOPRINTING COMPRISING BIOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS | KIM, TAEYOON | 1631 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jul 12, 2022 |
| 17780961 | BIOMASS-BASED SOLID COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES FOR BATTERIES | NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | 1752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d overdue | Pending | May 27, 2022 |
| 17741686 | ANTI-NUCLEOLIN AGENT-CONJUGATED NANOPARTICLES | JONES, DAMERON LEVEST | 1618 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
| 17641787 | ANTI-NUCLEOLIN AGENT-PEG-CONJUGATED NANOPARTICLES | MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE | 1618 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 09, 2022 |
| 17639825 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND GRADING OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 3791 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2022 |
| 17544279 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES COMPRISING HALIDE-CONTAINING LITHIUM ARGYRODITE SOLID ELECTROLYTES | ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE | 1751 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 117d overdue | Pending | Dec 07, 2021 |
| 16789572 | MODULAR HARNESS FOR PATIENTS WITH POST-NEUROLOGIC INJURY | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. has 25 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 20 art units and 24 examiners.
Taeyoon Kim has the most, with 2 of University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
