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Last updated: April 19, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

50 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
22
Final Rejections
28
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18662091 ACOUSTIC EMISSION METHOD TO ASCERTAIN DAMAGE OCCURRENCE IN IMPACTED COMPOSITES SINHA, TARUN 2855 Final Rejection May 13, 2024
18610522 COMPACT MOBILE REACTOR SYSTEM USING HIGH DENSITY NUCLEAR FUEL GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 3646 Non-Final OA Mar 20, 2024
18599450 Using Limited Lead Device EEG to Predict Delirium DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 Non-Final OA Mar 08, 2024
18588120 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEDIATE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AUTOMATICALLY FOR USER SAFETY PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2024
18520979 IN-SITU DEPOSITION OF OXIDE PASSIVATION LAYER ON III-NITRIDE BASED HEMT BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18513934 Laser-based Non-destructive Spike Defect Inspection System UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 2877 Final Rejection Nov 20, 2023
18506413 SELF-BIASED MO/N-4H-SIC SCHOTTKY BARRIERS AS HIGH-PERFORMANCE ULTRAVIOLET PHOTODETECTORS LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL 2893 Non-Final OA Nov 10, 2023
18506315 PHASE STABILIZED GROWTH OF MONOCLINIC-GALLIUM OXIDE ON THERMALLY CONDUCTING MATERIALS BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A 1714 Non-Final OA Nov 10, 2023
18559145 BRAIN-TARGETED ANTIBODY NANOPARTICLE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES THERAPY MACH, ANDRE 1615 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18495285 WAVEFORM-TRIGGERED RECEPTION AND BUFFERING FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS AYOTUNDE, AYODEJI O 2649 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2023
18379939 Immobilization of Molecular Catalysts on Solid Powders via Vapor Deposition of Encapsulating Nano-Layers for Use as Heterogeneous Chemical Catalysts MCCAIG, BRIAN A 1772 Non-Final OA Oct 13, 2023
18479393 DUAL RESPONSIVE BRAIN TARGETED NANOPARTICLES FOR USE IN TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE GREENE, IVAN A 1619 Final Rejection Oct 02, 2023
18464761 VERTICAL ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE DEVICES ON CRYSTALLINE METALLIC SUBSTRATES SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2817 Non-Final OA Sep 11, 2023
18455124 POLYACETYLENE COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE 1627 Non-Final OA Aug 24, 2023
18446680 METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR SYNCHRONIZATION AND OVER-THE-AIR COMPUTATION ANDREI, RADU 3697 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2023
18330749 SELF-BIASED 4H-SIC MOS DEVICES FOR RADIATION DETECTION OZDEN, ILKER NMN 2812 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2023
18312656 MULTI-CELL NON-COHERENT OVER-THE-AIR COMPUTATION FOR FEDERATED EDGE LEARNING WYCHE, MYRON 2644 Non-Final OA May 05, 2023
18302329 MISTY PLASMA DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA SYSTEM FOR DISINFECTION SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE 1799 Final Rejection Apr 18, 2023
18300533 ELECTRODES FOR FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROLYZERS NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V 1724 Non-Final OA Apr 14, 2023
18188154 PHOSPHOLIPID PRESENTING PARTICLES FOR CELL TARGETING IN THERAPY AND DIAGNOSTICS LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1615 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18187828 METHODS FOR FORMING AUXETIC, ZERO, AND NEAR-ZERO POISSON'S RATIO MATERIALS AND MATERIALS FORMED THEREBY VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2023
18187036 PORTABLE RAILROAD SPIKE INSPECTION SYSTEM BASED ON ACOUSTIC SIGNALS YOUNG, MONICA S 2855 Final Rejection Mar 21, 2023
18245191 Minimally Invasive and Semi-Automated Myocardial Injection Device STIGELL, THEODORE J 3783 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2023
18179691 AUTONOMOUS DRONE FOR RAILROAD TRACK INSPECTION MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 3656 Final Rejection Mar 07, 2023
18105511 USE OF DELTA-8-THC TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES BARSKY, JARED 1628 Final Rejection Feb 03, 2023
17986579 TRANSFER OF WIDE AND ULTRAWIDE BANDGAP LAYERS TO ENGINEERED SUBSTRATE VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D 2812 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2022
17971694 Preparation of a Brain Targeted Artificial Nano-Enzyme and Application TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1738 Final Rejection Oct 24, 2022
17953593 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING TEAMS SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2022
17898708 NON-CONTACTING TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT MALIK, VIPUL 1754 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2022
17783381 TGFbeta1 Hyperactivation Causes Gender-Specific Calcific Aortic Stenosis SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 Final Rejection Jun 08, 2022
17726279 HUMAN-PERCEPTIBLE AND MACHINE-READABLE SHAPE GENERATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF HIDDEN OBJECTS BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M 2661 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2022
17717342 Hearing Screening Simulator Application POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH 3715 Final Rejection Apr 11, 2022
17691262 Regenerative Tissue-Mimetic Multilayer Fused Microgel-Cell Construct HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1617 Final Rejection Mar 10, 2022
17586937 INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL AID ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 3715 Non-Final OA Jan 28, 2022
17630628 ALGINATE-BASED MICROCAPSULATION FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALPHA-CGRP IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 1654 Final Rejection Jan 27, 2022
17533432 ELECTROCHEMICAL DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE TO ETHYLENE USING SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYZER WONG, EDNA 1795 Non-Final OA Nov 23, 2021
17510473 MOTOR WINDING INSULATION DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS USING RESISTANCE SIMULATION METHOD KIM, EUNHEE 2188 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2021
17504700 Approaches for Fabricating N-Polar AlxGa1-xN Templates for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices NIX, NORA TAYLOR 2891 Final Rejection Oct 19, 2021
17476803 INHIBIN AS TARGETABLE REGULATORS OF ANGIOGENESIS DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 Final Rejection Sep 16, 2021
17474178 VITRO ASSAY FOR DRUG DISCOVERY OF VALVULAR HEART DISEASE STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2021
17386733 BIOMARKERS FOR CONGENITAL VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1677 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2021
17384993 MICRO-RNA-155 ENHANCES THE EFFICACY OF DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE FOR CANCER ANGELL, JON E 1637 Final Rejection Jul 26, 2021
17242559 Immune CB1 Activation for Obesity Therapy SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH 1643 Non-Final OA Apr 28, 2021
17242647 Method For The Degradation Of Endogenous Protein BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 Final Rejection Apr 28, 2021
17221003 GENE TO TRANSCRIPTOME ASSOCIATION PLATFORM FOR DRUG TARGET IDENTIFICATION HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD 1685 Final Rejection Apr 02, 2021
17071020 Cell-Based Biosensor for Early Alzheimer's Disease Detection MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL 1631 Final Rejection Oct 15, 2020
16748968 Methods for Resensitizing p53-Null Cells to Cancer Chemotherapy SHIN, DANA H 1635 Final Rejection Jan 22, 2020
16707449 Method for Tuning Topology of Polymer Particles ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 Non-Final OA Dec 09, 2019
16707423 Functionalized Polyvinyl Alcohol and Products Formed Therewith DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 Final Rejection Dec 09, 2019
15861124 Biomimetic Scaffolds Including Devitalized Cells CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 Final Rejection Jan 03, 2018

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