Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
56 pending office actions • 30 art units • 56 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 75 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University of South Florida is managing 56 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 56 actions are assigned to 56 distinct examiners, meaning no two pending applications share the same examiner. The portfolio is distributed across 30 distinct art units, reflecting broad research in the biotech field. The 30 distinct art units involved suggest that the university's pharmaceutical and biological innovations are being reviewed by a wide range of specialized examination teams across the 56 pending office actions.
JOHNSON, RYAN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, which is the standard for this portfolio given the 56 distinct examiners. Because there are 56 distinct examiners, the university must manage a high volume of individual examiner interactions. This wide distribution across 30 distinct art units requires a prosecution strategy that can navigate the unique technical requirements and examination cultures of many different specialized groups. The workload of 1 pending office action for JOHNSON, RYAN highlights the fragmented nature of the university's current pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 | 10 (18%) |
| §103 only | 10 (18%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 25 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, RYAN | 1 | 83.8% | +15.7% |
| MIRZA, ADNAN M | 1 | 84.6% | +9.6% |
| YOUNG, TIFFANY P | 1 | 79.7% | +22.7% |
| GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA | 1 | 25.0% | -33.3% |
| STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE | 1 | 85.7% | +33.3% |
| ROBERTS, ANNA L | 1 | 56.7% | +38.5% |
| LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI | 1 | 83.9% | +50.9% |
| DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | 1 | 73.9% | +22.1% |
| PREM, SAIPRATAP | 1 | — | — |
| MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 1 | 69.9% | +24.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19223430 | ATOMIC CLOCK UTILIZING SPIN-DEPENDENT RECOMBINATION | JOHNSON, RYAN | — |
| 19211113 | ANALYTICAL ADAPTIVE ALGORITHM FOR AUTONOMOUS RACE DRIVING | MIRZA, ADNAN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17320352 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE FAST CV SENSOR USING WIDE BANDGAP SILICON CARBIDE | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 150d overdue |
| 18098057 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING A CONVERSION TIME OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN PATIENTS | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 67d overdue |
| 18556969 | METHODS FOR TREATING SYMPTOMS OF KABUKI SYNDROME | HAVLIN, ROBERT H | 42d overdue |
| 18742149 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING PROPRANOLOL SENSITIVE TUMORS | MYERS, CARLA J | 26d |
| 18456444 | CONTROL OF MULTIAGENT NETWORKS WITH MISBEHAVING VEHICLES OVER DIRECTED NETWORK TOPOLOGIES | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 35d |
| 17913253 | INTRAOCULAR LENS REPOSITIONING DEVICE | BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 54d |
| 18673231 | SEQUENTIAL PACKETS IMAGE-BASED NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM | KIM, EUI H | 83d |
| 19207801 | AUTOMATIC REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19223430 | ATOMIC CLOCK UTILIZING SPIN-DEPENDENT RECOMBINATION | JOHNSON, RYAN | — |
| 19207801 | AUTOMATIC REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | — |
| 19066479 | CWP2 PROTEIN AS AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE AGAINST CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE INFECTION | STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE | — |
| 19049974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LONGITUDINAL APNEA MONITORING USING SPO2 SIGNALS | ROBERTS, ANNA L | — |
| 19043393 | ADAPTIVE SPEECH ELABORATION AND FEEDBACK FOR SPEECH THERAPY | LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI | — |
| 19042244 | NAILABLE CONCRETE FORMWORKS | DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | — |
| 19036419 | METHODS OF FORMING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CONCRETE ARTICLES | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 4 |
| 1658 | 2 |
| 1622 | 2 |
| 1621 | 2 |
| 1795 | 2 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2453 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19223430 | ATOMIC CLOCK UTILIZING SPIN-DEPENDENT RECOMBINATION | JOHNSON, RYAN | 2849 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19211113 | ANALYTICAL ADAPTIVE ALGORITHM FOR AUTONOMOUS RACE DRIVING | MIRZA, ADNAN M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19207801 | AUTOMATIC REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19087380 | PERCENTAGE STENOSIS OF THE ARTERIES OF THE HEART: CAUSES, OPTIMIZATION, METHOD, AND PROBABILISTIC STRATEGIES | GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19066479 | CWP2 PROTEIN AS AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE AGAINST CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE INFECTION | STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19049974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LONGITUDINAL APNEA MONITORING USING SPO2 SIGNALS | ROBERTS, ANNA L | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19043393 | ADAPTIVE SPEECH ELABORATION AND FEEDBACK FOR SPEECH THERAPY | LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19042244 | NAILABLE CONCRETE FORMWORKS | DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19038669 | CUSTOM AI CO-PILOT FOR SOFTWARE SECURITY PEN-TESTING | PREM, SAIPRATAP | 4100 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19036419 | METHODS OF FORMING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CONCRETE ARTICLES | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19032748 | AUTOMATIC INTERPRETATION BY MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | CHAVEZ, RODRIGO A | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18987416 | LASER PHACOLYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18872790 | PREVENTING ALU SINES-MEDIATED PATHOLOGIES | STEELE, AMBER D | 1658 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | 110d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18967136 | ROBOTIC AND AI-AUGMENTED IN SITU DETECTION AND DISINFECTION PLATFORM | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18763184 | CELL CULTURE DISHES WITH DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE SURFACE TEXTURES FOR CELL EXPANSION AND HARVESTING | JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18721164 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR FREQUENCY DOMAIN DIFFUSE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY | PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18742149 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING PROPRANOLOL SENSITIVE TUMORS | MYERS, CARLA J | 1682 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18678124 | VARYING THE COUPLANT OR RATIO OF MIXTURES INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF AN ENCLOSED OR OPEN NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING DEVICE | SINGER, DAVID L | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18713153 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AUTHENTICITY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18673231 | SEQUENTIAL PACKETS IMAGE-BASED NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM | KIM, EUI H | 2453 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18710601 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY NUTRIENT REMOVAL AND RECOVERY FROM WASTE STREAMS | ORME, PATRICK JAMES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18638133 | BLOCKADE OF CHEMOKINE (C-C MOTIF) RECEPTOR 2 DURING FLUID RESUSCITATION | SIMMONS, CHRIS E | 1622 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18698748 | COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | INAM, SAHAR | 1622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18625692 | AUTOMATICALLY CREATING PSYCHOMETRICALLY VALID AND RELIABLE ITEMS USING GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODELS | YIP, JACK | 3715 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18623565 | PREVENTION OF ATTACKS VIA REQUESTED DISPLAYABLE CONTENT | AHSAN, SYED M | 2491 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18620133 | METHODOLOGY FOR INCREASE OF BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT PRODUCED BY A NANOSCALE SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED HETEROSTRUCTURE | PATEL, REEMA | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18594910 | Method of Treatment for Auditory Dysfunction | GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18594431 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE THERAPEUTICS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18594993 | STING MODULATOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE AND DETECTION THEREOF | BUNKER, AMY M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18594989 | Use of Cannabidiol to Improve Rehabilitation in Lung Cancer | KIM, SEONG JONG | 1621 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18593708 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | BRAM, STANLEY | 1691 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18687558 | STING MODULATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE | CLARK, AMY LYNN | 1628 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18419362 | SIMULATED ANNEALING BASED INTEGERIZATION OF HIDDEN WEIGHTS FOR AREA-EFFICIENT IOT EDGE INTELLIGENCE | STANLEY, JEREMY L | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18391455 | RANGE BASED HARDWARE OPTIMIZATION OF NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD | KHAN, SHAHID K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18556969 | METHODS FOR TREATING SYMPTOMS OF KABUKI SYNDROME | HAVLIN, ROBERT H | 1626 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18555600 | TIME OR TIDAL VOLUME SPLITTING VENTILATOR AND METHODS OF USE | JANG, JAEICK | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18554285 | PEPTIDE-SMALL INTERFERING RNA-HYALURONIC ACID NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | BANERJEE, KOYELI | 1658 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18456444 | CONTROL OF MULTIAGENT NETWORKS WITH MISBEHAVING VEHICLES OVER DIRECTED NETWORK TOPOLOGIES | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18263466 | ELECTRODE DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS | CHA, CASEY GEORGE | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18360407 | SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING AFFECT IN PAIN LEVEL RECOGNITION | HUNTSINGER, PETER K | 2682 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18262548 | ELECTROTRANSFER METHODS FOR TREATING TUMORS | ALLEN, MARIANNE P | 1647 | §112 | Final Rejection | 48d | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18183271 | NAILABLE CONCRETE COMPOSITION | USELDING, JOHN E | 1763 | §102 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18174724 | SURFACE MODIFICATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS | TAI, XIUYU | 1795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18098057 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING A CONVERSION TIME OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN PATIENTS | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 67d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 17913253 | INTRAOCULAR LENS REPOSITIONING DEVICE | BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Sep 21, 2022 |
| 17793506 | METHODS OF TREATING FRAGILE X SYNDROME WITH REELIN | KIM, TAEYOON | 1631 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 18, 2022 |
| 17773257 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION | NEAGU, IRINA | 1629 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2022 |
| 17733265 | DNA CAPTURE-BASED GRAVITATIONAL FLOW-THROUGH ASSAY FOR ANTIGEN DETECTION | LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE | 1637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2022 |
| 17768344 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR INHIBITING CAPILLARY TUBE REGRESSION | HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE | 1621 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2022 |
| 17713382 | METHODS FOR TREATING COVID-19 BASED ON INDIVIDUAL GENOMIC PROFILES | BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | 1672 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2022 |
| 17582396 | DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DYSTONIA | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2022 |
| 17511332 | GAIT TRAINING USING A COMBINATION OF REHABILITATION THERAPIES AND FEEDBACK | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2021 |
| 17392047 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING REAL DATA-DRIVEN MODELS FOR PREDICTING AND OPTIMIZING CROP PRODUCTION | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2021 |
| 17320352 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE FAST CV SENSOR USING WIDE BANDGAP SILICON CARBIDE | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 150d overdue | Pending | May 14, 2021 |
| 17224831 | METHODS OF TREATING INFLAMMATION | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | 1634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Apr 07, 2021 |
| 17180189 | METHOD FOR DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ASSOCIATED UBE3A | MOSS, NATALIE M | 1653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2021 |
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