Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Ut-battelle LLC

38 pending office actions • 29 art units • 37 examiners • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

38
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

17
Hard (45%)
20
Medium (53%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only19 (50%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (39%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

25
Life Sciences
66% of docket
2
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
2
Business / Other
5% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

380 h
Manual time on pending OAs
76 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
133 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KRYLOVA, IRINA 2 36.5% +48.2%
MURATA, AUSTIN 1 60.6% +20.8%
SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 1 89.1% +16.3%
LINHARDT, LAURA E 1 69.9% +20.1%
GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1 68.7% +44.2%
RUBY, TRAVIS C 1 53.5% +27.8%
BEHA, CAROLINE 1 56.9% +24.5%
GAMINO, CARLOS J 1 35.3% +45.6%
TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 1 82.2% +8.4%
NORRIS, CLAIRE A 1 65.7% +28.1%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19038006 DUAL DYNAMIC WIRELESS CHARGING SHAFI, MUHAMMAD
18755020 ICE REMOVAL FROM HVACR SURFACES TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN

Hard Cases (17)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18761546 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY ULTRASONICALLY WELDED SPOT JOINTS GAMINO, CARLOS J 73d overdue
18732945 FRICTION PRESSURE WELDING OF SIMILAR AND/OR DISSIMILAR MATERIALS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 32d overdue
17725902 SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM SULFATE AQUEOUS SOLUTION FIORITO, JAMES A 31d overdue
18606129 METHOD OF JOINING TWO DISSIMILAR ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME JANSSEN, REBECCA 28d overdue
18771173 REDUCED POROSITY 3D PRINTED COMPOSITES BEHA, CAROLINE 16d overdue
18123968 EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF CIS, CIS-MUCONIC ACID FROM MIXED SUBSTRATES OF GLUCOSE, D-XYLOSE AND L-ARABINOSE SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 11d overdue
18107715 METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL GRAPHITIZATION OF CARBON FIBER CONTRERAS, CIEL P 22d
18946425 MULTI-SCALE GLOBAL LAND USE MODEL BASED ON POINTS OF INTEREST LINHARDT, LAURA E

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18761546 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY ULTRASONICALLY WELDED SPOT JOINTS GAMINO, CARLOS J 73d overdue
18771173 REDUCED POROSITY 3D PRINTED COMPOSITES BEHA, CAROLINE 16d overdue
19047925 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATOMIC-SCALE FABRICATION MURATA, AUSTIN
19038006 DUAL DYNAMIC WIRELESS CHARGING SHAFI, MUHAMMAD
18946425 MULTI-SCALE GLOBAL LAND USE MODEL BASED ON POINTS OF INTEREST LINHARDT, LAURA E
18897172 LIGNIN-ACRYLONITRILE POLYMER ADHESIVE MATERIALS GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ
18882209 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING ANISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTIVE CARBON FIBERS FOR ENHANCING THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS RUBY, TRAVIS C
18734407 MEMBRANE SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCESS FOR SEPARATING LITHIUM FROM ALUMINUM NORRIS, CLAIRE A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 3
1748 2
1735 2
1764 2
1731 2
1794 2
1712 1
3666 1
3663 1
1771 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19047925 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATOMIC-SCALE FABRICATION MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19038006 DUAL DYNAMIC WIRELESS CHARGING SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
18946425 MULTI-SCALE GLOBAL LAND USE MODEL BASED ON POINTS OF INTEREST LINHARDT, LAURA E 3663 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18897172 LIGNIN-ACRYLONITRILE POLYMER ADHESIVE MATERIALS GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1748 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18882209 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING ANISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTIVE CARBON FIBERS FOR ENHANCING THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS RUBY, TRAVIS C 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18771173 REDUCED POROSITY 3D PRINTED COMPOSITES BEHA, CAROLINE 1748 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18761546 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY ULTRASONICALLY WELDED SPOT JOINTS GAMINO, CARLOS J 1735 §103§112 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2024
18755020 ICE REMOVAL FROM HVACR SURFACES TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 26, 2024
18734407 MEMBRANE SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCESS FOR SEPARATING LITHIUM FROM ALUMINUM NORRIS, CLAIRE A §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18732945 FRICTION PRESSURE WELDING OF SIMILAR AND/OR DISSIMILAR MATERIALS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2024
18653397 BORON NITRIDE CONTAINING VACANT SITE DEFECTS FOR USE IN CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18634803 OXIDATION RESISTANT, THERMAL CONDUCTIVE, AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURE STRENGTH STEEL ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18625942 Conversion of lignin to muconic acid and methods therefor SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1657 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18606129 METHOD OF JOINING TWO DISSIMILAR ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18409522 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER-REINFORCED ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPOSITES MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18545435 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WELD QUALITY AND PROPERTIES IN RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING SULTANA, DILARA 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18385428 BIOCOMPATIBLE RADIONUCLIDE-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18375072 Enhanced Pool Boiling System and Method ALVARE, PAUL 3763 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18375085 STATIC MIXING NOZZLES FOR FIBER RANDOMIZATION IN LARGE SCALE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS INSLER, ELIZABETH 1774 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18371817 HIGH-EFFICIENCY SEAL COMPOSED OF CARBON NANOTUBES KONERU, LAKSHMI S 3675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2023
18371739 LAYER STRUCTURED MULTIFUNCTIONAL MONOLITH CATALYST FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF CO2 TO DIMETHYL ETHER LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC 1732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18371528 REMOVAL OF TOXIC OXYANIONS BY CO-CRYSTALLIZATION WITH SULFATE MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 1779 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18239438 MACHINING PARAMETER RECOMMENDATIONS USING IN-PROCESS MACHINING DATA AGGREGATION NORTON, JENNIFER L 2117 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18237176 LARGE-SCALE CONTINUOUS FIBER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED-COMPRESSION MOLDED COMPOSITE SULTANA, NAHIDA 1743 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18219860 ELECTRONICS IN HIERARCHICAL CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURES THAT CONTROL HIGH VOLTAGES AND PROVIDE CYBER INTRUSION DETECTIONS RONI, SYED A 2432 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2023
18211784 POLYMERIC SHELLS AND PARTICLES FOR VACUUM INSULATION PANELS KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2023
18211693 IONIC LIQUID COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM FROM LITHIUM-CONTAINING AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS CHU, YONG LIANG 1731 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18266367 METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF NEUTRONICS PARAMETERS USING DEEP LEARNING WAESCO, JOSEPH M 3625 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18123968 EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF CIS, CIS-MUCONIC ACID FROM MIXED SUBSTRATES OF GLUCOSE, D-XYLOSE AND L-ARABINOSE SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1652 §103§112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18121338 MICROPOROUS POLYMER FIBERS AND THEIR USE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2023
18118804 METHOD OF DESIGNING MAGNETISM IN COMPOSITIONALLY COMPLEX OXIDES EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2023
18107715 METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL GRAPHITIZATION OF CARBON FIBER CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 09, 2023
18078195 METAL-ZEOLITE COMPOSITIONS PREPARED BY MECHANOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS, AND METHODS OF USE KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1738 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2022
17725902 SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM SULFATE AQUEOUS SOLUTION FIORITO, JAMES A 1731 §102§103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2022
17708088 Multi-Functional Material for EMI Shielding and Structural Health Monitoring of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 30, 2022
17548838 SYNTHESIS OF TRANSITION METAL LAYERED OXIDE MATERIALS FOR BATTERY CATHODES YUAN, DAH WEI D 1717 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2021
17478842 Site-Specific Melt Pool Size Control in Additive Manufacturing CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 17, 2021
17397233 MECHANICALLY ROBUST SOLID ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS FOR ALKALI AND BEYOND ALKALI METAL BATTERIES KEKIA, OMAR M 1722 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2021

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