Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UT-BATTELLE, LLC

28 pending office actions • 22 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
0
Due this week
12
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 30 days (12)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
27
Medium (96%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only22 (79%)
§102 only5 (18%)
§112 only1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
68% of docket
2
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
7% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 2 75.0% +25.0%
BEHA, CAROLINE 2 57.4% +25.0%
ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 1 64.3% +100.0%
GAMINO, CARLOS J 1 35.3% +46.0%
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1 80.8% +15.3%
JANSSEN, REBECCA 1 60.5% +30.0%
MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1 46.7% +42.7%
ALVARE, PAUL 1 57.5% +38.3%
LIU, BENJAMIN T 1 74.4% +12.8%
BOECKMANN, JASON J 1 48.9% +28.9%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18732945 FRICTION PRESSURE WELDING OF SIMILAR AND/OR DISSIMILAR MATERIALS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 32d overdue

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18371993 NOZZLES FOR ENTRAINMENT DRIVEN FLOWS BOECKMANN, JASON J 44d overdue
18732945 FRICTION PRESSURE WELDING OF SIMILAR AND/OR DISSIMILAR MATERIALS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 32d overdue
18375072 Enhanced Pool Boiling System and Method ALVARE, PAUL 30d overdue
18606129 METHOD OF JOINING TWO DISSIMILAR ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME JANSSEN, REBECCA 28d overdue
18374410 POWER MODULE LIU, BENJAMIN T 26d overdue
18771173 REDUCED POROSITY 3D PRINTED COMPOSITES BEHA, CAROLINE 16d overdue
18762875 ADDITIVELY REINFORCED THERMOFORMING BEHA, CAROLINE 8d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 3
1748 2
1735 2
3763 2
1794 2
1733 1
1759 1
2893 1
3752 1
1743 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18899066 NOVEL TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN REGULATES PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES IN PLANT CELLS ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 1663 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18899199 NOVEL TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN 33 REGULATES PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES IN PLANT CELLS MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 1663 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18891003 SYSTEM FOR PLANT CO-TRANSFORMATION AND METHODS OF USE MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 1663 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18771173 REDUCED POROSITY 3D PRINTED COMPOSITES BEHA, CAROLINE 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18762875 ADDITIVELY REINFORCED THERMOFORMING BEHA, CAROLINE 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18761546 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY ULTRASONICALLY WELDED SPOT JOINTS GAMINO, CARLOS J 1735 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2024
18732945 FRICTION PRESSURE WELDING OF SIMILAR AND/OR DISSIMILAR MATERIALS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2024
18606129 METHOD OF JOINING TWO DISSIMILAR ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 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
18375072 Enhanced Pool Boiling System and Method ALVARE, PAUL 3763 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18374410 POWER MODULE LIU, BENJAMIN T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18371993 NOZZLES FOR ENTRAINMENT DRIVEN FLOWS BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18369500 SOLID-STATE THERMAL SWITCH PANEL FOR THERMAL STORAGE RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18237176 LARGE-SCALE CONTINUOUS FIBER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED-COMPRESSION MOLDED COMPOSITE SULTANA, NAHIDA 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18266367 METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF NEUTRONICS PARAMETERS USING DEEP LEARNING WAESCO, JOSEPH M 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18323672 PAN DOMAIN ACTIVATES UBIQUITINATION PAPCIAK, SHARON M 1657 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18142086 METHOD OF IMPROVING ELECTRODE-TO-SOLID-ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE CONTACT IN SOLID-STATE BATTERIES RUFO, LOUIS J 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 02, 2023
18140264 HYBRID BILAYER ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF MAKING CASERTO, JULIA SHARON 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18132579 POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2023
18123968 EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF CIS, CIS-MUCONIC ACID FROM MIXED SUBSTRATES OF GLUCOSE, D-XYLOSE AND L-ARABINOSE SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1652 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18023529 BREATH COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR MONITORING SHAH, JAY B 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18107715 METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL GRAPHITIZATION OF CARBON FIBER CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 09, 2023
17725902 SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM SULFATE AQUEOUS SOLUTION FIORITO, JAMES A 1731 §103 Final Rejection 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
17690432 PASSIVE SENSING FIBER COMPOSITIONS AND COMPOSITES THEREOF NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 09, 2022
17545010 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION TOOL FOR ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS STOICA, ADRIAN 2188 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2021
17483226 MULTIMODAL DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS UNDER PROGRAMMABLE ENVIRONMENTS AND ENVIRONMENT PREDICTION NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2021
17414149 NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CONTAINING LIFSI SALT FOR FAST CHARGING/DISCHARGING OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERY BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH 1727 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 15, 2021

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