Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Utah State University has 8 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. Each action is associated with a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, with 8 of each recorded. The current docket therefore presents separate examination assignments rather than repeated activity within one examiner or art-unit channel.
CROSS, JULIANA MARIA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the busiest assignment contains only the stated single matter, portfolio management can focus on application-specific responses and deadlines.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | 1 | 83.1% | +17.7% |
| HINES, LATOSHA D | 1 | 51.4% | +21.6% |
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1 | 60.8% | +43.6% |
| COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1 | 82.2% | +9.0% |
| HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | 1 | 69.0% | +8.3% |
| SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | 1 | 73.5% | +19.6% |
| ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA | 1 | 46.2% | +71.4% |
| SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1 | 76.5% | +14.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19050718 | TRACKING A TARGET USING DOPPLER SHIFT | CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | — |
| 18872146 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO MODIFIED CAS12A2 MOLECULES | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| 18838582 | METHODS OF INDUCING UNREDUCED APOSPOROUS OR DIPLOSPOROUS EMBRYO SAC FORMATION IN A SEXUAL ANGIOSPERM | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — |
| 18752584 | LENS, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ALTERATION OF COLOR PERCEPTION AND DISCRIMINABILITY | HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | — |
| 18564684 | RNA-GUIDED CAS NUCLEASES AND USES THEREOF IN DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY | ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17226037 | METHODS OF INDUCING APOMICTIC OR SEXUAL REPRODUCTION | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 79d |
| 19050718 | TRACKING A TARGET USING DOPPLER SHIFT | CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | — |
| 19009729 | INFUSED SOLID FUEL FOR HYBRID ROCKETS AND ORDNANCE | HINES, LATOSHA D | — |
| 18872146 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO MODIFIED CAS12A2 MOLECULES | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| 18444410 | BORON-DOPED COBALT/COBALT NITRIDE INTERFACIAL CATALYSTS, PROCESSES FOR MAKING, AND USES THEREOF | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | — |
| 18564684 | RNA-GUIDED CAS NUCLEASES AND USES THEREOF IN DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY | ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3648 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1635 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19050718 | TRACKING A TARGET USING DOPPLER SHIFT | CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | 3648 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19009729 | INFUSED SOLID FUEL FOR HYBRID ROCKETS AND ORDNANCE | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18872146 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO MODIFIED CAS12A2 MOLECULES | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18838582 | METHODS OF INDUCING UNREDUCED APOSPOROUS OR DIPLOSPOROUS EMBRYO SAC FORMATION IN A SEXUAL ANGIOSPERM | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1662 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18752584 | LENS, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ALTERATION OF COLOR PERCEPTION AND DISCRIMINABILITY | HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18444410 | BORON-DOPED COBALT/COBALT NITRIDE INTERFACIAL CATALYSTS, PROCESSES FOR MAKING, AND USES THEREOF | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | 1736 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18564684 | RNA-GUIDED CAS NUCLEASES AND USES THEREOF IN DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY | ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA | 1635 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 17226037 | METHODS OF INDUCING APOMICTIC OR SEXUAL REPRODUCTION | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 79d | Pending | Apr 08, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialUtah State University has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 8 examiners.
Juliana Maria Cross has the most, with 1 of Utah State University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
