Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Utah State University currently has 7 pending office actions within its Chemistry & Materials patent portfolio. These actions are being handled by 7 distinct examiners, resulting in a unique examiner for every active matter. This distribution indicates that the university's prosecution strategy is not concentrated under any single individual, but rather spread across a diverse group of patent office personnel.
The portfolio is active across 5 distinct art units, reflecting the varied technical applications of the university's research in chemistry and materials. HINES, LATOSHA D is the busiest examiner for the university, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because each of the 7 distinct examiners is only handling 1 pending office action, the university faces a broad range of perspectives during the examination process. Managing 7 pending office actions across 5 distinct art units requires the university to address multiple technical niches simultaneously within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINES, LATOSHA D | 1 | 51.2% | +21.7% |
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1 | 60.9% | +43.4% |
| COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1 | 82.2% | +9.0% |
| HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | 1 | 67.5% | +7.2% |
| FIORITO, JAMES A | 1 | 71.6% | +27.9% |
| SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | 1 | 73.5% | +18.5% |
| SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1 | 76.9% | +14.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18582595 | RED MUD COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17226037 | METHODS OF INDUCING APOMICTIC OR SEXUAL REPRODUCTION | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 79d |
| 19009729 | INFUSED SOLID FUEL FOR HYBRID ROCKETS AND ORDNANCE | HINES, LATOSHA D | — |
| 18872146 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO MODIFIED CAS12A2 MOLECULES | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| 18582595 | RED MUD COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
| 18444410 | BORON-DOPED COBALT/COBALT NITRIDE INTERFACIAL CATALYSTS, PROCESSES FOR MAKING, AND USES THEREOF | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | §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 |
| 18582595 | RED MUD COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18444410 | BORON-DOPED COBALT/COBALT NITRIDE INTERFACIAL CATALYSTS, PROCESSES FOR MAKING, AND USES THEREOF | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 17226037 | METHODS OF INDUCING APOMICTIC OR SEXUAL REPRODUCTION | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 79d | Pending | Apr 08, 2021 |
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