Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Villanova University has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned to 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating separate examination paths.
BALI, VIKKRAM is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Because the assignments are distributed, prosecution planning should be handled at the individual application level, with cross-matter review used to detect any common chemistry or materials issues.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALI, VIKKRAM | 1 | 81.4% | +12.1% |
| SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1 | 15.2% | +22.5% |
| OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1 | 52.4% | +43.3% |
| SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 1 | 52.5% | +58.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18319107 | WEARABLE GARMENT FOR MUSCLE STIMULATION | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 70d overdue |
| 19060742 | DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR ANALYZING RESULTS OF FLOW MEDIATED DILATION | BALI, VIKKRAM | — |
| 19025275 | METHOD FOR FORMING ASSEMBLED NANOMATERIAL COATING BY SOLUTE-ASSISTED ASSEMBLY, AND RESULTING PRODUCTS | SHUKLA, KRUPA | — |
| 18442258 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY CELLS | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18319107 | WEARABLE GARMENT FOR MUSCLE STIMULATION | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 70d overdue |
| 19060742 | DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR ANALYZING RESULTS OF FLOW MEDIATED DILATION | BALI, VIKKRAM | — |
| 19025275 | METHOD FOR FORMING ASSEMBLED NANOMATERIAL COATING BY SOLUTE-ASSISTED ASSEMBLY, AND RESULTING PRODUCTS | SHUKLA, KRUPA | — |
| 18442258 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY CELLS | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2663 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19060742 | DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR ANALYZING RESULTS OF FLOW MEDIATED DILATION | BALI, VIKKRAM | 2663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2025 |
| 19025275 | METHOD FOR FORMING ASSEMBLED NANOMATERIAL COATING BY SOLUTE-ASSISTED ASSEMBLY, AND RESULTING PRODUCTS | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1787 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18442258 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY CELLS | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18319107 | WEARABLE GARMENT FOR MUSCLE STIMULATION | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVillanova University has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Vikkram Bali has the most, with 1 of Villanova University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
