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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Washington University

66 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

66
Total Pending OAs
16
Final Rejections
50
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19105243 CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK CLASSIFICATION OF PRETREATMENT BIOPSIES ROBINSON, KYLE G 3685 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2025
18855529 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING CLINICAL PHENOTYPES FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE DEMENTIA FROM UNSTRUCTURED CLINICAL RECORDS USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING LAGOY, KYRA RAND 3685 Final Rejection Oct 09, 2024
18818523 METHODS OF DETECTING ONCOGENIC FUSIONS AND USES THEREOF HORTH, LISA ANNE 1681 Non-Final OA Aug 28, 2024
18716989 DEVICE FOR REVERSIBLY BLOCKING ACTIVITIES OF TARGET REGION AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME CLARK, RYAN T 3794 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2024
18661385 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HIGH SPATIOTEMPORAL RADIO-LUMINESCENT IMAGING DOSIMETRY SONG, HOON K 2884 Non-Final OA May 10, 2024
18706109 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING WIDE COMPLEX TACHYCARDIAS (WCTS) ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE 3796 Non-Final OA Apr 30, 2024
18698815 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INFLAMMATION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 3796 Final Rejection Apr 05, 2024
18620007 ELECTROPORATION AND ELECTROPHORESIS DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RELATED TO ENDOVASCULAR APPLICATIONS FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 3792 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2024
18590933 AEROSOL CONTAINMENT MASK AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF LEE, MICHELLE J 3786 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18405437 DEPRESSION BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE FOR THE QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MOOD STATE AND FOR BIOFEEDBACK FOR MOOD ALTERATION NGUYEN, HUONG Q 3791 Non-Final OA Jan 05, 2024
18516382 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SCARLESS WOUND HEALING IN DIABETES ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1611 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2023
18286205 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CRX-MEDIATED RETINOPATHIES BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 Non-Final OA Oct 09, 2023
18550591 HEMODILUTION DETECTOR MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3791 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2023
18231684 MUSCLE RETENTION IN AGING AND DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (DMD) THROUGH S1P INHIBITION YU, DAVID TUYANG 1635 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2023
18364112 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER HEES, OLIVER DRAGON 1628 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2023
18353913 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE ALIGNMENT AND REGISTRATION HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN 2665 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2023
18261874 METHODS FOR DETECTING utDNA SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2023
18261483 MHC-INDEPENDENT TCRs AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME NICKOL, GARY B 1643 Non-Final OA Jul 14, 2023
18333172 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED CYTOKINE DELIVERY LI, RUIXIANG 1674 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2023
18255655 METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING KIDNEY DISEASE SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 1629 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2023
18318232 METHODS FOR TREATING HER2-NEGATIVE OR HER2-LOW CANCER LUNDE, GRACE HENRY 1641 Non-Final OA May 16, 2023
18036695 MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF TITIN FIBERS WITH EXCEPTIONAL MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 Non-Final OA May 12, 2023
18314024 NANOEMULSION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J 1645 Non-Final OA May 08, 2023
18251823 METHOD OF TREATING A TUMOR WITH A COMBINATION OF AN IL-7 PROTEIN AND A NUCLEOTIDE VACCINE OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 Non-Final OA May 04, 2023
18310412 ULTRAHIGH-SPEED MULTI-PARAMETRIC PHOTOACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY BASED ON A THIN-FILM OPTICAL-ACOUSTIC COMBINER MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 2877 Final Rejection May 01, 2023
18193930 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL OSCILLATIONS ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 3798 Non-Final OA Mar 31, 2023
18029210 METHODS TO DETERMINE RISK OF NEUROTOXICITY ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2023
18179966 Focused Ultrasound Device NGANGA, BONIFACE N 3797 Non-Final OA Mar 07, 2023
18043330 SYNTHETIC HYBRID SPIDROIN-AMYLOID-MUSSEL FOOT PROTEIN FOR UNDERWATER ADHESION OF DIVERSE SURFACES ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2023
18168955 METHODS OF DETERMINING COVID-19 MORTALITY RISK KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 Non-Final OA Feb 14, 2023
18162387 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SUSTAINED OXYGEN RELEASE TO ISCHEMIC TISSUES LIU, SUE XU 1616 Non-Final OA Jan 31, 2023
18004545 SARS-COV-2 inhibitors KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 Non-Final OA Jan 06, 2023
18061672 PLASMON-ENHANCED FLUORO-DOT ASSAYS LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2022
18054503 PARALLEL SINGLE-CELL REPORTER ASSAYS AND COMPOSITIONS PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN 1684 Non-Final OA Nov 10, 2022
17922319 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING VIRAL RECOGNITION SITES YOUTCHOM PENDIE, EMMANUEL LED 1647 Non-Final OA Oct 28, 2022
17918792 SARS COV-2 VACCINES AND HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS BASED ON VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS VECTORS YAO, LEI 1642 Final Rejection Oct 13, 2022
18045744 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING THERAPEUTIC OUTCOME LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2022
17916180 IMPLANT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CERVICAL CANCER WORSHAM, JESSICA N 1615 Final Rejection Sep 30, 2022
17914817 Uses of Tau Phosphosites as Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1675 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2022
17948760 THORACIC DUCT AS A SAMPLE COLLECTION RESERVOIR GRAY, JESSICA 1682 Final Rejection Sep 20, 2022
17944820 ENGINEERED CALCIUM ALGINATE AND USES THEREOF SMITH, JENNIFER A 1731 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2022
17801776 METHODS OF USE OF ANTI-TREM2 ANTIBODIES WANG, CHANG YU 1675 Final Rejection Aug 23, 2022
17800171 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL IMAGING USING DUO-SPOT POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS NGO, BRIAN 2851 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2022
17796035 ISOVOLUMETRIC PUMP AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF SHAH, NILAY J 3783 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2022
17794790 VARIABLE STIFFNESS CATHETER AND METHODS THEREOF ALLEN, ROBERT F 3783 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2022
17866246 USE OF MORPHOMETRIC CHANGES IN THE BRAIN AS A BIOMARKER TO PREDICT BRAIN TUMOR SURVIVAL BEGEMAN, ANDREW W 3798 Non-Final OA Jul 15, 2022
17809713 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING ENERGY-EFFICIENT SPIKING GROWTH TRANSFORM NEURAL NETWORKS THAI, JASMINE THANH 2129 Final Rejection Jun 29, 2022
17787091 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNIZATION AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 Final Rejection Jun 17, 2022
17786255 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR DENDRITIC CELLS (CAR-DCS) AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 Final Rejection Jun 16, 2022
17786473 METHOD OF MEASURING CELL-FREE DNA IN SURGICAL DRAIN FLUID TO SELECT ADJUVANT THERAPY HOPPE, EMMA RUTH 1683 Non-Final OA Jun 16, 2022
17840368 METHODS FOR TREATING MICROGLIAL DYSFUNCTION WANG, CHANG YU 1675 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2022
17837224 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING CELL SURFACE OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR (OXTR) HUTTER, GILLIAN A 1625 Non-Final OA Jun 10, 2022
17831103 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS OF SURGICAL DRAIN FLUID USING INTERCHANGEABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE NUCLEIC ACID BASED TESTS KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2022
17776186 LIPOSOME COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT TARGETED TO TUMOR ENDOTHELIUM ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA 1612 Final Rejection May 11, 2022
17771718 NMDAR INHIBITING AGENTS AND GABAAR POTENTIATING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA 1621 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2022
17766112 METHODS OF DETECTING circRNA BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1675 Non-Final OA Apr 01, 2022
17691041 PREDICTING RESPONSE TO TREATMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH CLEAR CELL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 Final Rejection Mar 09, 2022
17627502 ANTI-GRP78 ANTIBODIES AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1671 Non-Final OA Jan 14, 2022
17574524 METHOD TO PERFORM SPECTRAL BIOPSY OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL BRAIN FUNCTION MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 3791 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2022
17553394 PREDICTING CORE PHENOTYPING DOMAINS OF LOW BACK PAIN WITH MULTIMODAL BRAIN IMAGING METRICS CLOW, LORI A 1687 Non-Final OA Dec 16, 2021
17614140 METHODS OF DETECTING CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTIONS FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 Final Rejection Nov 24, 2021
17291959 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR MEMORY-LIKE (CARML) NK CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1643 Non-Final OA May 06, 2021
17280222 BALLOON ENCAPSULATION AND ISOVOLUMETRIC SUCTION THROMBECTOMY CATHETER AND METHODS THEREOF MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 Non-Final OA Mar 26, 2021
17187727 METHODS OF ESTIMATION-BASED SEGMENTATION AND TRANSMISSION-LESS ATTENUATION AND SCATTER COMPENSATION IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING HOANG, HAN DINH 2661 Non-Final OA Feb 26, 2021
17170553 RECURSIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NEUROMODULATION SYSTEM TRAN, JULIE THI 3791 Final Rejection Feb 08, 2021
16301167 AIRWAY MUCUS IMPACTION MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 Final Rejection Nov 13, 2018

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