Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
25 pending office actions • 19 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
West Virginia University has 26 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 26 distinct examiners across 19 distinct art units, indicating that examiner diversity is high and no examiner cluster structures the profile.
SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M is the busiest identified examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should manage the portfolio through matter-specific review, with technical coordination based on the assigned art units rather than a common examiner approach.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (12%) |
| §103 only | 9 (36%) |
| §112 only | 2 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 1 | 69.7% | +26.4% |
| JAHAN, ISRAT | 1 | — | — |
| BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 1 | 47.1% | +19.0% |
| CHOI, DAVID | 1 | 20.0% | +29.8% |
| CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 1 | 62.8% | +23.9% |
| PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1 | 28.4% | +27.4% |
| SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 1 | 67.3% | +29.7% |
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.3% | +38.0% |
| BULLOCK, IN SUK C | 1 | 51.2% | +28.3% |
| VO, JIMMY | 1 | 73.5% | +21.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18054285 | Compositions Comprising Human Skin Fibroblasts and Amyloid Beta Peptide | MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE | 70d overdue |
| 19046805 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF IMPROVING TINNITUS VIA ULTRASOUND NEUROMODULATION OF THE BRAIN | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 14d |
| 19369485 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF IMPROVING MEDICAL CONDITIONS VIA ULTRASOUND NEUROMODULATION OF THE BRAIN | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — |
| 19105416 | TARGETED NEUROMODULATION TO IMPROVE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC FUNCTION | JAHAN, ISRAT | — |
| 18998615 | ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING HUMAN WELLNESS | CHOI, DAVID | — |
| 19001687 | METHODS TO PRODUCE HYDROCARBONS FROM CARBON DIOXIDE | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | — |
| 18974148 | Composite Jacket System for Improved Safety | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 18782115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF FERTILIZER BUILDING BLOCKS FROM WASTE | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19046805 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF IMPROVING TINNITUS VIA ULTRASOUND NEUROMODULATION OF THE BRAIN | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 14d |
| 19369485 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF IMPROVING MEDICAL CONDITIONS VIA ULTRASOUND NEUROMODULATION OF THE BRAIN | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — |
| 18998615 | ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING HUMAN WELLNESS | CHOI, DAVID | — |
| 19001687 | METHODS TO PRODUCE HYDROCARBONS FROM CARBON DIOXIDE | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | — |
| 18974148 | Composite Jacket System for Improved Safety | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 18962374 | VEHICLE CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION FROM SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | — |
| 18782115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF FERTILIZER BUILDING BLOCKS FROM WASTE | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18617116 | METHOD TO CONVERT WASTE PLASTICS INTO VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS USING MICROWAVE-ASSISTED CATALYSIS | BULLOCK, IN SUK C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 1772 | 2 |
| 1683 | 2 |
| 1675 | 2 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3684 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 2671 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19369485 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF IMPROVING MEDICAL CONDITIONS VIA ULTRASOUND NEUROMODULATION OF THE BRAIN | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 3797 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
| 19105416 | TARGETED NEUROMODULATION TO IMPROVE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC FUNCTION | JAHAN, ISRAT | 3792 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19046805 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF IMPROVING TINNITUS VIA ULTRASOUND NEUROMODULATION OF THE BRAIN | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 3798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18998615 | ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING HUMAN WELLNESS | CHOI, DAVID | 3684 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19001687 | METHODS TO PRODUCE HYDROCARBONS FROM CARBON DIOXIDE | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18974148 | Composite Jacket System for Improved Safety | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18962374 | VEHICLE CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION FROM SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 2671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18782115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF FERTILIZER BUILDING BLOCKS FROM WASTE | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18617116 | METHOD TO CONVERT WASTE PLASTICS INTO VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS USING MICROWAVE-ASSISTED CATALYSIS | BULLOCK, IN SUK C | 1772 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18586661 | CONFORMAL COATING SCAFFOLD ELECTRODES FOR REVERSIBLE SOLID OXIDE CELLS | VO, JIMMY | 1723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18686027 | BIOMIMETIC DECODING OF SENSORIMOTOR INTENSION WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS | WILLSE, DAVID H | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18684274 | REPURPOSING DRUGS FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER | BROWN, MINDY G | 1683 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18398011 | METHODS OF IMPROVING A COGNITIVE DISORDER BY NEUROMODULATION OF A PULVINAR NUCLEUS | POPESCU, GABRIEL VICTOR | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18517623 | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1683 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18388192 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF IMPROVING AND MONITORING ADDICTION USING CUE REACTIVITY | TEJANI, ANKIT D | 3792 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18383393 | METHODS OF IMPROVING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS BY TARGETED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS | IVICH, FERNANDO NMN | 1678 | §101§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18383398 | METHODS OF IMPROVING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS BY TARGETED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS | BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN | 1675 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18379615 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASED THERMOELECTRIC OXIDE CERAMIC PERFORMANCE | LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18284525 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR MICROWAVE CATALYTIC AMMONIA SYNTHESIS | LANGEL, WAYNE A | 1736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 99d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18548724 | A DELTA-OPIOID RECEPTOR TARGETED AGENT FOR MOLECULAR IMAGING AND IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER | ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM | 1618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18240325 | METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULAR PRODUCTION OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS FROM ACETYLENE USING MICROWAVE CATALYSIS | FORREST, MICHAEL | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18228599 | DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY UTILIZING VIBRATING SHARP-EDGE SPRAY IONIZATION | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18245265 | RECYCLING OF FIBER REINFORCED THERMOSET AND THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES AND PREPEGS USING SOLVENTS AND CATALYSTS | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1759 | §112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18054285 | Compositions Comprising Human Skin Fibroblasts and Amyloid Beta Peptide | MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE | 1675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
| 17858018 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR MICROWAVE ENHANCED CARBON DIOXIDE-DEHYDROAROMATIZATION OVER MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS | CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | 1732 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialWest Virginia University has 25 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 25 examiners.
Joseph M Santos Rodriguez has the most, with 1 of West Virginia University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
