Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software
8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Westlake University currently manages 8 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. The presence of these 8 pending office actions shows the current volume of activity for this entity. Practitioners should note the distribution across the 6 distinct art units, which involves different examination environments. The coordination of responses across different technical centers is a key consideration for the legal team.
STCLAIR, ANDREW D is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. While the company workload involves 6 distinct examiners, this specific official is responsible for 3 matters. This distribution suggests that the innovations are being evaluated by different groups within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field. Having 6 distinct examiners involved means that the prosecution strategy must account for the individual tendencies of various officials. Each examiner may bring a different perspective to the claims, requiring a specific approach for every individual case file.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (88%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 3 | 60.1% | +25.6% |
| PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | 1 | 39.3% | +16.5% |
| HU, ANN M | 1 | 67.8% | +21.5% |
| NGUYEN, NGHI V | 1 | 53.6% | +50.8% |
| POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | 1 | 63.9% | +18.1% |
| KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD | 1 | 85.7% | +16.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038220 | Wing Element Structure for Aircraft, Wing Structure, and Aircraft | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 558d overdue |
| 18038218 | WING ELEMENT STRUCTURE, WING STRUCTURE AND FLAPPING-WING AIRCRAFT | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 406d overdue |
| 18038219 | Wing Element Structure for Aircraft, Wing Structure, and Aircraft | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 367d overdue |
| 18853076 | Underwater Vehicle | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | — |
| 18688650 | CLEARING AND EXPANSION METHOD AND IMAGING METHOD FOR BIOLOGICAL TISSUE | NGUYEN, NGHI V | — |
| 18572307 | DISRUPTIONS OF PDCD1, ADORA2A, AND CTLA4 GENES AND USES THEREOF | POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | — |
| 18566728 | METHOD FOR CARBOXYLATION OF SILK PROTEIN AND CARBOXYLATED SILK PROTEIN PREPARED BY METHOD AND APPLICATION OF CARBOXYLATED SILK PROTEIN | KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038220 | Wing Element Structure for Aircraft, Wing Structure, and Aircraft | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 558d overdue |
| 18038218 | WING ELEMENT STRUCTURE, WING STRUCTURE AND FLAPPING-WING AIRCRAFT | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 406d overdue |
| 18038219 | Wing Element Structure for Aircraft, Wing Structure, and Aircraft | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 367d overdue |
| 18853076 | Underwater Vehicle | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | — |
| 18648286 | RETINAL PROSTHESIS AND VISUAL PERCEPTION METHOD BASED ON RETINAL PROSTHESIS | HU, ANN M | — |
| 18688650 | CLEARING AND EXPANSION METHOD AND IMAGING METHOD FOR BIOLOGICAL TISSUE | NGUYEN, NGHI V | — |
| 18572307 | DISRUPTIONS OF PDCD1, ADORA2A, AND CTLA4 GENES AND USES THEREOF | POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | — |
| 18566728 | METHOD FOR CARBOXYLATION OF SILK PROTEIN AND CARBOXYLATED SILK PROTEIN PREPARED BY METHOD AND APPLICATION OF CARBOXYLATED SILK PROTEIN | KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2178 | 3 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1637 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18853076 | Underwater Vehicle | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18648286 | RETINAL PROSTHESIS AND VISUAL PERCEPTION METHOD BASED ON RETINAL PROSTHESIS | HU, ANN M | 3774 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18688650 | CLEARING AND EXPANSION METHOD AND IMAGING METHOD FOR BIOLOGICAL TISSUE | NGUYEN, NGHI V | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18572307 | DISRUPTIONS OF PDCD1, ADORA2A, AND CTLA4 GENES AND USES THEREOF | POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | 1637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18566728 | METHOD FOR CARBOXYLATION OF SILK PROTEIN AND CARBOXYLATED SILK PROTEIN PREPARED BY METHOD AND APPLICATION OF CARBOXYLATED SILK PROTEIN | KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD | 1652 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18038219 | Wing Element Structure for Aircraft, Wing Structure, and Aircraft | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 367d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18038220 | Wing Element Structure for Aircraft, Wing Structure, and Aircraft | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 558d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18038218 | WING ELEMENT STRUCTURE, WING STRUCTURE AND FLAPPING-WING AIRCRAFT | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 406d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWestlake University has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Andrew D Stclair has the most, with 3 of Westlake University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
