Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Yale University

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

69 pending office actions • 39 art units • 68 examiners • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

69
Total Pending OAs
46
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (5)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

29
Hard (42%)
32
Medium (46%)
8
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (7%)
§103 only18 (26%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only6 (9%)
Double-patenting only2 (3%)
Double-patenting + other11 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)24 (35%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

49
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
4% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
13
Business / Other
19% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

690 h
Manual time on pending OAs
138 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
241 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FLINDERS, JEREMY C 2 63.5% +16.7%
SAHAND, SANA 1 63.4% +23.8%
MOSS, JAMES R 1 51.1% +41.6%
PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1 66.7% +15.6%
MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1 58.8% +10.5%
SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK 1 70.0% +33.3%
GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 1 77.1% +23.6%
TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH 1 55.2% +43.0%
BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN 1 0.0% +0.0%
YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 1 74.9% -4.3%

Hard Cases (30)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18266917 USE OF MGLUR5 ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATING GAMBLING DISORDER ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 49d overdue
17641516 NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE TISSUE OR CELLULAR UPTAKE LAZARO, DOMINIC 30d overdue
18557008 ON-CHIP SPECTROMETER WITH TUNABLE PHOTODETECTION LAYER LIU, BENJAMIN T 26d overdue
18555112 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCER COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 13d
17289882 Quantitative Algorithm for Endometriosis LIU, GUOZHEN 13d
18002710 PanK Modulators and Methods Using Same VISHNYAKOVA, ELENA VLADIMIROVNA 40d
18623722 EGFR PROTEOLYSIS TARGETING CHIMERIC MOLECULES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 53d
19175271 INTRACAVITARY, PHYSIOLOGICAL AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD SAHAND, SANA —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17764804 DETERMINISTIC BARCODING FOR SPATIAL OMICS SEQUENCING FLINDERS, JEREMY C 28d overdue
19175271 INTRACAVITARY, PHYSIOLOGICAL AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD SAHAND, SANA —
19077565 INTRACARDIAC DEVICE MOSS, JAMES R —
19111224 Methods of Managing Traumatic Brain Injury PACKARD, BENJAMIN J —
19023761 HYPERBRANCHED POLYGLYCEROL-COATED PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF MAEWALL, SNIGDHA —
18987814 METHODS OF INCORPORATING SPORADIC OBJECTS ONTO AN EXISTING MESH SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK —
18900131 METHODS FOR GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC SV2A PET FROM MRI IMAGES GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA —
18852059 COMPACT SCALABLE DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSOR TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1632 4
1629 3
1645 3
1684 3
1612 2
1622 2
3791 2
1626 2
1625 2
1658 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19175271 INTRACAVITARY, PHYSIOLOGICAL AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD SAHAND, SANA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2025
19077565 INTRACARDIAC DEVICE MOSS, JAMES R — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19111224 Methods of Managing Traumatic Brain Injury PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1612 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19023761 HYPERBRANCHED POLYGLYCEROL-COATED PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF MAEWALL, SNIGDHA — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18987814 METHODS OF INCORPORATING SPORADIC OBJECTS ONTO AN EXISTING MESH SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18900131 METHODS FOR GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC SV2A PET FROM MRI IMAGES GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18852059 COMPACT SCALABLE DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSOR TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH 1794 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18849428 BIODEGRADABLE CONTROLLED RELEASE ANTIVIRAL AGENT IMPLANTS BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18843593 AUTOMATED TEST OF EMBODIED COGNITION YENTRAPATI, AVINASH — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18840040 METHODS OF TREATING, AMELIORATING, OR PREVENTING HEART FAILURE, AND METHODS OF PROMOTING HEART MUSCLE GROWTH WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18794166 DERMATOLOGIC TOPICAL APPLICATIONS OF ROR GAMMA AND ROR GAMMA-T INHIBITORS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SKIN CANCER DEVELOPMENT CARR, DEBORAH D — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18835094 PROBE FOR MONITORING RNA SPLICING AND METHODS THEREOF KOVACH, KARA NICOLE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2024
18744344 MULTIBLOCK COPOLYMER FILMS, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND USES THEREOF MENON, KRISHNAN S — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18718839 STRETCHABLE, FABRIC SENSOR, WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME FREAL, JOHN BRENDAN 2847 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18653162 Bioprinting of Collagenous Bioinks SWANSON, ANDREW L 1745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 02, 2024
18701027 IMPROVED SELECTIVE JAK2 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2024
18623722 EGFR PROTEOLYSIS TARGETING CHIMERIC MOLECULES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 1629 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 53d Pending Apr 01, 2024
18694284 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCERS THAT ARE MGMT DEFICIENT REGARDLESS OF MMR STATUS NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18692729 NANOPARTICLE SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MODIFIED WITH BOTTLEBRUSH BLOCK COPOLYMERS ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA 1612 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18690785 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF INTACT ORGANS IN A MAMMAL YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1633 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18684124 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TICK IMMUNITY GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18683106 COMPOSITIONS FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE PRESERVATION GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1632 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2024
18681192 LEPTOSPIRAL VIRULENCE MODULATING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN 1645 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2024
18558943 SEQUENCE-DEFINED POLYMERS WITH ONE OR MORE AZIDES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2023
18494365 CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY FACTORS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ANTHROPODS MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2023
18557008 ON-CHIP SPECTROMETER WITH TUNABLE PHOTODETECTION LAYER LIU, BENJAMIN T 2893 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18486265 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS ESTIMATION OF ORGAN AND TISSUE SIZE AND CONTENT WITHIN AN INTACT ORGANISM YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18555112 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCER COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18473802 IMIDE-BASED MODULATORS OF PROTEOLYSIS AND METHODS OF USE MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2023
18043436 N-Linked Glycosylation Inhibitors and Methods of Using Same WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1629 §102Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18282206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BARCODES AND SCREENING IN SITU BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 14, 2023
18465433 TECHNIQUES FOR MITIGATING RADIATION-INDUCED ERRORS IN QUANTUM PROCESSORS PARIHAR, SUCHIN — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18465301 Cellular Analysis with Topology and Condensation Homology (CATCH) Analysis and Method of Use TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B 3687 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18277505 MULTIMODE SUPERCONDUCTING CAVITY RESONATORS HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18357810 MULTIFUNCTIONAL pO2/pH-SENSITIVE THERANOSTIC LIPOSOME NANOCARRIERS AND METHODS OF USING SAME ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18270684 HIGH-SPATIAL-RESOLUTION EPIGENOMIC PROFILING KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2023
18266917 USE OF MGLUR5 ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATING GAMBLING DISORDER ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18323356 MULTIPLEX DETECTION OF INTRACELLULAR OR SURFACE MOLECULAR TARGETS IN SINGLE CELLS FLINDERS, JEREMY C — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 24, 2023
18253250 TARGETING HOST-BACTERIA INTERACTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MICROBIOTA-MEDIATED DISEASES GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M 1684 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2023
18317526 Rapidly synthesized extracellular matrix-based gels and patterning techniques, from micro- to macro-scale PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2023
18312793 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM SEA WATER KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2023
18042993 Compounds and Compositions for Disrupting Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting KIM, SEONG JONG 1621 §112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18040484 POLYMERIC COMPOSITE MEMBRANES HAVING ORIENTED NANOCHANNELS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1773 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 03, 2023
18161712 Bifunctional Small Molecules to Target the Selective Degradation of Circulating Proteins LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 §103DPOther Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2023
18006590 RAPID CLINICAL TEST FOR GENETIC DIAGNOSIS INVOLVING KNOWN VARIANTS BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2023
18005444 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO TYPHOID TOXIN SUBUNIT PLTC DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18002710 PanK Modulators and Methods Using Same VISHNYAKOVA, ELENA VLADIMIROVNA 1691 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 40d Pending Dec 21, 2022
18002477 Methods of Treating, Ameliorating, Shortening Duration, and/or Reversing Symptoms and/or Complications of a Coronavirus Infection RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1625 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 19, 2022
18000957 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING COAGULOPATHY AND/OR SEPSIS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM BACTERIAL AND/OR VIRAL INFECTIONS MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1632 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Dec 07, 2022
18073852 DRUG THERAPY TO INHIBIT CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED ADVERSE EFFECTS AND RELATED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, DIAGNOSTICS, SCREENING TECHNIQUES AND KITS NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2022
18061272 REGULARIZED DEEP LEARNING BASED IMPROVEMENT OF BIOMOLECULES MOHANTA, PRAMOD KUMAR 1686 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2022
17928381 STABLE PEPTIDES HAVING RENALASE AGONIST ACTIVITY KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2022
17999324 AN INTEGRATED DIELECTROPHORESIS-TRAPPING AND NANOWELL TRANSFER APPROACH TO ENABLE DOUBLE-SUB-POISSON SINGLE-CELL RNA-SEQUENCING CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17995072 METHODS FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY AND FIBROTIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS MI, QIUWEN 1655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2022
17822332 TARGETED MEASURE OF TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO HORMONE RECEPTORS JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1682 §103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 25, 2022
17801486 TREATMENT FOR CHEMOBRAIN ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 22, 2022
17813395 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH TOPOLOGICAL SEMIMETAL INTERCONNECTS DUMBRIS, SETH M 1784 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 19, 2022
17782914 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING RECURRENCE OF CANCER BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §102DP Final Rejection — Pending Jun 06, 2022
17782338 A T cell-based immunotherapy for central nervous system viral infections and tumors ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §103DP Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 03, 2022
17768145 ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES AS MOLECULAR DEGRADERS THROUGH CELLULAR RECEPTORS HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 1693 §103§112DP Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022
17764804 DETERMINISTIC BARCODING FOR SPATIAL OMICS SEQUENCING FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1684 §103Other Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2022
17641516 NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE TISSUE OR CELLULAR UPTAKE LAZARO, DOMINIC 1611 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17637100 PORTABLE AND COMPACT SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF HUMIDIFIED HIGH FLOW NASAL CANNULA (HHFNC) THERAPY IN NEONATES AND INFANTS KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 3700 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 22, 2022
17627927 Inhibitors of microRNA 451a for Treatment of Endometriosis VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2022
17626903 Genetically Modified Non-Human Animals and Methods of Use Thereof SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2022
17312260 MICROBIOTA METABOLITES THAT SHAPE HOST PHYSIOLOGY MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1600 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 09, 2021
17289882 Quantitative Algorithm for Endometriosis LIU, GUOZHEN 1686 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection 13d Pending Apr 29, 2021
17283315 Selective Binding and Aggregation of Human Keratin in the Skin Barrier Using Human Filaggrin Subdomains SD67 and SD150 DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §112 Final Rejection 57d Pending Apr 07, 2021
15548197 INTEGRATED PAINLESS BONE MARROW BIOPSY DEVICE CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 02, 2017

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