Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
26 pending office actions • 23 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne has 25 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The portfolio spans 25 examiners and 21 art units, making it the broadest reported examination footprint in this profile and indicating repeated art-unit coverage among a much larger examiner set.
ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has a larger identified workload, so the portfolio is not concentrated around a single examination relationship despite its substantial pending activity.
Counsel should use structured portfolio management to track examiner positions, art-unit patterns, and response consistency. Shared art-unit coverage may support issue clustering, but the examiner distribution requires individualized prosecution analysis for each matter.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 only | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (27%) |
| §103 only | 1 (4%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 1 | 84.1% | +12.9% |
| NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | 1 | 51.9% | +11.3% |
| PAK, SUNG H | 1 | 87.8% | +11.4% |
| KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 1 | 84.6% | +23.3% |
| BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 1 | 50.2% | +54.9% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.4% | +19.8% |
| HAN, KYU HYUNG | 1 | 41.2% | +39.4% |
| WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 1 | 84.0% | +13.2% |
| LEE, YIE CHIA | 1 | 69.2% | +46.6% |
| RHO, YONG DOO | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18269114 | A METHOD | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 11d overdue |
| 18271503 | PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING MYOGENESIS | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 4d overdue |
| 18273542 | THERMALLY DRAWN SENSOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF | SINES, BRIAN J | 3d overdue |
| 18023309 | COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) POWER SYSTEM WITH C02 EMISSIONS CAPTURE AND STORAGE | PETTITT, JOHN F | 26d |
| 18253884 | MEMBRANE-LESS ELECTROLYZER WITH POROUS WALLS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT AND PURE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 82d |
| 18960271 | LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | — |
| 18721566 | FERROELECTRIC DEVICE OR STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERROELECTRIC DEVICES OR STRUCTURES | PAK, SUNG H | — |
| 18713037 | SINGLE-PARTICLE INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY PARTICLE SIZING AND COUNTING METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE DATA CARRIER | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18726255 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM AS HUMAN INTERACTIVE SURFACE | NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | 118d overdue |
| 18960271 | LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | — |
| 18721566 | FERROELECTRIC DEVICE OR STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERROELECTRIC DEVICES OR STRUCTURES | PAK, SUNG H | — |
| 18713037 | SINGLE-PARTICLE INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY PARTICLE SIZING AND COUNTING METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE DATA CARRIER | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | — |
| 18708959 | A WEARABLE TO ASSESS KNEE JOINT INTEGRITY USING NON-CONTACT ACOUSTIC SENSORS | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | — |
| 18708216 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR SAMPLE ENCAPSULATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18632704 | SIMPLIFICATION OF SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK MODELS | HAN, KYU HYUNG | — |
| 18691308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE CELL PHENOTYPICAL PROFILING AND DETERMINISTIC NANOLITER-DROPLET ENCAPSULATION AND DETERMINISTIC DROPLET CONSORTIA ASSEMBLIES | WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1797 | 2 |
| 1686 | 2 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 2874 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 2124 | 1 |
| 1642 | 1 |
| 2147 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18960271 | LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18726255 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM AS HUMAN INTERACTIVE SURFACE | NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | 3656 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 118d overdue | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18721566 | FERROELECTRIC DEVICE OR STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERROELECTRIC DEVICES OR STRUCTURES | PAK, SUNG H | 2874 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18713037 | SINGLE-PARTICLE INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY PARTICLE SIZING AND COUNTING METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE DATA CARRIER | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18708959 | A WEARABLE TO ASSESS KNEE JOINT INTEGRITY USING NON-CONTACT ACOUSTIC SENSORS | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18708216 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR SAMPLE ENCAPSULATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18632704 | SIMPLIFICATION OF SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK MODELS | HAN, KYU HYUNG | 2124 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18691308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE CELL PHENOTYPICAL PROFILING AND DETERMINISTIC NANOLITER-DROPLET ENCAPSULATION AND DETERMINISTIC DROPLET CONSORTIA ASSEMBLIES | WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 1797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18684249 | IL-10 Expressing Cells For Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapies | LEE, YIE CHIA | 1642 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18539326 | APPROXIMATION-FREE NEURAL NETWORK MAPPING | RHO, YONG DOO | 2147 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18539328 | NEURAL NETWORK HAVING ACCURACY-LATENCY BALANCE | CHEEMA, NOOR FATIMA | 2142 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18567573 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM TO BUILD AN IR FINGERPRINT DATABASE FOR THE STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION OF BIOMOLECULES | BEVERIDGE, CONNOR HAMMOND | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18374625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING TEXT INTO A SEQUENCE OF CHARACTERS INCLUDING GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS | HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS | 2659 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18273542 | THERMALLY DRAWN SENSOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF | SINES, BRIAN J | 1796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18271503 | PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING MYOGENESIS | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 1631 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18253884 | MEMBRANE-LESS ELECTROLYZER WITH POROUS WALLS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT AND PURE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 82d | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18188888 | GENERATING AND IDENTIFYING FUNCTIONAL SUBNETWORKS WITHIN STRUCTURAL NETWORKS | CHEN, ALAN S | 2125 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18023309 | COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) POWER SYSTEM WITH C02 EMISSIONS CAPTURE AND STORAGE | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18160650 | VIRUCIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF | BROOKS, CLINTON A | 1600 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
| 17922526 | STRETCHABLE TUBULAR DEVICE AND USE THEREOF AS A COUNTERPULSATION DEVICE | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17777976 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING CELLS GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL ANOMALY IN A SUBJECT'S BODY PART | VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN | 1686 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2022 |
| 17770172 | SYNTHESIS OF BRANCHING MORPHOLOGIES | SABOUR, GHAZAL | 1686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2022 |
| 17762325 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF AGING RELATED-DISEASE AND/OR AGING BY THE INHIBITION OF SPHINGOLIPIDS | RAHMANI, NILOOFAR | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
| 17419990 | Transpochimeric Gene Transcripts (TCGTS) As Cancer Biomarkers | BAUSCH, SARAE L | 1699 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2021 |
| 18269114 | A METHOD | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 1742 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 17554927 | Methods of treating amyloid-beta peptide diseases | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1623 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne has 26 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 23 art units and 26 examiners.
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Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
