Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
18 pending office actions • 3 clients • 17 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days
This profile has 17 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The broader record covers 74576 career applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 88.02% and an average of 3.15 office actions per allowance.
The docket reflects active work in a biotechnology and pharmaceutical setting. The outcome and examination figures support practical planning for prosecution resources and anticipated office-action responses.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 6 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (61%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPPE, EMMA RUTH | 2 | 40.0% | +58.3% |
| WRIGHT, BRYAN F | 1 | 78.3% | +24.0% |
| HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 1 | 60.0% | +22.6% |
| ARANT, HARRY E | 1 | 50.0% | +21.4% |
| LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | 1 | 82.7% | +7.9% |
| TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | 1 | 68.6% | +9.3% |
| RUPPERT, ERIC S | 1 | 60.1% | +23.9% |
| LOTTER, DAVID E | 1 | 85.0% | +9.4% |
| WIESE, NOAH S | 1 | 83.4% | -1.8% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.6% | +20.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17670091 | PRIMER DESIGN AND USE FOR LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) PATHOGEN DETECTION | WANG, RUIXUE | 49d overdue |
| 18678817 | DUAL-POLARIZED, HARDNESS-REINFORCED ANTENNA ARRAY FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS | LOTTER, DAVID E | 16d overdue |
| 18455568 | Refractory Material with Supercritical Fluid-Deposited Interface Coatings | WIESE, NOAH S | 2d overdue |
| 17985020 | Photonic Ising Compute Engine with An Optical Phased Array | DASGUPTA, SHOURJO | 13d |
| 19268571 | METHOD OF CREATING AN ELECTRONICALLY READABLE OPTICAL FINGERPRINT TO PROTECT AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT | WRIGHT, BRYAN F | — |
| 19089178 | OSCILLATING HEAT PIPE WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | — |
| 18925838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CONDITIONS IN AN ARCJET ENVIRONMENT UTILIZING NON-CATALYTIC CALORIMETER | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | — |
| 18884294 | OSCILLATING HEAT PIPES WITH RANDOMLY VARYING CHANNEL SIZE | RUPPERT, ERIC S | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19268571 | METHOD OF CREATING AN ELECTRONICALLY READABLE OPTICAL FINGERPRINT TO PROTECT AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT | WRIGHT, BRYAN F | — |
| 19089178 | OSCILLATING HEAT PIPE WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | — |
| 19086253 | OSCILLATING HEAT PIPE WITH BIPHILIC FLUID CHANNELS | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| 18884294 | OSCILLATING HEAT PIPES WITH RANDOMLY VARYING CHANNEL SIZE | RUPPERT, ERIC S | — |
| 18450503 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| 17576975 | LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ON A SOLID-PHASE MEDIUM | HOPPE, EMMA RUTH | — |
| 17576973 | LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ON A SOLID-PHASE MEDIUM | HOPPE, EMMA RUTH | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | 11 |
| RTX | 5 |
| Purdue University | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 4 |
| 1683 | 2 |
| 2497 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2828 | 1 |
| 2144 | 1 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19268571 | METHOD OF CREATING AN ELECTRONICALLY READABLE OPTICAL FINGERPRINT TO PROTECT AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT | Raytheon Company | WRIGHT, BRYAN F | 2497 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19089178 | OSCILLATING HEAT PIPE WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL | Raytheon Company | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19086253 | OSCILLATING HEAT PIPE WITH BIPHILIC FLUID CHANNELS | Raytheon Company | ARANT, HARRY E | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18925838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CONDITIONS IN AN ARCJET ENVIRONMENT UTILIZING NON-CATALYTIC CALORIMETER | Raytheon Company | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18921756 | STIRLING CYCLE HEAT PUMP WITH ACTUATED REGENERATOR AND INTEGRATED DISPLACER | Raytheon Company | TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18884294 | OSCILLATING HEAT PIPES WITH RANDOMLY VARYING CHANNEL SIZE | Raytheon Company | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18678817 | DUAL-POLARIZED, HARDNESS-REINFORCED ANTENNA ARRAY FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS | Blue Canyon Technologies LLC | LOTTER, DAVID E | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18455568 | Refractory Material with Supercritical Fluid-Deposited Interface Coatings | Raytheon Company | WIESE, NOAH S | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18450503 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | Raytheon Company | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18339477 | PHOTONIC DEVICES | Raytheon Company | CAMACHO ALANIS, FERNANDA ADRIANA | 2828 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 17985020 | Photonic Ising Compute Engine with An Optical Phased Array | Raytheon Bbn Technologies, Corp. | DASGUPTA, SHOURJO | 2144 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
| 17741329 | Method of Manufacture for a Lightweight, High-Precision Silicon Carbide Mirror Assembly | Raytheon Company | CARRUTH, JENNIFER DOAK | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
| 17670091 | PRIMER DESIGN AND USE FOR LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) PATHOGEN DETECTION | Purdue Research Foundation | WANG, RUIXUE | 1672 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Feb 11, 2022 |
| 17576975 | LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ON A SOLID-PHASE MEDIUM | Raytheon Bbn Technologies, Corp. | HOPPE, EMMA RUTH | 1683 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2022 |
| 17576972 | LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ANALYSIS FOR PATHOGENIC TARGETS | Raytheon Bbn Technologies, Corp. | JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE | 1682 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2022 |
| 17576973 | LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ON A SOLID-PHASE MEDIUM | Raytheon Bbn Technologies, Corp. | HOPPE, EMMA RUTH | 1683 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2022 |
| 17576968 | Liquid Biological Sample Test Cartridge | Purdue Research Foundation | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2022 |
| 16986596 | WATERLESS ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PROPELLANT | Raytheon Company | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 06, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Cantor Colburn LLP - Raytheon were allowed, across 74,576 applications in USPTO records.
3.15 office actions per allowed application on average.
18 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 17 examiners in 14 art units.
