Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Sf)

145 pending office actions • 41 clients • 133 examiners • 85 art units • 0 of 145 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 333 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=11707 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.2%
Allowance Rate
n=11707
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=11707
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=8477
-0.48σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=8477
915 days
Time to Allowance
n=8477
+1.1pp
Interview Lift
n=11707
17.7%
RCE Rate
n=11707
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=11707

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.2%
§101 Overcome
n=222
88.2%
§102 Overcome
n=1368
84.9%
§103 Overcome
n=4302
93.7%
§112 Overcome
n=1444

Specialization & Scale

F16H, Y02T, B60K
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=11707
0
Practitioners
n=11707
Apps / Practitioner
n=11707 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

145
Total Pending OAs
89
Non-Final OAs
53
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 73 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

39
Overdue
0
Due this week
15
Due this month
10
Due in next 60 days
9
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. 73 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (39)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (10)Due later (9)

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.

15
Hard (10%)
96
Medium (66%)
14
Easy (10%)
20
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only15 (10%)
§103 only84 (58%)
§102 only11 (8%)
§112 only5 (3%)
Double-patenting only9 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
No statute on record20 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

44
Life Sciences
30% of docket
4
Information Tech
3% of docket
7
Communications
5% of docket
13
Semiconductors
9% of docket
63
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
14
Business / Other
10% 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.

1,450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
290 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
507 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
12.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 2 10.0% +44.4%
HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 2 67.9% +28.2%
SASS, KIMBERLY A. 2 52.7% +53.1%
AEDER, SEAN E 2 56.7% +20.0%
HALVORSON, MARK 2 48.0% +21.7%
CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN 2
DUNN, MCKENZIE A 2 53.3% +54.1%
PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 2 58.8% +57.9%
SHARMA, SHIVAM 2 37.8% +2.0%
REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 2 37.1% +39.3%

Hard Cases (17)

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
18398649 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING PATIENT RECRUITMENT AT CLINICAL SITES MERCHANT, SHAHID R 111d overdue
16794696 ALIGNMENT USING HOMOPOLYMER-COLLAPSED SEQUENCING READS MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 84d overdue
18185632 PVRL2 AND/OR PVRIG AS BIOMARKERS FOR TREATMENT DUNN, MCKENZIE A 30d overdue
18930786 ESTIMATION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR FRACTION USING OFF-TARGET READS OF TARGETED-PANEL SEQUENCING LIU, GUOZHEN 25d overdue
18261907 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES, FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTION TREATMENT REGIMENS FOR A POPULATION OF SUBJECTS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 12d
18456317 OPTIMIZED Fc VARIANTS DAHLE, CHUN WU 16d
18101435 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTANT MERCHANT ACTIVATION FOR SECURED IN-PERSON PAYMENTS AT POINT OF SALE PHAN, NICHOLAS K 23d
17527646 ESTIMATION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR FRACTION USING OFF-TARGET READS OF TARGETED-PANEL SEQUENCING KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP 29d

Interview Candidates (16)

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
18249957 PVRL2 AND/OR PVRIG AS BIOMARKERS FOR TREATMENT AEDER, SEAN E 46d overdue
17692755 IL15/IL15Ralpha HETERODIMERIC Fc-FUSION PROTEINS PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 46d overdue
17973017 LOCATION INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD AND LOCATION INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 43d overdue
18185632 PVRL2 AND/OR PVRIG AS BIOMARKERS FOR TREATMENT DUNN, MCKENZIE A 30d overdue
18587839 HETERODIMERIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND CD3 AND TUMOR ANTIGENS AEDER, SEAN E 16d
16995516 VEHICLE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM USING BIG DATA REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 34d
17606981 Elucidating a Proteomic Signature for the Detection of Intracerebral Aneurysms DUNN, MCKENZIE A 54d
19365119 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING CELL-TYPE-SPECIFIC ACTIVITY OF ONE OR MORE UNTRANSLATED REGION RNA SEQUENCES ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL

Client Portfolio (41 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36655
36635
36865
36195
28595
36614
36624
16863
16423
16362

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19048241 Untitled Kia Corporation CELESTINE, NYROBI I 3798 Non-Final OA Pending
19054006 Untitled Kia Corporation PHAM, CLINT V Non-Final OA Pending
19365119 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING CELL-TYPE-SPECIFIC ACTIVITY OF ONE OR MORE UNTRANSLATED REGION RNA SEQUENCES The Regents of the University of California ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1636 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2025
19312970 HYBRID VEHICLE INCLUDING ACTIVE AIR FLAP Kia Corporation LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2025
19251560 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING IN-CAR TEMPERATURE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF Kia Corporation CODUROGLU, JALAL C 3661 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2025
19236796 BRAKE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM USING REDUNDANCY BRAKING SYSTEM Kia Corporation PATEL, SHARDUL D 3661 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2025
19202793 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OTA UPDATE OF VEHICLE Kia Corporation SMITH, ISAAC G §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2025
19190470 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Kia Corporation SWEENEY, BRIAN P DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
19179322 COMPACT FOLDABLE BED WITH ENHANCED COMFORT Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. LABARGE, ALISON N 3679 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2025
19002327 SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PRE-AUTHENTICATION AND METHOD THEREOF Kia Corporation SYED, NABIL H 2689 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
19037589 ELECTRIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD WHILE DRIVING ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE Kia Corporation KAN, YURI 3662 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
19034249 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CHARGE MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE Kia Corporation LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 3625 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
19008034 POP-UP FLOOR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE Kia Corporation ARTALEJO, ELIZABETH IRENE 3637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
19006932 Methods and Apparatus for Diagnosis of Progressive Kidney Function Decline Using a Machine Learning Model Renalytix AI PLC TAPIA, ANDREW KYLE 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Dec 31, 2024
18868363 METHOD FOR ADAPTING MICRONEEDLING APPARATUS FOR INTRACUTANEOUS NEUROPATHY INTERVENTIONS Global Medical Institute SA HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18952660 INTEGRATED THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELL MOBILITY VEHICLES Kia Corporation TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18946344 SEMANTIC LOCAL MAP GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD Kia Corporation LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 3661 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18946123 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SOUND OUTPUT IN VEHICLE Kia Corporation HOQUE, NAFIZ E 2693 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18943596 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING STATE OF CHARGE OF BATTERY Kia Corporation YANG, WENYUAN 3667 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Nov 11, 2024
18937610 LIQUID HYDROGEN RATIO ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND LIQUID HYDROGEN RATIO ANALYSIS METHOD Chung Ang University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation LAPAGE, MICHAEL P 2877 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 05, 2024
18935981 TORQUE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVE SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE Kia Corporation MERINO, JOHN CHIANG 3669 §102 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2024
18929942 CONNECTOR AND MOVABLE OBJECT INCLUDING THE SAME Kia Corporation JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 3753 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18930786 ESTIMATION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR FRACTION USING OFF-TARGET READS OF TARGETED-PANEL SEQUENCING Tempus AI, Inc. LIU, GUOZHEN 1686 §101 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18922915 OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Kia Corporation FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18922008 GOLF CLUBHEAD AND GOLF CLUB Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18915808 DUAL LOCKING DOOR LATCH STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE Pha Co., Ltd. LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18908443 DEVICE AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING FACIAL EXPRESSION OF VEHICLE OCCUPANT Hankuk University Of Foreign Studies Research & Business Foundation KAUR, JASPREET §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18906810 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRAINING SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM Kia Corporation MONIKANG, GEORGE C 2692 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18883515 DRIVING MODULE SEPARABLE FROM CABIN AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Kia Corporation TRIGGS, JAMES J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18825827 ASSEMBLY TYPE VEHICLE Kia Corporation BEMKO, TARAS P Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18823146 REAR SIDE STRUCTURE OF CARGO BOX OF VEHICLE Kia Corporation BUTCHER, CAROLINE N §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18823330 FRONT SIDE STRUCTURE OF CARGO BOX OF VEHICLE Kia Corporation SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18819748 METHOD OF CONTROLLING REGENERATIVE BRAKING OF HYBRID VEHICLE AND SYSTEM THEREOF Kia Corporation TO, TUAN C 3661 §102 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18809891 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING SYSTEMS OF HYBRID VEHICLE, DRIVING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Kia Corporation MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A 3665 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 20, 2024
18805831 METHOD OF PROVIDING HEATING POWER INFORMATION TO DRIVER OF VEHICLE AND SYSTEM ADOPTING THE SAME Kia Corporation ARANT, HARRY E 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18798741 DISK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Kia Corporation IRVIN, THOMAS W §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18789091 COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR CHECK POINT IDENTIFICATION Tempus AI, Inc. HIGGS, STELLA EUN 3681 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 30, 2024
18783021 VEHICLE BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Kia Corporation HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 24, 2024
18769101 CROSSWALK SAFETY SYSTEM BASE AND POWER CITY Corp. PALL, CHARLES J 3663 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18753770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING AND DISPLAYING SUBJECT-SPECIFIC COMPLIANCE STANDARD INFORMATION Matrix Absence Management, Inc. HLAING, SOE MIN 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18733462 PIVOTING/LOCKING MECHANISMS, MULTI-FOLD FOLDABLE FRAMES AND FRAME ASSEMBLIES Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. ING, MATTHEW W 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 04, 2024
18679344 Systems and Methods for Providing Third-Party Interactions with a Set of Task-Specific Components Tempus AI, Inc. SASS, KIMBERLY A. 3686 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2024
18679338 Systems and Methods for Deploying a Machine-Learning Model for Performing a Specific Clinical Task Tempus AI, Inc. SASS, KIMBERLY A. 3686 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2024
18677527 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO REPLACE ION FILTER Kia Corporation POTHEN, FEBA 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 29, 2024
18709400 SUSTAINABLE LUBRICANTS Evolve Lubricants, Inc. OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18651143 ELECTRIC VEHICLE STRUCTURE Kia Corporation JOHNS, HILARY LYNN 3613 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18637225 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING INSURABILITY DATA Matrix Absence Management, Inc. NG, JONATHAN K 3619 §112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18635950 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING BRAKE NOISE THROUGH ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL AND METHOD THEREOF Kia Corporation KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 2694 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 15, 2024
18635663 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING CLINICAL RESPONSE Tempus AI, Inc. ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR 3686 §103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18634644 APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LEGAL VELOCITY OF VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME Kongju National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation CORDERO, LINA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18598977 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SENSING THE TIRE PRESSURE FOR VEHICLE Kia Corporation LEWIS, TISHA D 3619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18592272 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A RADIOLOGY REPORT Tempus AI, Inc. NGUYEN, PHU K 2616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 29, 2024
18587839 HETERODIMERIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND CD3 AND TUMOR ANTIGENS Xencor, Inc. AEDER, SEAN E 1642 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18294129 METHOD OF TREATING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18398649 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING PATIENT RECRUITMENT AT CLINICAL SITES Tempus AI, Inc. MERCHANT, SHAHID R 3684 §101 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18572125 ANTI-TIGIT AND ANTI-PVRIG IN MONOTHERAPY AND COMBINATION TREATMENTS Compugen Ltd. JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18529166 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RELIABILITY OF LIDAR TRACK Kia Corporation HULKA, JAMES R 3645 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18525345 AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLY METHOD USING THE SAME Hyundai WIA Corporation MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18514862 MULTI-LAYERED SPACER AND DOUBLE-SIDED COOLING POWER MODULE INCLUDING SAME Kia Corporation MUNOZ, ANDRES F 2818 §102 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18510529 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LANE CHANGE Kia Corporation ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 3664 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18389496 POWER MODULE Kia Corporation TRAN, DZUNG 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18389512 POWER MODULE Kia Corporation SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2817 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18389142 BATTERY PACK FOR VEHICLE Kia Corporation LIZARAZU, JESSICA NICOLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18384191 VARIABLE-TYPE GRILLE APPARATUS Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. DOLAK, JAMES M 3613 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18486948 AQUEOUS HOP PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR IMPARTING FLAVOR AND AROMA TO BEVERAGES John I. Haas, Inc. STULII, VERA 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18379581 SLIDING DOOR DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Kia Corporation PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18478889 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISEASE PHENOTYPING USING MULTIMODAL EHR DATA AND WEAK SUPERVISION Tempus Al, Inc. NGUYEN, TRI T 2128 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18368416 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR DOOR OPERATING FORCE ON INCLINED ROAD Kia Corporation LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18367892 SLIDING DOOR DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Kwangjin Co. Ltd. KELLY, CATHERINE A 3619 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2023
18242404 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRE OF HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY FOR VEHICLE Kia Corporation LIU, JINGCHEN 3741 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18456317 OPTIMIZED Fc VARIANTS Xencor, Inc. DAHLE, CHUN WU 1641 §101 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18452985 ANTI-TIGIT ANTIBODIES, ANTI-PVRIG ANTIBODIES AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF Compugen Ltd. HALVORSON, MARK 1646 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 21, 2023
18452395 BISPECIFIC IMMUNOMODULATORY ANTIBODIES THAT BIND COSTIMULATORY AND CHECKPOINT RECEPTORS Xencor, Inc. OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 Other Non-Final OA 46d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18450986 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION Wastefuel Global LLC XU, QING 1656 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18233721 METHOD OF SETTING CONTACT POSITION BETWEEN OPERATING CAM AND ROLLER FOR AIR BRAKE, AND OPERATING CAM FOR AIR BRAKE Kia Corporation LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2023
18232277 RIGIDITY-IMPROVED VEHICLE PANEL DOOR Kia Corporation CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2023
18226670 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE Yura Corporation Co.,Ltd. LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 2171 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2023
18261907 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES, FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTION TREATMENT REGIMENS FOR A POPULATION OF SUBJECTS Icahn School Of Medicine AT Mount Sinai REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §101 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 18, 2023
18349070 SYSTEM, METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPOUND FOR FACILITATING MULTICOMPARTMENT CAPSULES Multiply Labs Inc. ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jul 07, 2023
18218857 FUEL CELL SYSTEM Kia Corporation CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18219039 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE AND METHOD THEREOF Kia Corporation LEVY, MERRITT E 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18218756 POWER MODULE Kia Corporation ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18348244 HETERODIMERIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND CD3 AND CLDN6 Xencor, Inc. MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1642 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18203545 ACTUATOR FOR SUPPLYING COMPRESSED AIR FOR CLEANING AND DRYING SENSOR OF VEHICLE Daedong Movel System Co., Ltd. HOBSON, STEPHEN 1776 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2023
18324606 VARIABLE RESISTANCE EXERCISE DEVICES Jaquish Biomedical Corporation JIMENEZ, LOAN B 3784 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending May 26, 2023
18195669 HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PICK-UP OR DROP-OFF DRIVING THEREOF Kia Corporation WHITTINGTON, JESS G 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2023
18144637 POWER MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Kia Corporation KLEIN, JORDAN M 2893 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 08, 2023
18307000 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING GENE TRANSCRIPTION NETWORKS Nuclear RNA Networks, Inc. GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE 1637 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18306936 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE OF ENGINEERED CELLS Multiply Labs Inc. CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18306132 LIQUID-TIGHT CASE FOR TISSUE DEVICE AND SYSTEM HAVING SAME 3D Biolabs, LLC CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18250096 THIOHYDROXYPYRIDINE CHELATES Lumiphore, Inc. FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 1626 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2023
18249957 PVRL2 AND/OR PVRIG AS BIOMARKERS FOR TREATMENT Compugen Ltd. AEDER, SEAN E 1642 Other Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18135454 HYDROGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELLS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Kia Corporation KYLE, MADISON LEIGH 1722 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2023
18301947 PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING A MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL DERIVED SECRETOME Combangio, Inc. HAMA, JOANNE 1647 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18134891 METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE Kia Corporation AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S 2693 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18300302 ANTIBODIES THAT BIND PD-L1, PD-L2, AND/OR CD28 Xencor, Inc. HAM, JIEUN 1643 Other Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18296591 LAG-3 TARGETED HETERODIMERIC FUSION PROTEINS CONTAINING IL-15/IL-15RA Fc-FUSION PROTEINS AND LAG-3 ANTIGEN BINDING DOMAINS Xencor, Inc. METCALF, MATTHEW CURRAN 1647 Other Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18248138 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPOSOMIC CLINICAL APPLICATIONS Icahn School Of Medicine AT Mount Sinai SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B 3686 §101 Final Rejection Pending Apr 06, 2023
18129471 TWO-WAY WELDING GUN Obara Korea Corporation CLARK, RYAN C 3745 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18124379 CONTROL METHOD FOR SAFE TRANSITION TO MANUAL DRIVING MODE IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Kia Corporation ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2023
18185632 PVRL2 AND/OR PVRIG AS BIOMARKERS FOR TREATMENT Compugen Ltd. DUNN, MCKENZIE A 1678 §101 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2023
18122570 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING OF VEHICLE Kia Corporation POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18117895 ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND POWER CONTROL METHOD OF SAME Kia Corporation MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK 2859 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2023
18117928 VEHICLE HAVING SLOPE DRIVING ASSIST FUNCTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Kia Corporation LI, HELEN 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
18116725 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE FUEL CELL Kia Corporation PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG 2859 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 02, 2023
18106888 USER TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL, AND DIALOGUE MANAGEMENT METHOD Kia Corporation MARLOW, ALEXANDER G 2658 §103 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Feb 07, 2023
18101435 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTANT MERCHANT ACTIVATION FOR SECURED IN-PERSON PAYMENTS AT POINT OF SALE Wepay, Inc. PHAN, NICHOLAS K 3699 §101 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18101375 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF VEHICLE Kia Corporation HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 25, 2023
18101278 BATTERY SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME DURING CHARGING Kia Corporation TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18154950 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE OF ENGINEERED CELLS Multiply Labs Inc. VU, STEPHEN A 3651 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2023
18002824 BIFUNCTIONAL SUPERKINES AND USES THEREOF Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2022
18002075 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING A SUBJECT FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE MANAGEMENT Icahn School Of Medicine AT Mount Sinai EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 3683 §101 Final Rejection 65d Pending Dec 16, 2022
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18078625 AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL BRAKE Kia Corporation SAHNI, VISHAL R 3616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 09, 2022
18072341 SEAT MASSAGE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME Faurecia (China) Holding Co., Ltd. RHEE, KELSEY 3785 §112 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Nov 30, 2022
17999469 HETERODIMERIC Fc VARIANTS SELECTIVE FOR Fc GAMMA RIIB Zymeworks, Inc. KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17983056 METHOD OF CONDITIONING BATTERY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE Kia Corporation THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17982385 WIPER COVERING SYSTEM Kia Corporation LEE, CHEE-CHONG 3752 §103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Nov 07, 2022
17973017 LOCATION INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD AND LOCATION INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS Kia Corporation REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 3663 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17949913 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCING VIBRATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE Kia Corporation SHARMA, SHIVAM 3665 §102 Final Rejection 154d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17930705 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TUMOR DNA IN MAMMALIAN BLOOD Gene Solutions Joint Stock Company HASAN, KHALEDA B 1636 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2022
17889825 SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING WASHER LIQUID Dy Auto Corporation CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 3752 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 17, 2022
17869548 A FUEL CELL VEHICLE CAPABLE OF CHARGING ANOTHER ELECTRIC VEHICLE Kia Corporation SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS 2859 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 20, 2022
17812414 METHOD OF LYOPHILIZING LIPOSOMES Jazz Pharmaceuticals Therapeutics, Inc. MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1612 Other Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2022
17863194 ELECTRIC MOVING OBJECT GUIDING SITUATION OF WIRELESS CHARGING AND A METHOD USING THE SAME Kia Corporation OMAR, AHMED H 2859 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022
17779364 SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE WITH REAGENT VIOME LIFE SCIENCES, INC. MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 331d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17779439 DETECTION AND ELIMINATION OF ABERRANT CELLS VIOME LIFE SCIENCES, INC. TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 §103 Final Rejection 128d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17773791 COMBINATION THERAPY WITH ANTI-PVRIG ANTIBODIES FORMULATIONS AND ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODIES Bristol-Myers Squibb Company HALVORSON, MARK 1646 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2022
17692755 IL15/IL15Ralpha HETERODIMERIC Fc-FUSION PROTEINS Xencor, Inc. PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 Other Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17690703 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPROVING BRAKING PERFORMANCE DURING FAILURE BY BRAKE-BY-WIRE DEVICE Kia Corporation SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 09, 2022
17683574 POUCH-TYPE ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY HAVING REFERENCE ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Kia Corporation WEST, ROBERT GENE 1721 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 01, 2022
17571412 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT LOW-COVERAGE WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING AND WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING INFERENCE OF COPY NUMBER VARIATION FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS Tempus AI, Inc. MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1685 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 07, 2022
17616897 SILK STIMULATED COLLAGEN PRODUCTION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Evolved By Nature, Inc. CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2021
17616626 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSTICS FOR BIOLOGICAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIODIC VARIATIONS IN METAL METABOLISM Icahn School Of Medicine AT Mount Sinai ZEMAN, MARY K 1686 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2021
17527646 ESTIMATION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR FRACTION USING OFF-TARGET READS OF TARGETED-PANEL SEQUENCING Tempus Al, Inc. KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP 1686 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 16, 2021
17527657 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REFINING COPY NUMBER VARIATION IN A LIQUID BIOPSY ASSAY Tempus Al, Inc. ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1687 DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 2021
17606981 Elucidating a Proteomic Signature for the Detection of Intracerebral Aneurysms Icahn School Of Medicine AT Mount Sinai DUNN, MCKENZIE A 1678 §101 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Oct 27, 2021
17279555 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING NITM AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF Shenyang Xingqi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 1614 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2021
17273463 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROBIOME ANALYSIS VIOME LIFE SCIENCES, INC. WHALEY, PABLO S 3619 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 04, 2021
17253550 MACROCYCLE CONJUGATES Lumiphore, Inc. DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 Other Final Rejection 41d Pending Dec 17, 2020
16995516 VEHICLE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM USING BIG DATA Kia Motors Corporation REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 17, 2020
16945588 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY OF A CANCER IN A LIQUID BIOPSY ASSAY Tempus Al, Inc. BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 1687 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2020
16794696 ALIGNMENT USING HOMOPOLYMER-COLLAPSED SEQUENCING READS Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1685 §101 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2020
16428856 ANTI-PVRIG/ANTI-TIGIT BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE Compugen Ltd. CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 31, 2019
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