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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Quarles & Brady LLP (Northwestern)

51 pending office actions • 11 clients

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
13
Final Rejections
38
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Northwestern University 39
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago 2
The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois 2
King Abdulaziz City For Science And Technology 1
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM 1
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION 1
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York 1
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago 1
Northwestern University 1
Trustees Of Tufts College (Aka Tufts University) 1
President and Fellows of Harvard College 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18880219 REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES RESPONSIVE CLEAVABLE HIERARCHIAL METALLIC SUPRANANOSTRUCTURES Northwestern University SCHLEIS, DANIEL J 1784 Non-Final OA Dec 30, 2024
18978320 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING HERNIAS Northwestern University HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 Final Rejection Dec 12, 2024
18780061 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED RISK-CLASSIFICATION OF ENDOMERIAL CANCER Northwestern University PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 3685 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2024
18648764 ELECTRICAL MODULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRAIN TUMORS Northwestern University HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 Non-Final OA Apr 29, 2024
18694853 NANOPARTICULATE MONOBENZONE FOR TREATING MELANOMA Northwestern University ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2024
18694882 (S)-5-(1-(3,5-BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENOXY)ETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE-1,3-DIONE (NU-9) IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF DISEASED UPPER MOTOR NEURONS Northwestern University DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS 1629 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2024
18420277 HIGH-EFFICIENCY GOLD RECOVERY BY ADDITIVE-INDUCED SUPRAMOLECULAR POLYMERIZATION OF CYCLODEXTRIN Northwestern University WANG, NICHOLAS A 1734 Non-Final OA Jan 23, 2024
18418897 LIPOTEICHOIC ACID FROM STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS AND ITS USE TO MODULATE NEURONAL ACTIVITY VIA PD-1 INHIBITORY SIGNALLING IN NEURONS Northwestern University OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 Non-Final OA Jan 22, 2024
18412362 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION Northwestern University DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2024
18572345 MULTIPLEXED ANTIGEN-BASED DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 AND OTHER DISEASES USING NANOMECHANICAL SENSORS Northwestern University MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2023
18515196 TGF-BETA INHIBITION FOR IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS REACTIVATION FROM LATENCY, ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-SPECIFIC RESPONSES AND IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS CURE Northwestern University KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 Non-Final OA Nov 20, 2023
18512950 Small Molecule Degraders of DOT1L and Uses Thereof Northwestern University TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1629 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2023
18554265 (S)-3-AMINO-4-(DIFLUOROMETHYLENE)CYCLOHEXENE AND CYCLOHEXANE CARBOXYLIC ACID AND USES THEREOF AS SELECTIVE INACTIVATORS OF HUMAN ORNITHINE AMINOTRANSFERASE (hOAT) Northwestern University HABTE, KAHSAY 1624 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2023
18468432 METHODS FOR ENHANCING CYTOTOXIC CANCER THERAPY THROUGH MODULATION OF PURINE BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS Northwestern University SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 1691 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2023
18467698 NEDDYLATION INHIBITION FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION Northwestern University FOWLER, ALAN JEROME 1691 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2023
18465749 HIERARCHICAL NANOPOROUS DIAMONDOID SUPERSTRUCTURE King Abdulaziz City For Science And Technology JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 Non-Final OA Sep 12, 2023
18464127 SURFACE COATING PPSU NANOPARTICLES FOR THERAPEUTIC MODULATION OF MAST CELLS Northwestern University PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2023
18548784 (S)-3-AMINO-4,4-DIHALOCYCLOPENT-1-ENECARBOXYLIC ACID AS SELECTIVE INACTIVATORS OF HUMAN ORNITHINE AMINOTRANSFERASE Northwestern University CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1626 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2023
18455206 SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLES FOR TREATING CANCER Northwestern University FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 Non-Final OA Aug 24, 2023
18547669 CATIONIC POLYMER-FORMULATED NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago SHOMER, ISAAC 1612 Final Rejection Aug 23, 2023
18546592 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESOPHAGEAL HYDROMETRY Northwestern University DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 Final Rejection Aug 15, 2023
18264025 RIBOSOME-MEDIATED POLYMERIZATION OF NOVEL CHEMISTRIES BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM SHIN, DANA H 1635 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2023
18262537 HIGHLY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE, ULTRA-LOW-K TWO-DIMENSIONAL COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORK DIELECTRIC LAYERS UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1788 Non-Final OA Jul 21, 2023
18347541 METHODS FOR TREATING HIGH RISK MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES Northwestern University LOCKARD, JON MCCLELLAND 1647 Non-Final OA Jul 05, 2023
18258440 USE OF STROMAL CELL-DERIVED FACTOR 1 (SDF1) AS A BIOMARKER FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2023
18330874 INHIBITORS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TRIP8B AND HCN CHANNELS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS Northwestern University SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1691 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2023
18251604 A CELL-FREE BIO-MANUFACTURING PLATFORM FOR PRODUCTION OF FATTY ACIDS AND CANNABINOIDS Northwestern University RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 Non-Final OA May 03, 2023
18251596 METHODS FOR FULL-LENGTH REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR OF LONG RNAs CONTAINING MODIFIED RIBONUCLEOSIDES USING A THERMOSTABLE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE Northwestern University GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 Non-Final OA May 03, 2023
18308349 METHODS FOR IMPROVING COVID VACCINE IMMUNOGENICITY Northwestern University TANG, JIANMING 1671 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18249057 USE OF REELIN FOR TREATING CARDIAC DISEASES Northwestern University BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 Non-Final OA Apr 13, 2023
18245324 CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL LUMEN IMAGING PROBE DATA Northwestern University HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2023
18176973 TOXIC RNAi ACTIVE SEED SEQUENCES FOR KILLING CANCER CELLS Northwestern University ANGELL, JON E 1637 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2023
18040888 METHODS OF TREATING MALIGNANT GLIOBLASTOMA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York STOICA, ELLY GERALD 1647 Final Rejection Feb 07, 2023
18004104 HUMAN RECOMBINANT ACE2-FC MUTANTS THAT DECOUPLE ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ACTIVITY FROM CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS Northwestern University NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 Non-Final OA Jan 03, 2023
18002940 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19 AND ASSOCIATED RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE, SEPSIS, ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1622 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2022
18002457 PROCESS FOR DIRECT READOUT OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS Northwestern University XU, XIAOYUN 1797 Final Rejection Dec 19, 2022
18001580 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF LARGE-AREA COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORK THIN FILMS Northwestern University HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE 1717 Final Rejection Dec 12, 2022
17999670 Daisy Chain Polymers Synthesized Employing an Energy Ratchet Mechanism Northwestern University REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 Final Rejection Nov 22, 2022
18054527 Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting the Sodium Channel Tamoxifen Receptor and Uses Thereof Northwestern University BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 Non-Final OA Nov 10, 2022
17997013 Small Molecule Inhibitors That Block the Budding of Enveloped Viruses Northwestern University MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 Non-Final OA Oct 24, 2022
17907191 FULLY ORTHOGONAL SYSTEM FOR PROTEIN SYNTHISIS IN BACTERIAL CELLS The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2022
17932320 NON-NEUROINVASIVE VIRUSES AND USES THEREOF Trustees Of Tufts College (Aka Tufts University) LI, BAO Q 1671 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2022
17904211 LONG CHAIN CARBON AND CYCLIC AMINO ACIDS SUBSTRATES FOR GENETIC CODE REPROGRAMMING The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1693 Final Rejection Aug 12, 2022
17784891 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE Northwestern University REDDIG, PETER J 1646 Final Rejection Jun 13, 2022
17838428 MODULATION OF UBIQUITIN CARBOXY-TERMINAL HYDROLASE LIGASE 1 (UCHL1) EXPRESSION FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE, DISORDERS, AND INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER MOTOR NEURONS Northwestern University CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 Final Rejection Jun 13, 2022
17778340 FLUID MECHANICS-BASED ANALYSIS TOOL TO ESTIMATE FLOW DATA FROM PLANIMETRY CATHETER DATA Northwestern University ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 Non-Final OA May 19, 2022
17606441 STABILIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION REACTIONS President and Fellows of Harvard College LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2021
17503057 ANTI-POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG) ANTIBODY MOUSE MODEL FOR RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT OF PEG-BASED THERAPIES: ADJUVANT-FREE INDUCTION MODEL Northwestern University WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 1634 Final Rejection Oct 15, 2021
17594119 MARKERS OF EFFICACY OF TOPOISOMERASE POISONS Northwestern University KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2021
17310191 PLATFORM FOR PRODUCING GLYCOPROTEINS, IDENTIFYING GLYCOSYLATION PATHWAYS Northwestern University STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2021
17309246 NONINVASIVE QUANTITATIVE FLOW MAPPING USING A VIRTUAL CATHETER VOLUME Northwestern University COOK, CHRISTOPHER L 3797 Final Rejection May 11, 2021

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