Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
42 pending office actions • 16 clients • 39 examiners • 36 art units • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton (Amini) has 41 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 1108 career applications. The profile combines a substantial active workload with a broad application record in life-sciences technology.
The resolved allowance rate is 84.59%, and allowed cases average 3.04 office actions. The rate measures resolved allowance outcomes, while the action average reflects examination activity in matters that reached allowance. For practitioners, the pairing provides context on both historical results and the prosecution exchanges associated with successful cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 2 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (7%) |
| §103 only | 11 (26%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 7 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, TRACY | 2 | 54.5% | +26.9% |
| GIERE, REBECCA M | 2 | 73.7% | +32.3% |
| SALVOZA, M FRANCO G | 2 | 68.2% | +30.6% |
| FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | 1 | 18.9% | +22.9% |
| SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | 1 | 82.3% | +16.8% |
| IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1 | 87.4% | +12.2% |
| MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 1 | 60.7% | +43.5% |
| SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | 1 | 65.5% | +27.7% |
| STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 1 | 37.7% | +26.0% |
| YANG, ZHEREN J | 1 | 57.3% | +52.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19018976 | SPARTAN: SELF-SUPERVISED SPATIOTEMPORAL TRANSFORMERS APPROACH TO GROUP ACTIVITY RECOGNITION | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18283738 | ROBOTICS ASSISTED OPENING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 131d overdue |
| 16961757 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE FOR SODIUM BATTERIES | NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V | 124d overdue |
| 18017659 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES | SALVOZA, M FRANCO G | 30d overdue |
| 18372558 | BIOSENSOR FOR DETECTING A SINGLE MAGNETIC LABEL | GIERE, REBECCA M | 16d overdue |
| 18015627 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL CAPTURE, BIOMARKER DETECTION, AND CONTACT-FREE CELL LYSIS | LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 16d overdue |
| 18027993 | DISCOVERY AND USE OF IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCERS | STOICA, ELLY GERALD | 11d overdue |
| 18957286 | COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 4d overdue |
| 18019757 | ACYCLIC/CYCLIC ETHER BASED ELECTROLYTES OUTSTRETCHING THE LOW TEMPERATURE LIMIT OF SODIUM METAL ANODE | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 9d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18017659 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES | SALVOZA, M FRANCO G | 30d overdue |
| 18372558 | BIOSENSOR FOR DETECTING A SINGLE MAGNETIC LABEL | GIERE, REBECCA M | 16d overdue |
| 18957286 | COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 4d overdue |
| 19116966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL POPULATIONS OF ANATOMY | FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | — |
| 19018976 | SPARTAN: SELF-SUPERVISED SPATIOTEMPORAL TRANSFORMERS APPROACH TO GROUP ACTIVITY RECOGNITION | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | — |
| 18993995 | MODIFIED PLANTS AND SEEDS WITH ENHANCED PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS RESISTANCE | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | — |
| 18984794 | INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR POSITIONING A LOWER LIMB DURING MUSCULAR ACTIVITY AND DETECTING AND TRACKING PERFORMANCE OF A MUSCULAR ACTIVITY | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | — |
| 18962464 | Resin Extrusion Printhead for 3D Printing | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 3 |
| 1614 | 2 |
| 1677 | 2 |
| 1672 | 2 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| 2621 | 1 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19116966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL POPULATIONS OF ANATOMY | University Of Leeds | FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | 3687 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19018976 | SPARTAN: SELF-SUPERVISED SPATIOTEMPORAL TRANSFORMERS APPROACH TO GROUP ACTIVITY RECOGNITION | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18993995 | MODIFIED PLANTS AND SEEDS WITH ENHANCED PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS RESISTANCE | Texas Tech University System | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18984794 | INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR POSITIONING A LOWER LIMB DURING MUSCULAR ACTIVITY AND DETECTING AND TRACKING PERFORMANCE OF A MUSCULAR ACTIVITY | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 3791 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18962464 | Resin Extrusion Printhead for 3D Printing | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18957286 | COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | Brigham Young University | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 3623 | §101 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18954396 | FUNCTIONAL FOODS COMPRISING DIAMINE OXIDASE AND USES THEREOF | Dr Healthcare España, S.L. | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18954426 | FUNCTIONAL FOODS COMPRISING DIAMINE OXIDASE AND USES THEREOF | Dr Healthcare España, S.L. | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18953779 | Polydopamine + Sio2 Underlayer For Improving Diamond-Like Carbon Coating Adhesion And Durability | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | YANG, ZHEREN J | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18863553 | SENSOR-BASED SMART INSECT MONITORING SYSTEM IN THE WILD | Solarid, LLC | YANG, WEI WEN | 2662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18927691 | SELECTIVE NEUROSTIMULATION OF PERIPHERAL NERVES WITH REDUCED OFF-TARGET ACTIVATION | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18854789 | RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COTTON FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTION FROM A FIBROGRAM | Texas Tech University System | FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18723526 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING FIBER QUALITIES | University Of Toledo | AHMED, JAMIL | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18668976 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING LONGITUDINAL INTRAFASCICULAR ELECTRODES FOR HUMAN USE | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 3792 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18667296 | FASCICULAR MAPPER FOR ENHANCING INTRANEURAL ELECTRODES IMPLANTATION SPECIFICITY | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18694966 | GFRA2 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE IN CANCER TREATMENT | Texas Tech University System | NATARAJAN, MEERA | 1643 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2024 |
| 18684668 | DIRECT REPROGRAMMING OF CELLS INTO CARDIAC PURKINJE-LIKE CELLS USING A UNIVERSAL SMALLMOLECULE COCKTAIL | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | CORDAS, EMILY ANN | 1632 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2024 |
| 18294498 | VIMENTIN TARGETED PEPTOIDS FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | KOMATSU, LI N | 1658 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18578674 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL HOLLOW SILICA NANOFIBER EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX | The Trustees of Dartmouth College | GIERE, REBECCA M | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| 18568813 | COMPOUNDS USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF A PRMT5-MEDIATED DISORDER | Argonaut Therapeutics Limited | VISHNYAKOVA, ELENA VLADIMIROVNA | 1691 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2023 |
| 18563331 | COATING FOR MEDICAL DEVICES | Smart Reactors Service Limited | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 1619 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18380573 | COATINGS FOR MATERIALS TO REDUCE FRICTION AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | 1746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18286796 | CONDUCTIVE STIMULI-RESPONSIVE COORDINATION NETWORK LINKED WITH BISMUTH | The Regents of the University of California | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 1692 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18376380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERED NANOPLASMONIC SENSOR FORMATION THROUGH MICROFLUIDIC ASSEMBLY | The Trustees of Dartmouth College | CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1677 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18034312 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | SALVOZA, M FRANCO G | 1672 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18372558 | BIOSENSOR FOR DETECTING A SINGLE MAGNETIC LABEL | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | GIERE, REBECCA M | 1677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18283738 | ROBOTICS ASSISTED OPENING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 3652 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 131d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18278366 | IDENTIFICATION OF GENOMIC TARGETS | University Of Leeds | LAFAVE, ELIZABETH ROSE | 1684 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18037702 | MONITORING MEMBRANE PROTEIN TRAFFICKING FOR DRUG DISCOVERY AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | LI, RUIXIANG | 1674 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18126214 | VITRO BIOPRINTED TUMOR MODELS AND BIOINKS FOR SOLID TUMOR BIOPRINTING | Texas Tech University System | BARIA, DINAH N | 3774 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18027993 | DISCOVERY AND USE OF IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCERS | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | STOICA, ELLY GERALD | 1647 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18117038 | High Ionic Conductivity Rechargeable Solid State Batteries With An Organic Electrode | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | WALLS-MURRAY, JESSIE LOGAN | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
| 18019757 | ACYCLIC/CYCLIC ETHER BASED ELECTROLYTES OUTSTRETCHING THE LOW TEMPERATURE LIMIT OF SODIUM METAL ANODE | The Trustees of Dartmouth College | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 1752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
| 18017659 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | SALVOZA, M FRANCO G | 1672 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 18017302 | DESIGN OF 3D-PRINTED NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS | BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18015627 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL CAPTURE, BIOMARKER DETECTION, AND CONTACT-FREE CELL LYSIS | The Trustees of Dartmouth College | LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 1683 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
| 17908497 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REPELLING ANIMALS FROM AN OBJECT | Texas Tech University System | LIU, SUE XU | 1616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 99d overdue | Pending | Aug 31, 2022 |
| 17790245 | METAL PHOSPHOROTHIOATES AND METAL-SULFUR ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM CONTAINING THE SAME | The Trustees of Dartmouth College | CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17635670 | PHARYNGEAL TUBE FOR ESTABLISHING A PATIENT AIRWAY | Board Of Regents Of The University Texas System | SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Feb 15, 2022 |
| 17604714 | METHODS OF IMPROVING THE LONGEVITY OF IMMUNE CELLS | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | HOLLAND, PAUL J | 1656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2021 |
| 16961757 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE FOR SODIUM BATTERIES | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. | NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V | 1724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 124d overdue | Pending | Jul 13, 2020 |
| 16771277 | METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING CARDIAC VALVES AND PROTHESES | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial84.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Shackelford, Bowen, Mckinley & Norton (Amini) were allowed, across 1,108 applications in USPTO records.
3.04 office actions per allowed application on average.
42 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 16 clients, before 39 examiners in 36 art units.
