Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Abs Global Inc. maintains a patent portfolio with 7 pending office actions, primarily focused in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct examiners, which means that every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This high level of examiner diversity suggests that the company's prosecution outcomes are subject to the varied perspectives of multiple officials rather than being concentrated under a lone examiner's discretion.
The portfolio's activity spans 6 distinct art units, indicating that the pending office actions involve a range of specialized subject matter within the Chemistry & Materials field. The busiest examiner, KIM, KIHO, is currently managing 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner only handles 1 pending office action, no individual examiner dominates the company's current prosecution pipeline. This distribution across 6 distinct art units requires a broad strategy to address the specific requirements of different administrative groups within the patent office.
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 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, KIHO | 1 | 85.4% | +4.5% |
| HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1 | 59.6% | +49.2% |
| BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E | 1 | 64.1% | +30.2% |
| VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | 1 | 39.8% | +58.1% |
| RIGGS II, LARRY D | 1 | 46.3% | +32.5% |
| KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1 | 64.7% | +35.3% |
| TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1 | 43.2% | +53.3% |
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.
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922821 | MODULAR FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING SAMPLES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | — |
| 18729004 | Cell-free DNA for Use in Genotyping | BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E | — |
| 18562222 | In Vitro Breeding Systems and Methods in Livestock | VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | — |
| 18066940 | COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING UNOBSERVED HEREDITARY INFORMATION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF LIMITED DATA | RIGGS II, LARRY D | — |
| 17936523 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922821 | MODULAR FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING SAMPLES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | — |
| 18729004 | Cell-free DNA for Use in Genotyping | BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E | — |
| 18562222 | In Vitro Breeding Systems and Methods in Livestock | VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | — |
| 18066940 | COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING UNOBSERVED HEREDITARY INFORMATION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF LIMITED DATA | RIGGS II, LARRY D | — |
| 17936523 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — |
| 17501716 | PORCINE SEXED SEMEN AND METHODS OF USE | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18958213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELL KILL CONFIRMATION | KIM, KIHO | 2884 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18922821 | MODULAR FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING SAMPLES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18729004 | Cell-free DNA for Use in Genotyping | BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18562222 | In Vitro Breeding Systems and Methods in Livestock | VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | 1638 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18066940 | COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING UNOBSERVED HEREDITARY INFORMATION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF LIMITED DATA | RIGGS II, LARRY D | 4100 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17936523 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17501716 | PORCINE SEXED SEMEN AND METHODS OF USE | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2021 |
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