Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Allosource currently has 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, which shows that each active application is being reviewed by a different individual. The workload is spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technology is classified under several different groups at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. It is notable that even the busiest examiner only handles a single matter, as the 7 pending office actions are spread among the 7 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration means that the company must adapt its prosecution style to the unique preferences of many different officials simultaneously.
Managing 7 pending office actions across 5 distinct art units requires a versatile legal strategy. Because no single examiner like PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D handles more than 1 pending office action, the portfolio's progress is not dependent on any one person. Instead, the company faces a range of perspectives within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area, necessitating a broad understanding of various examination practices.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 64.8% | +19.0% |
| RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 1 | 16.0% | +0.0% |
| GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | 1 | 85.0% | +8.8% |
| VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN | 1 | 73.0% | +6.6% |
| DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 1 | 64.0% | +48.9% |
| STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 1 | 43.7% | +36.9% |
| BARRON, SEAN C | 1 | 52.9% | +30.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18814752 | CARTILAGE MOSAIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS | GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567470 | Tissue Extracts and Related Methods | VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN | 21d |
| 16707681 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE | STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 22d |
| 19440083 | CRYOPRESERVED OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT (COCA) TRANSPLANTATION DEFECT SIZERS AND INSTRUMENT KITS | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| 18877293 | ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX SHEET ALLOGRAFTS HAVING SPECIALIZED MESH PATTERNS | RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | — |
| 17899270 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE, AND TOOLS FOR FORMING A PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16707681 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE | STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 22d |
| 19440083 | CRYOPRESERVED OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT (COCA) TRANSPLANTATION DEFECT SIZERS AND INSTRUMENT KITS | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| 17899270 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE, AND TOOLS FOR FORMING A PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
| 15231586 | RAPID ALLOGRAFT TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BARRON, SEAN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 2 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19440083 | CRYOPRESERVED OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT (COCA) TRANSPLANTATION DEFECT SIZERS AND INSTRUMENT KITS | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 18877293 | ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX SHEET ALLOGRAFTS HAVING SPECIALIZED MESH PATTERNS | RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18814752 | CARTILAGE MOSAIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS | GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18567470 | Tissue Extracts and Related Methods | VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN | 1638 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 17899270 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE, AND TOOLS FOR FORMING A PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2022 |
| 16707681 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE | STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 1632 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Dec 09, 2019 |
| 15231586 | RAPID ALLOGRAFT TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §102§103DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2016 |
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