Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
B.R.A.H.M.S GmbH maintains a patent portfolio within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area, currently featuring 3 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners. The presence of multiple examiners suggests that the company is managing different perspectives even within a relatively small set of active matters.
The busiest examiner identified in the data is SAOUD, CHRISTINE J. This individual handles multiple busiest examiner pending actions. Furthermore, the portfolio is spread across 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's intellectual property covers multiple technical niches, requiring engagement with different specialized groups within the patent office. Practitioners should note that while the portfolio spans multiple units, the workload is weighted toward a single examiner who manages most of the current matters at this time.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISHRA, DEEPA | 1 | 29.3% | +35.2% |
| SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | 1 | 58.0% | +37.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718852 | BIOMARKERS FOR THE PREDICTION OF PRETERM BIRTH | MISHRA, DEEPA | — |
| 17327271 | METHODS FOR DETECTING proADM IN A CRITICALLY ILL SUBJECT WHO HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT | SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718852 | BIOMARKERS FOR THE PREDICTION OF PRETERM BIRTH | MISHRA, DEEPA | — |
| 17327271 | METHODS FOR DETECTING proADM IN A CRITICALLY ILL SUBJECT WHO HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT | SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18718852 | BIOMARKERS FOR THE PREDICTION OF PRETERM BIRTH | MISHRA, DEEPA | 1657 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 17327271 | METHODS FOR DETECTING proADM IN A CRITICALLY ILL SUBJECT WHO HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT | SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | 1645 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2021 |
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