Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

17 pending office actions • 12 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
14
Medium (82%)
2
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (71%)
§102 only2 (12%)
§112 only2 (12%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

7
Life Sciences
41% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
59% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 2 11.1% +50.0%
ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 1 36.0% +31.8%
MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 1 7.1% +21.4%
BRUTUS, JOEL F 1 72.5% +17.9%
PROSSER, ALISSA J 1 15.9% +12.1%
TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 1 68.1% +10.4%
SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 1 58.7% +36.4%
DUNN, MCKENZIE A 1 57.1% +50.2%
MENDEZ, MANUEL A 1 86.1% +8.2%
KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1 75.0% +23.0%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18208021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED FLUID DELIVERY IN MULTI-FLUID INJECTOR SYSTEMS MENDEZ, MANUEL A 29d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19252857 SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 78d overdue
19252809 SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 73d overdue
18421298 HIGH CONCENTRATION SUSPENSION FORMULATION FOR COLD AND FLU SOFT GEL CAPSULE MEDICATIONS PROSSER, ALISSA J 12d
18981446 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 60d

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19252857 SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 78d overdue
19252809 SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 73d overdue
18391531 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAFEGUARDING THE WELLBEING OF PATIENTS FOR FLUID INJECTION TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 45d overdue
18121499 Extended, High Dose VEGF Antagonist Regimens for Treatment of Angiogenic Eye Disorders KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 9d overdue
18421298 HIGH CONCENTRATION SUSPENSION FORMULATION FOR COLD AND FLU SOFT GEL CAPSULE MEDICATIONS PROSSER, ALISSA J 12d
18453364 MULTI-USE DISPOSABLE SYSTEM AND SYRINGE THEREFOR SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 14d
18591537 PRESSURE JACKETS AND SYRINGE RETENTION FEATURES FOR ANGIOGRAPHY FLUID INJECTORS BRUTUS, JOEL F 20d
18263899 METHODS OF ADJUSTING THE PH OF A CELL CULTURE MEDIUM DUNN, MCKENZIE A 26d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 6
3687 1
3681 1
3797 1
1619 1
3798 1
1678 1
1658 1
1613 1
1683 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19252857 SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2025
19252809 SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2025
19109553 Systems and Methods for Generating Protocols Embodying Contrast and Radiation Dose Management Techniques ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Mar 06, 2025
18981446 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Dec 14, 2024
18591537 PRESSURE JACKETS AND SYRINGE RETENTION FEATURES FOR ANGIOGRAPHY FLUID INJECTORS BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 §102 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18421298 HIGH CONCENTRATION SUSPENSION FORMULATION FOR COLD AND FLU SOFT GEL CAPSULE MEDICATIONS PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 24, 2024
18391531 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAFEGUARDING THE WELLBEING OF PATIENTS FOR FLUID INJECTION TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3798 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18453364 MULTI-USE DISPOSABLE SYSTEM AND SYRINGE THEREFOR SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18263899 METHODS OF ADJUSTING THE PH OF A CELL CULTURE MEDIUM DUNN, MCKENZIE A 1678 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18208021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED FLUID DELIVERY IN MULTI-FLUID INJECTOR SYSTEMS MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18121499 Extended, High Dose VEGF Antagonist Regimens for Treatment of Angiogenic Eye Disorders KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
17998338 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING A FLUID INJECTION SYSTEM BASED ON HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE SHAH, NILAY J 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2022
17913202 SYSTEM FOR AIR VOLUME CORRECTION BASED ON FLUID PRESSURE AND FLOW RATE PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17786728 ORAL TABLETS COMPRISING ROLLER-COMPACTED GRANULES OF NAPROXEN SODIUM, METHODS OF PREPARING THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17776822 METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING RNA MOLECULES KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 Other Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending May 13, 2022
17479614 CHEWABLE GEL PRODUCTS FOR ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2021
17284947 Softgels with solid or gel-like polymeric fill matrix TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 1615 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 13, 2021

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