Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
19 pending office actions • 8 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 + other | 2 (11%) |
| §103 only | 8 (42%) |
| §102 only | 2 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 3 | 61.9% | +50.1% |
| LYONS, MICHAEL A | 1 | 86.4% | +10.1% |
| WILLIAMS, DON J | 1 | 83.8% | +5.3% |
| AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 1 | 76.6% | +22.9% |
| RODGERS, ALEXANDER JOHN | 1 | 73.7% | +14.1% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.2% | +20.0% |
| GARBER, ERIN R | 1 | 82.0% | +17.5% |
| LISTVOYB, GREGORY | 1 | 67.0% | +29.5% |
| BRAZIN, JACQUELINE | 1 | 66.2% | +52.8% |
| BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1 | 75.9% | +42.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19209993 | PARTICLES CHARACTERIZATION IN FLOW CYTOMETRY | LYONS, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18985938 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYZER CALIBRATION AND CONTROL | WILLIAMS, DON J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17787216 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LIQUID-HANDLER PROTOCOL | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 4d overdue |
| 17623544 | CONFIGURABLE WASH PROCESS FOR A SAMPLE ANALYZER | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 12d |
| 18355119 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LIQUID-HANDLER PROTOCOL | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 20d |
| 18096449 | Method of Detecting Viral Infection Using Primary and Secondary Hematology Parameters | ROSSI, VY BUI | 27d |
| 18038518 | MIXING HEATER SETPOINT CHANGE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 34d |
| 18758480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING BUBBLES | RODGERS, ALEXANDER JOHN | — |
| 18542333 | ANALOG LIGHT MEASURING AND PHOTON COUNTING IN CHEMILUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS | GARBER, ERIN R | — |
| 18274844 | SAMPLE RACK MANIPULATION DEVICE, TESTING SYSTEM AND TESTING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17787216 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LIQUID-HANDLER PROTOCOL | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 4d overdue |
| 18355119 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LIQUID-HANDLER PROTOCOL | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 20d |
| 18038518 | MIXING HEATER SETPOINT CHANGE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 34d |
| 19209993 | PARTICLES CHARACTERIZATION IN FLOW CYTOMETRY | LYONS, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18939263 | FLOW CYTOMETER | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | — |
| 18758480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING BUBBLES | RODGERS, ALEXANDER JOHN | — |
| 18640928 | SAMPLE TUBE, SAMPLE TUBE CLOSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLOSING A SAMPLE TUBE | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18542333 | ANALOG LIGHT MEASURING AND PHOTON COUNTING IN CHEMILUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS | GARBER, ERIN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 6 |
| 2877 | 2 |
| 1797 | 2 |
| 2661 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1685 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19209993 | PARTICLES CHARACTERIZATION IN FLOW CYTOMETRY | LYONS, MICHAEL A | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 18985938 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYZER CALIBRATION AND CONTROL | WILLIAMS, DON J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18939263 | FLOW CYTOMETER | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18758480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING BUBBLES | RODGERS, ALEXANDER JOHN | 2661 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18640928 | SAMPLE TUBE, SAMPLE TUBE CLOSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLOSING A SAMPLE TUBE | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18542333 | ANALOG LIGHT MEASURING AND PHOTON COUNTING IN CHEMILUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS | GARBER, ERIN R | 1798 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18036346 | ADDITIVES FOR REDUCING NON-SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FLUORESCENT POLYMER CONJUGATES AND CELLS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | LISTVOYB, GREGORY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18559296 | CONTROL OF pH IN PARALLEL CULTURE WELLS | BRAZIN, JACQUELINE | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18274844 | SAMPLE RACK MANIPULATION DEVICE, TESTING SYSTEM AND TESTING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18224947 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE STAINING MODULE AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SMITH, MAURICE C | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18355119 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LIQUID-HANDLER PROTOCOL | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §101§102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18269828 | SIMULTANEOUS AND SELECTIVE WASHING AND DETECTION IN ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE ANALYZERS | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18209265 | SETTING CLOTTING TIME FOR BLOOD SAMPLES | SINES, BRIAN J | 1796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18038518 | MIXING HEATER SETPOINT CHANGE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18096449 | Method of Detecting Viral Infection Using Primary and Secondary Hematology Parameters | ROSSI, VY BUI | 1685 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 18067656 | CELL WASHING DEVICE AND METHOD | ROYCE, LIAM A | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17787216 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LIQUID-HANDLER PROTOCOL | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §101§102§103DP | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17761172 | AUTOMATED REAGENT IDENTIFICATION FOR FLUID HANDLING SYSTEM | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2022 |
| 17623544 | CONFIGURABLE WASH PROCESS FOR A SAMPLE ANALYZER | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 28, 2021 |
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