Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Biomerieux currently has 7 pending office actions focused in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These filings are distributed across 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technical interests are spread across several specialized fields within chemistry. The prosecution of these applications involves 7 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending action is assigned to a different individual.
DAVIS, RUTH A is the busiest examiner for the company, though they are only handling 1 pending office action. Because the 7 pending office actions are divided among 7 distinct examiners, the prosecution workload is perfectly decentralized. This 1 to 1 ratio between actions and examiners suggests that the company must navigate 7 different sets of examiner preferences and styles.
The involvement of 5 distinct art units further emphasizes the need for a varied prosecution strategy. With 7 pending office actions and 7 distinct examiners, no single person has a dominant influence over the portfolio's progress. This spread of cases across many examiners and units requires careful management to ensure consistent results across the different technical areas of the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, RUTH A | 1 | 60.9% | +31.0% |
| CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | 1 | 69.8% | +34.6% |
| RAMIREZ, ALEX | 1 | 81.1% | +20.8% |
| NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1 | 63.5% | +36.7% |
| WHALEY, PABLO S | 1 | 25.0% | +21.3% |
| SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1 | 63.0% | +17.8% |
| KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1 | 31.1% | +64.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17769461 | SYSTEM FOR DILUTION IN A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 9d overdue |
| 18026677 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COMPRISING AN INITIAL COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 12d |
| 18858962 | REACTION MEDIUM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A TARGET MICROORGANISM | DAVIS, RUTH A | — |
| 18707981 | SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATED PREPARATION OF A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | RAMIREZ, ALEX | — |
| 17626353 | METHOD FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF A BACTERIAL OUTBREAK | WHALEY, PABLO S | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17769461 | SYSTEM FOR DILUTION IN A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 9d overdue |
| 18026677 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COMPRISING AN INITIAL COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 12d |
| 18858962 | REACTION MEDIUM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A TARGET MICROORGANISM | DAVIS, RUTH A | — |
| 18712135 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF A MICROORGANISM TO AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
| 18707981 | SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATED PREPARATION OF A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | RAMIREZ, ALEX | — |
| 17626353 | METHOD FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF A BACTERIAL OUTBREAK | WHALEY, PABLO S | — |
| 18344152 | SAMPLE TEST CARDS | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 2 |
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1699 | 1 |
| 2667 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858962 | REACTION MEDIUM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A TARGET MICROORGANISM | DAVIS, RUTH A | 1699 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18712135 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF A MICROORGANISM TO AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | 2667 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18707981 | SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATED PREPARATION OF A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | RAMIREZ, ALEX | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18026677 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COMPRISING AN INITIAL COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 17626353 | METHOD FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF A BACTERIAL OUTBREAK | WHALEY, PABLO S | 3619 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2022 |
| 18344152 | SAMPLE TEST CARDS | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1758 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 17769461 | SYSTEM FOR DILUTION IN A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBiomerieux has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Ruth A Davis has the most, with 1 of Biomerieux's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
