Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Biomerieux has 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These cases are spread across 3 distinct art units and involve 5 distinct examiners. DAVIS, RUTH A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 1 pending office action.
With 5 pending office actions total, each case is currently assigned to a different examiner. This means the company must navigate the preferences of 5 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. The lack of examiner concentration suggests that prosecution strategies must be individualized for each of the 5 pending office actions. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of each examiner while coordinating technical arguments across the 3 distinct art units involved in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 | 60.8% | +31.1% |
| MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | 1 | 81.0% | +4.0% |
| WHALEY, PABLO S | 1 | 25.1% | +21.4% |
| WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 1 | 71.0% | +26.6% |
| KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1 | 32.6% | +58.9% |
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 |
| 18858962 | REACTION MEDIUM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A TARGET MICROORGANISM | DAVIS, RUTH A | — |
| 18575986 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING ENDOTOXINS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | — |
| 17626353 | METHOD FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF A BACTERIAL OUTBREAK | WHALEY, PABLO S | — |
| 18265927 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR CONCENTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF A MICROORGANISM FROM BLOOD | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17769461 | SYSTEM FOR DILUTION IN A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 9d overdue |
| 18858962 | REACTION MEDIUM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A TARGET MICROORGANISM | DAVIS, RUTH A | — |
| 17626353 | METHOD FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF A BACTERIAL OUTBREAK | WHALEY, PABLO S | — |
| 18265927 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR CONCENTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF A MICROORGANISM FROM BLOOD | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| 1798 | 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 | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18575986 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING ENDOTOXINS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 17626353 | METHOD FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF A BACTERIAL OUTBREAK | WHALEY, PABLO S | 3619 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2022 |
| 18265927 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR CONCENTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF A MICROORGANISM FROM BLOOD | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 1681 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 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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