Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cellanome Inc. currently has 5 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 5 actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, which suggests a very focused interaction with the patent office's personnel. The portfolio is also distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's applications touch upon different specialized areas within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is Horlick, Kenneth R, who is responsible for 4 of the pending office actions. Since Horlick, Kenneth R manages 4 out of the 5 total actions, this examiner's specific feedback and requirements will be the primary factor in the company's current prosecution efforts. The 2 distinct art units involved mean that the 5 pending office actions are subject to the specific guidelines of two different examination groups, despite the small scale of the overall portfolio.
Practitioners managing these 5 pending office actions must prioritize the relationship with Horlick, Kenneth R, given their oversight of 4 cases. The presence of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for 5 actions shows that the portfolio is concentrated in a few procedural silos. This distribution requires a tailored approach for each of the 5 pending office actions to address the specific technical nuances of the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals art units involved while accounting for the dominant role of the busiest examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORLICK, KENNETH R | 4 | 78.9% | +15.3% |
| YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1 | 67.6% | +43.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19577221 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING ASSAYS ON INDIVIDUAL LIVE CELLS | HORLICK, KENNETH R | — |
| 19381382 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | HORLICK, KENNETH R | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19577221 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING ASSAYS ON INDIVIDUAL LIVE CELLS | HORLICK, KENNETH R | — |
| 19577281 | METHODS FOR FORMING ENCLOSURES AND PERFORMING ASSAYS ON A CELL WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE | HORLICK, KENNETH R | — |
| 19538691 | METHODS FOR INCUBATING AND ANALYZING A CELL IN A COMPARTMENT OF A FLUIDIC DEVICE | HORLICK, KENNETH R | — |
| 19459949 | METHODS FOR IMMOBILIZING AND SORTING A CELL USING LIGHT | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | — |
| 19381382 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | HORLICK, KENNETH R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1681 | 4 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19577221 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING ASSAYS ON INDIVIDUAL LIVE CELLS | HORLICK, KENNETH R | 1681 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2026 |
| 19577281 | METHODS FOR FORMING ENCLOSURES AND PERFORMING ASSAYS ON A CELL WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE | HORLICK, KENNETH R | 1681 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2026 |
| 19538691 | METHODS FOR INCUBATING AND ANALYZING A CELL IN A COMPARTMENT OF A FLUIDIC DEVICE | HORLICK, KENNETH R | 1681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 19459949 | METHODS FOR IMMOBILIZING AND SORTING A CELL USING LIGHT | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1657 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2026 |
| 19381382 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | HORLICK, KENNETH R | 1681 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
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