Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Charm Sciences Inc.

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 1 64.4% +32.6%
BRADFORD, JONATHAN 1 75.9% +21.5%
MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1 78.1% +50.7%
LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1 57.7% +59.0%
EOM, ROBERT J 1 57.5% +34.7%

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
18834744 TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 48d
16652175 SINGLE UNIT ASSAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND ASSEMBLY LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 63d
18730868 DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD BRADFORD, JONATHAN
18027096 SAMPLE PREPARATION AND DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18834744 TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 48d
16652175 SINGLE UNIT ASSAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND ASSEMBLY LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 63d
18730868 DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD BRADFORD, JONATHAN
18027096 SAMPLE PREPARATION AND DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER
16825357 ASSAY ANALYSIS EOM, ROBERT J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2877 1
3763 1
1798 1
1796 1
1797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18834744 TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 2877 §103§112 Final Rejection 48d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18730868 DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD BRADFORD, JONATHAN 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18027096 SAMPLE PREPARATION AND DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1798 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2023
16652175 SINGLE UNIT ASSAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND ASSEMBLY LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §103§112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 30, 2020
16825357 ASSAY ANALYSIS EOM, ROBERT J 1797 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2020

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