Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Curevac Manufacturing GmbH has 5 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. NGUYEN, QUANG is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions currently assigned. The portfolio's 5 pending actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating a variety of technical focuses within biotechnology.
With 4 distinct examiners involved, the company interacts with multiple officials, though NGUYEN, QUANG handles 2 of the 5 total actions. This distribution balances the workload while maintaining a presence in 3 distinct art units. The ratio of 5 actions to 4 examiners shows that most examiners handle a single case while the busiest examiner handles 2. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by different technical sections of the patent office. NGUYEN, QUANG is the busiest examiner for these 5 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, QUANG | 2 | 38.0% | +52.6% |
| BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1 | 76.8% | +30.2% |
| DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE | 1 | 56.3% | +40.2% |
| ADAMS, MICHELLE | 1 | 58.6% | +40.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18432898 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING BY-PRODUCTS OF RNA IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION | ADAMS, MICHELLE | 42d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18432898 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING BY-PRODUCTS OF RNA IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION | ADAMS, MICHELLE | 42d overdue |
| 19363455 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND PURIFYING RNA, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE STEP OF TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTRATION | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — |
| 18582620 | METHODS AND MEANS FOR ENHANCING RNA PRODUCTION | DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE | — |
| 17932026 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE REPLICATION OF A CIRCULAR DNA MOLECULE | NGUYEN, QUANG | — |
| 15750745 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE REPLICATION OF A CIRCULAR DNA MOLECULE | NGUYEN, QUANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1631 | 2 |
| 1623 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19363455 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND PURIFYING RNA, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE STEP OF TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTRATION | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 18582620 | METHODS AND MEANS FOR ENHANCING RNA PRODUCTION | DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18432898 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING BY-PRODUCTS OF RNA IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION | ADAMS, MICHELLE | 1797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 17932026 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE REPLICATION OF A CIRCULAR DNA MOLECULE | NGUYEN, QUANG | 1631 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2022 |
| 15750745 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE REPLICATION OF A CIRCULAR DNA MOLECULE | NGUYEN, QUANG | 1631 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2018 |
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