Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Encodia Inc. maintains a prosecution profile with 9 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 9 distinct examiners. This workload is spread across 8 distinct art units, showing administrative diversity within the patent office for these filings.
YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS is listed as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest examiner. This action is part of the 9 total pending office actions currently active for the company. The 9 distinct examiners are spread across the 8 distinct art units involved in the company's Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals filings.
The presence of the distinct examiners for the pending office actions suggests that Encodia Inc. is receiving multiple perspectives from the patent office. With the various art units in play, the company's technology is being scrutinized across several specialized divisions. YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS and the other examiners represent a decentralized prosecution environment that requires a versatile legal strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS | 1 | 65.8% | +24.8% |
| LANKFORD JR, LEON B | 1 | 70.0% | +31.6% |
| BEANE, RANDALL L | 1 | 32.8% | +36.8% |
| HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | 1 | 58.9% | +48.8% |
| CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1 | 44.8% | +24.4% |
| PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| DAUNER, JOSEPH G | 1 | 56.9% | +35.2% |
| ADAMS, MICHELLE | 1 | 58.6% | +40.5% |
| RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 1 | 35.7% | +55.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17272236 | PROXIMITY INTERACTION ANALYSIS | RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 2d overdue |
| 18499944 | METHODS FOR BIOMOLECULE ANALYSIS EMPLOYING MULTI-COMPONENT DETECTION AGENT AND RELATED KITS | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — |
| 18201129 | POLYPEPTIDE MODIFICATION AND CONJUGATION METHODS | BEANE, RANDALL L | — |
| 18297914 | ARGININE MODIFICATION AND CONJUGATION METHODS | HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | — |
| 18120676 | REAGENT CARTRIDGE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | — |
| 18065282 | METHODS FOR PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION BASED ON ENCODING REACTIONS | PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17272236 | PROXIMITY INTERACTION ANALYSIS | RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 2d overdue |
| 17606759 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR CLEAVAGE OF THE N-TERMINAL AMINO ACID FROM A POLYPEPTIDE | ADAMS, MICHELLE | 6d |
| 18586030 | SEQUENTIAL ENCODING METHODS AND RELATED KITS | YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS | — |
| 18499944 | METHODS FOR BIOMOLECULE ANALYSIS EMPLOYING MULTI-COMPONENT DETECTION AGENT AND RELATED KITS | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — |
| 18201129 | POLYPEPTIDE MODIFICATION AND CONJUGATION METHODS | BEANE, RANDALL L | — |
| 18297914 | ARGININE MODIFICATION AND CONJUGATION METHODS | HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | — |
| 18120676 | REAGENT CARTRIDGE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | — |
| 17611523 | METHODS AND RELATED KITS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS | DAUNER, JOSEPH G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1684 | 2 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18586030 | SEQUENTIAL ENCODING METHODS AND RELATED KITS | YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS | 1681 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18499944 | METHODS FOR BIOMOLECULE ANALYSIS EMPLOYING MULTI-COMPONENT DETECTION AGENT AND RELATED KITS | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | 1657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18201129 | POLYPEPTIDE MODIFICATION AND CONJUGATION METHODS | BEANE, RANDALL L | 1654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18297914 | ARGININE MODIFICATION AND CONJUGATION METHODS | HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | 1658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18120676 | REAGENT CARTRIDGE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2023 |
| 18065282 | METHODS FOR PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION BASED ON ENCODING REACTIONS | PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN | 1684 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17611523 | METHODS AND RELATED KITS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS | DAUNER, JOSEPH G | 1682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2021 |
| 17606759 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR CLEAVAGE OF THE N-TERMINAL AMINO ACID FROM A POLYPEPTIDE | ADAMS, MICHELLE | 1797 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Oct 26, 2021 |
| 17272236 | PROXIMITY INTERACTION ANALYSIS | RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 1684 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2021 |
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