Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Flamel Ireland Limited is managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. WASEEM, HUMA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action currently under review. The 2 pending actions are divided between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each official handles a single case.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units for the actions suggests that the pending matters fall into different technical categories within the transportation and mechanical systems field. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 indicates a distribution of the workload. Each of the 2 distinct examiners handles a single action, providing a variety of perspectives on the company's technology. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the filings cover multiple technical sections of the patent office. This structure requires the company to manage interactions with 2 different examiners across 2 separate art units. WASEEM, HUMA is one of the 2 distinct examiners handling the pending office actions.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASEEM, HUMA | 1 | 17.7% | +20.5% |
| BROWE, DAVID | 1 | 26.4% | +27.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19361943 | STREAMLINING FULFILLMENT OF PRESCRIPTIONS SUBJECT TO ELEVATED REGULATION | WASEEM, HUMA | — |
| 18605502 | GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE FORMULATIONS HAVING IMPROVED STABILITY AFTER STORAGE | BROWE, DAVID | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19361943 | STREAMLINING FULFILLMENT OF PRESCRIPTIONS SUBJECT TO ELEVATED REGULATION | WASEEM, HUMA | — |
| 18605502 | GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE FORMULATIONS HAVING IMPROVED STABILITY AFTER STORAGE | BROWE, DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3686 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19361943 | STREAMLINING FULFILLMENT OF PRESCRIPTIONS SUBJECT TO ELEVATED REGULATION | WASEEM, HUMA | 3686 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 18605502 | GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE FORMULATIONS HAVING IMPROVED STABILITY AFTER STORAGE | BROWE, DAVID | 1617 | §103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
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