Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Freie Universität Berlin has 4 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that the university's biotechnology research is being evaluated by at least two different specialized examination groups, which may apply different standards to the 4 pending office actions.
GILL, RACHEL B is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are currently managing only 1 pending office action. Because there are 4 distinct examiners for 4 total actions, each examiner is responsible for exactly one matter. This spread across 4 distinct examiners means that the university's prosecution strategy must be tailored to four different individual perspectives. The concentration of the 4 actions within only 2 distinct art units suggests some technical overlap, even as the work is split among 4 distinct examiners.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, RACHEL B | 1 | 65.6% | +28.3% |
| GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | 1 | 68.0% | +17.7% |
| SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | 1 | 73.5% | +18.5% |
| BARRON, SEAN C | 1 | 52.9% | +30.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730516 | LIVE ATTENUATED SARS-COV-2 AND A VACCINE MADE THEREOF | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| 18728054 | ALKALI METAL METALATE COMPOUNDS WITH MAGNETIC EXCHANGE BIAS AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITY PROPERTIES | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | — |
| 18684109 | STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING AND STORING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE HCL FROM HCL CONTAINING GAS | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | — |
| 18574264 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING DENDRITIC CELLS | BARRON, SEAN C | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730516 | LIVE ATTENUATED SARS-COV-2 AND A VACCINE MADE THEREOF | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| 18728054 | ALKALI METAL METALATE COMPOUNDS WITH MAGNETIC EXCHANGE BIAS AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITY PROPERTIES | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | — |
| 18684109 | STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING AND STORING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE HCL FROM HCL CONTAINING GAS | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | — |
| 18574264 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING DENDRITIC CELLS | BARRON, SEAN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1671 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18730516 | LIVE ATTENUATED SARS-COV-2 AND A VACCINE MADE THEREOF | GILL, RACHEL B | 1671 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18728054 | ALKALI METAL METALATE COMPOUNDS WITH MAGNETIC EXCHANGE BIAS AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITY PROPERTIES | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18684109 | STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING AND STORING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE HCL FROM HCL CONTAINING GAS | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18574264 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING DENDRITIC CELLS | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
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