Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
18 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (6%) |
| §103 only | 7 (39%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (28%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 3 | 53.3% | +17.8% |
| GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA | 3 | 37.5% | +57.4% |
| HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 2 | 79.1% | +10.8% |
| KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 2 | 64.7% | +35.3% |
| THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1 | 60.8% | +52.7% |
| GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1 | 68.3% | +52.0% |
| HILL, MYRON G | 1 | 66.2% | +20.6% |
| PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE | 1 | 38.1% | +31.2% |
| YU, TIAN NMN | 1 | 55.1% | +20.4% |
| ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 1 | 32.0% | +49.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18355297 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HEV NUCLEIC ACID | ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 42d |
| 18659963 | FLUID CONTAINER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | — |
| 18558346 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HUMAN ADENOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID | HILL, MYRON G | — |
| 18379892 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THERMAL ENERGY TO A RECEPTACLE AND DETECTING AN EMISSION SIGNAL FROM THE RECEPTACLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — |
| 17596786 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR USE IN DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS IN A SAMPLE | SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA | — |
| 17382568 | DETECTION OF DRUG-RESISTANT MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM | GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18355297 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HEV NUCLEIC ACID | ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 42d |
| 19196900 | RECEPTACLE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — |
| 18990228 | RECEPTACLE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — |
| 18939319 | TEMPERATURE-SELECTABLE FRET CASSETTE SIGNALING | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | — |
| 18659963 | FLUID CONTAINER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | — |
| 18694253 | TEMPERATURE-SELECTABLE FRET CASSETTE SIGNALING | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | — |
| 18292281 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING SOLID REAGENT PELLETS INTO WELLS OF A CARTRIDGE | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | — |
| 18386976 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THERMAL ENERGY TO A RECEPTACLE AND DETECTING AN EMISSION SIGNAL FROM THE RECEPTACLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1681 | 7 |
| 1796 | 2 |
| 1671 | 2 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 1687 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19196900 | RECEPTACLE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 18990228 | RECEPTACLE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18939319 | TEMPERATURE-SELECTABLE FRET CASSETTE SIGNALING | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18659963 | FLUID CONTAINER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18694253 | TEMPERATURE-SELECTABLE FRET CASSETTE SIGNALING | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18292281 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING SOLID REAGENT PELLETS INTO WELLS OF A CARTRIDGE | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18386976 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THERMAL ENERGY TO A RECEPTACLE AND DETECTING AN EMISSION SIGNAL FROM THE RECEPTACLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18558346 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HUMAN ADENOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID | HILL, MYRON G | 1671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18379892 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THERMAL ENERGY TO A RECEPTACLE AND DETECTING AN EMISSION SIGNAL FROM THE RECEPTACLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18236812 | Calibration Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product | PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE | 1687 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18361763 | METHOD OF DETECTING MULTIPLE FORMS OF AN ANALYTE | YU, TIAN NMN | 1681 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18361786 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A LAB DEVELOPED TEST | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1681 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18355297 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HEV NUCLEIC ACID | ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 1671 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 17580425 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HUMAN PARVOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID AND FOR DETECTING HEPATITIS A VIRUS NUCLEIC ACIDS IN SINGLE-PLEX OR MULTIPLEX ASSAYS | GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA | 1681 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2022 |
| 17596786 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR USE IN DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS IN A SAMPLE | SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA | 1682 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2021 |
| 17541117 | CLOSED NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURES | HOPPE, EMMA RUTH | 1683 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 131d overdue | Pending | Dec 02, 2021 |
| 17441526 | Compositions and Methods for Detecting Group A Streptococcus | GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA | 1681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2021 |
| 17382568 | DETECTION OF DRUG-RESISTANT MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM | GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA | 1681 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2021 |
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