Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Giner Inc.

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
2
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

5
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARTIN, ANGELA J 1 67.0% -31.9%
SLIFKA, SARAH A 1 75.4% +11.2%
SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1 58.5% +60.8%
WEST, PAUL M 1 84.0% +14.1%
ALABI, OYELEYE A 1 84.3% +24.7%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17887347 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE DRUGS AND/OR DRUG METABOLITES IN WASTEWATER ALABI, OYELEYE A 78d overdue
18210411 SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE BATTERY INCLUDING PLASTIC CRYSTAL ELECTROLYTE INTERLAYER SLIFKA, SARAH A 5d
18112881 HYDROGEN GAS SENSOR AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING SAME TO QUANTITATE HYDROGEN GAS AND/OR TO ASSESS HYDROGEN GAS PURITY WEST, PAUL M 7d
18286863 ELECTROLYTES OF RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES AND LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES INCLUDING THE SAME MARTIN, ANGELA J
18295613 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FUNGAL GENES AND KIT FOR USE WITH SAME SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17887347 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE DRUGS AND/OR DRUG METABOLITES IN WASTEWATER ALABI, OYELEYE A 78d overdue
18210411 SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE BATTERY INCLUDING PLASTIC CRYSTAL ELECTROLYTE INTERLAYER SLIFKA, SARAH A 5d
18112881 HYDROGEN GAS SENSOR AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING SAME TO QUANTITATE HYDROGEN GAS AND/OR TO ASSESS HYDROGEN GAS PURITY WEST, PAUL M 7d
18295613 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FUNGAL GENES AND KIT FOR USE WITH SAME SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1727 1
1759 1
1683 1
2855 1
1797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18286863 ELECTROLYTES OF RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES AND LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES INCLUDING THE SAME MARTIN, ANGELA J 1727 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18210411 SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE BATTERY INCLUDING PLASTIC CRYSTAL ELECTROLYTE INTERLAYER SLIFKA, SARAH A 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18295613 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FUNGAL GENES AND KIT FOR USE WITH SAME SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2023
18112881 HYDROGEN GAS SENSOR AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING SAME TO QUANTITATE HYDROGEN GAS AND/OR TO ASSESS HYDROGEN GAS PURITY WEST, PAUL M 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 22, 2023
17887347 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE DRUGS AND/OR DRUG METABOLITES IN WASTEWATER ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 §102§103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022

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