Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The patent portfolio for Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd. currently features 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MICHAEL STANLEY GZYBOWSKI, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for the company. Prosecution activity is localized in 1 distinct art unit. Because GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company's immediate legal focus is concentrated under a single point of review.
This lack of examiner diversity means the outcome of the pending action depends entirely on the interpretations of one individual. Practitioners should note that with only 1 distinct art unit involved, there is no internal baseline for comparing examiner behavior or office action response times within this portfolio. The presence of 1 pending office action suggests a streamlined or early-stage prosecution phase for the company's current USPTO filings.
Since the 1 distinct examiner represents the entirety of the pending workload, the prosecution strategy is highly centralized. This centralization requires the applicant to align closely with the specific procedural expectations of the identified reviewer to ensure efficient movement through the assigned technology area. The data indicates a narrow administrative footprint, which may allow for more direct communication during the examination process.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1 | 68.3% | +52.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551012 | VIRAL FILTER AND METHOD OF VIRAL FILTRATION | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551012 | VIRAL FILTER AND METHOD OF VIRAL FILTRATION | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18551012 | VIRAL FILTER AND METHOD OF VIRAL FILTRATION | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
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