Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
29 pending office actions • 8 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 2 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 18 (62%) |
| §103 only | 2 (7%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI | 2 | 40.0% | +35.1% |
| HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD | 2 | 37.5% | +23.5% |
| MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 2 | 26.9% | +22.1% |
| VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | 2 | 29.7% | +47.1% |
| WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 2 | 71.0% | +26.7% |
| PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 2 | 14.3% | +44.1% |
| LIU, GUOZHEN | 1 | 48.5% | +26.5% |
| SALMON, KATHERINE D | 1 | 42.6% | +38.0% |
| SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 1 | 58.5% | +60.8% |
| KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | 1 | 60.6% | +33.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17144021 | BITERMINAL DNA FRAGMENT TYPES IN CELL-FREE SAMPLES AND USES THEREOF | HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD | 112d overdue |
| 17105175 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING LONGITUDINAL BIOLOGICAL FEATURE DATA | AUGER, NOAH ANDREW | 104d overdue |
| 17050372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING PATHOGEN NUCLEIC ACID LOAD TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SUBJECT HAS A CANCER CONDITION | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 97d overdue |
| 16721619 | CELL-FREE DNA END CHARACTERISTICS | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 93d overdue |
| 18267769 | PREPARATION OF NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLES FOR SEQUENCING | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 49d overdue |
| 16235901 | MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY DETECTION | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 5d overdue |
| 17714062 | CONDITIONAL TISSUE OF ORIGIN RETURN FOR LOCALIZATION ACCURACY | LUO, JAMMY NMN | 13d |
| 17931016 | METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF TARGET MOLECULES IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS | HAQ, SHAFIQUL | 20d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18183002 | METHODS OF ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID FRAGMENTS | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 175d overdue |
| 17144021 | BITERMINAL DNA FRAGMENT TYPES IN CELL-FREE SAMPLES AND USES THEREOF | HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD | 112d overdue |
| 17050372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING PATHOGEN NUCLEIC ACID LOAD TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SUBJECT HAS A CANCER CONDITION | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 97d overdue |
| 16721619 | CELL-FREE DNA END CHARACTERISTICS | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 93d overdue |
| 18267769 | PREPARATION OF NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLES FOR SEQUENCING | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 49d overdue |
| 18011145 | METHYLATED DNA FRAGMENT ENRICHMENT, METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND KITS | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 23d |
| 17817421 | SOMATIC VARIANT COOCCURRENCE WITH ABNORMALLY METHYLATED FRAGMENTS | KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | 28d |
| 17957643 | SEQUENCING OF VIRAL DNA FOR PREDICTING DISEASE RELAPSE | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 30d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1686 | 8 |
| 1685 | 7 |
| 1681 | 5 |
| 1682 | 2 |
| 1687 | 2 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| 1678 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18661452 | SIZE-TAGGED PREFERRED ENDS AND ORIENTATION-AWARE ANALYSIS FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF CELL-FREE MIXTURES | LIU, GUOZHEN | 1686 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18011145 | METHYLATED DNA FRAGMENT ENRICHMENT, METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND KITS | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 1682 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17957643 | SEQUENCING OF VIRAL DNA FOR PREDICTING DISEASE RELAPSE | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 1683 | §101§103Other | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17817421 | SOMATIC VARIANT COOCCURRENCE WITH ABNORMALLY METHYLATED FRAGMENTS | KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | 1685 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Aug 04, 2022 |
| 17860577 | ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL FRAGMENTS IN PLASMA | PRIEST, AARON A | 1681 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2022 |
| 17478856 | DETECTING CROSS-CONTAMINATION IN SEQUENCING DATA | DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI | 1686 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2021 |
| 17374691 | NUCLEASE-ASSOCIATED END SIGNATURE ANALYSIS FOR CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS | GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA | 1681 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2021 |
| 17144021 | BITERMINAL DNA FRAGMENT TYPES IN CELL-FREE SAMPLES AND USES THEREOF | HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD | 1685 | §101 | Final Rejection | 112d overdue | Pending | Jan 07, 2021 |
| 17105175 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING LONGITUDINAL BIOLOGICAL FEATURE DATA | AUGER, NOAH ANDREW | 1687 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 104d overdue | Pending | Nov 25, 2020 |
| 16936901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TUMOR FRACTION | HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD | 1685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2020 |
| 16723369 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING FRAGMENT LENGTHS AS A PREDICTOR OF CANCER | SABOUR, GHAZAL | 1686 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2019 |
| 16721619 | CELL-FREE DNA END CHARACTERISTICS | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 1685 | §101§112DP | Final Rejection | 93d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2019 |
| 16719902 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING CELL SOURCE FRACTIONS USING METHYLATION INFORMATION | KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP | 1686 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2019 |
| 16579805 | MIXTURE MODEL FOR TARGETED SEQUENCING | VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | 1687 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2019 |
| 16235901 | MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY DETECTION | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 1685 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2018 |
| 18605798 | Models for Targeted Sequencing | FRUMKIN, JESSE P | 1685 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18267769 | PREPARATION OF NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLES FOR SEQUENCING | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 1681 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18298043 | ENRICHMENT OF MUTATED CELL FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR CANCER DETECTION | ZHANG, KAIJIANG | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18183002 | METHODS OF ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID FRAGMENTS | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 1681 | DP | Final Rejection | 175d overdue | Pending | Mar 13, 2023 |
| 18169834 | TUMOR FRACTION ESTIMATION USING METHYLATION VARIANTS | VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
| 18147647 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CELL TYPES | KIM, YOUNG J | 1681 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 17931016 | METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF TARGET MOLECULES IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS | HAQ, SHAFIQUL | 1678 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
| 17714062 | CONDITIONAL TISSUE OF ORIGIN RETURN FOR LOCALIZATION ACCURACY | LUO, JAMMY NMN | 1686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Apr 05, 2022 |
| 17641712 | Read-Tier Specific Noise Models for Analyzing DNA Data | WHALEY, PABLO S | 3619 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2022 |
| 17638904 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND MONITORING TREATMENT RESPONSE FROM CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1686 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2022 |
| 17384241 | DETECTING CANCER, CANCER TISSUE OF ORIGIN, AND/OR A CANCER CELL TYPE | BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | 1682 | §101§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jul 23, 2021 |
| 17185885 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALLING VARIANTS USING METHYLATION SEQUENCING DATA | DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI | 1686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2021 |
| 17050372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING PATHOGEN NUCLEIC ACID LOAD TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SUBJECT HAS A CANCER CONDITION | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1686 | §101§103§112DP | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Oct 23, 2020 |
| 17006124 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CONSENSUS BASE CALLS IN NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 1685 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2020 |
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