Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guerbet is currently navigating 3 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's software-related innovations touch upon multiple technical classifications. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners means that each pending action is being reviewed by a different individual, requiring a tailored response strategy for each case.
LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though he is only responsible for 1 pending office action. This indicates an even distribution where each of the distinct examiners handles exactly one of the pending office actions. Such a distribution prevents any single examiner from having a disproportionate impact on the overall portfolio progress.
With 3 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units, at least one art unit must be hosting multiple examiners or actions. This concentration within specific art units in the Computing & Software sector may reflect the core focus of Guerbet's current intellectual property efforts. Practitioners should prepare for diverse examiner perspectives while operating within a limited number of technical divisions. Successfully resolving the 1 pending office action with the busiest examiner will be a key milestone for the company.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | 1 | 58.2% | +40.0% |
| LAU, KAITLYN RENEE | 1 | 60.0% | +66.7% |
| COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P | 1 | 71.3% | +12.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267884 | METHODS FOR TRAINING A CNN AND FOR PROCESSING AN INPUTTED PERFUSION SEQUENCE USING SAID CNN | LAU, KAITLYN RENEE | 49d |
| 18293079 | Macrocyclic Ligands with Picolinate Group(s), Complexes and Medical Uses Thereof | LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267884 | METHODS FOR TRAINING A CNN AND FOR PROCESSING AN INPUTTED PERFUSION SEQUENCE USING SAID CNN | LAU, KAITLYN RENEE | 49d |
| 18293079 | Macrocyclic Ligands with Picolinate Group(s), Complexes and Medical Uses Thereof | LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | — |
| 18016097 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A CHELATING LIGAND DERIVED FROM PCTA | COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2148 | 1 |
| 1626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18293079 | Macrocyclic Ligands with Picolinate Group(s), Complexes and Medical Uses Thereof | LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18267884 | METHODS FOR TRAINING A CNN AND FOR PROCESSING AN INPUTTED PERFUSION SEQUENCE USING SAID CNN | LAU, KAITLYN RENEE | 2148 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18016097 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A CHELATING LIGAND DERIVED FROM PCTA | COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P | 1626 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
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