Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
21 pending office actions • 11 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Idexx Laboratories Inc. is managing a workload of 20 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 20 actions are distributed among 20 distinct examiners, meaning every single pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. These actions are also spread across 11 distinct art units, indicating a broad administrative footprint. This high level of fragmentation suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by a wide variety of technical specialists across the patent office.
REYES, REGINALD R is the busiest examiner for the company, though they are responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. The fact that 20 pending office actions are spread across 11 distinct art units requires a coordinated prosecution strategy to manage the diverse feedback from multiple examiners. Practitioners must be prepared for a wide range of procedural and technical expectations, as the lack of examiner concentration minimizes the opportunity for consistent outcomes. Managing the pending office actions across 11 distinct art units requires a robust system for tracking examiner preferences and art unit trends. The applicant should look for commonalities within the administrative groups to identify potential efficiencies in their overall prosecution approach, even as they address the unique requirements of 20 different examiners.
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 only | 2 (10%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (33%) |
| §103 only | 4 (19%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REYES, REGINALD R | 1 | 41.0% | +31.9% |
| RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN | 1 | 87.9% | +15.2% |
| PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1 | 14.3% | +33.8% |
| WILLIAMS, TERESA S | 1 | 25.1% | +17.4% |
| SHIN, SOO JUNG | 1 | 87.1% | +16.2% |
| SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI | 1 | 88.9% | +0.0% |
| BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | 1 | 81.3% | +11.7% |
| HWANG, JINSU | 1 | 80.4% | -2.5% |
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.7% |
| CHOI, DAVID | 1 | 18.8% | +27.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18985324 | FLOW CYTOMETER AND LASER OPTICS ASSEMBLY THEREOF | RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN | — |
| 18968256 | Methods and Systems for X-Ray Imaging and Labeling | SHIN, SOO JUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18757823 | Methods and Systems for In-Clinic Compliance Protocols | PAULS, JOHN A | 30d overdue |
| 19009409 | MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ADDISON'S DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS | REYES, REGINALD R | 28d |
| 18968694 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Hematologic Morphology Detection and Treatment | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | — |
| 18968352 | DIGITAL MICROSCOPY DATA VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | — |
| 18961571 | QUANTIFYING CONSTITUENTS IN A SAMPLE CHAMBER USING IMAGES OF DEPTH REGIONS | SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI | — |
| 18961545 | QUANTIFYING CONSTITUENTS IN A SAMPLE CHAMBER USING IMAGES OF DEPTH REGIONS | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | — |
| 18961614 | IDENTIFYING LARGER OBJECTS IN EAR CONTENT SAMPLES | HWANG, JINSU | — |
| 18962899 | Devices and Methods for Alignment Tools | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19009409 | MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ADDISON'S DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS | REYES, REGINALD R | 28d |
| 18985324 | FLOW CYTOMETER AND LASER OPTICS ASSEMBLY THEREOF | RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN | — |
| 18968694 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Hematologic Morphology Detection and Treatment | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | — |
| 18968352 | DIGITAL MICROSCOPY DATA VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | — |
| 18968256 | Methods and Systems for X-Ray Imaging and Labeling | SHIN, SOO JUNG | — |
| 18961545 | QUANTIFYING CONSTITUENTS IN A SAMPLE CHAMBER USING IMAGES OF DEPTH REGIONS | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | — |
| 18807045 | HYBRID MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS | CHOI, DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3684 | 3 |
| 2877 | 2 |
| 1686 | 1 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 2191 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19009409 | MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ADDISON'S DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS | REYES, REGINALD R | 3684 | §101 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18985324 | FLOW CYTOMETER AND LASER OPTICS ASSEMBLY THEREOF | RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN | 2877 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18968694 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Hematologic Morphology Detection and Treatment | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18968352 | DIGITAL MICROSCOPY DATA VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | 3687 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18968256 | Methods and Systems for X-Ray Imaging and Labeling | SHIN, SOO JUNG | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18961571 | QUANTIFYING CONSTITUENTS IN A SAMPLE CHAMBER USING IMAGES OF DEPTH REGIONS | SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18961545 | QUANTIFYING CONSTITUENTS IN A SAMPLE CHAMBER USING IMAGES OF DEPTH REGIONS | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18961614 | IDENTIFYING LARGER OBJECTS IN EAR CONTENT SAMPLES | HWANG, JINSU | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18962899 | Devices and Methods for Alignment Tools | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18807045 | HYBRID MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS | CHOI, DAVID | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18757823 | Methods and Systems for In-Clinic Compliance Protocols | PAULS, JOHN A | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18627865 | Methods and Systems for Remote Installation of Computer Software and Monitoring Progress of the Installation on a Local Computing Entity | SOLTANZADEH, AMIR | 2191 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18618910 | CAPTURE REAGENT FOR LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY | HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 1677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18427503 | Methods, Systems, and Device for Electrowetting Bar-Coded Magnetic Beads | TURK, NEIL N | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18391216 | PERIANAL SWAB PCR PANEL, METHODS, DEVICE, AND KITS | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18390970 | IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD | GABEL, GAILENE | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18390889 | LATERAL FLOW ANALYTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | RAMIREZ, ALEX | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18382700 | CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC AND PATIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 3684 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18352792 | System and Methods for At-Home Diagnostics Utilizing Microneedles | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18189874 | METHODS, DEVICE, KIT AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING FELINE LUNGWORM | CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL | 1645 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17705924 | Methods for Detecting Symmetrical Dimethylarginine | EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1678 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
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