3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QIAN, SHIZHI | 1 | 61.3% | +49.6% |
| SAX, STEVEN PAUL | 1 | 69.3% | +45.1% |
| GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1 | 64.9% | +49.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18326519 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE HELP | SAX, STEVEN PAUL | — |
| 17311263 | CONTROLLING DNA CONCENTRATION FOR STR ANALYSIS | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18814847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION, PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS | QIAN, SHIZHI | — |
| 18326519 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE HELP | SAX, STEVEN PAUL | — |
| 17311263 | CONTROLLING DNA CONCENTRATION FOR STR ANALYSIS | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| 2146 | 1 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18814847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION, PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS | QIAN, SHIZHI | 1795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18326519 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE HELP | SAX, STEVEN PAUL | 2146 | §101§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 17311263 | CONTROLLING DNA CONCENTRATION FOR STR ANALYSIS | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1681 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2021 |
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