Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

19 pending office actions • 12 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
14
Medium (74%)
0
Easy (0%)
5
Unknown (26%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only14 (74%)
No statute on record5 (26%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

14
Life Sciences
74% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, SHUYI S 3 73.0% +26.8%
KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 2 57.8% +16.3%
CHAI, LONGBIT 1 87.9% +31.6%
GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 1 57.3% +39.7%
CHOI, DAVID 1 14.5% +25.9%
DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 1 63.4% +33.4%
TRAN, CHAU NGUYEN BICH 1 34.8% +49.0%
PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1 63.5% +21.4%
SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1 61.8% +56.5%
JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1 50.0% +45.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18928259 Transparent Secure Link For Point-of-Care Devices CHAI, LONGBIT 5d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18451730 PREDICTING AN ANIMAL HEALTH RESULT FROM LABORATORY TEST MONITORING CHOI, DAVID 35d overdue

Interview Candidates (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18336765 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THERMAL STABILIZATION ON PERISHABLE BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 86d overdue
18205255 Methods and Systems for Quantitative Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Using Dried Samples TRAN, CHAU NGUYEN BICH 38d overdue
18451730 PREDICTING AN ANIMAL HEALTH RESULT FROM LABORATORY TEST MONITORING CHOI, DAVID 35d overdue
18131262 Methods, Compositions and Systems for Respiratory Virus Detection PARKIN, JEFFREY S 28d overdue
18360631 Methos for detection of microorganisms KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 23d overdue
17229460 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE AND COMPACT CENTRIFUGATION LIU, SHUYI S 16d overdue
18928259 Transparent Secure Link For Point-of-Care Devices CHAI, LONGBIT 5d overdue
18107877 Methods and Systems for Detecting Methylation of Fragile X SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 4d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1672 5
1774 3
1671 2
2431 1
3683 1
3684 1
3763 1
1677 1
1683 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18928259 Transparent Secure Link For Point-of-Care Devices CHAI, LONGBIT 2431 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2024
18797004 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR A TRIAL IN REAL TIME GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 3683 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18451730 PREDICTING AN ANIMAL HEALTH RESULT FROM LABORATORY TEST MONITORING CHOI, DAVID 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18360631 Methos for detection of microorganisms KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 Other Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18336765 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THERMAL STABILIZATION ON PERISHABLE BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18205255 Methods and Systems for Quantitative Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Using Dried Samples TRAN, CHAU NGUYEN BICH 1677 Other Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18131262 Methods, Compositions and Systems for Respiratory Virus Detection PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18107877 Methods and Systems for Detecting Methylation of Fragile X SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2023
18068782 Compositions, Kits, and Systems for the Rapid Detection of Bacteria Using Recombinant Bacteriophage to Express an Indicator Subunit KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Dec 20, 2022
17845502 Methods and Systems for Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Analytes in Dried Samples JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 Other Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17845629 Methods and Systems for Detection of Covid Variants ZOU, NIANXIANG 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 21, 2022
17729761 Ultracompact Centrifuge, Specimen Container, and Methods of Use LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 26, 2022
17719759 Method and Device for Portable and Energy Efficient Centrifugation LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 13, 2022
17534043 Methods and Systems for the Detection of Microorganisms Using Infectious Agents WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2021
17508682 BLOOD SAMPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2021
17464061 BIOMARKERS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND MONITORING AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS ACTIVITY ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1687 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2021
17348706 Methods for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Biofilm-Related Infections BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 Other Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2021
17229460 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE AND COMPACT CENTRIFUGATION LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2021
17050115 INDICATOR BACTERIOPHAGE FOR SELECTING AND MONITORING FOR EFFICACY OF THERAPEUTICS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2020

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