Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Leading Edge Innovations LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's current applications involve different technical sub-specialties. This distribution requires the practitioner to navigate two separate examination paths within the patent office. The busiest examiner is LIU, SUE XU, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action.
Because the 2 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, the portfolio's current workload is distributed equally among the assigned personnel. This arrangement means that each application will be subject to the unique examination style of a different individual. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific technical concerns of 2 distinct art units, as this variety suggests that the applications cover diverse aspects of the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field. Managing the current docket requires a tailored approach for each pending matter to ensure effective communication with the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, SUE XU | 1 | 20.9% | +18.6% |
| MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1 | 32.1% | +64.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18544715 | SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING OIL-IN-WATER DISPERSIONS OF HYDROPHOBIC AGENTS AND POLYMER OR COPOLYMER FRAGMENTS, OR COMBINATIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | LIU, SUE XU | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18544271 | SPRAYABLE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING OIL-IN-WATER DISPERSIONS OF HYDROPHOBIC AGENTS AND POLYMER OR COPOLYMER FRAGMENTS, OR COMBINATIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 12d |
| 18544715 | SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING OIL-IN-WATER DISPERSIONS OF HYDROPHOBIC AGENTS AND POLYMER OR COPOLYMER FRAGMENTS, OR COMBINATIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | LIU, SUE XU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1616 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18544715 | SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING OIL-IN-WATER DISPERSIONS OF HYDROPHOBIC AGENTS AND POLYMER OR COPOLYMER FRAGMENTS, OR COMBINATIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | LIU, SUE XU | 1616 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18544271 | SPRAYABLE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING OIL-IN-WATER DISPERSIONS OF HYDROPHOBIC AGENTS AND POLYMER OR COPOLYMER FRAGMENTS, OR COMBINATIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1619 | §112DP | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
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