Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SODERQUIST, ARLEN | 1 | 59.8% | +26.5% |
| LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | 1 | 64.3% | +52.8% |
| HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 1 | 42.9% | +57.8% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.2% | +20.0% |
| XU, QING | 1 | 50.7% | +54.7% |
| AFREMOVA, VERA | 1 | 50.7% | +29.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17925238 | IMPROVEMENTS TO APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING MICRODROPLETS | XU, QING | 42d overdue |
| 18577441 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A METHOD OR AN APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AN INTERACTION BETWEEN A BIOLOGICAL ENTITY AND A MOLECULE | SODERQUIST, ARLEN | — |
| 18030136 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MANIPULATION OF MICRODROPLETS | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | — |
| 18030132 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MANIPULATION OF MICRODROPLETS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 17767730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL TESTING | AFREMOVA, VERA | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17925238 | IMPROVEMENTS TO APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING MICRODROPLETS | XU, QING | 42d overdue |
| 18577441 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A METHOD OR AN APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AN INTERACTION BETWEEN A BIOLOGICAL ENTITY AND A MOLECULE | SODERQUIST, ARLEN | — |
| 18282396 | METHOD OF SELECTING CELLS | LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | — |
| 18030136 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MANIPULATION OF MICRODROPLETS | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | — |
| 18030132 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MANIPULATION OF MICRODROPLETS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 17767730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL TESTING | AFREMOVA, VERA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1636 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18577441 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A METHOD OR AN APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AN INTERACTION BETWEEN A BIOLOGICAL ENTITY AND A MOLECULE | SODERQUIST, ARLEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18282396 | METHOD OF SELECTING CELLS | LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | 1636 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18030136 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MANIPULATION OF MICRODROPLETS | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 1798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18030132 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MANIPULATION OF MICRODROPLETS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 17925238 | IMPROVEMENTS TO APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING MICRODROPLETS | XU, QING | 1656 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2022 |
| 17767730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL TESTING | AFREMOVA, VERA | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2022 |
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