Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
31 pending office actions • 24 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 pending office actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. This distribution results in an even workload where each examiner manages a single pending matter.
The prosecution is spread across 2 distinct art units. This count of 2 distinct art units matches the number of 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, suggesting that the pending matters involve different technical sub-specialties. CHOI, WOO H is the busiest examiner, with a busiest examiner pending count of 1. This busiest examiner pending count of 1 accounts for half of the total pending actions.
Practitioners can observe that with 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct art units, the portfolio is technically diverse for its size. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners means the company must navigate two different sets of examiner preferences. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 shows that no single examiner has more influence than another over the current pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 4 (13%) |
| §103 only | 6 (19%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | 1 | 58.0% | +14.4% |
| SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | 1 | 82.9% | +14.1% |
| TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM | 1 | 31.5% | +48.1% |
| BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1 | 65.9% | +13.2% |
| LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS | 1 | 57.1% | +60.0% |
| SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO | 1 | 68.0% | +55.6% |
| LEE, SHUN K | 1 | 42.2% | +16.3% |
| SOTO, JANICE M | 1 | 68.7% | +14.2% |
| PHILLIPS, RUFUS L | 1 | 62.6% | +32.1% |
| RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | 1 | 71.3% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17285148 | CERVICAL CANCER ORGANOIDS | NICOL, ALEXANDER W | 52d overdue |
| 17770259 | HLA CLASS I SEQUENCE DIVERGENCE AND CANCER THERAPY | MIDDLETON, DANAYA L | 5d overdue |
| 18729559 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM, VACUUM SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE OF A VACUUM CHAMBER OF A VACUUM SYSTEM | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 4d overdue |
| 17275084 | AUTOMATED GENERATION AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS | BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER | 13d |
| 18037575 | FILTER | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 48d |
| 18571926 | METHOD OF PREPARING A SURFACE OF A SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFER AS AN EPITAXIAL TEMPLATE, EPITAXIAL TEMPLATE AND DEVICE | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 76d |
| 19099843 | ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ENDOSCOPE | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18856085 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ALPHA-BRANCHED BETA'-HYDROXY CARBONYL COMPOUNDS BY ENZYMATIC-CATALYZED REDUCTIVE ALDOL REACTION | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729559 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM, VACUUM SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE OF A VACUUM CHAMBER OF A VACUUM SYSTEM | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 4d overdue |
| 19099843 | ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ENDOSCOPE | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18856085 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ALPHA-BRANCHED BETA'-HYDROXY CARBONYL COMPOUNDS BY ENZYMATIC-CATALYZED REDUCTIVE ALDOL REACTION | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | — |
| 18839402 | HIGH-CONTRAST EN-BLOC STAINING OF MOUSE WHOLE-BRAIN AND HUMAN BRAIN SAMPLES FOR EM-BASED CONNECTOMICS | TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM | — |
| 18728493 | GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE AND/OR TRANSGLYCOSYLASE FOR SYNTHESIS OF XYLOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDES | LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS | — |
| 18686456 | PURIFIED SIGNAL-ENHANCED CONTRAST AGENTS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO | — |
| 18422370 | LOCALIZING A SINGULARIZED FLUOROPHORE MOLECULE BY CONTINUOUSLY MOVING A FOCUSED LIGHT BEAM AROUND THE MOLECULE | LEE, SHUN K | — |
| 18574608 | Method and apparatus for spatially manipulating at least one particle in a fluid, computer program product and computer-readable storage medium | SOTO, JANICE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1618 | 2 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| 1624 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19099843 | ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ENDOSCOPE | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18856085 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ALPHA-BRANCHED BETA'-HYDROXY CARBONYL COMPOUNDS BY ENZYMATIC-CATALYZED REDUCTIVE ALDOL REACTION | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18839402 | HIGH-CONTRAST EN-BLOC STAINING OF MOUSE WHOLE-BRAIN AND HUMAN BRAIN SAMPLES FOR EM-BASED CONNECTOMICS | TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18729559 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM, VACUUM SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE OF A VACUUM CHAMBER OF A VACUUM SYSTEM | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1717 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18728493 | GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE AND/OR TRANSGLYCOSYLASE FOR SYNTHESIS OF XYLOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDES | LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS | 1652 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18686456 | PURIFIED SIGNAL-ENHANCED CONTRAST AGENTS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18422370 | LOCALIZING A SINGULARIZED FLUOROPHORE MOLECULE BY CONTINUOUSLY MOVING A FOCUSED LIGHT BEAM AROUND THE MOLECULE | LEE, SHUN K | 2884 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18574608 | Method and apparatus for spatially manipulating at least one particle in a fluid, computer program product and computer-readable storage medium | SOTO, JANICE M | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18574585 | Method and apparatus for measuring a force on at least one particle in a fluid, computer program product and computer-readable storage medium | PHILLIPS, RUFUS L | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18573448 | CONTINUOUS FLOW PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CATIONIC LIPIDS | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18571926 | METHOD OF PREPARING A SURFACE OF A SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFER AS AN EPITAXIAL TEMPLATE, EPITAXIAL TEMPLATE AND DEVICE | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18571271 | VINYLATED KETO ESTERS WITH APPLICABILITY IN SIGNAL ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND SYNTHESIS THEREOF | BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN | 1618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18570870 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLID-STATE COMPONENT, SOLID-STATE COMPONENT, QUANTUM COMPONENT AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A SOLID-STATE COMPONENT | REAMES, MATTHEW L | 2896 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18289283 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN INHIBITOR OF MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION | SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | 1624 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18289128 | NETWORK OF METAL FIBERS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FIBER NETWORK | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18376875 | COMBINED USE OF KETAMINE AND RETIGABINE (EZOGABINE) FOR THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS | SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER | 1622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18548910 | STORAGE SYSTEM FOR CRYO-EM/ ET SAMPLES | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2023 |
| 18262761 | A METHOD FOR FABRICATING A MAGNETIC SPIN VALVE DEVICE COMPRISING FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS WITH NON-COLLINEAR MAGNETIZATIONS | KIM, MICHELLE JINJU | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18038622 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR SENSING FORCES AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | PARCO JR, RUBEN C | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18037575 | FILTER | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 48d | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18020339 | DELIVERY DEVICE | HARRIS, WESLEY G | 3783 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18014657 | JOINT FOR A DEVICE MOVEABLE IN VACUUM, MECHANISM FOR MOVING A DEVICE IN VACUUM AND DEVICE | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 17770259 | HLA CLASS I SEQUENCE DIVERGENCE AND CANCER THERAPY | MIDDLETON, DANAYA L | 1674 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2022 |
| 17602895 | COMPREHENSIVE DETECTION OF SINGLE CELL GENETIC STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS | ZEMAN, MARY K | 1686 | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2021 |
| 17293621 | SURFACTANT-STABILIZED FLUID INTERFACE AND DISPERSION COMPRISING ONE OR MORE DROPLETS HAVING A SURFACTANT STABILIZED FLUID INTERFACE | KASSA, TIGABU | 1619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2021 |
| 17285148 | CERVICAL CANCER ORGANOIDS | NICOL, ALEXANDER W | 1634 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2021 |
| 17282747 | USE OF A SUBSTITUTED OR UNSUBSTITUTED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY | ADAMS, MICHELLE | 1797 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2021 |
| 17275084 | AUTOMATED GENERATION AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS | BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER | 1631 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Mar 10, 2021 |
| 16641059 | SLIPPERY MICROPROPELLERS PENETRATE THE VITREOUS HUMOR | VU, JAKE MINH | 1618 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2020 |
| 16617348 | MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE, MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATING AND SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACTUATING A MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE | TOWA, RENE T | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2019 |
| 18007990 | STABILIZATION OF 1,2,4-TRIOXANE COMPOUNDS BY CHLOROGENIC ACIDS | LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI | 1600 | §101§102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
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