Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

Maxwell Biosciences Inc.

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1 66.5% +15.6%
MARTINEZ, TARA L 1 62.9% +64.9%
REYNOLDS, FRED H 1 33.1% +39.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17906811 PEPTOID-CONTAINING PERSONAL LUBRICANT MARTINEZ, TARA L 4d overdue
18571992 SUBSTRATES MODIFIED WITH PEPTOID-LOADED MICROGELS FOR RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL COLONIZATION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 55d
18255468 SURFACE TREATMENTS UTILIZING IMMOBILIZED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE MIMICS PACKARD, BENJAMIN J

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17906811 PEPTOID-CONTAINING PERSONAL LUBRICANT MARTINEZ, TARA L 4d overdue
18255468 SURFACE TREATMENTS UTILIZING IMMOBILIZED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE MIMICS PACKARD, BENJAMIN J
17606761 HALOGENATED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTOIDS REYNOLDS, FRED H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1615 1
1612 1
1654 1
1658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18571992 SUBSTRATES MODIFIED WITH PEPTOID-LOADED MICROGELS FOR RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL COLONIZATION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103§112Other Final Rejection 55d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18255468 SURFACE TREATMENTS UTILIZING IMMOBILIZED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE MIMICS PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1612 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023
17906811 PEPTOID-CONTAINING PERSONAL LUBRICANT MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17606761 HALOGENATED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTOIDS REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 27, 2021

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