Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Merck Patent GmbH

74 pending office actions • 42 art units • 65 examiners • 0 of 74 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 103 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

74
Total Pending OAs
49
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 73 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

38
Overdue
5
Due this week
15
Due this month
11
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 73 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (38)Due ≤ 7 days (5)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (11)Due later (4)

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.

1
Hard (1%)
57
Medium (77%)
10
Easy (14%)
6
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§103 only44 (59%)
§102 only12 (16%)
§112 only9 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
No statute on record6 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

73
Life Sciences
99% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
1% 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.

740 h
Manual time on pending OAs
148 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
259 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VISCONTI, GERALDINA 4 86.6% +1.4%
EDWARDS, LYDIA E 3 59.9% +5.6%
YANG, JAY LEE 2 73.7% +2.4%
RAMIREZ, ALEX 2 79.5% +22.3%
NGUYEN, VU ANH 2 83.3% +15.8%
DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 2 49.2% +48.3%
SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1 36.9% +15.9%
GOLDEN, ANDREW J 1 42.1% +39.0%
VETERE, ROBERT A 1 60.8% +13.3%
MURATA, AUSTIN 1 60.3% +20.5%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17910374 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES NGUYEN, VU ANH 91d overdue
17915514 MULTI-LAYER BODY FOR DIFFUSE TRANSILLUMINATION NGUYEN, VU ANH 85d overdue
18855965 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 9d
18888536 LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 16d
19082821 Liquid-crystal medium VISCONTI, GERALDINA 56d

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
18033724 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 190d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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
17770441 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 147d overdue
17910374 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES NGUYEN, VU ANH 91d overdue
17915514 MULTI-LAYER BODY FOR DIFFUSE TRANSILLUMINATION NGUYEN, VU ANH 85d overdue
17639432 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 50d overdue
18033195 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANFERRING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT RAMIREZ, ALEX 4d overdue
18033209 TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES AND BLISTER PACKAGING WITH A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES RAMIREZ, ALEX 4d overdue
18699476 METHOD AND FORMULATION FOR PREPARING OPTICAL METAL OXIDE LAYERS VETERE, ROBERT A 12d
18687336 COMPOSITION MURATA, AUSTIN 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1737 8
1786 7
1799 4
1653 3
1626 3
1759 3
1796 3
1712 2
1627 2
1624 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19082821 Liquid-crystal medium VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 18, 2025
18872672 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DISODIUM 5,10-METHYLENE-(6R)-TETRAHYDROFOLATE SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18868036 FERROELECTRIC SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 21, 2024
18855965 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 10, 2024
18854269 COLORED SOLAR CELL COMPRISING EFFECT PIGMENTS GOLDEN, ANDREW J 1726 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Oct 04, 2024
18888536 LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102 Final Rejection 16d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18699476 METHOD AND FORMULATION FOR PREPARING OPTICAL METAL OXIDE LAYERS VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18687336 COMPOSITION MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18414253 INFECTED CELL CULTURES MCNEIL, STEPHANIE A N 1653 §103 Final Rejection 156d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18408751 DIMMABLE WINDOW PANE WITH REDUCED BOW AND INSULATED GLAZING UNIT COMPRISING THE SAME STRAH, ELI D 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18543585 EFFECT PIGMENTS GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18532710 NOVEL CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 1-(4-{[6-AMINO-5-(4-PHENOXY-PHENYL)-PYRIMIDIN-4-YLAMINO]-METHYL}-4-FLUORO-PIPERIDIN-1-YL)-PROPENONE, SALT FORMS THEREOF, AND PROCESSES TO OBTAIN HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 DP Non-Final OA 86d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18564968 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18556508 Radar-Compatible Plastic Part VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
18269074 NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION EOFF, ANCA 1722 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2023
18211434 COMPOUNDS WITH AN ACCEPTOR AND A DONOR GROUP YANG, JAY LEE 1786 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 19, 2023
18265177 DIELECTRIC MATERIALS BASED ON BISMALEIMIDES CONTAINING CARDO/SPIRO MOIETIES BROOKS, KREGG T 1764 Other Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18038265 Water Purification System With Inline Measurement Of Total Organic Carbon And Method Of Operating Such System KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 23, 2023
18037341 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON NITROGENEOUS FILM ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18313652 TETRAHYDROPYRIDO[3,4-d]PYRIMIDINES AS HPK1 INHIBITORS WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18251922 PHOTORESIST REMOVER COMPOSITIONS LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 05, 2023
18035313 SULFUROUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 §102 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18033813 PROTEINS FOR THE DETECTION OF SCHISTOSOMA INFECTION CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18033724 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §101 Non-Final OA 190d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18033195 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANFERRING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18033259 CARTRIDGE, TRANSFER DEVICE, METHOD FOR SAMPLING AIR, AND PRODUCTION ISOLATOR SYSTEM HASSAN, LIBAN M 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18033209 TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES AND BLISTER PACKAGING WITH A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18032878 TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18031470 POLOXAMERS FOR CELL CULTURE SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18133774 MEROXAPOLS FOR CELL CULTURE BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18029388 POLYSILAZANE, SILICEOUS FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICEOUS FILM USING THE SAME MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18028376 METHODS FOR TARGET RELEASE FROM INTEIN COMPLEXES SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 1654 Other Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
18027995 METAL EFFECT PIGMENT-FREE RADAR-COMPATIBLE COATING ON A SUBSTRATE HUANG, CHENG YUAN 1787 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023
18027720 SURFACE-MODIFIED SILICA PARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUCH PARTICLES CULBERT, ROBERTS P 1716 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18121853 ELECTRONIC SWITCHING DEVICE NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 15, 2023
18044568 NOVEL TREATMENT REGIMEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18022345 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18022443 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18022347 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18042040 PROCESS SYSTEM FOR BIOREACTOR-BASED CLEAN MEAT PRODUCTION STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18042037 CONSUMABLE TISSUE-LIKE STRUCTURE GENERATED WITH MUSCLE CELLS GROWN ON EDIBLE HOLLOW FIBERS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18021562 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F 1767 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Feb 16, 2023
18004314 COMBINATIONS OF CANCER THERAPEUTICS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18014567 DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR CELL CULTURE MEDIA PREPARATION AND PERFORMING CELL CULTURE ABEL, LENORA A 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 05, 2023
18145464 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LOEWE, ROBERT S 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18079430 HETEROCYCLIC SPIRO COMPOUNDS YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
17927376 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17918359 FORMULATION OF AN ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL BOHATY, ANDREW K 1759 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2022
17995388 CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 4-[(7-CHLORO-2-METHOXYBENZO[B][1,5]NAPHTHYRIDIN-10-YL)AMINO]-2,6-BIS(PYRROLIDIN-1-YLMETHYL)PHENOL AND SALTS THEREOF HSU, GRACE CHING 1627 §112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2022
17915514 MULTI-LAYER BODY FOR DIFFUSE TRANSILLUMINATION NGUYEN, VU ANH 1762 §112 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17910374 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES NGUYEN, VU ANH 1762 §112 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17910001 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 08, 2022
17759959 MODULAR INCUBATION CHAMBER AND METHOD OF VIRUS INACTIVATION BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 02, 2022
17626202 USE OF FLAKE-FORM EFFECT PIGMENTS FOR INCREASING THE INFRARED REFLECTION OF A DARK OR BLACK LAYER COMPOSITE MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Jul 25, 2022
17842762 FGF-18 IN GRAFT TRANSPLANTATION AND TISSUE ENGINEERING PROCEDURES MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 16, 2022
17785635 COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES CHANDHOK, JENNA N 1789 §102 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022
17784693 Methods and compositions for modulating the glycosylation profile of proteins JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Jun 13, 2022
17783704 USE OF THE GDF-5 MUTANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND CARTILAGE DESTRUCTION MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022
17774685 Anti-TIGIT Antibodies and Uses Thereof SANG, HONG 1646 DPOther Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 05, 2022
17773859 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS JEON, SEOKMIN 1786 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending May 03, 2022
17770441 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2022
17765960 PURIFICATION OF PROTEINS AND VIRAL INACTIVATION REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 132d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2022
17765043 ELUTION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES IN PROTEIN A AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1644 Other Final Rejection 41d Pending Mar 30, 2022
17762497 POSITIVE WORKING PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS COSGROVE, JAYSON D 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 22, 2022
17760984 CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF WITH CATIONIC EXCIPIENTS AS VISCOSITY REDUCING AGENTS IN HIGH CONCENTRATED PROTEIN FORMULATIONS DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2022
17639432 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2022
17679675 AMINO ACID SEQUENCES DIRECTED AGAINST IL-17A, IL-17F AND/OR IL-17A/F AND POLYPEPTIDES COMPRISING THE SAME FORD, VANESSA L 1674 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2022
17613524 HOLDING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED STOPCOCK ACTUATION DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2021
17612058 A NEGATIVE TONE LIFT OFF RESIST COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKALI SOLUBLE RESIN AND A PHOTO ACID GENERATOR, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL FILM PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE. MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2021
17611500 TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC STROKE WITH APTAMERS TARGETING TLR-4 CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2021
17599093 POSITIVE TYPE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2021
17428995 TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AT RISK OF RAPID PROGRESSION OF OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH AN FGF-18 COMPOUND SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Aug 06, 2021
16948467 TLR7/8 ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2020
16092860 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING DIBENZOFURAN AND/OR DIBENZOTHIOPHENE STRUCTURES GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2018

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