Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
23 pending office actions • 13 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Meso Scale Technologies LLC maintains a substantial prosecution workload with 22 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed among 19 distinct examiners, indicating a high level of diversity in the individuals reviewing the company's patent applications. This broad distribution suggests that the company's biotech innovations are being scrutinized by a wide range of examining staff.
The company's active cases are spread across 13 distinct art units, reflecting a complex administrative landscape for its patent portfolio. SAMUEL C WOOLWINE is the busiest examiner, currently managing 2 pending office actions. While he holds more actions than any other individual, his workload represents only a small fraction of the total 22 pending office actions. This means the company's prosecution success is not heavily dependent on any single examiner, but rather on navigating the requirements of 19 different examiners across 13 different art units. The 2 actions under his review are the only instances of examiner concentration in the current portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 only | 2 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (9%) |
| §103 only | 2 (9%) |
| §102 only | 2 (9%) |
| §112 only | 3 (13%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 2 | 61.0% | +20.4% |
| EMCH, GREGORY S | 2 | 48.5% | +43.6% |
| GODDARD, LAURA B | 2 | 50.9% | +13.5% |
| VOLKOV, ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVIC | 1 | 29.5% | +21.5% |
| EOM, ROBERT J | 1 | 57.5% | +34.7% |
| NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1 | 63.7% | +37.2% |
| BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 1 | 73.8% | +18.0% |
| WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1 | 78.9% | +5.8% |
| SALMON, KATHERINE D | 1 | 42.8% | +37.9% |
| OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18145735 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ASSAY MEASUREMENTS | YU, TIAN NMN | 22d overdue |
| 18118432 | DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR LIVER DISORDERS | EMCH, GREGORY S | 29d |
| 17667714 | BIOMARKERS OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSIVENESS | GODDARD, LAURA B | 72d |
| 18791527 | METHODS FOR ISOLATING SURFACE MARKER DISPLAYING AGENTS | VOLKOV, ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVIC | — |
| 18667266 | LID FOR ASSAY AND MICROTITER PLATES | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — |
| 18555331 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR DETECTING HYDROLASE ENZYME ACTIVITY | SALMON, KATHERINE D | — |
| 18376575 | LUNG CANCER BIOMARKERS | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | — |
| 18172941 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR INCREASING DYNAMIC RANGE OF OPTICAL SENSOR BASED SYSTEMS | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18320411 | ASSAY METHODS | WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 49d overdue |
| 18118432 | DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR LIVER DISORDERS | EMCH, GREGORY S | 29d |
| 17667714 | BIOMARKERS OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSIVENESS | GODDARD, LAURA B | 72d |
| 18791527 | METHODS FOR ISOLATING SURFACE MARKER DISPLAYING AGENTS | VOLKOV, ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVIC | — |
| 18671149 | ASSAY CARTRIDGE VALVE SYSTEM | EOM, ROBERT J | — |
| 18667266 | LID FOR ASSAY AND MICROTITER PLATES | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — |
| 18617770 | DETECTION MODULE ALIGNMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING COMPONENTS OF A REPLACEABLE DETECTION MODULE AFTER BEING ATTACHED TO AN APPARATUS | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | — |
| 18555331 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR DETECTING HYDROLASE ENZYME ACTIVITY | SALMON, KATHERINE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1681 | 4 |
| 1678 | 4 |
| 1798 | 2 |
| 1642 | 2 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 1600 | 1 |
| 1674 | 1 |
| 2800 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18791527 | METHODS FOR ISOLATING SURFACE MARKER DISPLAYING AGENTS | VOLKOV, ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVIC | 1677 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18671149 | ASSAY CARTRIDGE VALVE SYSTEM | EOM, ROBERT J | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18667266 | LID FOR ASSAY AND MICROTITER PLATES | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18617770 | DETECTION MODULE ALIGNMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING COMPONENTS OF A REPLACEABLE DETECTION MODULE AFTER BEING ATTACHED TO AN APPARATUS | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 2878 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18436879 | ASSAY CARTRIDGES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1681 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18555331 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR DETECTING HYDROLASE ENZYME ACTIVITY | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 1682 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18376575 | LUNG CANCER BIOMARKERS | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 1600 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
| 18320411 | ASSAY METHODS | WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 1681 | DP | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18126546 | KIDNEY FUNCTION BIOMARKERS | CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT | 1674 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18118432 | DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR LIVER DISORDERS | EMCH, GREGORY S | 1678 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18172941 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR INCREASING DYNAMIC RANGE OF OPTICAL SENSOR BASED SYSTEMS | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 2800 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 18145735 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ASSAY MEASUREMENTS | YU, TIAN NMN | 1681 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17999076 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION | WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 1681 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17997267 | VIRAL SEROLOGY ACE2 COMPETITION ASSAYS | WANG, RUIXUE | 1672 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
| 17930513 | METHOD FOR DETECTING SENSE AND ANTISENSE STRANDS IN AN OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DUPLEX | LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 1683 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17930196 | SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2022 |
| 17826595 | DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MULTI-WELL PLATE LIQUID DISTRIBUTION | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1798 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2022 |
| 17779900 | METHODS AND KITS FOR DETECTING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES | EMCH, GREGORY S | 1678 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17773896 | METHODS AND KITS FOR QUANTITATING RADIATION EXPOSURE | COUNTS, GARY W | 1678 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
| 17728292 | MULTI-PLEX ASSAY PLATES AND METHODS OF MAKING | IVICH, FERNANDO NMN | 1678 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
| 17686900 | PACKAGING FOR ASSAYS AND RELATED METHODS | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17667714 | BIOMARKERS OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSIVENESS | GODDARD, LAURA B | 1642 | §101 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Feb 09, 2022 |
| 17394512 | BIOMARKERS OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSIVENESS | GODDARD, LAURA B | 1642 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2021 |
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