Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation has 9 pending office actions currently active. These matters are located within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The prosecution involves 8 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating a broad distribution of the workload across the patent office.
BARRON, SEAN C is the busiest examiner for this company, handling 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This examiner has a higher case count than others, as the workload is spread among many individuals. The involvement of 7 distinct art units shows that the company's Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals filings span multiple specialized groups.
For a practitioner, the presence of 8 distinct examiners suggests that most cases will require a unique approach. The art units involved further confirm that the portfolio is not concentrated in a single administrative niche. BARRON, SEAN C represents the most frequent point of contact, even with 2 busiest examiner pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRON, SEAN C | 2 | 52.9% | +30.9% |
| FOX, ALLISON M | 1 | 71.2% | +35.7% |
| WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1 | 52.9% | +42.1% |
| VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | 1 | 39.8% | +58.1% |
| DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 1 | 48.1% | +45.2% |
| LEONARD, ARTHUR S | 1 | 50.8% | +50.2% |
| GREENE, IVAN A | 1 | 18.7% | +6.4% |
| PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 64.8% | +19.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18926991 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR ALLOGRAFTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME | BARRON, SEAN C | 22d |
| 17954674 | MODIFIED GRAFTS | LEONARD, ARTHUR S | 26d |
| 18591564 | CARTILAGE-DERIVED IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| 18585696 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR ALLOGRAFTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME | BARRON, SEAN C | — |
| 17792546 | MULTIPLE COMPONENT GRAFTS FOR TREATING TISSUE DEFECTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME | GREENE, IVAN A | — |
| 17728384 | TISSUE DERIVED IMPLANTS REHYDRATABLE WHILE DISPOSED WITHIN A DEVICE | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18608371 | PLACENTAL TISSUE PARTICULATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | 4d overdue |
| 18926991 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR ALLOGRAFTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME | BARRON, SEAN C | 22d |
| 17954674 | MODIFIED GRAFTS | LEONARD, ARTHUR S | 26d |
| 19183186 | MIXTURES OF PLACENTAL PARTICLES, GRAFTS INCLUDING THEM, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM | FOX, ALLISON M | — |
| 18807214 | SHAPED AMALGAMATED CARTILAGE GRAFTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18591564 | CARTILAGE-DERIVED IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| 18585696 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR ALLOGRAFTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME | BARRON, SEAN C | — |
| 17728384 | TISSUE DERIVED IMPLANTS REHYDRATABLE WHILE DISPOSED WITHIN A DEVICE | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1653 | 2 |
| 1631 | 2 |
| 1633 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19183186 | MIXTURES OF PLACENTAL PARTICLES, GRAFTS INCLUDING THEM, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM | FOX, ALLISON M | 1633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 18926991 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR ALLOGRAFTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18807214 | SHAPED AMALGAMATED CARTILAGE GRAFTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1612 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18608371 | PLACENTAL TISSUE PARTICULATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | 1638 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18591564 | CARTILAGE-DERIVED IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 1631 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18585696 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR ALLOGRAFTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 17954674 | MODIFIED GRAFTS | LEONARD, ARTHUR S | 1631 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
| 17792546 | MULTIPLE COMPONENT GRAFTS FOR TREATING TISSUE DEFECTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME | GREENE, IVAN A | 1619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17728384 | TISSUE DERIVED IMPLANTS REHYDRATABLE WHILE DISPOSED WITHIN A DEVICE | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
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