Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
3 pending office actions • 0 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nicox SA is managing 3 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, showing a lack of examiner overlap in the current portfolio. Despite the 3 pending office actions, there are 0 distinct art units recorded, which may reflect the specific stage of the applications or a unique administrative status within the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the company is YOUNG, MICAH PAUL, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This indicates that the workload is split among the 3 distinct examiners. This distribution requires the company to manage several examiner relationships simultaneously, as each assigned individual will bring a unique perspective to the prosecution process.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | 1 | 55.1% | +30.0% |
| TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1 | 25.5% | +49.1% |
| NEAGU, IRINA | 1 | 46.8% | +57.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841347 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY | TOWNSLEY, SARA 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18949815 | OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A NITRIC OXIDE RELEASING PROSTAMIDE | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | — |
| 18841347 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | — |
| 18714300 | OPHTHALMIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITOR AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF | NEAGU, IRINA | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18949815 | OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A NITRIC OXIDE RELEASING PROSTAMIDE | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18841347 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | — | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18714300 | OPHTHALMIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITOR AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF | NEAGU, IRINA | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
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