Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
44 pending office actions • 30 art units • 44 examiners • 0 of 44 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (7%) |
| §103 only | 9 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 25 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAN, WEIHUA | 1 | 83.4% | +12.6% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.8% | +10.4% |
| CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1 | 62.8% | +18.7% |
| KAY, ZACHARIAH A | 1 | 91.0% | -42.3% |
| NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | 1 | 86.0% | +11.9% |
| RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1 | 73.6% | +26.4% |
| DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M | 1 | 53.4% | +37.2% |
| SHAH, NILAY J | 1 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
| KUMAR, VINOD | 1 | 82.7% | +20.4% |
| KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 1 | 73.7% | +27.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19201192 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING NORNICOTINE SYNTHESIS IN TOBACCO | FAN, WEIHUA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18503854 | BIOREMEDIATION USING CO-METABOLISM SUBSTRATES | XU, QING | 128d overdue |
| 17728182 | GAS PERMEABLE, ULTRATHIN, STRETCHABLE EPIDERMAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 72d overdue |
| 17372113 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO DIFFERENTIALLY METHYLATED DNA SEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH MONOALLELIC GENE EXPRESSION AND DISEASE | KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | 60d overdue |
| 18813835 | CARGO CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 43d overdue |
| 18106287 | PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC MICRO-EXPERIMENTATION OF SOLUTION-PROCESSED MATERIALS AND DEVICES | HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR | 17d overdue |
| 18313860 | METHODOLOGY AND TOOL FOR PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT | BAINS, SARJIT S | 8d overdue |
| 18060215 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PURIFYING ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN USING PEPTIDE LIGANDS | SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD | 3d overdue |
| 17922766 | NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS COMPRISING DIETARY METAL COMPLEXES IN A MATRIX OF CELLULOSIC MATERIALS | NGUYEN, THANH H | 3d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18813835 | CARGO CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 43d overdue |
| 19201192 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING NORNICOTINE SYNTHESIS IN TOBACCO | FAN, WEIHUA | — |
| 18866217 | MELT SPINNING LIGNIN/ACRYLIC FIBERS | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| 18864250 | ALTERNATIVE FIBERS AND MICRO-FIBRILLATED CELLULOSE COATED PACKAGING PAPERS, AND FILMS AND SUBSTRATES | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18858937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYPERPOLARIZING SUBSTRATE MOLECULES | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | — |
| 18921390 | COLLOIDAL FIBRIN NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND USES | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | — |
| 18910226 | WEARABLE AND BODY-CONFORMABLE ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAY FOR MUSCLE IMAGING AND MUSCLE-IN-THE-LOOP CONTROL | DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M | — |
| 18851640 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER USING ULTRASOUND | SHAH, NILAY J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1713 | 2 |
| 1654 | 2 |
| 1636 | 2 |
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1661 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19201192 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING NORNICOTINE SYNTHESIS IN TOBACCO | FAN, WEIHUA | 1662 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 18866217 | MELT SPINNING LIGNIN/ACRYLIC FIBERS | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18864250 | ALTERNATIVE FIBERS AND MICRO-FIBRILLATED CELLULOSE COATED PACKAGING PAPERS, AND FILMS AND SUBSTRATES | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1748 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18938794 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN ROSE PLANTS | KAY, ZACHARIAH A | 1661 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18858937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYPERPOLARIZING SUBSTRATE MOLECULES | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18921390 | COLLOIDAL FIBRIN NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND USES | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18910226 | WEARABLE AND BODY-CONFORMABLE ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAY FOR MUSCLE IMAGING AND MUSCLE-IN-THE-LOOP CONTROL | DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M | 3798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18851640 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER USING ULTRASOUND | SHAH, NILAY J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18844878 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING TOBACCO PLANTS WITH REDUCED NICOTINIC ALKALOID LEVELS | KUMAR, VINOD | 1663 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18813835 | CARGO CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 3667 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18786017 | MULTI-VARIANT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY | COLLINS, GARY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18728534 | ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING OF METALS USING NOVEL CO-REACTANTS AS HALOGENATING AGENTS | REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18668401 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYTIC SORBENTS FOR HYDROGEN AND HYDROGEN-ENRICHED SYNGAS PRODUCTION FROM CARBON CONTAINING FEEDSTOCK | HERNANDEZ, RITCHIE EVAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18631265 | REAL-TIME WEARABLE SENSOR FOR MONITORING PLANT DISEASE AND STRESS | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18594514 | Resonance-Tracking Broadband Energy Harvester | GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18589673 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PAIN IN ANIMALS | HUI, SAN MING R | 1627 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18686338 | CHARGED NONWOVEN MATERIAL | JONES, CHRISTOPHER P | 1776 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18444129 | NONWOVEN MATERIAL ADAPTED FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY AIR FILTRATION | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18578558 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED DNA TRANSFORMATION IN BACTERIA | FLINDERS, JEREMY C | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18577060 | HYDROFORMYLATION PROCESS FOR PREPARING LINEAR AND BRANCHED ALDEHYDES | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18503854 | BIOREMEDIATION USING CO-METABOLISM SUBSTRATES | XU, QING | 1656 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 128d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 17766884 | IMMUNOGLOBULIN PURIFICATION PEPTIDES AND THEIR USE | BRADLEY, CHRISTINA | 1654 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18551562 | RECOMBINANT VIRAL EXPRESSION VECTORS AND METHODS OF USE | GU, QINHUA | 1633 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18463531 | OXYGEN CARRYING MATERIALS WITH SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR REDOX-BASED CATALYSIS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF | FORREST, MICHAEL | 1738 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18546378 | SITE-SPECIFIC GENOME MODIFICATION TECHNOLOGY | SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN | 1636 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18363046 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EVALUATING TEST FORMULATIONS TO DETERMINE BIOLOGICAL AGENT LOG REDUCTION/REMOVAL ON A SURFACE | FISHER, BRITTANY I | 1796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18217392 | FUNCTIONING OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID HARVESTING AND PROCESSING PATCH USING GEL OSMOSIS AND PAPER MICROFLUIDICS | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 3791 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18313860 | METHODOLOGY AND TOOL FOR PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT | BAINS, SARJIT S | 3623 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18032149 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG DELIVERY | CREWS, JARET JAMES | 1691 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18187055 | ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING OF METAL OXIDES USING NOVEL CO-REACTANTS AS HALOGENATING AGENTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION | PHAM, THOMAS T | 1713 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18023521 | SOLID PHASE TRANSFERS OF DNA AND OTHER REAGENTS | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18106287 | PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC MICRO-EXPERIMENTATION OF SOLUTION-PROCESSED MATERIALS AND DEVICES | HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR | 1758 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 18060215 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PURIFYING ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN USING PEPTIDE LIGANDS | SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD | 1641 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17922766 | NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS COMPRISING DIETARY METAL COMPLEXES IN A MATRIX OF CELLULOSIC MATERIALS | NGUYEN, THANH H | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
| 17728182 | GAS PERMEABLE, ULTRATHIN, STRETCHABLE EPIDERMAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
| 17722002 | REDUCED PATHLENGTH FLOW CELL FOR INLINE SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION IN MODULAR FLUOROPOLYMER TUBING MICROFLUIDICS | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2022 |
| 17762191 | INTEGRIN RECEPTOR ALPHA V BETA 3 AND ITS LIGAND INVOLVED IN CHRONIC ITCH | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | 1654 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
| 17442776 | PROBIOTIC BACTERIA CAPABLE OF ADAPTIVE RESPONSE TO POMEGRANATE EXTRACT AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | REGLAS, GEORGIANA C | 1651 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2021 |
| 17372113 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO DIFFERENTIALLY METHYLATED DNA SEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH MONOALLELIC GENE EXPRESSION AND DISEASE | KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | 1683 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jul 09, 2021 |
| 17296795 | PEPTIDE LIGANDS FOR CAPTURE OF HOST CELL PROTEINS | STEELE, AMBER D | 1658 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | May 25, 2021 |
| 17291517 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVELY STORING, ACCESSING, AND EDITING INFORMATION USING NUCLEIC ACIDS | SKIBINSKY, ANNA | 1635 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | May 05, 2021 |
| 17280936 | POLYMERIC CHROMOPHORES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF PREPARING AND USING THE SAME | ADAMS, MICHELLE | 1797 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Mar 29, 2021 |
| 17281025 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG DELIVERY | STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE | 1642 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 29, 2021 |
| 16616655 | ALTERED GUIDE RNAS FOR MODULATING CAS9 ACTIVITY AND METHODS OF USE | REGA, KYLE THOMAS | 1636 | §103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Nov 25, 2019 |
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