Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Oribiotech Ltd. has 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing a concentrated effort within specific technical niches. The use of these specific art units for 4 actions suggests that the company's current applications are closely related in subject matter. This concentration allows the applicant to leverage insights gained in a single art unit across multiple pending matters.
WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 3 of the pending office actions. This concentration means that a single examiner's feedback will significantly influence the outcome for the majority of the company's current applications. The remaining action is handled by the only other distinct examiner involved in the portfolio's active matters. This level of examiner concentration allows for a more focused prosecution strategy compared to portfolios spread across more individuals, as the applicant can prioritize building a rapport with a very small group of examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 3 | 65.3% | +42.6% |
| BRIDGES, DONAVAN LEE | 1 | — | — |
| RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 1 | 73.4% | +33.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18694211 | BIOREACTOR WITH SENSOR ELEMENT | BRIDGES, DONAVAN LEE | — |
| 18681272 | OUTLET VALVE FOR A CONTAINER | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713525 | A BIOREACTOR COMPRISING A BAFFLE | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 30d overdue |
| 18681272 | OUTLET VALVE FOR A CONTAINER | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
| 18573939 | ASEPTIC CONNECTOR | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | — |
| 17906019 | CELL CULTURE CONTAINER | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 2 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18713525 | A BIOREACTOR COMPRISING A BAFFLE | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18694211 | BIOREACTOR WITH SENSOR ELEMENT | BRIDGES, DONAVAN LEE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18681272 | OUTLET VALVE FOR A CONTAINER | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18573939 | ASEPTIC CONNECTOR | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 3783 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 17906019 | CELL CULTURE CONTAINER | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1798 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
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