Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Orthonu LLC currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. In a notable concentration of oversight, these matters are all assigned to 1 distinct examiner. This arrangement means the company's entire pending portfolio is subject to the specific scrutiny and procedural habits of 1 individual rather than being spread across a wider team.
The prosecution is further centralized within 1 distinct art unit, ensuring that all pending matters are governed by the same departmental standards. The busiest examiner, WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS, is responsible for 3 pending office actions. This high level of examiner continuity provides a singular point of contact for the applicant but also means that the success of the current portfolio depends entirely on the interactions with this 1 examiner in 1 art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 3 | 29.2% | +64.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19177606 | ORTHODONTIC CHEW, COMFORT TAPE, AND STICKER FOR THERAPEUTIC USE AND WOUND CARE | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | — |
| 18607542 | Orthodontic Chew, Orthodontic Tape, Orthodontic Chew, and Therapeutic Sticker for Use in the Mouth | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | — |
| 17581825 | ORTHODONTIC CHEW AND COMFORT TAPE | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19177606 | ORTHODONTIC CHEW, COMFORT TAPE, AND STICKER FOR THERAPEUTIC USE AND WOUND CARE | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | — |
| 18607542 | Orthodontic Chew, Orthodontic Tape, Orthodontic Chew, and Therapeutic Sticker for Use in the Mouth | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | — |
| 17581825 | ORTHODONTIC CHEW AND COMFORT TAPE | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1612 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19177606 | ORTHODONTIC CHEW, COMFORT TAPE, AND STICKER FOR THERAPEUTIC USE AND WOUND CARE | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 1612 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2025 |
| 18607542 | Orthodontic Chew, Orthodontic Tape, Orthodontic Chew, and Therapeutic Sticker for Use in the Mouth | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 1612 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2024 |
| 17581825 | ORTHODONTIC CHEW AND COMFORT TAPE | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 1612 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2022 |
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