Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Osler Diagnostics Limited manages 10 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 7 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical scope within the chemical sciences. The prosecution involves 9 distinct examiners, indicating that most pending actions are being reviewed by different individuals. KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 2 pending office actions.
The presence of 7 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations intersect with multiple specialized divisions at the patent office. With 9 distinct examiners involved, the company faces a wide variety of examination perspectives and procedural approaches. This level of distribution across examiners and art units requires a robust prosecution strategy to manage the diverse requirements of each pending matter. The concentration of 2 pending actions under a single examiner is the only instance of multiple matters being handled by the same person.
For the remaining pending office actions, the company must engage with several different examiners. This high degree of examiner diversity, combined with the 7 distinct art units, means that the company's patent applications are subject to a broad range of scrutiny. Practitioners should be prepared to address the unique concerns of each of the 9 distinct examiners to move these 10 pending office actions toward allowance.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (9%) |
| §103 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (82%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 2 | 31.1% | +64.4% |
| GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1 | 40.9% | +21.7% |
| BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1 | 76.4% | +40.2% |
| SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 27.7% | +47.5% |
| KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1 | 64.3% | +35.5% |
| LE, AUSTIN Q | 1 | 50.0% | +30.3% |
| KREMER, MATTHEW | 1 | 43.6% | +52.2% |
| QIAN, SHIZHI | 1 | 62.0% | +46.2% |
| OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 1 | 50.0% | +100.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17413368 | MULTIPLEXED ASSAY | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 10d overdue |
| 18723275 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
| 18682753 | DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY REAGENTS COMPRISING BLOCK CO-POLYMERS | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | — |
| 18293265 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | — |
| 18293283 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 18293300 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE FOR ALLOWING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A VOLUME OF LIQUID TO BE DETERMINED | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 18553188 | LIQUID STORAGE CAVITY | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18553189 | LIQUID HANDLING APPARATUS | LE, AUSTIN Q | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17413368 | MULTIPLEXED ASSAY | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 10d overdue |
| 18723275 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
| 18293265 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | — |
| 18293283 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 18293300 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE FOR ALLOWING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A VOLUME OF LIQUID TO BE DETERMINED | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 18553188 | LIQUID STORAGE CAVITY | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18553189 | LIQUID HANDLING APPARATUS | LE, AUSTIN Q | — |
| 17915996 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 3 |
| 1797 | 2 |
| 1796 | 2 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1700 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18723275 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18682753 | DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY REAGENTS COMPRISING BLOCK CO-POLYMERS | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18293265 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18293283 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18293300 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE FOR ALLOWING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A VOLUME OF LIQUID TO BE DETERMINED | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18553188 | LIQUID STORAGE CAVITY | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18553189 | LIQUID HANDLING APPARATUS | LE, AUSTIN Q | 1796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 17915996 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17915999 | CAPILLARY BLOOD SAMPLING | KREMER, MATTHEW | 3791 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17779672 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL TARGET WITHIN A SAMPLE COMPRISING AN ELECTRODE FUNCTIONALISED WITH AN ANTIBODY AND CORRESPONDING DETECTION METHOD | QIAN, SHIZHI | 1700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17413368 | MULTIPLEXED ASSAY | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 1677 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jun 11, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialOsler Diagnostics Limited has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 10 examiners.
Benjamin Joseph Kass has the most, with 2 of Osler Diagnostics Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
