Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Osler Diagnostics Limited is currently managing 9 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are spread across 8 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, indicating a diverse prosecution landscape. This variety suggests that the company's diagnostic technologies span several different technical classifications within the broader biotechnology field for its current pending applications.
KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 2 pending office actions currently under review. Since there are 8 distinct examiners in total, the pending actions are distributed such that most are handled by different individuals. This decentralization means that the company must adapt to many different examination styles and preferences across its pending applications. No single examiner's approach will define the outcome for the entire portfolio.
The involvement of 5 distinct art units further highlights the technical breadth of the portfolio. While KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH handles 2 pending office actions, the rest of the workload is distributed, requiring practitioners to coordinate across multiple administrative groups. Success in this environment depends on maintaining a cohesive strategy while addressing the specific requirements of 8 different examiners. The company must manage these 9 pending office actions with a focus on the individual nuances of each art unit.
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 (12%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 | 32.6% | +58.9% |
| BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1 | — | — |
| SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 28.9% | +46.7% |
| BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1 | 76.3% | +41.2% |
| KREMER, MATTHEW | 1 | 43.6% | +52.2% |
| QIAN, SHIZHI | 1 | 61.8% | +47.9% |
| OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17413368 | MULTIPLEXED ASSAY | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | 10d overdue |
| 18682753 | DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY REAGENTS COMPRISING BLOCK CO-POLYMERS | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18293265 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | — |
| 17915996 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 17915999 | CAPILLARY BLOOD SAMPLING | KREMER, MATTHEW | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18293265 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | — |
| 17915996 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 17915999 | CAPILLARY BLOOD SAMPLING | KREMER, MATTHEW | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1700 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18682753 | DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY REAGENTS COMPRISING BLOCK CO-POLYMERS | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18293283 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — | §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 | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18293265 | EXTRACTION OF LIQUID FROM PIERCEABLE LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 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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