Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pendulum Therapeutics Inc. maintains a company patent portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The portfolio is currently active with 3 pending office actions. This level of activity indicates a more robust prosecution phase compared to smaller portfolios, as the company is simultaneously managing multiple applications through the patent office's review process.
The prosecution is distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This distribution shows a high level of diversity in the examination process, with each pending action being reviewed by a different individual in a different administrative group. This variety suggests that the company's biotechnology innovations span several different technical classifications, requiring a broad and adaptable prosecution strategy to handle the various perspectives of the 3 distinct examiners.
CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. In this portfolio, the workload is evenly spread, as the busiest examiner's pending count of 1 is only a third of the 3 pending office actions total. This means that no single examiner dominates the portfolio's current trajectory, and the company must successfully navigate the requirements of three separate examiners to advance its 3 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 1 | 12.5% | +71.4% |
| CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1 | 40.4% | +65.0% |
| EIX, EMILY FAY | 1 | 45.5% | +78.3% |
| SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1 | 41.2% | +69.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18569805 | Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 47d |
| 18847148 | Novel Microbial Composition and Methods of Use Thereof | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17604284 | MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GREATER TOLERABILITY AND PROLONGED SHELF LIFE | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 104d overdue |
| 18569805 | Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 47d |
| 18847148 | Novel Microbial Composition and Methods of Use Thereof | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | — |
| 17787880 | Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof | EIX, EMILY FAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18847148 | Novel Microbial Composition and Methods of Use Thereof | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18569805 | Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1657 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 47d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 17787880 | Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof | EIX, EMILY FAY | 1653 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17604284 | MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GREATER TOLERABILITY AND PROLONGED SHELF LIFE | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1656 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 104d overdue | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
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