Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (22%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (44%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 1 | 62.6% | +67.7% |
| SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 1 | 35.5% | +36.5% |
| BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM | 1 | 32.1% | +14.6% |
| LEVERETT, MARY CHANG | 1 | 60.8% | +23.8% |
| ZHANG, KAIJIANG | 1 | 77.1% | +34.4% |
| KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | 1 | 60.0% | +32.4% |
| CLOW, LORI A | 1 | 64.1% | +28.6% |
| POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1 | 12.3% | +18.4% |
| ROSSI, VY BUI | 1 | 29.5% | +36.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17691999 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID | CLOW, LORI A | 23d overdue |
| 18429893 | METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | — |
| 18317573 | Methods and Processes for Assessment of Genetic Variations | BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM | — |
| 18080620 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS | LEVERETT, MARY CHANG | — |
| 17751017 | Sequencing Adapter Manufacture and Use | ZHANG, KAIJIANG | — |
| 17773671 | APPLICATION OF MOSAICISM RATIO IN MULTIFETAL GESTATIONS AND PERSONALIZED RISK ASSESSMENT | KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | — |
| 17333569 | METHODS FOR REDUCING GUANINE AND CYTOSINE (GC) BIAS IN NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE READ COUNTS | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
| 17140426 | Methods and Processes for Non-Invasive Assessment of Genetic Variations | ROSSI, VY BUI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17691999 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID | CLOW, LORI A | 23d overdue |
| 18800497 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS | LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 72d |
| 18429893 | METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | — |
| 18317573 | Methods and Processes for Assessment of Genetic Variations | BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM | — |
| 18080620 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS | LEVERETT, MARY CHANG | — |
| 17751017 | Sequencing Adapter Manufacture and Use | ZHANG, KAIJIANG | — |
| 17773671 | APPLICATION OF MOSAICISM RATIO IN MULTIFETAL GESTATIONS AND PERSONALIZED RISK ASSESSMENT | KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | — |
| 17333569 | METHODS FOR REDUCING GUANINE AND CYTOSINE (GC) BIAS IN NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE READ COUNTS | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1685 | 3 |
| 1683 | 2 |
| 1672 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1684 | 1 |
| 1687 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18800497 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS | LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 1683 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18429893 | METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 1685 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18317573 | Methods and Processes for Assessment of Genetic Variations | BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM | 1672 | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18080620 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS | LEVERETT, MARY CHANG | 2857 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17751017 | Sequencing Adapter Manufacture and Use | ZHANG, KAIJIANG | 1684 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2022 |
| 17773671 | APPLICATION OF MOSAICISM RATIO IN MULTIFETAL GESTATIONS AND PERSONALIZED RISK ASSESSMENT | KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | 1685 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2022 |
| 17691999 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID | CLOW, LORI A | 1687 | §101 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Mar 10, 2022 |
| 17333569 | METHODS FOR REDUCING GUANINE AND CYTOSINE (GC) BIAS IN NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE READ COUNTS | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1683 | §101§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2021 |
| 17140426 | Methods and Processes for Non-Invasive Assessment of Genetic Variations | ROSSI, VY BUI | 1685 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2021 |
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