Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
24 pending office actions • 15 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (29%) |
| §103 only | 4 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 2 | 57.2% | +56.7% |
| KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 2 | 64.7% | +35.3% |
| MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 1 | 49.0% | +49.0% |
| QAYYUM, ZESHAN | 1 | 40.5% | +30.8% |
| WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1 | 66.7% | +68.5% |
| XU, XIAOYUN | 1 | 60.0% | +31.8% |
| HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 1 | 69.8% | +36.5% |
| CAO, CHUN | 1 | 84.7% | +12.6% |
| CHEN, STACY BROWN | 1 | 66.1% | +40.6% |
| WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1 | 78.9% | +5.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17243481 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF BACTERIAL AND/OR FUNGAL INFECTIONS | FRUMKIN, JESSE P | 162d overdue |
| 18269171 | SELECTIVE LYSIS OF HUMAN BLOOD CELLS | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 98d overdue |
| 18129032 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING A MATERIAL FROM A MATERIAL SAMPLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 26d overdue |
| 18150237 | DIGITAL ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP SYSTEM | HEIN, DEVIN C | 22d |
| 19200021 | MULTI-MODAL MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES FOR PREDICTING CANCER TYPE AND GLEASON GRADE LEVERAGING PUBLIC TCGA DATA | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | — |
| 18674661 | AUTOMATED PARALLELIZED PROCESSING OF DECISION-TREE GUIDELINES USING ELECTRONIC RECORD | QAYYUM, ZESHAN | — |
| 18711362 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ANTI DROPLET SYSTEM OF A PIPETTOR AND PIPETTOR WITH ANTI DROPLET SYSTEM CONTROL | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | — |
| 18711375 | LABORATORY SYSTEM WITH INCREASED CONTROLS HANDLING AND METHOD FOR INCREASING CONTROLS HANDLING IN A LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17096667 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING A MATERIAL FROM A MATERIAL SAMPLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 30d overdue |
| 18129032 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING A MATERIAL FROM A MATERIAL SAMPLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 26d overdue |
| 19200021 | MULTI-MODAL MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES FOR PREDICTING CANCER TYPE AND GLEASON GRADE LEVERAGING PUBLIC TCGA DATA | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | — |
| 18674661 | AUTOMATED PARALLELIZED PROCESSING OF DECISION-TREE GUIDELINES USING ELECTRONIC RECORD | QAYYUM, ZESHAN | — |
| 18711362 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ANTI DROPLET SYSTEM OF A PIPETTOR AND PIPETTOR WITH ANTI DROPLET SYSTEM CONTROL | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | — |
| 18711539 | LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SECURITY FEATURES AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SECURITY IN A LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — |
| 18711375 | LABORATORY SYSTEM WITH INCREASED CONTROLS HANDLING AND METHOD FOR INCREASING CONTROLS HANDLING IN A LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — |
| 18639834 | INSTRUMENT FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISSECTING A BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN ON A SLIDE | XU, XIAOYUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1683 | 3 |
| 1796 | 2 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1672 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19200021 | MULTI-MODAL MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES FOR PREDICTING CANCER TYPE AND GLEASON GRADE LEVERAGING PUBLIC TCGA DATA | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 3682 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 18674661 | AUTOMATED PARALLELIZED PROCESSING OF DECISION-TREE GUIDELINES USING ELECTRONIC RECORD | QAYYUM, ZESHAN | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18711362 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ANTI DROPLET SYSTEM OF A PIPETTOR AND PIPETTOR WITH ANTI DROPLET SYSTEM CONTROL | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | — | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18711539 | LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SECURITY FEATURES AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SECURITY IN A LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18711375 | LABORATORY SYSTEM WITH INCREASED CONTROLS HANDLING AND METHOD FOR INCREASING CONTROLS HANDLING IN A LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18639834 | INSTRUMENT FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISSECTING A BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN ON A SLIDE | XU, XIAOYUN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18545923 | BASE MODULE AND TRAY INSERT OF A MULTIPURPOSE TRAY FOR AN AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM, MULTIPURPOSE TRAY FOR AN AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SIMPLIFIED LOADING/UNLOADING OF A MULTIPURPOSE TRAY INTO/FROM AN AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18511259 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING LABORATORY SYSTEM | CAO, CHUN | 1758 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18558830 | Compositions and Methods for Detecting Hepatitis Delta Virus by a Dual-Target Assay | CHEN, STACY BROWN | 1672 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18491622 | LABORATORY INSTRUMENT | WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18222308 | ONCOLOGY WORKFLOW FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT | LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE | 3683 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18269171 | SELECTIVE LYSIS OF HUMAN BLOOD CELLS | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 1682 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18258872 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLEXED REAL-TIME PCR WITH THE USE OF LARGE STOKES SHIFT FLUORESCENT DYES | KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | 1683 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18129032 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING A MATERIAL FROM A MATERIAL SAMPLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18150237 | DIGITAL ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP SYSTEM | HEIN, DEVIN C | 3686 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 18056425 | Laboratory instrument | GORDON, BRIAN R | 1798 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17865159 | Set of Oligonucleotide Probes as Well as Methods and Uses Thereto | LU, FRANK WEI MIN | 1683 | §112DP | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jul 14, 2022 |
| 17789437 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS | ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2022 |
| 17712928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE MEDICAL GUIDELINE | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | 3687 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2022 |
| 17560724 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF BACTERIA AND FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH BACTERIAL AND CANDIDA VAGINOSIS | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 1683 | §112 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2021 |
| 17445475 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF STRUCTURED PATIENT DATA RECORD | VIG, NARESH | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2021 |
| 17393742 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A, INFLUENZA B, AND SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 (SARS-CoV-2) | ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 1671 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 04, 2021 |
| 17243481 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF BACTERIAL AND/OR FUNGAL INFECTIONS | FRUMKIN, JESSE P | 1685 | §101§103DP | Final Rejection | 162d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2021 |
| 17096667 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING A MATERIAL FROM A MATERIAL SAMPLE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 12, 2020 |
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