Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, KING M | 1 | 75.5% | +13.1% |
| ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 1 | 61.1% | +35.4% |
| OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | 1 | 78.6% | +11.4% |
| THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 1 | — | — |
| GEISEL, KARA E | 1 | 75.3% | +18.1% |
| VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 66.7% | +18.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19172818 | NEST WITH MOVABLE PROTRUSIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS | CHU, KING M | — |
| 19172380 | CARTRIDGE NEST, WHICH FEATURES INTEGRATED CENTERING OF THE CARTRIDGES | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 18358985 | GLASS SYRINGE BARREL WITH INCREASED FLANGE BREAKING RESISTANCE | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19172818 | NEST WITH MOVABLE PROTRUSIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS | CHU, KING M | — |
| 19172380 | CARTRIDGE NEST, WHICH FEATURES INTEGRATED CENTERING OF THE CARTRIDGES | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 18521236 | CONTAINER WHICH CAN BE PREFILLED OR IS PREFILLED WITH FLUID, AS WELL AS A CANNULA ASSEMBLY AND CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A CONTAINER WHICH CAN BE PREFILLED OR IS PREFILLED WITH FLUID | OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | — |
| 18158312 | DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DEFECTS IN PHARMACEUTICAL CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS | GEISEL, KARA E | — |
| 17830200 | CONTAINER CLOSED WITH A PRESS-FIT CAP | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19172818 | NEST WITH MOVABLE PROTRUSIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS | CHU, KING M | 3735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19172380 | CARTRIDGE NEST, WHICH FEATURES INTEGRATED CENTERING OF THE CARTRIDGES | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18521236 | CONTAINER WHICH CAN BE PREFILLED OR IS PREFILLED WITH FLUID, AS WELL AS A CANNULA ASSEMBLY AND CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A CONTAINER WHICH CAN BE PREFILLED OR IS PREFILLED WITH FLUID | OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | 3783 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18358985 | GLASS SYRINGE BARREL WITH INCREASED FLANGE BREAKING RESISTANCE | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18158312 | DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DEFECTS IN PHARMACEUTICAL CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS | GEISEL, KARA E | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 17830200 | CONTAINER CLOSED WITH A PRESS-FIT CAP | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2022 |
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