Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
20 pending office actions • 14 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 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. 20 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 (10%) |
| §103 only | 14 (70%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKIN, JEFFREY S | 2 | 63.5% | +21.4% |
| BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE | 2 | 48.3% | +74.0% |
| HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | 1 | 2.9% | +0.7% |
| ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 1 | 41.8% | +37.6% |
| SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 1 | 58.1% | +58.9% |
| PRATHER, GREGORY T | 1 | 68.6% | +20.7% |
| SOHN, SEUNG C | 1 | 87.1% | +10.2% |
| WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 1 | 79.0% | +14.0% |
| HUYNH, EMILY | 1 | 19.5% | +40.1% |
| MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 69.4% | +19.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722149 | SEAL INSPECTING DEVICE AND CONTAINER INSPECTING METHOD | SOHN, SEUNG C | 44d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998345 | METHOD AND COMPUTING APPARATUS FOR TESTING COMMUNITY GROUP FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND NOTIFYING TEST RESULTS | HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | 25d overdue |
| 18691972 | METHOD OF GENERATING INDIVIDUAL-DIRECTED INFORMATION RECORD SHEET BY MIR SERVER | HUYNH, EMILY | 16d |
| 17434455 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DESIGNABLE REGION OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES | BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE | 61d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18011678 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PREPARATION FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE IN SPECIMEN | PARKIN, JEFFREY S | 51d overdue |
| 18578812 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEIGHT OF SOLUTION ACCOMMODATED IN CONTAINER | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 45d overdue |
| 18722149 | SEAL INSPECTING DEVICE AND CONTAINER INSPECTING METHOD | SOHN, SEUNG C | 44d overdue |
| 18697069 | SAMPLE COLLECTING SWAB TOOL AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY PATHOGEN | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 10d overdue |
| 18014645 | SAMPLING KITS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS | PARKIN, JEFFREY S | 9d overdue |
| 18860242 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE | PRATHER, GREGORY T | 4d overdue |
| 17439900 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF REAGENTS FOR DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS | BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE | 5d |
| 18691972 | METHOD OF GENERATING INDIVIDUAL-DIRECTED INFORMATION RECORD SHEET BY MIR SERVER | HUYNH, EMILY | 16d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 3 |
| 3686 | 2 |
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1671 | 2 |
| 1685 | 2 |
| 2169 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18998345 | METHOD AND COMPUTING APPARATUS FOR TESTING COMMUNITY GROUP FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND NOTIFYING TEST RESULTS | HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | 3686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 25d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18978745 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION FILE | ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 2169 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18865889 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYING OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS AND COMPUTER DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 3686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18860242 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE | PRATHER, GREGORY T | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18722149 | SEAL INSPECTING DEVICE AND CONTAINER INSPECTING METHOD | SOHN, SEUNG C | 2878 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18697069 | SAMPLE COLLECTING SWAB TOOL AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY PATHOGEN | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18691972 | METHOD OF GENERATING INDIVIDUAL-DIRECTED INFORMATION RECORD SHEET BY MIR SERVER | HUYNH, EMILY | 3683 | §101 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18578812 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEIGHT OF SOLUTION ACCOMMODATED IN CONTAINER | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18289693 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MAGNETIC BEAD CONCENTRATION IN SUSPENSION | TON, TRI T | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18140301 | BASE STRUCTURE FOR SAMPLE ANALYZING APPARATUS | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1758 | §102 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18183309 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OPTICAL SIGNALS | FIN, CAROLYN | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18170308 | CARTRIDGE HAVING ELASTOMER VALVE | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18014645 | SAMPLING KITS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS | PARKIN, JEFFREY S | 1671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 18011678 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PREPARATION FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE IN SPECIMEN | PARKIN, JEFFREY S | 1671 | §103 | Final Rejection | 51d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17975740 | CARTRIDGE FOR DETECTING TARGET ANALYTE | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | Other | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17704557 | CARTRIDGE FOR DETECTING TARGET ANALYTE | GORDON, BRIAN R | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
| 17614827 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID IN SAMPLE | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 17439900 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF REAGENTS FOR DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS | BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE | 1685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Sep 16, 2021 |
| 17434455 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DESIGNABLE REGION OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES | BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE | 1685 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Aug 27, 2021 |
| 14904170 | DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BY PTO CLEAVAGE AND EXTENSION-DEPENDENT IMMOBILIZED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE HYBRIDIZATION | SISSON, BRADLEY L | 1682 | Other | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Jan 11, 2016 |
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