Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
20 pending office actions • 11 art units • 19 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. 5 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. 5 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 + other | 6 (30%) |
| §103 only | 5 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOITACH, JOSEPH T | 2 | 50.1% | +27.6% |
| AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 1 | 81.7% | +9.3% |
| ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 1 | 42.0% | +37.7% |
| SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 1 | 56.8% | +58.1% |
| KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE | 1 | 14.3% | +41.7% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.7% | +37.4% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.2% | +20.0% |
| WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1 | 65.4% | +42.6% |
| YU, TIAN NMN | 1 | 55.3% | +18.7% |
| VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 1 | 78.6% | +24.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19105620 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING TUBE AND AUTOMATED PRODUCTION SYSTEM INCLUDING APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING TUBE | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17704557 | CARTRIDGE FOR DETECTING TARGET ANALYTE | GORDON, BRIAN R | 45d overdue |
| 18014645 | SAMPLING KITS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS | PARKIN, JEFFREY S | 9d overdue |
| 18865889 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYING OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS AND COMPUTER DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 27d |
| 18978745 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION FILE | ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 39d |
| 18841116 | FILM CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING CONTAINER COVER FILM USING SAME | KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE | — |
| 18696825 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYZING SAMPLE IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| 18685336 | SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE AND SAMPLE COLLECTION METHOD | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18580678 | ASSEMBLED ANALYSIS SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18865889 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYING OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS AND COMPUTER DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 27d |
| 18978745 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION FILE | ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 39d |
| 18841116 | FILM CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING CONTAINER COVER FILM USING SAME | KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE | — |
| 18696825 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYZING SAMPLE IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| 18685336 | SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE AND SAMPLE COLLECTION METHOD | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18580678 | ASSEMBLED ANALYSIS SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
| 18570381 | DETECTION OF MULTIPLE TARGET NUCLEIC ACID USING MULTIPLE DETECTION TEMPERATURES | YU, TIAN NMN | — |
| 18287911 | SELF-SAMPLING MANAGEMENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SELF-SAMPLING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO PERFORM THE METHOD | VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1681 | 3 |
| 1687 | 3 |
| 2169 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1671 | 1 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19105620 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING TUBE AND AUTOMATED PRODUCTION SYSTEM INCLUDING APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING TUBE | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18978745 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION FILE | ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 2169 | §101§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 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18841116 | FILM CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING CONTAINER COVER FILM USING SAME | KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18696825 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYZING SAMPLE IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | KWAK, DEAN P | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18685336 | SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE AND SAMPLE COLLECTION METHOD | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18580678 | ASSEMBLED ANALYSIS SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18570381 | DETECTION OF MULTIPLE TARGET NUCLEIC ACID USING MULTIPLE DETECTION TEMPERATURES | YU, TIAN NMN | 1681 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18287911 | SELF-SAMPLING MANAGEMENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SELF-SAMPLING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO PERFORM THE METHOD | VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 2675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18023105 | METHOD FOR POSITIVE CONTROL REACTION USING PRE-POSITIVE CONTROL COMPOSITION | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18021678 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DATA SET FOR DESIGN OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE | BEVERIDGE, CONNOR HAMMOND | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18016379 | THERMAL CYCLER COMPRISING DAMPING MODULE | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2023 |
| 18014645 | SAMPLING KITS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS | PARKIN, JEFFREY S | 1671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 18011758 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING COVERAGE OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SET FOR PLURALITY OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES | SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA | 1687 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17913298 | METHOD FOR MANAGING RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS THROUGH MOBILE TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING CENTRAL MANAGEMENT SERVER, SERVER, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | 3687 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2022 |
| 17772197 | METHODS FOR PREPARING AN OPTIMAL COMBINATION OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SETS | WOITACH, JOSEPH T | 1687 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
| 17704557 | CARTRIDGE FOR DETECTING TARGET ANALYTE | GORDON, BRIAN R | 1798 | §102§103§112 | 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 |
| 17054233 | METHOD FOR DETECTING GUT MICROORGANISM IN A SAMPLE USING NORMAL GUT FLORA AS INTERNAL CONTROL | WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 1681 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2020 |
| 16306213 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A TARGET ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE USING A SIGNAL CHANGE-AMOUNT DATA SET | WOITACH, JOSEPH T | 1687 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2018 |
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