Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Seer Inc. has 6 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that while the portfolio is small, it still requires interaction with multiple examiners across a few different technical groups, necessitating a somewhat varied prosecution strategy.
The busiest examiner, FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M, is currently handling 2 pending office actions. This accounts for a significant portion of the 6 pending office actions, making this examiner a key figure in the company's current prosecution efforts. With 5 distinct examiners involved, the company must adapt to several different examination styles, even within the 3 distinct art units where the work is concentrated. The presence of 3 distinct art units indicates that the 6 pending office actions cover several different technical sub-specialties within the Chemistry & Materials field. Practitioners should monitor the 5 distinct examiners to ensure consistent arguments are made across the portfolio. The fact that 2 pending office actions are with a single examiner provides an opportunity for consolidated advocacy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 2 | 45.7% | +35.3% |
| YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1 | 67.6% | +43.7% |
| COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN | 1 | 80.0% | +42.2% |
| HILL, GRACELYN MARKHAM | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| THOMPSON, MILANA KAYE | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18395124 | PARTICLE-BASED BIOSEPARATION ASSAYS | COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN | — |
| 18318563 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYSIS OF MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA | HILL, GRACELYN MARKHAM | — |
| 18164542 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING BIOMOLECULE EMBEDDINGS | THOMPSON, MILANA KAYE | — |
| 18006142 | PARTICLES AND METHODS OF ASSAYING | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18763980 | PARTICLES AND METHODS OF ASSAYING | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 88d overdue |
| 19378180 | PEPTIDE DECORATED NANOPARTICLES FOR ENRICHMENT OF SPECIFIC PROTEIN SUBSETS | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | — |
| 18395124 | PARTICLE-BASED BIOSEPARATION ASSAYS | COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN | — |
| 18006142 | PARTICLES AND METHODS OF ASSAYING | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 2125 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19378180 | PEPTIDE DECORATED NANOPARTICLES FOR ENRICHMENT OF SPECIFIC PROTEIN SUBSETS | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1657 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2025 |
| 18763980 | PARTICLES AND METHODS OF ASSAYING | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 1758 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 88d overdue | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18395124 | PARTICLE-BASED BIOSEPARATION ASSAYS | COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18318563 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYSIS OF MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA | HILL, GRACELYN MARKHAM | 2125 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18164542 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING BIOMOLECULE EMBEDDINGS | THOMPSON, MILANA KAYE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
| 18006142 | PARTICLES AND METHODS OF ASSAYING | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 1758 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
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