Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Siphox Inc. is currently managing 9 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 9 actions are distributed among 9 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is handling exactly one case. The portfolio is spread across 6 distinct art units, showing a significant technical range within the chemistry sector for their current filings.
LUU, THANH X is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. The distribution of 9 pending actions across so many distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units suggests a decentralized prosecution strategy. This requires the company to navigate the specific expectations of many different examiners and administrative units simultaneously, reflecting the diverse nature of their innovations in Chemistry & Materials.
Because each pending action is assigned to a different examiner, the company must manage several unique sets of feedback and examination styles. The concentration into 6 distinct art units means that while the examiners are diverse, they are grouped within a few specialized administrative sections. This structure requires a versatile approach to prosecution that can account for the specific technical standards of the art units while addressing the individual concerns of the examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (78%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUU, THANH X | 1 | 78.2% | +10.2% |
| HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 1 | 47.4% | +52.6% |
| KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 1 | 48.7% | +70.4% |
| GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1 | 39.5% | +24.4% |
| THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 1 | 72.4% | +23.9% |
| BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | 1 | 42.9% | +57.1% |
| BALL, JOHN C | 1 | 78.8% | +16.2% |
| TURK, NEIL N | 1 | 51.0% | +44.3% |
| KENNEDY, SARAH JANE | 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18107135 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING FLUIDS IN A BIOSENSOR CARTRIDGE | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 100d overdue |
| 18000818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTONIC CHIP COUPLING | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 99d overdue |
| 18199199 | APPARATUS FOR A MULTIPURPOSE FLUID EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND METHOD OF USE | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 97d overdue |
| 17403480 | TAGGED-BASE DNA SEQUENCING READOUT ON WAVEGUIDE SURFACES | KENNEDY, SARAH JANE | 6d |
| 19079377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR A PLUGGABLE INTER-CHIP OPTICAL CONNECTOR | LUU, THANH X | — |
| 18427142 | BODILY FLUID COLLECTION ASSEMBLY | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | — |
| 18008130 | CASCADING AMPLIFICATION FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOSENSING | BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | — |
| 17918102 | INTEGRATED PHOTONIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOSENSING | BALL, JOHN C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18107135 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING FLUIDS IN A BIOSENSOR CARTRIDGE | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 100d overdue |
| 18000818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTONIC CHIP COUPLING | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 99d overdue |
| 18199199 | APPARATUS FOR A MULTIPURPOSE FLUID EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND METHOD OF USE | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 97d overdue |
| 19079377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR A PLUGGABLE INTER-CHIP OPTICAL CONNECTOR | LUU, THANH X | — |
| 18427142 | BODILY FLUID COLLECTION ASSEMBLY | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | — |
| 18008130 | CASCADING AMPLIFICATION FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOSENSING | BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | — |
| 17918102 | INTEGRATED PHOTONIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOSENSING | BALL, JOHN C | — |
| 17859877 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASE TESTING CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS | TURK, NEIL N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1682 | 2 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 2874 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19079377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR A PLUGGABLE INTER-CHIP OPTICAL CONNECTOR | LUU, THANH X | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18427142 | BODILY FLUID COLLECTION ASSEMBLY | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18199199 | APPARATUS FOR A MULTIPURPOSE FLUID EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND METHOD OF USE | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18107135 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING FLUIDS IN A BIOSENSOR CARTRIDGE | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 100d overdue | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18000818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTONIC CHIP COUPLING | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 2874 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 99d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2022 |
| 18008130 | CASCADING AMPLIFICATION FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOSENSING | BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | 1682 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17918102 | INTEGRATED PHOTONIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOSENSING | BALL, JOHN C | 1759 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2022 |
| 17859877 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASE TESTING CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS | TURK, NEIL N | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
| 17403480 | TAGGED-BASE DNA SEQUENCING READOUT ON WAVEGUIDE SURFACES | KENNEDY, SARAH JANE | 1682 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Aug 16, 2021 |
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