Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
16 pending office actions • 13 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days
Soochow University maintains an active prosecution presence with 17 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 17 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units. The number of distinct art units relative to the total pending actions suggests a broad research and development focus across various biological and pharmaceutical disciplines. This variety requires a versatile prosecution strategy to address the specific requirements of many different administrative groups within the patent office.
The busiest examiner, DIAZ, MATTHEthW R, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because each of the 17 distinct examiners handles a portion of the total workload, the university's prosecution risk is distributed. No single examiner's decision-making style dominates the portfolio, as the 17 pending actions are spread across a wide range of personnel. This structure implies that the university's success in the biotechnology sector depends on managing a volume of independent interactions rather than focusing on a few key examiners. Practitioners must be prepared to adapt to the varied preferences of the distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 3 (19%) |
| §103 only | 7 (44%) |
| §112 only | 2 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (19%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIAZ, MATTHEW R | 1 | 54.0% | +43.4% |
| TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1 | 25.5% | +49.1% |
| LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 1 | 69.4% | +16.9% |
| RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | 1 | 71.3% | +17.2% |
| ZENG, LINGWEN R | 1 | 76.6% | +20.3% |
| CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | 1 | 79.8% | +24.3% |
| JAVANMARD, SAHAR | 1 | 64.8% | +34.1% |
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.8% | +2.5% |
| RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 1 | 33.3% | +48.3% |
| AMIN, ALPA NILESH | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18012645 | METHOD FOR SLAG MODIFICATION DURING END PERIOD OF CASTING IN STEEL LADLE HAVING COVER | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17631439 | TARGETED EXOSOME BASED ON RBD REGION OF SARS-COV-2 S PROTEIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | 239d overdue |
| 18012321 | SALVIA PLEBIA AND SCUTELLARIAE RADIX COMPOUND ACNE CREAM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | AMIN, ALPA NILESH | 45d overdue |
| 18358237 | Fashion Personality Prediction and Clothing Recommendation Method and Device Based on Social Networks | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 36d overdue |
| 18466829 | APPLICATION OF SMALL-MOLECULE COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF ANTITUMOR DRUG | JAVANMARD, SAHAR | 82d |
| 18672801 | B/N ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | — |
| 18608048 | COMPOSITE POLYMER FILM MATERIAL BASED ON TUNGSTEN/COPPER/SULFUR CLUSTER COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF IN THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICS | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | — |
| 18012388 | LAYERED METAL OXIDE/AMINE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN MAGNESIUM ION BATTERY | ZENG, LINGWEN R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18358237 | Fashion Personality Prediction and Clothing Recommendation Method and Device Based on Social Networks | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 36d overdue |
| 18617185 | GROUP DELEGATION COMPUTING METHOD | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 62d |
| 18466829 | APPLICATION OF SMALL-MOLECULE COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF ANTITUMOR DRUG | JAVANMARD, SAHAR | 82d |
| 18726997 | NANO-COMPOSITE MATERIAL-BASED INTELLIGENT FIREPROOF TEXTILE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18672801 | B/N ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | — |
| 18608048 | COMPOSITE POLYMER FILM MATERIAL BASED ON TUNGSTEN/COPPER/SULFUR CLUSTER COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF IN THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICS | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | — |
| 18012388 | LAYERED METAL OXIDE/AMINE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN MAGNESIUM ION BATTERY | ZENG, LINGWEN R | — |
| 18037553 | METHOD FOR PREPARING 2-IODO ARYL ETHER UNDER THE ACTION OF ALKALI METAL HYDRIDE | CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1700 | 1 |
| 2437 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| 1622 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 1636 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18726997 | NANO-COMPOSITE MATERIAL-BASED INTELLIGENT FIREPROOF TEXTILE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | 1700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18672801 | B/N ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18617185 | GROUP DELEGATION COMPUTING METHOD | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 2437 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18608048 | COMPOSITE POLYMER FILM MATERIAL BASED ON TUNGSTEN/COPPER/SULFUR CLUSTER COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF IN THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICS | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18012388 | LAYERED METAL OXIDE/AMINE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN MAGNESIUM ION BATTERY | ZENG, LINGWEN R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2024 |
| 18037553 | METHOD FOR PREPARING 2-IODO ARYL ETHER UNDER THE ACTION OF ALKALI METAL HYDRIDE | CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18466829 | APPLICATION OF SMALL-MOLECULE COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF ANTITUMOR DRUG | JAVANMARD, SAHAR | 1622 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | 82d | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18012645 | METHOD FOR SLAG MODIFICATION DURING END PERIOD OF CASTING IN STEEL LADLE HAVING COVER | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18358237 | Fashion Personality Prediction and Clothing Recommendation Method and Device Based on Social Networks | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 3688 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18012321 | SALVIA PLEBIA AND SCUTELLARIAE RADIX COMPOUND ACNE CREAM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | AMIN, ALPA NILESH | 1655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18196929 | CAPSAICIN-DERIVED PHOTOSENSITIZER, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN | 1618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18044565 | IMMUNOADJUVANT-BASED HYDROGEL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF | WHITEMAN, BRIAN A | 1636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Mar 08, 2023 |
| 18012218 | ANTI-TUMOR NANO ADJUVANT BASED ON VESICLE FORMED BY CROSS-LINKED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE | 1616 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17598051 | METHOD FOR INDUCING GELATION AND BIOMIMETIC MINERALIZATION OF SILK FIBROIN SOLUTION BY ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE | PRAGANI, RAJAN | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 171d overdue | Pending | Aug 05, 2022 |
| 17631478 | DIMETHYLMONOTHIOARSINIC ACID-INDUCED MALIGNANTLY TRANSFORMED CELL LINE OF HUMAN KERATINOCYTES AND USE THEREOF | EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL | 1632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2022 |
| 17631439 | TARGETED EXOSOME BASED ON RBD REGION OF SARS-COV-2 S PROTEIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI | 1672 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 239d overdue | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
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