Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University of Bristol manages 2 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct examiners, with KEOGH, MATTHEW R acting as the busiest examiner by overseeing 1 pending office action.
Although there are multiple examiners involved, all activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the university must address the individual styles of 2 different examiners, the technical standards and internal policies of this unit will govern both pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1 | 78.3% | +14.5% |
| LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | 1 | 76.5% | +5.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729464 | Anti-Leak System and Methods | LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18784407 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACID TO PLANT CELLS | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18784407 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACID TO PLANT CELLS | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18729464 | Anti-Leak System and Methods | LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
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