Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
The University of Liverpool currently has 8 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are handled by distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is assigned to a different individual. This lack of examiner overlap suggests that prosecution results will be individualized across the portfolio.
The workload is distributed across 5 distinct art units, providing technical focus despite the variety of examiners. GONDARENKO, NATALIA A is identified as the busiest examiner, though she is only responsible for 1 pending office action. This matches the count of pending office actions assigned to other examiners across the set of 8 pending actions.
For a portfolio in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, having 5 distinct art units involved indicates a range of biological or chemical sub-specialties. Practitioners must manage the distinct examiners, each bringing a unique approach to the pending office actions. The 1 pending action for the busiest examiner reflects the even distribution of the workload.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | 1 | 72.8% | +20.5% |
| SHOMER, ISAAC | 1 | 63.2% | +30.4% |
| BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1 | 76.8% | +30.2% |
| TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| GRASER, JENNIFER E | 1 | 76.7% | +23.4% |
| CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1 | 59.1% | +38.3% |
| COUNTS, GARY W | 1 | 58.9% | +29.5% |
| DEL SOLE, JOSEPH STEVEN | 1 | 35.3% | +14.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16608065 | POLYMERS | DEL SOLE, JOSEPH STEVEN | 56d |
| 18835886 | APPARATUS AND METHOD | GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | — |
| 18696258 | Injectable Formulations | SHOMER, ISAAC | — |
| 18579439 | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — |
| 18274835 | Method of Parallel Implementation in Distributed Memory Architectures | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | — |
| 18270947 | NOVEL COMPOSITION | GRASER, JENNIFER E | — |
| 17431637 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS | COUNTS, GARY W | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16608065 | POLYMERS | DEL SOLE, JOSEPH STEVEN | 56d |
| 18835886 | APPARATUS AND METHOD | GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | — |
| 18696258 | Injectable Formulations | SHOMER, ISAAC | — |
| 18579439 | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — |
| 18270947 | NOVEL COMPOSITION | GRASER, JENNIFER E | — |
| 18257699 | IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | — |
| 17431637 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS | COUNTS, GARY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1678 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18835886 | APPARATUS AND METHOD | GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18696258 | Injectable Formulations | SHOMER, ISAAC | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18579439 | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18274835 | Method of Parallel Implementation in Distributed Memory Architectures | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18270947 | NOVEL COMPOSITION | GRASER, JENNIFER E | 1645 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18257699 | IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 17431637 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS | COUNTS, GARY W | 1678 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2021 |
| 16608065 | POLYMERS | DEL SOLE, JOSEPH STEVEN | 1763 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Oct 24, 2019 |
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