Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
University of Puerto Rico manages a company patent portfolio with 2 pending office actions. These matters are located within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution of these applications involves 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while multiple examiners are involved, the technical subject matter remains within a single specialized group at the USPTO.
FORD, GISELE D is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Given that the total number of pending actions is 2, the workload is split between the busiest examiner and one other individual. This requires the applicant to manage separate prosecution strategies for each of the 2 distinct examiners involved.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the 2 pending office actions are being reviewed within the same technical division. This may lead to more consistent examination standards compared to portfolios spread across multiple units. Practitioners should track the progress of both distinct examiners to ensure the portfolio's current administrative needs are met efficiently.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, GISELE D | 1 | 69.7% | +14.2% |
| LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE | 1 | 46.9% | +59.0% |
| PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER | 1 | 55.3% | +59.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18293091 | SMALL MOLECULE AND SIRNA INHIBITORS AGAINST LIPOCALIN-2 | LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728526 | SCUTOIDAL SUB-CELL AND CELL ARRANGEMENTS | FORD, GISELE D | — |
| 18293091 | SMALL MOLECULE AND SIRNA INHIBITORS AGAINST LIPOCALIN-2 | LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE | — |
| 17636470 | ARTIFICIALLY LINKED TANDEM ACYL CARRIER PROTEINS TO ENHANCE FATTY ACID PRODUCTION | PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| 1675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18728526 | SCUTOIDAL SUB-CELL AND CELL ARRANGEMENTS | FORD, GISELE D | 3633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18293091 | SMALL MOLECULE AND SIRNA INHIBITORS AGAINST LIPOCALIN-2 | LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 17636470 | ARTIFICIALLY LINKED TANDEM ACYL CARRIER PROTEINS TO ENHANCE FATTY ACID PRODUCTION | PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER | 1675 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2022 |
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