Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZHEJIANG ORIENT GENE BIOTECH CO., LTD. is managing 9 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating multiple specialized areas of review within the chemistry sector. The concentration of 9 actions within 4 art units suggests some thematic overlap in the subject matter being examined.
The portfolio involves 9 distinct examiners. KWAK, DEAN P is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that each pending action is being handled by a different examiner, providing a broad exposure to the examining corps. Practitioners should note that while the art units are limited to 4, the 9 distinct examiners will each bring a unique perspective to the 9 pending office actions. This high ratio of examiners to actions means that prosecution tactics must be individualized for every pending matter in the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| §102 only | 2 (22%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.7% | +37.1% |
| WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1 | 66.7% | +68.5% |
| BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1 | 76.3% | +41.2% |
| SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1 | 63.1% | +17.8% |
| KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1 | 32.6% | +58.9% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.3% | +19.9% |
| BERKELEY, EMILY R | 1 | 75.7% | +28.6% |
| CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1 | 44.8% | +24.4% |
| NGUYEN, BAO THUY L | 1 | 41.8% | +22.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING MULTIPLE ANALYTES IN LIQUID SAMPLE THROUGH LATERAL FLOW | NGUYEN, BAO THUY L | 3d overdue |
| 18667741 | COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING A LIQUID SAMPLE | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| 18606983 | DETECTING APPARATUS | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | — |
| 18601533 | DEVICE WITH SECONDARY DETERMINATION CHAMBER FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 18346625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING MULTIPLE ANALYTES IN LIQUID SAMPLE THROUGH LATERAL FLOW | NGUYEN, BAO THUY L | 3d overdue |
| 18667741 | COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING A LIQUID SAMPLE | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| 18659794 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | — |
| 18659829 | TEST DEVICE FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | — |
| 18606983 | DETECTING APPARATUS | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | — |
| 18601533 | DEVICE WITH SECONDARY DETERMINATION CHAMBER FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 18441433 | DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE TEST UNITS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18490552 | TEST DEVICE FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | BERKELEY, EMILY R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18667741 | COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING A LIQUID SAMPLE | KWAK, DEAN P | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18659794 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18659829 | TEST DEVICE FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18606983 | DETECTING APPARATUS | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1758 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18601533 | DEVICE WITH SECONDARY DETERMINATION CHAMBER FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18441433 | DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE TEST UNITS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18490552 | TEST DEVICE FOR DETECTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | BERKELEY, EMILY R | 1796 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18346625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING ANALYTE IN LIQUID SAMPLE | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1758 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18340625 | DEVICE FOR TESTING MULTIPLE ANALYTES IN LIQUID SAMPLE THROUGH LATERAL FLOW | NGUYEN, BAO THUY L | 1677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
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