Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zomedica Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed in a different technical environment by a different individual.
The busiest examiner for the company is WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN, who is currently managing 1 pending action. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved for only 2 pending office actions, the portfolio is currently fragmented across different areas of the patent office. Practitioners must adapt to the specific standards of both distinct art units to successfully resolve these matters. Because there is no overlap between the 2 distinct examiners or the 2 distinct art units, each of the 2 pending office actions requires a completely independent prosecution strategy. Success with WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN will not necessarily provide a roadmap for the other pending case, necessitating a versatile approach to these 2 distinct actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1 | 65.3% | +42.6% |
| HANDY, DWAYNE K | 1 | 62.6% | +25.1% |
| KITT, STEPHEN A | 1 | 54.7% | +38.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17990284 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SLIDE TREATMENT PROCESSING | KITT, STEPHEN A | 35d |
| 19304029 | SLIDE PREPARATION METHODS AND APPARATUS | HANDY, DWAYNE K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17990284 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SLIDE TREATMENT PROCESSING | KITT, STEPHEN A | 35d |
| 19556097 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SLIDE PROCESSING | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
| 19304029 | SLIDE PREPARATION METHODS AND APPARATUS | HANDY, DWAYNE K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 2 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19556097 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SLIDE PROCESSING | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1798 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2026 |
| 19304029 | SLIDE PREPARATION METHODS AND APPARATUS | HANDY, DWAYNE K | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 17990284 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SLIDE TREATMENT PROCESSING | KITT, STEPHEN A | 1717 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
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