Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Listed by the USPTO as HAMMELL, NEIL P
Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1634 1635 1636 1681
This examiner grants 35% of resolved cases
Neil P. Hammell is an examiner in Tech Center 1600, assigned to Art Unit 1600. With 361 resolved cases, the examiner has a well-established record for analysis. The allowance rate is 34.6 percent, which is relatively low and indicates a challenging environment for securing a patent grant. This 34.6 percent rate suggests that the majority of applications in this docket do not reach allowance, requiring a very high standard of patentability.
The median days to allowance is 1233, reflecting a long prosecution process. This 1233-day timeline is a significant consideration for applicants in Art Unit 1600. However, the interview lift percentage is 43.0, which is quite high. This 43.0 percent lift indicates that interviews are very effective at improving the odds of an allowance, even in a difficult prosecution environment. Given the 34.6 percent baseline allowance rate, the 43.0 percent lift suggests that direct engagement is a highly effective way to move a case toward a grant. Practitioners in Tech Center 1600 should be prepared for the 1233-day median pendency and should strongly consider using interviews to overcome the hurdles indicated by the 34.6 percent allowance rate.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17428749 | METHODS FOR TARGETED TREATMENT AND PREDICTION OF PATIENT SURVIVAL IN CANCER | Non-Final OA | University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated |
| 17264734 | ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MICROORGANISMS AND RELATED MARKERS, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | Final Rejection | California Institute of Technology |
| 18258028 | THERAPEUTIC LAMA2 PAYLOAD FOR TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY | Non-Final OA | UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA |
| 17764323 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF OCCURRENCE OF A HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IN A PATIENT | Final Rejection | BIOASTER |
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Build Your Strategy34.6% of resolved applications examined by Neil P Hammell were allowed (361 resolved cases), compared with 37.9% across Art Unit 1600 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +43.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Neil P Hammell took 1,233 days on average from filing to allowance.
Neil P Hammell examines applications in Art Unit 1600 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).