Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP - Roquette Freres covers 4198 career applications in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm's resolved allowance rate pct is 58.32, which reflects the firm's overall performance across its broader application pool. This 58.32 percent allowance rate provides a baseline for the likelihood of success for its client base. Practitioners can use this percentage to evaluate the firm's historical performance across its career filings.
The profile shows 7 pending office actions for this specific client relationship. The average of 4.44 office actions per allowance remains consistent with the firm's general metrics. This 4.44 average helps in setting expectations for the number of interactions required to reach a final decision. With 4198 applications in its history, the firm has established a clear performance record. The 7 pending actions represent the current active workload for this specific account.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, LAYLA D | 2 | 66.0% | +9.0% |
| LEE, SIN J | 1 | 68.8% | +25.1% |
| CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1 | 49.2% | +38.2% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
| FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH | 1 | 52.2% | -6.2% |
| PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1 | 35.5% | +48.6% |
| YU, HONG | 1 | 30.9% | +5.6% |
| SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN | 1 | 36.8% | +72.6% |
| FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1 | 47.9% | +16.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656260 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR AND HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 86d overdue |
| 18292990 | CONTROLLED RELEASE COATING AGENT | FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH | 62d |
| 18877363 | FILM FORMING DELAYED/ENTERIC FORMULATIONS FOR HARD SHELL CAPSULES, FILMS AND COATINGS | LEE, SIN J | — |
| 18686630 | NOVEL HYDROXYALKYL METHYLCELLULOSE AND ITS USE | BERRY, LAYLA D | — |
| 17784396 | PROTEIN BIOPROCESS | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656260 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR AND HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 86d overdue |
| 18261296 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE | SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN | 31d overdue |
| 18292993 | BIODEGRADABLE ALGINATE FILMS | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 76d |
| 18877363 | FILM FORMING DELAYED/ENTERIC FORMULATIONS FOR HARD SHELL CAPSULES, FILMS AND COATINGS | LEE, SIN J | — |
| 18897439 | SUSTAINED RELEASE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HYDROXYALKYL METHYLCELLULOSE | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | — |
| 17784396 | PROTEIN BIOPROCESS | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| IFF | 10 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 2 |
| 1693 | 2 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877363 | FILM FORMING DELAYED/ENTERIC FORMULATIONS FOR HARD SHELL CAPSULES, FILMS AND COATINGS | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | LEE, SIN J | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18897439 | SUSTAINED RELEASE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HYDROXYALKYL METHYLCELLULOSE | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 | |
| 18656260 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR AND HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18686630 | NOVEL HYDROXYALKYL METHYLCELLULOSE AND ITS USE | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | BERRY, LAYLA D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| 18292990 | CONTROLLED RELEASE COATING AGENT | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH | 1617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18292993 | BIODEGRADABLE ALGINATE FILMS | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1617 | §102§103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18493184 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING CATIONIC HYDROXYETHYL CELLULOSE | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | YU, HONG | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18261304 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF COLLOIDAL MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | BERRY, LAYLA D | 1693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18261296 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN | 1693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 17784396 | PROTEIN BIOPROCESS | Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
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