Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 9 clients • 11 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP (Dallas account) operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has handled 2621 career applications, establishing a baseline for its prosecution performance. With a resolved allowance rate pct of 89.66, the firm shows its rate of securing patent grants for its clients in this field.
The avg office actions per allowance of 2.82 indicates the firm averages 2.82 interactions with the examiner before an allowance is granted. Currently, the firm is managing 8 pending office actions. This figure indicates the workload relative to the 2621 career applications handled by the firm.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (8%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZEE, EDWARD | 2 | 90.6% | +10.4% |
| COHEN, MICHAEL P | 1 | 58.7% | +27.5% |
| BAYOU, YONAS A | 1 | 84.2% | +15.5% |
| CHEN, VIVIAN | 1 | 56.7% | +29.1% |
| BAKER, LORI LYNN | 1 | 78.5% | +6.6% |
| BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 1 | 48.9% | +44.3% |
| POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 1 | 55.4% | +23.0% |
| ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 1 | 82.9% | +17.2% |
| MILLNER, MONICA E | 1 | 77.5% | +22.2% |
| GUSSOW, ANNE | 1 | 57.9% | +43.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19183347 | DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR DEFENDING AGAINST A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
| 19183340 | DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SIMULANT FOR SIMULATING A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
| 19082059 | Secure Web Container for a Secure Online User Environment | BAYOU, YONAS A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17973743 | NESTABLE WATER TANK AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING NESTABLE WATER TANKS | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 30d |
| 19326649 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ANTIVIRAL USE OF SYNTHETIC LYSINE ANALOGS AND MIMETICS | COHEN, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18990511 | Toilet Flange Nut | BAKER, LORI LYNN | — |
| 18958154 | CURVED LINKAGE SYSTEM FOR A SHOULDER BRACE | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | — |
| 18640603 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBJECT RESONANCE CAUSED BY VORTEX SHEDDING | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | — |
| 18037003 | SYSTEMS FOR THE DETECTION OF TARGETED GENE VARIATIONS AND VIRAL GENOMES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING SAME | GUSSOW, ANNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19326649 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ANTIVIRAL USE OF SYNTHETIC LYSINE ANALOGS AND MIMETICS | COHEN, MICHAEL P | — |
| 19183347 | DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR DEFENDING AGAINST A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
| 19183340 | DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SIMULANT FOR SIMULATING A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
| 19082059 | Secure Web Container for a Secure Online User Environment | BAYOU, YONAS A | — |
| 19042918 | Composite Thermoplastic Laminate | CHEN, VIVIAN | — |
| 18958154 | CURVED LINKAGE SYSTEM FOR A SHOULDER BRACE | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | — |
| 18791677 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEWATERING SOLID PARTICLES IN A CONTAMINATED LIQUID MIXTURE | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | — |
| 18640603 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBJECT RESONANCE CAUSED BY VORTEX SHEDDING | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| QUALYS, INC. | 2 |
| Coflex S.A. De C.V. | 2 |
| Cinelease, LLC | 2 |
| Anti-Viral Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| Authentic8, Inc. | 1 |
| Xamax Industries, Inc. | 1 |
| Breg, Inc. | 1 |
| 1934612 Ontario Inc. | 1 |
| World Biotech Regenerative Medical Group Limited | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2435 | 2 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19326649 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ANTIVIRAL USE OF SYNTHETIC LYSINE ANALOGS AND MIMETICS | Anti-Viral Technologies, LLC | COHEN, MICHAEL P | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19183347 | DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR DEFENDING AGAINST A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES | Qualys, Inc. | ZEE, EDWARD | 2435 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19183340 | DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SIMULANT FOR SIMULATING A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES | Qualys, Inc. | ZEE, EDWARD | 2435 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19082059 | Secure Web Container for a Secure Online User Environment | Authentic8, Inc. | BAYOU, YONAS A | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 19042918 | Composite Thermoplastic Laminate | Xamax Industries, Inc. | CHEN, VIVIAN | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 18990511 | Toilet Flange Nut | Coflex S.A. De C.V. | BAKER, LORI LYNN | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18958154 | CURVED LINKAGE SYSTEM FOR A SHOULDER BRACE | Breg, Inc. | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 3786 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18791677 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEWATERING SOLID PARTICLES IN A CONTAMINATED LIQUID MIXTURE | 1934612 Ontario Inc. | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 1776 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18640603 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBJECT RESONANCE CAUSED BY VORTEX SHEDDING | Cinelease, LLC | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 | |
| 18640587 | MOUNTING BAR CONNECTION SYSTEM | Cinelease, LLC | MILLNER, MONICA E | 3634 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18037003 | SYSTEMS FOR THE DETECTION OF TARGETED GENE VARIATIONS AND VIRAL GENOMES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING SAME | World Biotech Regenerative Medical Group Limited | GUSSOW, ANNE | 1683 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 17973743 | NESTABLE WATER TANK AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING NESTABLE WATER TANKS | Coflex S.A. De C.V. | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
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