Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

9 pending office actions • 8 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Baker Donelson operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has handled 2412 career applications and maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 86.43. This success rate demonstrates the firm's proficiency in securing patent rights for its clients in the life sciences. The 86.43 percent allowance rate is a key indicator of the firm's results. Practitioners can look to this historical success rate when assessing the firm's prosecution capabilities.

There are 7 pending office actions currently being addressed. The firm averages 3.15 office actions per allowance, which serves as a measure of its prosecution efficiency. This 3.15 average helps in setting expectations for the number of interactions required to reach a final decision. With 2412 applications in its history, the firm has established a clear performance record. The 7 pending actions represent the current active workload for the firm's practitioners.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2412 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.4%
Allowance Rate
n=2412
+0.75σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2412
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1452
-0.25σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1452
1112 days
Time to Allowance
n=1452
+11.8pp
Interview Lift
n=2412
21.8%
RCE Rate
n=2412
3.8%
Appeal Rate
n=2412

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.4%
§101 Overcome
n=133
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=530
80.8%
§103 Overcome
n=821
80.9%
§112 Overcome
n=764

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2412
9
Practitioners
n=2412
268.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2412

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (22%)
5
Medium (56%)
1
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other5 (56%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

8
Life Sciences
89% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOU, LIYUAN 1 42.9% +59.0%
EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 1 70.8% +31.8%
BERRY, LAYLA D 1 66.0% +9.0%
MONTANARI, DAVID A 1 64.7% +49.0%
ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1 57.8% +30.2%
JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1 46.9% +46.2%
CANELLA, KAREN A 1 62.2% +32.8%
OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1 77.5% +20.4%
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1 68.1% +35.1%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18692097 ANTI-CD3 ANTIBODIES EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA —
18045525 ANTI-HUMAN VISTA ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF OUSPENSKI, ILIA I —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18507469 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING T CELLS WHICH EXPRESS A CHIMERIC NK RECEPTOR MONTANARI, DAVID A 7d
18691908 SOLID FORM OF RHO-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR OR SOLVATE THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF MOU, LIYUAN —
18692097 ANTI-CD3 ANTIBODIES EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA —
18472411 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY NEO-201 FOR THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN CARCINOMAS ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF —
18150917 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND/OR REGULATING SENESCENCE JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING —
17920445 ANTI-HUMAN VISTA ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF CANELLA, KAREN A —
18045525 ANTI-HUMAN VISTA ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF OUSPENSKI, ILIA I —
17607438 METHOD FOR TREATING COUGH BY USING DIAMINOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUND PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16281
16231
16321
16461
16721
16431
16441
16271

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18691908 SOLID FORM OF RHO-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR OR SOLVATE THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF BEIJING TIDE PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18692097 ANTI-CD3 ANTIBODIES Adimab, LLC EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18294572 IRON COMPLEX COMPOUNDS FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE IN THERAPY OF IRON DEFICIENCY IN COMPANION ANIMALS Pharmacosmos Holding A/S BERRY, LAYLA D 1623 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA 83d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18507469 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING T CELLS WHICH EXPRESS A CHIMERIC NK RECEPTOR The Trustees of Dartmouth College MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18472411 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY NEO-201 FOR THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN CARCINOMAS Precision Biologics, Inc. ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 22, 2023
18150917 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND/OR REGULATING SENESCENCE Institute Of Zoology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 03, 2023
17920445 ANTI-HUMAN VISTA ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF Immunext, Inc. CANELLA, KAREN A 1643 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2022
18045525 ANTI-HUMAN VISTA ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2022
17607438 METHOD FOR TREATING COUGH BY USING DIAMINOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUND BEIJING TIDE PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 — Final Rejection — Pending Oct 29, 2021

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