Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
770 pending office actions • 157 clients • 652 examiners • 299 art units • 3 of 770 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,042 patents granted in the last 365 days
BakerHostetler has 759 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 29,628 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 83.12%, while the average is 3.51 office actions per allowance. Together, these figures describe a substantial historical prosecution base with an active pending docket and a measurable allowance record.
The 3.51-action average indicates that allowed matters typically involve several office-action cycles. The 83.12% resolved allowance rate supplies an outcome measure, while the pending docket signals ongoing examination demands. For practitioners, the profile supports workload planning around both volume and repeated prosecution responses. The technology-area designation also helps frame the relevance of the historical record when evaluating current matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 207 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. 207 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 20 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 108 (14%) |
| §103 only | 252 (33%) |
| §102 only | 33 (4%) |
| §112 only | 34 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 18 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 50 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 253 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRT, ERIN E | 8 | 40.6% | +22.9% |
| SHANG, ANNAN Q | 5 | 70.6% | +10.8% |
| SAEED, ALI S | 5 | 31.6% | +33.8% |
| PAK, JOHN D | 5 | 52.3% | +37.8% |
| LEE, ANDREW P | 4 | 48.5% | +22.8% |
| ORR, HENRY W | 4 | 50.6% | +37.3% |
| CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA | 4 | 60.0% | +51.0% |
| ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL | 3 | 58.3% | +43.1% |
| CASTRO, ALFONSO | 3 | 51.0% | +19.4% |
| DUBASKY, GIGI L | 3 | 74.4% | +35.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16982199 | MECHANISMS FOR SERVICE LAYER RESOURCE RANKING AND ENHANCED RESOURCE DISCOVERY | SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | 153d overdue |
| 18489992 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING MANAGEMENT AND GENERATION OF ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS | MALKOWSKI, MARK A | 140d overdue |
| 17919030 | Systems and Methods for Quantification of Liver Fibrosis with MRI and Deep Learning | TIEU, BENNY QUOC | 121d overdue |
| 18151162 | Chromatography Operational Status Analysis | LEBRON, BENJAMIN L | 91d overdue |
| 17402885 | Hot-Melt, Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive With A Wide Range Of Application-Temperature | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 79d overdue |
| 17905129 | METHODS OF USING A MULTI-ANALYTE APPROACH FOR DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING A DISEASE | HANEY, AMANDA MARIE | 77d overdue |
| 18452469 | Assistive Communication Using Word Trees | ANDERSON, BRODERICK C | 72d overdue |
| 18683500 | METHOD FOR MATCHING A CANDIDATE IMAGE WITH A REFERENCE IMAGE | HAIDER, SYED | 71d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17776814 | HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS | PAK, JOHN D | 211d overdue |
| 18000333 | FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | HIRT, ERIN E | 98d overdue |
| 18000438 | FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | HIRT, ERIN E | 91d overdue |
| 18702511 | HERBICIDAL IMIDAZOLE COMPOUNDS | HIRT, ERIN E | 16d overdue |
| 18053332 | SUBSTITUTED PYRIDAZINONES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES | CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA | 4d overdue |
| 18851042 | RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | SHANG, ANNAN Q | 2d overdue |
| 18812773 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SHANG, ANNAN Q | 2d overdue |
| 18053326 | PYRIDAZINONE COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES | ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1616 | 15 |
| 2421 | 14 |
| 3723 | 14 |
| 1626 | 13 |
| 3783 | 13 |
| 1691 | 11 |
| 3715 | 11 |
| 2425 | 10 |
| 1615 | 10 |
| 2424 | 10 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17593761 | Untitled | Syngenta Crop Protection AG | ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL | 1629 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19564767 | Systems and Methods of an Uncertainty Platform for Risk Assessment and Control Room Operations for Energy Grid Operators | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (‘Miso") | LU, HUA | 2118 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2026 |
| 19446877 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT DISORDERS | Auspex Pharmaceuticals LLC | LEE, ANDREW P | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 19446884 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT DISORDERS | Auspex Pharmaceuticals LLC | LEE, ANDREW P | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 19446867 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT DISORDERS | Auspex Pharmaceuticals LLC | LEE, ANDREW P | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 19401838 | VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION SYSTEM | Parasym Ltd. | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §101§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19483223 | INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | LADONI, AHOORA | 3689 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19384353 | STAPLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL DEVICES AND END EFFECTORS | Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19478774 | LIVE STREAMING INTERFACE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | MARANDI, JAMES R | 2421 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
| 19476388 | HERBICIDE RESISTANT PLANTS | Syngenta Crop Protection AG | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19333578 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OVERFILLING DRUG CONTAINERS | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA | 3753 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19326450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT-DRIVEN TRANSCODER COORDINATION | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | LOTFI, KYLE M | 2425 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19322756 | Ultrathin Films For Triclosan Transfer To Metal Medical Devices | Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | 3775 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19160398 | CONTENT SEARCH METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | RICHARDSON, JAMES E | 2169 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19310338 | ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION FOR AUDIO CACHE | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | UDDIN, MOHAMMED R | 2161 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19159756 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM | DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD. | PHAM, KHANH B | 2166 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19156967 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING THE COORDINATION OF ENTITIES IN A VOLUME | Thales Nederland B.V. | WALKER, JARED T | 2426 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19298941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MACHINE-LEARNING, ZERO-DAY MALWARE DETECTION | BLUVECTOR, INC. | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 2409 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19295953 | METHOD FOR GENERATING TABLE FIELD CONTENT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | NGUYEN, TUAN S | 2179 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19290118 | PRESERVING USER PRIVACY IN CAPTURED CONTENT | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | GUNDRY, STEPHEN T | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19288143 | Methods Of Treating Plantar Fibromatosis | Endo Biologics Limited | TSAY, MARSHA M | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19284418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | LEE, Y YOUNG | 2485 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19277740 | INTERWORKING BETWEEN IOT SERVICE LAYER SYSTEMS AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SYSTEMS | Convida Wireless, LLC | SARKER, SANCHIT K | 2495 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19150177 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A | 2421 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19271231 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING AN INTRODUCTION PORTION IN A VIDEO PROGRAM | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | PARRA, OMAR S | 2421 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19270043 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING VIDEO PLAYBACK QUALITY | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | ALATA, YASSIN | 2426 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19258729 | VIDEO PRESENTATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | FOGG, CYNTHIA M | 2425 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19257230 | Systems And Methods For Managing Access Control | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | POLTORAK, PIOTR | 2431 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19251300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THOUGHT PASSWORD BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | MIDKIFF, AARON | 2621 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19248636 | DISTRIBUTED DATA ACCESS CONTROL | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | BULLOCK, JOSHUA | 2161 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19244981 | DEVICE ANALYSIS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT EXPOSURE | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | MENDOZA, JUNIOR O | 2425 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19230448 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR PROCESSING VIDEO | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19225124 | CLIP APPLIER | Teleflex Medical LLC | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19225987 | LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY-LESS ARCHITECTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | BUKHARI, AQEEL H | 2849 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19218040 | MODULAR SCALABLE PLATFORM ZONAL ARCHITECTURE PACKAGING | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | KESSIE, DANIEL | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19218038 | DIRECT CONNECT LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY TO ZONAL CONTROLLER | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | KESSIE, DANIEL | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19211685 | ANTIMICROBIAL HEMOSTATIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE AND MAKING | Teleflex Life Sciences Ii LLC | LEWIS, KIM M | 3786 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19130017 | GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT | Thales | CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN | 2494 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19127646 | RESOURCE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | CASTRO, ALFONSO | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19197916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE DEVICE AS TEMPORARY CONTENT ORIGIN | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R | 2443 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19195063 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC CATALOG MANAGEMENT | Servicetitan, Inc. | DELIGI, VANESSA LIMA | 3627 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19193003 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATING PROCESSES | Stevens Ventures LLC | NGUYEN, THUY N | 3622 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19193811 | GENERATING IMAGES USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | Lemon Inc. | OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | 2618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19191340 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBATING ONLINE SECURITY RISKS | Apomaya | WHIPPLE, BRIAN P | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| 19191547 | BRACKET CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE A COLUMN CONNECTION TO A STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION | Atlas Tube Connections, LLC | AGUDELO, PAOLA | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19192213 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONCILING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS FACILITATED BY A COMMERCE PLATFORM | Stripe, Inc. | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 3693 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19188926 | METHOD, SYSTEM, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR VERIFYING SYSTEM FLOW SWITCHING | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | WINDER, PATRICE L | 2453 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19186153 | METHOD OF PRODUCING REFERENCE-SPECTRUM LIBRARY FOR USE IN ESTIMATION OF FILM THICKNESS OF WORKPIECE | Ebara Corporation | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 2877 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19123382 | INFORMATION SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | SOMERS, MARC S | 2159 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19123016 | SPECIAL-EFFECT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | SHANKAR, VIJAY | 2624 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial83.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Baker & Hostetler, LLP were allowed, across 29,628 applications in USPTO records.
3.51 office actions per allowed application on average.
770 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 157 clients, before 652 examiners in 299 art units.
