Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Baumgartner Patent Law

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

18 pending office actions • 4 clients • 17 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

BAUMGARTNER PATENT LAW operates within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector, managing a total of 671 career applications. The firm currently faces 17 pending office actions. Its resolved allowance rate stands at 74.37 percent, which provides a baseline for its success in securing intellectual property rights in this specialized field. This 74.37 percent rate reflects the firm's historical performance in navigating the complexities of biotech prosecution.

The firm averages 2.66 office actions per allowance, a figure that highlights its typical prosecution cycle length. This 2.66 average suggests a relatively direct path to allowance, potentially indicating efficient communication with the patent office. With 671 career applications, the firm has established a measurable track record. The 17 pending office actions and the 2.66 office actions per allowance together illustrate the current state of the firm's active and historical docket, offering insight into its capacity and effectiveness.

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

Quality Metrics (n=671 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

74.4%
Allowance Rate
n=671
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=671
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=293
-0.53σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=293
982 days
Time to Allowance
n=293
+24.4pp
Interview Lift
n=671
15.5%
RCE Rate
n=671
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=671

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.7%
§101 Overcome
n=22
64.2%
§102 Overcome
n=120
64.1%
§103 Overcome
n=231
67.0%
§112 Overcome
n=215

Specialization & Scale

A61K, C12N, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=671
1
Practitioners
n=671
671.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=671

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

11
Hard (61%)
7
Medium (39%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only6 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
56% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
11% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
4
Business / Other
22% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 2 73.0% +6.6%
PHILLIPS, FORREST M 1 83.2% +14.2%
CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1 23.9% +45.4%
CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1 0.0% +0.0%
LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT 1 100.0% +0.0%
LE, JOHN H 1 87.8% +6.9%
CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1 55.7% +36.9%
DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 1 80.0% +0.0%
NGUYEN, NGHI V 1 53.6% +50.8%
SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1 22.2% +35.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18936656 PREFORMED FACEPIECE CUSHION FOR AN ACOUSTIC MASK AND COMBINATION THEREOF PHILLIPS, FORREST M —

Hard Cases (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18300210 ENHANCEMENT OF CARTILAGE REGENERATIVE ACTIVITY OF STEM CELL POPULATIONS BASED ON REDUCTION OF INTRA-ARTICULAR CELLULAR MATERIAL KIM, TAEYOON 161d overdue
18577646 PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOW BLIND SYSTEM CANNON, RYAN SMITH 23d overdue
18173052 METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING POTENCY OF REGENERATIVE IMMUNOTHERAPIES YOUTCHOM PENDIE, EMMANUEL LED 17d overdue
18785132 In Vitro and In Vivo Generation of Insulin Producing Cells CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F —
18785305 Orthopedic Regeneration by Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE —
18775133 Creation of Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived T Regulatory Cells by In Vitro Recapitulation ofThymic Development LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT —
18636179 Three-Dimensional Printing of Organs, Organoids, and Chimeric Immuno-Evasive Organs LE, JOHN H —
18483485 TREATMENT OF DIABETES BY ENHANCEMENT OF PANCREATIC ISLET ENGRAFTMENT THROUGH REGENERATIVE IMMUNE MODULATION DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18577646 PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOW BLIND SYSTEM CANNON, RYAN SMITH 23d overdue
18936656 PREFORMED FACEPIECE CUSHION FOR AN ACOUSTIC MASK AND COMBINATION THEREOF PHILLIPS, FORREST M —
18785132 In Vitro and In Vivo Generation of Insulin Producing Cells CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F —
18363642 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE BY REGENERATIVE CELLS AND ADJUVANTS NGUYEN, NGHI V —
18331042 GENERATION OF CONDITIONED MEDIA FROM INDUCIBLE PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16312
16382
28371
17261
16441
16531
37941
16181
16321
28591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18936656 PREFORMED FACEPIECE CUSHION FOR AN ACOUSTIC MASK AND COMBINATION THEREOF Talk Systems Inc. PHILLIPS, FORREST M 2837 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18785132 In Vitro and In Vivo Generation of Insulin Producing Cells Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18785305 Orthopedic Regeneration by Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE §101§102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18775133 Creation of Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived T Regulatory Cells by In Vitro Recapitulation ofThymic Development Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18636179 Three-Dimensional Printing of Organs, Organoids, and Chimeric Immuno-Evasive Organs Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. LE, JOHN H §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2024
18577646 PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOW BLIND SYSTEM Solaires Entreprises Inc. CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1726 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18483485 TREATMENT OF DIABETES BY ENHANCEMENT OF PANCREATIC ISLET ENGRAFTMENT THROUGH REGENERATIVE IMMUNE MODULATION Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 1644 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2023
18363642 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE BY REGENERATIVE CELLS AND ADJUVANTS Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2023
18331042 GENERATION OF CONDITIONED MEDIA FROM INDUCIBLE PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2023
18331098 INDUCIBLE PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL DERIVED REGENERATIVE T CELLS Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2023
18325851 WEARABLE VITAL SIGNS MONITOR AND USE THEREOF Salyx Medical Inc. KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18315364 EXOSOME BASED ASSAYS FOR DETERMINING CANDIDATES FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS STEM CELL THERAPY Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 10, 2023
18311768 DEGENERATING OVARIAN MICROENVIRONMENT RESISTANT MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending May 03, 2023
18311464 PROTECTION FROM OVARIAN FAILURE BY LOW DOSE INTERLEUKIN-2 ADMINISTRATION Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 03, 2023
18300210 ENHANCEMENT OF CARTILAGE REGENERATIVE ACTIVITY OF STEM CELL POPULATIONS BASED ON REDUCTION OF INTRA-ARTICULAR CELLULAR MATERIAL Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 161d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18181060 WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM FOR LIGHT ELECTRIC VEHICLES Solaires Entreprises Inc. INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH 2859 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 09, 2023
18173052 METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING POTENCY OF REGENERATIVE IMMUNOTHERAPIES Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. YOUTCHOM PENDIE, EMMANUEL LED 1647 §102§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2023
17878804 SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC KICK SCOOTER Solaires Entreprises Inc. MEDANI, MOHAMED 3611 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Aug 01, 2022

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