Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

70 pending office actions • 29 clients • 69 examiners • 44 art units • 0 of 70 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP has a substantial practice in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, with 2836 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 83.66 percent, reflecting a consistent ability to obtain patent protection. Currently, the firm is managing 54 pending office actions relative to its 2836 career applications.

The firm averages 3.09 office actions per allowance, which provides a clear expectation for the length of the prosecution cycle. This 3.09 average suggests a standard level of interaction with the patent office for the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. With 2836 career applications, the firm has a broad base of experience to draw upon. The 83.66 percent resolved allowance rate and the 54 pending office actions illustrate a firm that is both historically successful and actively engaged in current prosecution efforts, maintaining a steady flow of work through the patent office.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2836 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.7%
Allowance Rate
n=2836
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2836
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=1582
-0.40σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1582
1064 days
Time to Allowance
n=1582
+10.3pp
Interview Lift
n=2836
26.3%
RCE Rate
n=2836
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=2836

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.9%
§101 Overcome
n=161
71.6%
§102 Overcome
n=669
73.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1088
74.4%
§112 Overcome
n=849

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61B, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2836
8
Practitioners
n=2836
354.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=2836

Portfolio Summary

70
Total Pending OAs
48
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (3)

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.

37
Hard (53%)
30
Medium (43%)
3
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (3%)
§101 + other5 (7%)
§103 only25 (36%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other5 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)30 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

33
Life Sciences
47% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
4% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
18
Business / Other
26% 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.

700 h
Manual time on pending OAs
140 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
245 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAEED, ALI S 2 31.3% +35.8%
IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E 1 81.0% +13.8%
LY, TOMMY TAI 1 80.6% +22.7%
OLADAPO, TAIWO 1 52.9% +11.8%
HIRT, ERIN E 1 40.3% +23.0%
VARMA, ASHISH K 1 74.5% +32.5%
PATEL, SHIVANG I 1 75.0% +16.2%
WANG, XIAOBEI 1 65.4% +48.3%
TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 1 64.7% +29.6%
JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH 1 68.6% +25.1%

Hard Cases (37)

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
17737946 WATER-DISPERSIBLE ARTICLE INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE CORE CONSTRUCTION HENSON, KATINA N 46d overdue
18865562 Anatomic Imaging Derived 4D Hemodynamics Using Deep Learning JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH 16d overdue
18975570 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE HEART VALVE SIMULATION TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 3d overdue
18249244 BIO-LEACHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINING METALS BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 3d overdue
18248438 Compositions and Methods for Mitigating Standing Water and Controlling Water-Breeding Pests PERRY, MONICA L 14d
18109620 HELMET LINER ASSEMBLY DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 28d
18570568 FILTER ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE SEAL ELEMENT PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY 30d
17439644 CARD POSITIONING DEVICE FOR CARD TREATING DEVICES AND CARD TREATING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH POSITIONING DEVICE MARKMAN, MAKENA 34d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18865562 Anatomic Imaging Derived 4D Hemodynamics Using Deep Learning JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH 16d overdue
18975570 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE HEART VALVE SIMULATION TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 3d overdue
19086455 Compositions and Methods for Protecting Plant Roots and Enhancing Plant Growth HIRT, ERIN E 55d
19478125 PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND A PACKAGING MATERIAL SUPPLY IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E —
19129428 Fluid-Structure Instability-Based Physiomarker LY, TOMMY TAI —
19176322 CALCIUM CARBONATE GREASES OLADAPO, TAIWO —
19075003 Remediation of Rag Layer and Other Disposable Layers in Oil Tanks and Storage Equipment VARMA, ASHISH K —
19053742 Efficient Ray-Tracing Rendering Processor with Optimization for Mobile Devices and Support of Inverse Rendering PATEL, SHIVANG I —

Client Portfolio (29 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16164
37973
17792
16362
37232
37311
17711
36741
37981
17411

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19478125 PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND A PACKAGING MATERIAL SUPPLY Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- Und Wellpappenwerke & Co. IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E 3731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2025
19129428 Fluid-Structure Instability-Based Physiomarker Northwestern University LY, TOMMY TAI 3797 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2025
19176322 CALCIUM CARBONATE GREASES VGP IPCO LLC OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19086455 Compositions and Methods for Protecting Plant Roots and Enhancing Plant Growth Midwestern Bioag Holdings, LLC HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Mar 21, 2025
19075003 Remediation of Rag Layer and Other Disposable Layers in Oil Tanks and Storage Equipment Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC VARMA, ASHISH K 3674 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19053742 Efficient Ray-Tracing Rendering Processor with Optimization for Mobile Devices and Support of Inverse Rendering Northwestern University PATEL, SHIVANG I §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19101115 Steel having improved processing properties for working at elevated temperatures ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG WANG, XIAOBEI §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 04, 2025
18975570 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE HEART VALVE SIMULATION Ohio State Innovation Foundation TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 3797 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 10, 2024
18865562 Anatomic Imaging Derived 4D Hemodynamics Using Deep Learning Northwestern University JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH 3798 §102§103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2024
18863518 A MULTI-ADAPTABLE MELT ELECTROWRITING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Ohio State Innovation Foundation BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18930310 MELTING FURNACE PURGE SYSTEM AND METHOD Fives North American Combustion, Inc. WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18921632 CUSTOMIZED DATA MANAGEMENT BASED ON DATABASE ANALYTICS Suprworks, LLC TSUI, WILSON W §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18844500 Display Structure, Display Device, and Vehicle Dispelix OY STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18843771 Materials and Methods for Treating Iron Deficiencies and Iron Chlorosis in Plants Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC ARNOLD, ERNST V §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18843824 Materials and Methods for Iron Capture and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18839484 Cleaner for Hard Surfaces Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC ELHILO, EISA B §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18838519 Cerebrovascular-Tumor-On-A-Chip Ohio State Innovation Foundation WILSON, MICHAEL C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18801926 Organic Food Preservative Compositions Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC ZILBERING, ASSAF §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18800688 Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Aquatic Farming and Aquarium Fish Husbandry Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18744066 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION AND HEALTH OF PLANTS Soli Organic, Inc. TON, TRI T 2877 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 82d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18737007 COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY PROCESSOR SUPPORTING BOTH GENERAL-PURPOSE CPU AND DEEP LEARNING Northwestern University PHAM, LY D 2827 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18716634 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE OF A SCALABLE HUMAN CELL-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX Ohio State Innovation Foundation SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18672945 ADDITIVE ONLINE COMPLETE LINKAGE CLUSTERING Jamf Software, LLC HU, XIAOQIN 2168 §101 Final Rejection — Pending May 23, 2024
18670173 ADHESIVE HYDROPHILIC PAD FOR ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. ASGHAR, AMINAH 3797 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2024
18643489 Oral Health Composition Comprising Purified Biosurfactants and/or Their Derivatives Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18703524 ANODE SIDE WATER SEPARATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR FUEL CELL CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. RUTISER, CLAIRE A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2024
18698652 Grinding Aid Compositions and Methods of Use Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC CASE, SARAH CATHERINE §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18698475 Compositions and Methods for Flocculation Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC EL HAJ HASSAN, BACHAR §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18609254 AROMATIC POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATE FOR OPTICAL DISPLAYS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Akron Polymer Systems, Inc. FARAZDAGHI, ARMAN MAHMOOD §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2024
18684721 STEEL HAVING IMPROVED PROCESSING PROPERTIES FOR WORKING AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG LIANG, ANTHONY M §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2024
18684765 STEEL HAVING IMPROVED PROCESSING PROPERTIES FOR WORKING AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG ROE, JESSEE RANDALL §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 19, 2024
18441168 PROTECTING CIRCUIT FOR BATTERY DURING ENGINE STARTING EVENTS Kold-Ban International, Ltd. TRISCHLER, JOHN T §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2024
18682280 CRANKCASE VENTILATION FILTERS WITH AXIAL SEAL MEMBER CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1776 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18434309 SEALING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A FILTRATION SYSTEM CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. ALI, WAQAAS A 1777 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18426786 DETECTION OF MISFOLDED ALPHA SYNUCLEIN PROTEIN Amprion, Inc. FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1675 §103Other Non-Final OA 53d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18570568 FILTER ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE SEAL ELEMENT CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY 1779 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18472983 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTITY AND ACCESS RISK REDUCTION INFORMED BY RISK SIGNALING AND DEVICE POSTURE Jamf Software, LLC BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 2437 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18369971 Compositions and Methods for Protecting Plant Roots and Enhancing Plant Growth Midwestern Bioag Holdings, LLC SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18465679 COMPOSITION FOR USE IN CLEANING METAL COMPONENTS VGP IPCO LLC HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1761 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18216791 FILTER SYSTEM WITH FLANGED FILTER CARTRIDGE CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 1779 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2023
18256000 AN ELECTRIC HEATER FOR A MACHINE FOR PREPARING HOT BEVERAGES I.R.C.A. S.p.A. Ind. Resistenze Corazzate E Affini KERR, ELIZABETH M 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2023
18327725 ELECTRICAL WRITE/READ OF HIGH-INFORMATION-DENSITY MAGNETIC THIN FILM Northwestern University SMET, UYEN TRAN 2824 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18321402 HIGH PERFORMANCE CONFORMAL COATINGS Epoxy Technology, Inc. EASHOO, MARK 1767 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 22, 2023
18252213 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2023
18250465 PREFORM OF A PLASTIC CONTAINER S.I.P.A. Società di Industrializzazione Progettazione e Automazione S.P.A. VINEIS, FRANK J 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18249244 BIO-LEACHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINING METALS Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 1736 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2023
18248438 Compositions and Methods for Mitigating Standing Water and Controlling Water-Breeding Pests Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC PERRY, MONICA L 3644 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18248380 NAIL POLISH REMOVER COMPRISING GLYCOLIPIDS Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2023
18297604 ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING MINERALS AND METALS FROM ORE Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC PATEL, SMITA S 1732 §103Other Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2023
18193846 Compositions and Methods for Protecting Plant Roots and Enhancing Plant Growth Midwestern Bioag Holdings, LLC SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 31, 2023
18109620 HELMET LINER ASSEMBLY Kimpex Inc. DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 3732 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 14, 2023
18012065 Biosurfactant Formulations for Use in Skincare and Wound Treatment Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2022
18010886 Compositions for Improving the Environmental Impact of Printing and Dyeing Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC YAGER, JAMES C 1782 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 16, 2022
17906372 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED TYPE I-E CRISPR BASED GENE SILENCING Duke University HASAN, KHALEDA B 1636 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2022
17819100 Dynamic control over multiple host proteases in a genetically modifiel microorganism Duke University RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Aug 11, 2022
17758480 COMPOSISTIONS AND METHODS FOR CRISPR ENABLED DNA SYNTHESIS Duke University ZARA, JANE J 1637 §112 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2022
17737946 WATER-DISPERSIBLE ARTICLE INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE CORE CONSTRUCTION Monosol, LLC HENSON, KATINA N 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 05, 2022
17737969 SKIN CLEANSING ARTICLE INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE AND/OR WATER-SOLUBLE CORE SUBSTRATE Monosol, LLC CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1617 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending May 05, 2022
17737995 WATER-DISPERSIBLE ARTICLE INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE CORE CONSTRUCTION Monosol, LLC MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending May 05, 2022
17726032 CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A LOCALIZED GROWING ENVIRONMENT Soli Organic Inc. PETERSON, ALANNA KAY 3642 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2022
17457137 LOW CURRENT HEAT TRANSFER FLUID FOR SAFER ELECTRICAL APPLICATIONS Valvoline Licensing Andintellectual Property LLC KOROVINA, ANNA 1729 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Dec 01, 2021
17521290 ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING MINERALS AND METALS FROM ORE Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2021
17514305 METHODS FOR PRODUCING REDUCED CARBON FOOTPRINT LIVESTOCK Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC LIU, SUE XU 1616 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2021
17494047 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND DYNAMIC FLUX CONTROL USING SYNTHETIC METABOLIC VALVES Duke University ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY 1636 §103Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 05, 2021
17439644 CARD POSITIONING DEVICE FOR CARD TREATING DEVICES AND CARD TREATING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH POSITIONING DEVICE Matica Fintec S.p.A. MARKMAN, MAKENA 3723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 15, 2021
17437332 CERAMIC MATERIALS Coorstek Membrane Sciences AS FORSYTH, PAUL ALAN 1731 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2021
17418823 Microbial Hydrolysates for Agricultural Pest Control Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Jun 27, 2021
17351643 System And Method For Tracking And Presenting Glucose Monitor Data Lifescan Ip Holdings, LLC TU, AURELIE H 3791 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2021
16951638 METHOD OF USING CHECKPOINT KINASE INHIBITOR THERAPY TO MODULATE ANTI-TUMORAL RESPONSE AGAINST CANCER AND SENSITIZE GLIOMAS TO IMMUNOTHERAPY Northwestern University BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 §103§112 Final Rejection 57d Pending Nov 18, 2020
15580317 Methods and Systems for Growing Plants Shenandoah Growers, Inc. CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 23, 2019

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