Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Birchwood Ip- Chk001

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Birchwood IP- CHK001 focuses on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and has 10 pending office actions. The profile records 509 career applications, giving practitioners a meaningful body of prosecution history to examine in this field.

Its resolved allowance rate is 93.95%, and the average number of office actions per allowance is 1.01. Together, these measures describe a prosecution record in which resolved applications frequently reached allowance and typically required about one office action per allowance.

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

Quality Metrics (n=509 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.0%
Allowance Rate
n=509
+0.31σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=509
1.0
OAs to Allowance
n=404
-1.66σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=404
764 days
Time to Allowance
n=404
+6.2pp
Interview Lift
n=509
3.0%
RCE Rate
n=509
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=509

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
70.0%
§102 Overcome
n=60
60.0%
§103 Overcome
n=90
81.2%
§112 Overcome
n=128

Specialization & Scale

E03C, F16K, B65D
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=509
0
Practitioners
n=509
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=509 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
§102 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
56% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
COLLIER, JAMESON D 1 54.4% +46.9%
AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR 1 0.0% +0.0%
GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1 83.3% +0.0%
BETIT, JACOB F 1 33.7% +16.9%
GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1 29.7% +37.2%
MURESAN, ANA Z 1 75.0% +31.2%
JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1 46.2% +47.0%
STEFANON, JUSTIN 1 51.1% +48.0%
PETRASH, HILARY ANN 1 65.6% +50.2%

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17681855 Chimeric Antigen Receptor Targeting CD22 and CD19 and Application thereof PETRASH, HILARY ANN 19d
18275226 S-RBD Trimer Protein Vaccine for Novel Coronavirus and Preparation Method and Application Therefor JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 47d
19515421 SHOE SOLE WITH GRAPHENE PROPULSION PLATE COLLIER, JAMESON D —
19454282 FLUID STERILIZATION MODULE AND DENTAL CLEANING DEVICE AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR —
18704949 LUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND MINI-LED DEVICE PREPARED USING LUMINESCENT MATERIAL GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN —
18288197 SUPER-SOFT COMPOSITE WIPING NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18434764 BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND COVER UNIT BETIT, JACOB F 324d overdue
17681855 Chimeric Antigen Receptor Targeting CD22 and CD19 and Application thereof PETRASH, HILARY ANN 19d
18275226 S-RBD Trimer Protein Vaccine for Novel Coronavirus and Preparation Method and Application Therefor JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 47d
19515421 SHOE SOLE WITH GRAPHENE PROPULSION PLATE COLLIER, JAMESON D —
18288197 SUPER-SOFT COMPOSITE WIPING NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN —
17610458 KETTLE-TYPE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GLYCINE MURESAN, ANA Z —
18228682 Noise reduction and shock absorption structure for tubular motor STEFANON, JUSTIN —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37321
37721
17341
37351
17891
16921
16721
28341
16441

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19515421 SHOE SOLE WITH GRAPHENE PROPULSION PLATE Xtep (China) Co., Ltd. COLLIER, JAMESON D 3732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2026
19454282 FLUID STERILIZATION MODULE AND DENTAL CLEANING DEVICE Xiamen Aihu Dental Technology Co., Ltd. AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR 3772 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 20, 2026
18704949 LUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND MINI-LED DEVICE PREPARED USING LUMINESCENT MATERIAL Xiamen University GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1734 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18434764 BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND COVER UNIT Zhejiang Hasa Science&Technology Co., Ltd. BETIT, JACOB F 3735 §102 Non-Final OA 324d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18288197 SUPER-SOFT COMPOSITE WIPING NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Xiamen Yanjan New Material Co., Ltd. GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2023
17610458 KETTLE-TYPE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GLYCINE Huayang New Material Technology Group Co., Lt MURESAN, ANA Z 1692 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18275226 S-RBD Trimer Protein Vaccine for Novel Coronavirus and Preparation Method and Application Therefor National Vaccine And Serum Institute (Nvsl) JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §102§103Other Final Rejection 47d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18228682 Noise reduction and shock absorption structure for tubular motor Harda Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd. STEFANON, JUSTIN 2834 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 01, 2023
17681855 Chimeric Antigen Receptor Targeting CD22 and CD19 and Application thereof Institute Of Hematology And Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy Of Medical Sciences PETRASH, HILARY ANN 1644 §103§112Other Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 28, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Birchwood Ip- Chk001's patent allowance rate?

94.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Birchwood Ip- Chk001 were allowed, across 509 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Birchwood Ip- Chk001 average before allowance?

1.01 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Birchwood Ip- Chk001 have?

9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 9 examiners in 9 art units.

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