Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Blanchard Horton Pllc

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

11 pending office actions • 6 clients • 10 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Blanchard Horton PLLC focuses on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and has 10 pending office actions. Its career record includes 428 applications, providing enough historical activity to examine prosecution work in the stated field.

The resolved allowance rate is 89.55%, while the average number of office actions per allowance is 2.65. Read together, the measures describe both the rate at which resolved matters reached allowance and the prosecution activity commonly associated with an allowance.

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

Quality Metrics (n=428 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.6%
Allowance Rate
n=428
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=428
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=240
-0.48σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=240
984 days
Time to Allowance
n=240
+5.7pp
Interview Lift
n=428
21.3%
RCE Rate
n=428
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=428

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=5 (min 20)
79.6%
§102 Overcome
n=113
75.5%
§103 Overcome
n=159
82.0%
§112 Overcome
n=133

Specialization & Scale

A61K, B29D, B01J
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=428
2
Practitioners
n=428
214.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=428

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

4
Hard (36%)
5
Medium (45%)
1
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (36%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
73% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 2 45.8% +23.5%
HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE 1 60.7% +23.1%
AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1 72.4% +32.8%
SPIES, BRADLEY R 1 74.1% +19.1%
MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1 58.8% +10.5%
BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL 1 80.2% +13.9%
SHAH, JAY B 1 58.4% +6.0%
WEBB, WALTER E 1 46.3% +18.8%
CALEY, MICHAEL H 1 65.2% +12.9%
WAX, ROBERT A 1 25.7% +3.9%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18615236 MICROEMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED INTO GUMMY CONFECTIONS WEBB, WALTER E 5d overdue
17707067 Self-Microemulsifying Multi-Deliverable Systems WAX, ROBERT A 34d
18938462 Fire Resistant Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries AMPONSAH, OSEI K —
18924304 Electro-Pressure Membrane Method for Recovery and Concentration of Lithium from Aqueous Sources SPIES, BRADLEY R —
18813727 Sofa with Swivel Feature BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17765283 Fibre Optic Connector CALEY, MICHAEL H 330d overdue
17967267 Microemulsion Delivery Systems for A Female Hormone Blend with Alcohol-Soluble Species Including Nonderivatized Hormones WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 145d overdue
17672894 Microemulsion Delivery Systems for Alcohol-Soluble Species Including Nonderivatized Hormones WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 38d overdue
18615236 MICROEMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED INTO GUMMY CONFECTIONS WEBB, WALTER E 5d overdue
19083881 Means For Mitochondrial Performance Enhancement HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE —
18938462 Fire Resistant Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries AMPONSAH, OSEI K —
18924304 Electro-Pressure Membrane Method for Recovery and Concentration of Lithium from Aqueous Sources SPIES, BRADLEY R —
18891496 Solid Binding Composition for Toxin Excretion Enhancement MAEWALL, SNIGDHA —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16123
16192
17521
17761
36361
28711
16151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19083881 Means For Mitochondrial Performance Enhancement Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
18938462 Fire Resistant Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries American Hyperform, Inc. AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1752 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18924304 Electro-Pressure Membrane Method for Recovery and Concentration of Lithium from Aqueous Sources Aqueous Resources LLC SPIES, BRADLEY R 1776 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18891496 Solid Binding Composition for Toxin Excretion Enhancement Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1612 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18813727 Sofa with Swivel Feature Kenneth Charles Design, LLC BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL 3636 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18789229 System and Method for Assessing Brain Function Real Time After Brain Injury Rosa Bell SHAH, JAY B §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 30, 2024
18615236 MICROEMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED INTO GUMMY CONFECTIONS Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
17967267 Microemulsion Delivery Systems for A Female Hormone Blend with Alcohol-Soluble Species Including Nonderivatized Hormones Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 1619 Other Final Rejection 145d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022
17765283 Fibre Optic Connector Ridgemount Technologies Limited CALEY, MICHAEL H 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 330d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2022
17707067 Self-Microemulsifying Multi-Deliverable Systems Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. WAX, ROBERT A 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 29, 2022
17672894 Microemulsion Delivery Systems for Alcohol-Soluble Species Including Nonderivatized Hormones Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 1619 §112Other Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Blanchard Horton Pllc's patent allowance rate?

89.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Blanchard Horton Pllc were allowed, across 428 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Blanchard Horton Pllc average before allowance?

2.65 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Blanchard Horton Pllc have?

11 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 10 examiners in 7 art units.

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