Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Blank Rome LLP (Ny)

20 pending office actions • 13 clients • 20 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
13
Medium (65%)
1
Easy (5%)
6
Unknown (30%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (60%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record6 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
95% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
5% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.4% +32.2%
MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1 33.3% +65.1%
SHIN, MONICA A 1 50.3% +47.0%
REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN 1
HASKE, WOJCIECH 1 72.8% +17.9%
PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1 36.3% +49.7%
ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S 1 60.1% +49.5%
LOVE, TREVOR M 1 43.1% +25.4%
HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1 48.7% +21.6%
HENLEY III, RAYMOND J 1 83.5% +2.1%

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
18549916 NASAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALCAFTADINE HENLEY III, RAYMOND J 44d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18551446 AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MELATONIN AND CARBOXYLIC COMPOUNDS FOR ENHANCING ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTY TO INCREASE CROP YIELD HOLT, ANDRIAE M 100d overdue
18551811 A SYNERGISTIC PLANT GROWTH STIMULANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING MELATONIN AND NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS FOR IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH AND DECREASING BIOTIC-ABIOTIC STRESSES ON PLANTS LOVE, TREVOR M 42d overdue
18553980 HEAT INTEGRATED ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSION HASKE, WOJCIECH 23d overdue
18551823 SYNERGISTIC PLANT GROWTH STIMULANT COMPOSITIONS OF POTASSIUM MONO/DI-FORMATE WITH CARBOXYLIC ACIDS PEEBLES, KATHERINE 5d overdue
18551835 A SYNERGISTIC PLANT GROWTH STIMULANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING POTASSIUM MONO/DIFORMATE AND METAL ION COMPOUNDS TO ENHANCED METABOLIC ACTIVITIES IN PLANTS ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S 4d overdue
18507629 BOTANICAL BASED BIO-STIMULANT, BIO-ACARICIDAL COMPOSITIONS MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 22d
18495111 BOTANICAL BASED BIO-INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING PESTS AND IMPROVING THE PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS SHIN, MONICA A 41d
18860516 HYDROTHERMAL UPGRADING AND SEPARATION OF MIXED PLASTICS DEVINE, MOLLY K 71d

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16293
16113
16172
36531
16191
16161
17941
16141
16261
17631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18860516 HYDROTHERMAL UPGRADING AND SEPARATION OF MIXED PLASTICS Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Oct 25, 2024
18507629 BOTANICAL BASED BIO-STIMULANT, BIO-ACARICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Kay Bee Bio Organics Pvt Ltd. MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18495111 BOTANICAL BASED BIO-INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING PESTS AND IMPROVING THE PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS Kay Bee Bio Organics Pvt Ltd. SHIN, MONICA A 1616 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18554550 INHIBITORS OF POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE Incozen Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN 1629 Other Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18553980 HEAT INTEGRATED ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSION Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno HASKE, WOJCIECH 1794 §102 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18551823 SYNERGISTIC PLANT GROWTH STIMULANT COMPOSITIONS OF POTASSIUM MONO/DI-FORMATE WITH CARBOXYLIC ACIDS Fertis India Pvt. Ltd. PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18551835 A SYNERGISTIC PLANT GROWTH STIMULANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING POTASSIUM MONO/DIFORMATE AND METAL ION COMPOUNDS TO ENHANCED METABOLIC ACTIVITIES IN PLANTS Fertis India Pvt Ltd. ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S 1617 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18551811 A SYNERGISTIC PLANT GROWTH STIMULANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING MELATONIN AND NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS FOR IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH AND DECREASING BIOTIC-ABIOTIC STRESSES ON PLANTS Fertis India Pvt. Ltd. LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18551446 AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MELATONIN AND CARBOXYLIC COMPOUNDS FOR ENHANCING ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTY TO INCREASE CROP YIELD Fertis India Pvt. Ltd. HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 Other Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2023
18549916 NASAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALCAFTADINE Alkem Laboratories Limited HENLEY III, RAYMOND J 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2023
18549234 ORAL FILM OF CFTR MODULATOR(S) Laurus Labs Limited HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18453201 METAL HYDRIDES AND THEIR USE IN HYDROGEN STORAGE APPLICATIONS Hydro-Québec FIGUEROA, JOHN J 1763 Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18264737 ONCOLYTIC VIRUS FOR SYSTEMIC DELIVERY AND ENHANCED ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITIES UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18262897 A METHOD OF FORMING A CONTAINER Creative Propack Ltd. TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18260956 MODIFIED RELEASE FORMULATION COMPRISING WITHANOLIDES Nutriventia Private Limited MELLER, MICHAEL V 1655 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jul 11, 2023
18250782 MODIFIED RELEASE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MELATONIN Nutriventia Private Limited JOSEPH, JANET 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18043518 FORMULATIONS OF ANTI-VIRAL COMPOUNDS Sayvaa Pharmaceuticals Inc. CHO, DAVID H 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
17995418 METHODS OF TREATMENT USING ANTIFOLATES AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ANTIFOLATES Emphascience, Inc. TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2022
17445992 MODIFIED RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF LEVODOPA Rubicon Research Private Limited BARHAM, BETHANY P 1611 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Aug 26, 2021
16943851 GASTRORETENTIVE FORMULATIONS Rubicon Research Private Limited COHEN, MICHAEL P 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2020

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