Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
34 pending office actions • 21 clients • 34 examiners • 27 art units • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP (OTTAWA) focuses its patent prosecution on the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has managed 2469 career applications in this field. There are 31 pending office actions currently being addressed by the firm's practitioners.
The resolved allowance rate for the firm is 80.1 percent. Prosecution typically involves an average of 3.22 office actions per allowance. This rate and average provide a clear picture of the firm's performance in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors, which often present complex legal and technical challenges. The 31 pending actions indicate a steady flow of work within the USPTO. Practitioners can use the 80.1 percent allowance rate as a benchmark for the firm's success in navigating the examination process. The 3.22 average office actions per allowance across 2469 career applications suggests a persistent approach to securing intellectual property rights in life sciences.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (18%) |
| §103 only | 9 (26%) |
| §102 only | 3 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (35%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD, MALA DENAE | 1 | — | — |
| DUCK, BRANDON M | 1 | 63.4% | +18.1% |
| MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 1 | 59.8% | +25.3% |
| TURCHEN, JAMES R | 1 | 82.4% | +33.6% |
| SHENG, CHAO | 1 | 64.4% | +26.8% |
| MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | 1 | 80.9% | -0.8% |
| PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 1 | 57.1% | +28.1% |
| LYONS, MICHAEL A | 1 | 86.5% | +10.0% |
| COFFA, SERGIO | 1 | 61.1% | +32.5% |
| VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG | 1 | 68.5% | +27.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17602205 | RADIOPAQUE GLASS MATERIAL | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 126d overdue |
| 17990322 | IMPLANTABLE FULLY ENDOVASCULAR MAMMALIAN BODY SUCCEDENT CAVITY WALL BREACH SEALING DEVICE | DORNBUSCH, DIANNE | 43d overdue |
| 18235469 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 23d overdue |
| 18911655 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL IN RELATION TO ON-DEMAND FLEET WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 9d |
| 18343960 | METHODS AND COMPOUNDS FOR DETECTION AND BINDING OF ALDEHYDES | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 15d |
| 17979350 | METAL-DISSOLVING APPARATUS, PROCESSES AND USES THEREOF | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 15d |
| 18634043 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFECT ROOT CAUSE DETERMINATION AND REPORTING IN A SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT | SCHELL, JOSEPH O | 23d |
| 18326537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CYBERSECURITY SIMULATION AND TRAINING | BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 27d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18911655 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL IN RELATION TO ON-DEMAND FLEET WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 9d |
| 18958377 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA ACCESS | DUCK, BRANDON M | — |
| 18897062 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING DATA TRANSFERS | TURCHEN, JAMES R | — |
| 18892977 | INTRALUMINAL MODULAR POWERED MEDICAL SYSTEM | SHENG, CHAO | — |
| 18784024 | GLASS COMPOSITION | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | — |
| 18728810 | ANALYZER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SYNCHRONOUS DETECTION OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH FEATURES OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES | LYONS, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18703101 | RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDE FOR DISRUPTING INTERACTION OF EAG2 AND KVß2 AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS THEREOF IN CANCER TREATMENT | COFFA, SERGIO | — |
| 18701047 | MICRONEEDLE AND ARRAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME | VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 1618 | 2 |
| 2497 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| 2114 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18965530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MASKING OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION DATA | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | BOYD, MALA DENAE | 2497 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18958377 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA ACCESS | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | DUCK, BRANDON M | 3693 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18911655 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL IN RELATION TO ON-DEMAND FLEET WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES | Bluwave Inc. | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18897062 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING DATA TRANSFERS | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | TURCHEN, JAMES R | 2439 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18892977 | INTRALUMINAL MODULAR POWERED MEDICAL SYSTEM | Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18836968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT COMPREHENSION | Singulos Research Inc. | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 | |
| 18784024 | GLASS COMPOSITION | Ir Scientific Inc. | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 | |
| 18728810 | ANALYZER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SYNCHRONOUS DETECTION OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH FEATURES OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES | Provincial Health Services Authority | LYONS, MICHAEL A | 2871 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18703101 | RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDE FOR DISRUPTING INTERACTION OF EAG2 AND KVß2 AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS THEREOF IN CANCER TREATMENT | The Hospital for Sick Children | COFFA, SERGIO | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 | |
| 18701047 | MICRONEEDLE AND ARRAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME | UTI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 | |
| 18634043 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFECT ROOT CAUSE DETERMINATION AND REPORTING IN A SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | SCHELL, JOSEPH O | 2114 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18698185 | SUPERSONIC FLUIDIC OSCILLATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SUPERPLASTIC FORMING PROCESS | Macrodyne Technologies Inc. | ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18620200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING SERVICE PROVISIONS FOR RELATED SERVICE PRODUCTS | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | JUNG, HENRY H | 3695 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18613216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING OPTIMIZATION AND GRID BALANCING | Bluwave Inc. | KASENGE, CHARLES R | 2116 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18558669 | EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE-DIRECTED POLYPEPTIDE TAG | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | BURKHART, MICHAEL D | 1638 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18494927 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING BASED ON POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INFORMATION | Bluwave Inc. | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18557476 | PROCESS AND REACTOR FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM CARBON MATERIAL | Hatch Ltd. | DO, AN H | 2857 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18474364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE COMMUNICATION | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | NWUHA, SAMUEL OBINNA NNAJI | 2194 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18552476 | CANNABINOID FORMULATION FOR MANAGEMENT OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND PTSD, AND CANNABINOID FORMULATION AS A SLEEP AID | Zyus Life Sciences Inc. | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1625 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18235469 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY | Jp Scientific Limited | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18346415 | PERCUTANEOUS ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USING SAME | Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. | SCHERBEL, TODD J | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18343960 | METHODS AND COMPOUNDS FOR DETECTION AND BINDING OF ALDEHYDES | UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 1618 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18344138 | FREQUENCY AGILE BAND SELECT FILTER | Nanowave Technologies Inc. | SHERIF, FATUMA G | 2649 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18255113 | METHOD FOR PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC SCREENING OF EMBRYOS | Reprobiogen Inc. | BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE | 1682 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18326537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CYBERSECURITY SIMULATION AND TRAINING | Beauceron Security Inc. | BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 3715 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18042145 | DUAL ANALGESIC/ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CB2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS, COMBINATIONS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Altus Formulation Lnc. | KASSA, TIGABU | 1619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18015634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BIOMARKERS OF VASCULAR FUNCTION UTILIZING BOLD CMR IMAGES | Area 19 Medical Inc. | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
| 17990322 | IMPLANTABLE FULLY ENDOVASCULAR MAMMALIAN BODY SUCCEDENT CAVITY WALL BREACH SEALING DEVICE | Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. | DORNBUSCH, DIANNE | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17979350 | METAL-DISSOLVING APPARATUS, PROCESSES AND USES THEREOF | Hatch Ltd. | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1733 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17979502 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM CRYSTALLIZED METAL SULFATES | Hatch Ltd. | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17960189 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-CHANNEL AUTHENTICATION | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD | 2432 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Oct 05, 2022 |
| 17837463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING FLOW OF A FLUID IN A VASCULAR SYSTEM OF A MAMMALIAN BODY | Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. | MANNAN, MIKAIL A | 3774 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
| 17602205 | RADIOPAQUE GLASS MATERIAL | Abk Biomedical Incorporated | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 1618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Oct 07, 2021 |
| 16981835 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATINGS FOR USE IN WET ENVIRONMENTS | Graphite Innovation And Technologies Inc. | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Sep 17, 2020 |
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