Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 6 clients • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Cole Schotz, P.C. has 11 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and a career application record of 199. The profile combines a current docket with a historical application record in biotechnology and pharmaceutical subject matter.
The resolved allowance rate is 84.55%, and the average is 3.27 office actions per allowance. The first measure describes resolved outcomes, while the second shows that allowed matters typically involved several office-action exchanges. This combination gives practitioners a basis for planning prosecution resources while leaving the technical merits of each pending matter to file-specific review.
The pending docket should be examined for issues such as claim scope, written description, enablement, and cited art where relevant. The historical statistics provide context, but they do not explain why individual applications were allowed or how any particular pending matter will resolve.
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.
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.
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 + other | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, ALLISON M | 1 | 71.0% | +35.7% |
| MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 1 | 69.2% | +19.6% |
| MILLER, SHAWN D | 1 | 95.7% | +6.0% |
| SIDDIQUI, KASHIF | 1 | 88.1% | +8.5% |
| WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1 | 52.7% | +35.6% |
| NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 1 | 30.1% | +39.8% |
| DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 1 | 48.1% | +45.2% |
| MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | 1 | 66.1% | +51.3% |
| MENSH, ANDREW J | 1 | 64.5% | +19.2% |
| PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 64.9% | +19.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18958574 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING LCP RESTRICTIONS AND HARQ PROCESS NUMBER | MILLER, SHAWN D | — |
| 18816269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK OPERATION | SIDDIQUI, KASHIF | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013150 | RACK ADAPTED TO SECURE A HOSE FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF MATERIAL TO AND FROM WATER BORNE PLATFORMS AND VESSELS | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | — |
| 18591564 | CARTILAGE-DERIVED IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| 17728384 | TISSUE DERIVED IMPLANTS REHYDRATABLE WHILE DISPOSED WITHIN A DEVICE | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18792482 | TAPELESS CLOSURE MECHANISM FOR SHIPPING BOXES | NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 149d overdue |
| 17940255 | CATHETER COVER FOR URINARY CATHETER | MENSH, ANDREW J | 114d overdue |
| 18234715 | ENERGY INTEGRATED WATER PURIFICATION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | 17d overdue |
| 19183186 | MIXTURES OF PLACENTAL PARTICLES, GRAFTS INCLUDING THEM, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM | FOX, ALLISON M | — |
| 19013150 | RACK ADAPTED TO SECURE A HOSE FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF MATERIAL TO AND FROM WATER BORNE PLATFORMS AND VESSELS | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | — |
| 18807214 | SHAPED AMALGAMATED CARTILAGE GRAFTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18591564 | CARTILAGE-DERIVED IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| 17728384 | TISSUE DERIVED IMPLANTS REHYDRATABLE WHILE DISPOSED WITHIN A DEVICE | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| MTF Biologics | 4 |
| Hannibal Ip LLC | 2 |
| Red Skies Offshore LLC | 1 |
| Packaged, LLC | 1 |
| AIZACO LIMITED COMPANY | 1 |
| Dash Ip, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1633 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 2412 | 1 |
| 2415 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19183186 | MIXTURES OF PLACENTAL PARTICLES, GRAFTS INCLUDING THEM, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM | Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation | FOX, ALLISON M | 1633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19013150 | RACK ADAPTED TO SECURE A HOSE FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF MATERIAL TO AND FROM WATER BORNE PLATFORMS AND VESSELS | Red Skies Offshore LLC | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18958574 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING LCP RESTRICTIONS AND HARQ PROCESS NUMBER | Hannibal Ip LLC | MILLER, SHAWN D | 2412 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18816269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK OPERATION | Hannibal Ip LLC | SIDDIQUI, KASHIF | 2415 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18807214 | SHAPED AMALGAMATED CARTILAGE GRAFTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME | Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1612 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18792482 | TAPELESS CLOSURE MECHANISM FOR SHIPPING BOXES | Packaged, LLC | NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 3735 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 149d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18591564 | CARTILAGE-DERIVED IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 1631 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18234715 | ENERGY INTEGRATED WATER PURIFICATION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME | Aizaco Limited Company | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | 1773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 17940255 | CATHETER COVER FOR URINARY CATHETER | Dash Ip, LLC | MENSH, ANDREW J | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 114d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17728384 | TISSUE DERIVED IMPLANTS REHYDRATABLE WHILE DISPOSED WITHIN A DEVICE | Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial84.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Cole Schotz, P.C. were allowed, across 199 applications in USPTO records.
3.27 office actions per allowed application on average.
10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 10 examiners in 10 art units.
