Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

20 pending office actions • 8 clients • 19 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The profile covers Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and shows 19 pending office actions. It records 29895 career applications, providing a broad application-history measure for the current biotechnology docket.

The resolved allowance rate is 88.63%, with an average of 3.32 office actions per allowance. These figures describe favorable resolved outcomes alongside multiple examination actions before allowance. They can support planning for both expected prosecution results and the response workload associated with allowed matters.

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

Quality Metrics (n=29895 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.6%
Allowance Rate
n=29895
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=29895
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=20952
+0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=20952
1011 days
Time to Allowance
n=20952
+5.5pp
Interview Lift
n=29895
23.9%
RCE Rate
n=29895
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=29895

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.4%
§101 Overcome
n=1645
85.6%
§102 Overcome
n=7305
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=9087
89.2%
§112 Overcome
n=11373

Specialization & Scale

A01H, C12N, G02F
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=29895
51
Practitioners
n=29895
586.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=29895

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

15
Hard (75%)
5
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (10%)
§103 only4 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (65%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
80% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
10% 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
SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 2 67.9% +55.7%
BROCKMAN, ANGEL T 1 81.9% +6.4%
HARTMANN, GARY S 1 72.6% +19.1%
PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE 1 18.4% +27.1%
CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1 33.8% +25.2%
DICKINSON, PAUL W 1 63.2% +9.6%
BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR 1 100.0% +0.0%
GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1 83.3% +0.0%
VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1 66.8% +25.2%
WEINER, LAURA S 1 85.2% +14.7%

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
18975704 ENHANCED ENCODER-AWARE NETWORK QUEUE MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK QUEUE AWARE ENCODING BROCKMAN, ANGEL T —

Hard Cases (15)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17494690 MODULATING ISCHEMIC INJURY CLARKE, TRENT R 141d overdue
16755590 ANTI-CD45-BASED LYMPHODEPLETION METHODS AND USES THEREOF IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACT-BASED CANCER THERAPIES JOHANSEN, PETER N. 30d overdue
16754400 METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT USING A RADIOLABELED ANTI-CD45 IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPIES BUTTICE, AUDREY L 33d
18514319 RELATIONAL BIOMARKERS THAT DISTINGUISH DISEASES AND DISORDERS FROM CONTROLS AND USES THEREOF TO PREDICT PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 84d
18969554 MOBILE ROAD SURFACE TREATMENT SYSTEM HARTMANN, GARY S —
18904649 METHOD OF COLLECTING CONSUMER FEEDBACK IN THE METAVERSE PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE —
18696453 RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATES TARGETING GRP78 FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER DICKINSON, PAUL W —
18684103 RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATES TARGETING CALRETICULIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO —

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
16627872 TREATMENTS FOR A HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 58d overdue
18514319 RELATIONAL BIOMARKERS THAT DISTINGUISH DISEASES AND DISORDERS FROM CONTROLS AND USES THEREOF TO PREDICT PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 84d
18969554 MOBILE ROAD SURFACE TREATMENT SYSTEM HARTMANN, GARY S —
18904649 METHOD OF COLLECTING CONSUMER FEEDBACK IN THE METAVERSE PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE —
18887845 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING COMBINATIONS OF PARP INHIBITORS AND ANTIBODY RADIOCONJUGATES CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE —
18684103 RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATES TARGETING CALRETICULIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO —
18369331 ELECTRODE SURFACE ENGINEERING IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES WEINER, LAURA S —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16188
24121
36711
36241
28771
17591
16861
17231
16141
16461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18975704 ENHANCED ENCODER-AWARE NETWORK QUEUE MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK QUEUE AWARE ENCODING Treseder AI, Inc. BROCKMAN, ANGEL T 2412 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18969554 MOBILE ROAD SURFACE TREATMENT SYSTEM Silly Surfacing, LLC HARTMANN, GARY S 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18904649 METHOD OF COLLECTING CONSUMER FEEDBACK IN THE METAVERSE First Insight, Inc. PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18887845 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING COMBINATIONS OF PARP INHIBITORS AND ANTIBODY RADIOCONJUGATES Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18696453 RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATES TARGETING GRP78 FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18684103 RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATES TARGETING CALRETICULIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1618 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18441844 REACTIVE CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTER FOR THE DETECTION OF TRACE ATMOSPHERIC GASES Carnegie Mellon University BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR 2877 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2024
18292413 MAGNETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Horizon Technology GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18514319 RELATIONAL BIOMARKERS THAT DISTINGUISH DISEASES AND DISORDERS FROM CONTROLS AND USES THEREOF TO PREDICT PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES Signature Diagnostics Inc. VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §101§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18369331 ELECTRODE SURFACE ENGINEERING IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES Carnegie Mellon University WEINER, LAURA S 1723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2023
18036723 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING COMBINATIONS OF EPIGENETIC THERAPIES AND RADIOCONJUGATE TARGETING AGENTS Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1618 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2023
17726296 COMBINATION RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY AND CD47 BLOCKADE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2022
17725544 COMBINATION RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY AND CD47 BLOCKADE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CABRAL, ROBERT S 1614 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 20, 2022
17702648 COMBINATION RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY AND CD47 BLOCKADE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1646 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2022
17606226 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF IMMUNODEPLETION FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT HEMATOLOGICAL DISEASES Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2021
17494690 MODULATING ISCHEMIC INJURY Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc. CLARKE, TRENT R 1651 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 141d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2021
17293663 COMBINATION OF RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VU, JAKE MINH 1618 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2021
16755590 ANTI-CD45-BASED LYMPHODEPLETION METHODS AND USES THEREOF IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACT-BASED CANCER THERAPIES Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2020
16754400 METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT USING A RADIOLABELED ANTI-CD45 IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPIES Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 §103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 08, 2020
16627872 TREATMENTS FOR A HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1618 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Dec 31, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

88.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C. were allowed, across 29,895 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C. average before allowance?

3.32 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C. have?

20 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 19 examiners in 13 art units.

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