Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C.

18 pending office actions • 7 clients • 17 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=29744 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.7%
Allowance Rate
n=29744
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=29744
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=20849
+0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=20849
1010 days
Time to Allowance
n=20849
+5.5pp
Interview Lift
n=29744
24.0%
RCE Rate
n=29744
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=29744

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.3%
§101 Overcome
n=1619
86.0%
§102 Overcome
n=7244
81.5%
§103 Overcome
n=9013
89.5%
§112 Overcome
n=11304

Specialization & Scale

A01H, C12N, G02F
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=29744
49
Practitioners
n=29744
607.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=29744

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

11
Hard (61%)
6
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only4 (22%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other2 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
3
Business / Other
17% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CABRAL, ROBERT S 2 62.6% +32.4%
BUI, LUAN KIM 1 69.1% +28.3%
SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1 76.6% +8.0%
SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1 67.9% +55.5%
BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR 1
GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1 67.0% +24.4%
KANAAN, TONY P 1 29.3% +28.6%
WEINER, LAURA S 1 85.2% +14.3%
SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1 41.9% +38.5%

Hard Cases (11)

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
18883446 RESILIENT EXPANDABLE STERILIZABLE PACKAGING FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS BUI, LUAN KIM 13d
18374875 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND INITIATING REVERSIBLE SUBROGATION CLAIMS KANAAN, TONY P 14d
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
18684103 RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATES TARGETING CALRETICULIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO
18441844 REACTIVE CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTER FOR THE DETECTION OF TRACE ATMOSPHERIC GASES BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR
18292413 MAGNETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN

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
18883446 RESILIENT EXPANDABLE STERILIZABLE PACKAGING FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS BUI, LUAN KIM 13d
18374875 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND INITIATING REVERSIBLE SUBROGATION CLAIMS KANAAN, TONY P 14d
18514319 RELATIONAL BIOMARKERS THAT DISTINGUISH DISEASES AND DISORDERS FROM CONTROLS AND USES THEREOF TO PREDICT PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 84d
18806385 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES CABRAL, ROBERT S
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
18036723 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING COMBINATIONS OF EPIGENETIC THERAPIES AND RADIOCONJUGATE TARGETING AGENTS SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H
17725544 COMBINATION RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY AND CD47 BLOCKADE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER CABRAL, ROBERT S

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16183
37361
16251
28771
16861
36961
17231
16141
16511
16741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18883446 RESILIENT EXPANDABLE STERILIZABLE PACKAGING FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS Roesler Ip GmbH BUI, LUAN KIM 3736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18806385 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CABRAL, ROBERT S DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18610927 BIFUNCTIONAL CHELATORS AND CONJUGATES Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1625 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18684103 RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATES TARGETING CALRETICULIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO §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 §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
18374875 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND INITIATING REVERSIBLE SUBROGATION CLAIMS Second Look, Inc. KANAAN, TONY P 3696 §101§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 29, 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
18025849 TROPHOBLAST GLYCOPROTEIN RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF SOLID CANCERS Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Mar 10, 2023
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
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
17197580 Use of ST266 to Treat Severe Systemic Inflammation and Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc. FORD, VANESSA L 1674 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 10, 2021
16954105 COMBINATION IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF A HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 15, 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
16690197 Novel methods for delivering therapeutics agents to the eye via the nasal passages Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc. MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 21, 2019

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