Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
45 pending office actions • 19 clients • 44 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 66 patents granted in the last 365 days
DUANE MORRIS LLP - San Diego handles Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals matters and has 44 pending office actions. The associated firm profile records 13370 career applications, placing the San Diego workload within a substantial prosecution portfolio.
Its resolved allowance rate is 87.71%, while allowed matters average 3.37 office actions per allowance. The outcome figure supports a favorable allowance pattern among resolved matters, but the office-action average indicates that favorable outcomes commonly require several responses. This can inform staffing and amendment planning for biotechnology and pharmaceutical cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 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. 16 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 | 3 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 11 (24%) |
| §103 only | 13 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (20%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCIER, MELISSA S | 2 | 72.1% | +5.8% |
| MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M | 1 | 76.8% | +51.1% |
| TRAN, TRANG U | 1 | 78.6% | +15.7% |
| DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 1 | 73.6% | +28.6% |
| LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 1 | 78.4% | +9.5% |
| TSVEY, GENNADIY | 1 | 60.6% | +23.2% |
| BARSKY, JARED | 1 | 50.3% | +22.8% |
| NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V | 1 | 72.1% | +19.1% |
| SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 1 | 58.0% | +48.7% |
| CHU, RANDOLPH I | 1 | 80.4% | +6.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18861087 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ROBUSTNESS OF SERVICE FORECASTING MODEL AND COMPUTING DEVICE | OSMAN, RAMY M | 44d overdue |
| 18568506 | GRAPH DATA GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | PAULINO, LENIN | 16d overdue |
| 18563828 | DATA PROCESSING | CHANG, EDWARD | 13d |
| 18869758 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION METHOD FOR HANDSHAKE PROCESS FOR TLCP PROTOCOL | LEE, MICHAEL M | 26d |
| 18494417 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLOCATION OF PLURALITY OF BUSINESS SERVICES | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 69d |
| 19218618 | MODEL AUTHENTICITY EVALUATION METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES | MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M | — |
| 19101909 | SCANNING HEAD WITH REINFORCED ADHESIVE-BONDING STRUCTURE AND INTRAORAL SCANNER | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | — |
| 19044113 | METHODS FOR ASSISTING CARD READER IN CARD SEARCHING, CARD SEARCHING METHODS, AND NFC TAGS | TSVEY, GENNADIY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19026003 | COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING GENITAL HERPES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE | BARSKY, JARED | 42d overdue |
| 19218618 | MODEL AUTHENTICITY EVALUATION METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES | MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M | — |
| 19171385 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING FIELD OF VIEW FOR INTRAORAL SCANNERS | TRAN, TRANG U | — |
| 19111034 | OPTICAL PATH DEFINING ELEMENT, AND DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | — |
| 19044113 | METHODS FOR ASSISTING CARD READER IN CARD SEARCHING, CARD SEARCHING METHODS, AND NFC TAGS | TSVEY, GENNADIY | — |
| 19009785 | Method and apparatus for calculating contrastive loss through multiple graphics processing units | NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V | — |
| 19009733 | Training method and apparatus for large models | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2436 | 3 |
| 3627 | 3 |
| 2457 | 2 |
| 1615 | 2 |
| 3625 | 2 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 2422 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19218618 | MODEL AUTHENTICITY EVALUATION METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M | 2439 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19171385 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING FIELD OF VIEW FOR INTRAORAL SCANNERS | Alliedstar (Shanghai) Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | TRAN, TRANG U | 2422 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19111034 | OPTICAL PATH DEFINING ELEMENT, AND DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME | Wuxi Autowell Technology Co., Ltd. | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19101909 | SCANNING HEAD WITH REINFORCED ADHESIVE-BONDING STRUCTURE AND INTRAORAL SCANNER | Alliedstar Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19044113 | METHODS FOR ASSISTING CARD READER IN CARD SEARCHING, CARD SEARCHING METHODS, AND NFC TAGS | Advanced Nova Technologies (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. | TSVEY, GENNADIY | 2648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19026003 | COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING GENITAL HERPES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE | Pagari Life Science Corp. | BARSKY, JARED | 1628 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19009785 | Method and apparatus for calculating contrastive loss through multiple graphics processing units | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V | 2619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19009733 | Training method and apparatus for large models | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 2658 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18873231 | REAL-PERSON IDENTITY VERIFICATION FOR NON-NATURAL PERSON ENTITY OPERATOR | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | CHU, RANDOLPH I | 2668 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18872600 | RISK FEATURE DESCRIPTION EXTRACTION | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | BUI, TOAN D. | 3693 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18972597 | SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR SMART WATCH | Alipay.com Co., Ltd. | ALAM, FAYYAZ | 2646 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18871961 | TRANSACTION LOG PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES | BEIJING OCEANBASE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | PHAM, KHANH B | 2166 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18872010 | SECURE MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION METHODS AND APPARATUSES | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | MIAN, MOHAMMAD YOU A | 2457 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18869758 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION METHOD FOR HANDSHAKE PROCESS FOR TLCP PROTOCOL | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | LEE, MICHAEL M | 2436 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18956355 | PAYMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | Alipay.com Co., Ltd. | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 65d | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18861087 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ROBUSTNESS OF SERVICE FORECASTING MODEL AND COMPUTING DEVICE | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | OSMAN, RAMY M | 2457 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18858198 | SEGMENTATION MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, MIA M | 2665 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18904603 | Credit-based transaction processing method and apparatus | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | SHARVIN, DAVID P | 3600 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18897506 | LSM TREE-BASED DATA STORAGE METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | BELKHAYAT, ZAKARIA MOHAMMED | 2139 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18572937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINTLY TRAINING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING MODEL BASED ON PRIVACY PROTECTION | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | CARNES, THOMAS A | 2436 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18775724 | Payment method, apparatus, device and medium based on near field communication | Shanghai Ant Chuangjiang Information Technology Co., Ltd. | HASBROUCK, MERRITT J | 3695 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18727616 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Kyocera Corporation | HYEON, HAE M | 2831 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18726108 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Kyocera Corporation | GUSHI, ROSS N | 2834 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18572995 | DATA FUSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED GRAPH LEARNING | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | STANLEY, JEREMY L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 | |
| 18391538 | DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-LOW DOSE ESTROGEN COMBINATIONS AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF | Lupin Inc. | MERCIER, MELISSA S | 1615 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18568506 | GRAPH DATA GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | PAULINO, LENIN | 2197 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18530959 | APPLICATION MIGRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | JAKOVAC, RYAN J | 2445 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18567265 | MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION BASED SERVICE POLICY GENERATION | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | SINGLETARY, TYRONE E | 3625 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18565437 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING SERVICE VERIFICATION ON A PLURALITY OF PARTIES IN FEDERATED COMPUTATION BASED ON CONTAINER CLUSTER | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | KHAN, MOEEN | 2436 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18563828 | DATA PROCESSING | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | CHANG, EDWARD | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18563533 | BILL PROCESSING | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | MASUD, ROKIB | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18563603 | TICKET PROCESSING | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | LUDWIG, PETER L | 3627 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18560757 | REIMBURSEMENT CODE-BASED ENTRUSTED WITH HOLDING PROCESSING | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | RANKINS, WILLIAM E | 3694 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18494417 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLOCATION OF PLURALITY OF BUSINESS SERVICES | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18374304 | SURGICAL TOOL FOR TRANSRETINAL PNEUMATIC DISPLACEMENT OF SUB-RETINAL HEMORRHAGE | Opticgon LLC | MALATEK, KATHERYN A | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18240284 | DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-LOW DOSE ESTROGEN COMBINATIONS AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF | Lupin Inc. | MERCIER, MELISSA S | 1615 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18277529 | PRIVACY-PROTECTION BASED VERIFICATION | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | DHAKAD, RUPALI | 2437 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18268792 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING SEPSIS | Seroxo Limited | ALABI, OYELEYE A | 1797 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18212127 | ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL RECEPTORS AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS, AND METHODS OF USE IN IMMUNE SIGNALING MODULATION FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY | The Methodist Hospital | NICKOL, GARY B | 1643 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18037234 | UMLILO ANTISENSE TRANSCRIPTION INHIBITORS | Lemba BV | VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE | 1636 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18195849 | METHOD OF DIFFERENTIATION OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS TO RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM CELLS | R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC | MONTANARI, DAVID A | 1632 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18136797 | TREATMENT OF BRAIN COPPER DISORDERS | Sasha A. Philbert | ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL | 1622 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 17642641 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RESCUING RETINAL AND CHOROIDAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION | Ocunexus Therapeutics, Inc. | ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL | 1627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2022 |
| 17685268 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION | Inflammx Therapeutics, Inc. | LEE, WILLIAM Y | 1623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2022 |
| 16856784 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING EPITHELIAL AND BARRIER INTEGRITY | Auckland UniServices Limited | AUDET, MAURY A | 1654 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial87.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Duane Morris LLP - San Diego were allowed, across 13,370 applications in USPTO records.
3.37 office actions per allowed application on average.
45 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 19 clients, before 44 examiners in 37 art units.
