Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Networking & Security
43 pending office actions • 16 clients • 42 examiners • 30 art units • 0 of 43 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days
DUANE MORRIS LLP - San Diego operates as a patent law firm with a focus on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm has handled 13323 career applications, demonstrating a deep well of experience in patent prosecution. It has a resolved allowance rate of 87.79 percent, which serves as a strong indicator of its ability to obtain patent grants. This consistent performance is a hallmark of its practice in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. The firm's experience is a significant factor for its clients in California.
The San Diego office is currently managing 41 pending office actions. On average, the firm navigates 3.37 office actions per allowance. This figure helps practitioners understand the typical prosecution cycle for applications handled by the firm. With 13323 career applications and an 87.79 percent allowance rate, the firm's performance is well-documented. The 3.37 average office actions per allowance provides a practical metric for assessing its engagement with the patent office. These figures highlight the firm's operational consistency.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 (26%) |
| §103 only | 8 (19%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (30%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (5%) |
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% |
| TOLENTINO, RODERICK | 1 | 77.6% | +35.2% |
| MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M | 1 | 76.6% | +51.0% |
| LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 1 | 78.4% | +9.4% |
| TSVEY, GENNADIY | 1 | 60.4% | +23.6% |
| BARSKY, JARED | 1 | 50.2% | +22.7% |
| NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V | 1 | 72.3% | +19.4% |
| SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 1 | 58.7% | +44.3% |
| DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 1 | 72.9% | +29.6% |
| CHU, RANDOLPH I | 1 | 80.3% | +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 |
| 19026003 | COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING GENITAL HERPES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE | BARSKY, JARED | 42d overdue |
| 18568506 | GRAPH DATA GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | PAULINO, LENIN | 16d overdue |
| 18563828 | DATA PROCESSING | CHANG, EDWARD | 13d |
| 18501879 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH GUARDED BLADE | LYNCH, ROBERT A | 14d |
| 18277529 | PRIVACY-PROTECTION BASED VERIFICATION | DHAKAD, RUPALI | 21d |
| 18869758 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION METHOD FOR HANDSHAKE PROCESS FOR TLCP PROTOCOL | LEE, MICHAEL M | 26d |
| 19221525 | TEST CASE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | TOLENTINO, RODERICK | — |
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 |
| 19221525 | TEST CASE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | TOLENTINO, RODERICK | — |
| 19218618 | MODEL AUTHENTICITY EVALUATION METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES | MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18881109 | PROJECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING PROJECTION LINE OF STRUCTURED LIGHT | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2436 | 3 |
| 2457 | 2 |
| 2166 | 2 |
| 3625 | 2 |
| 1615 | 2 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| 1628 | 1 |
| 2658 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2668 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19221525 | TEST CASE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | TOLENTINO, RODERICK | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 | |
| 19218618 | MODEL AUTHENTICITY EVALUATION METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 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 | §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 | §102§103 | 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 | §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 |
| 18881109 | PROJECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING PROJECTION LINE OF STRUCTURED LIGHT | (Shanghai Alliedstar Medical Technology Co., Ltd.) | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 2877 | §102§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 |
| 18872473 | DATABASE TABLE SCANNING METHODS, APPARATUSES AND DEVICES | BEIJING OCEANBASE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | CORRIELUS, JEAN M | 2159 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 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 |
| 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 |
| 18869718 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | IQBAL, MUSTAFA | 3625 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18869758 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION METHOD FOR HANDSHAKE PROCESS FOR TLCP PROTOCOL | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | LEE, MICHAEL M | 2436 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18869032 | SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | AHMED, MAHABUB S | 2434 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 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 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| 18856272 | ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINUX FILE SYSTEM | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | LWIN, MAUNG T | 2495 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 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 |
| 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 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 | |
| 18726108 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Kyocera Corporation | GUSHI, ROSS N | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 | |
| 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 |
| 18572325 | GRAPH DATABASE PROCESSING | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 2166 | §103 | 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 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18563603 | TICKET PROCESSING | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | LUDWIG, PETER L | 3627 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18563828 | DATA PROCESSING | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | CHANG, EDWARD | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18560048 | STAKE SHARING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS | Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18501879 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH GUARDED BLADE | Opticgon LLC | LYNCH, ROBERT A | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 03, 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§112 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 17259998 | METHODS OF ACHIEVING HIGH SPECIFICITY OF GENOME EDITING | Allele Biotechnology And Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | WILSON, MICHAEL C | 1638 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2021 |
| 17119776 | CHANNEL MODULATORS | Ocunexus Therapeutics, Inc. | CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N | 1675 | Other | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Dec 11, 2020 |
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