Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 2 clients • 12 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
DUNLAP CODDING, P.C. - Novocure GmbH is a patent law firm focused on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has a career total of 4693 applications, reflecting its extensive involvement in the patent process. It maintains a resolved allowance rate of 71.13 percent, demonstrating a consistent track record of success in securing patent protection. This performance is documented across its portfolio in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm's experience is a significant factor for its clients.
The firm currently has 12 pending office actions. Its average of 2.94 office actions per allowance provides a baseline for the expected level of interaction with the patent office. These metrics, including the 4693 career applications and the 71.13 percent allowance rate, offer a comprehensive view of the firm's expertise. The 2.94 average office actions per allowance is a critical data point for evaluating its prosecution efficiency for Novocure GmbH. These figures highlight the firm's operational consistency.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (31%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (54%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 2 | 77.9% | +23.9% |
| SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 1 | 33.3% | +37.7% |
| STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 1 | 53.3% | +43.1% |
| HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 1 | 58.3% | +61.1% |
| SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | 1 | 83.4% | +20.3% |
| DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 1 | 87.4% | +15.2% |
| DEBERRY, REGINA M | 1 | 50.1% | +30.6% |
| BRETZ, COREY LANE | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 1 | 70.4% | +34.9% |
| SAHAND, SANA | 1 | 63.4% | +23.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18398714 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS AND ANTI-VEGFR-2 ANTIBODIES | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 34d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899709 | TRANSDUCER ARRAY HAVING SUBARRAYS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | — |
| 18894349 | LOW FREQUENCY RF ABLATION SYSTEM | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | — |
| 18743392 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS (TTFIELDS) AND THIOREDOXIN/GLUTATHIONE INHIBITORS | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | — |
| 18619957 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS AND KILLER CELLS | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | — |
| 18477010 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS AND DENDRITIC CELLS | DEBERRY, REGINA M | — |
| 18336493 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS AND DISEASES USING ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS AND CRISPR-CAS SYSTEM | BRETZ, COREY LANE | — |
| 18333906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18062372 | GARMENT PROVIDING A BIASING FORCE ON A TRANSDUCER ARRAY | SAHAND, SANA | 8d overdue |
| 18398714 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS AND ANTI-VEGFR-2 ANTIBODIES | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 34d |
| 18511374 | CONDUCTIVE GEL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BULK ELECTRON TRANSPORT AGENTS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 75d |
| 18899709 | TRANSDUCER ARRAY HAVING SUBARRAYS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | — |
| 18894349 | LOW FREQUENCY RF ABLATION SYSTEM | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | — |
| 18806445 | CONNECTOR FOR DETACHABLE ARRAY | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | — |
| 18743392 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS (TTFIELDS) AND THIOREDOXIN/GLUTATHIONE INHIBITORS | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | — |
| 18619957 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS AND KILLER CELLS | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Novocure | 12 |
| Novocure GmbH G | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 4 |
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 1647 | 1 |
| 1635 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18899709 | TRANSDUCER ARRAY HAVING SUBARRAYS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | Novocure GmbH | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18894349 | LOW FREQUENCY RF ABLATION SYSTEM | Novocure GmbH | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18806445 | CONNECTOR FOR DETACHABLE ARRAY | Novocure GmbH | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 3792 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18743392 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS (TTFIELDS) AND THIOREDOXIN/GLUTATHIONE INHIBITORS | Novocure GmbH G | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 | |
| 18619957 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS AND KILLER CELLS | Novocure GmbH | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 | |
| 18398714 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS AND ANTI-VEGFR-2 ANTIBODIES | Novocure GmbH | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18511374 | CONDUCTIVE GEL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BULK ELECTRON TRANSPORT AGENTS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | Novocure GmbH | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 3792 | §112 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18477010 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS AND DENDRITIC CELLS | Novocure GmbH | DEBERRY, REGINA M | 1647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18336493 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS AND DISEASES USING ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS AND CRISPR-CAS SYSTEM | Novocure GmbH | BRETZ, COREY LANE | 1635 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18333906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS | Novocure GmbH | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18062372 | GARMENT PROVIDING A BIASING FORCE ON A TRANSDUCER ARRAY | Novocure GmbH | SAHAND, SANA | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2022 |
| 18062161 | COMPACT DC SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING A SQUARE WAVE AC SIGNAL | Novocure GmbH | TEHRANI, DANIEL | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2022 |
| 17698777 | CONSTRUCTING A 3D PHANTOM WITH LIQUID HYDROGEL | Novocure GmbH | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | 2189 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 2022 |
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