Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
20 pending office actions • 10 clients • 17 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC has managed 355 career applications, primarily in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 92.0 percent, which is a key metric for this complex field. This success is achieved through an average of 3.13 office actions per allowance, reflecting the level of interaction with the patent office required to resolve technical rejections.
The firm currently faces 17 pending office actions. This volume of active work is supported by a track record of 355 career applications. The 3.13 average office actions per allowance provides a baseline for the expected effort required to secure a patent in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals space. These figures suggest a prosecution strategy that results in 92.0 percent of applications reaching allowance for its clients, demonstrating a high level of proficiency.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 + other | 2 (10%) |
| §103 only | 3 (15%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEAGU, IRINA | 3 | 46.8% | +57.3% |
| PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | 2 | 87.5% | +3.8% |
| BUKHARI, AQEEL H | 1 | 85.6% | +14.3% |
| WALSH, EMMETT K | 1 | 52.7% | +20.3% |
| THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 1 | 72.4% | +23.9% |
| TRAN, SUSAN T | 1 | 62.8% | +35.1% |
| WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA | 1 | 29.3% | +37.6% |
| LEPISTO, RYAN A | 1 | 87.7% | +7.8% |
| NGUYEN, TIEN C | 1 | 68.1% | +18.5% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18770817 | ENCRYPTED FILE CONTROL | PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | 70d |
| 18657205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DATA PROTECTION | PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | 70d |
| 18633655 | PRE-TERMINATED CROSS-CONNECT SYSTEM | LEPISTO, RYAN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17918820 | High-Potency Vitamin C Chemical Peeling Solutions | PRAGANI, RAJAN | 12d |
| 18338270 | COLUMN IN A MODULE WITH INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL ON-COLUMN OR FLOW CELL DETECTORS WITH OPTIONAL HEATING FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY | FITZGERALD, JOHN P | 20d |
| 18418175 | CABLE MANAGEMENT BUNDLE CLIP | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 28d |
| 18641335 | SMART AIML VERTIPORT AND VTOL HOTEL, SMART KITCHEN AND CASINO AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE | WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA | 60d |
| 19003863 | USER READINESS EVALUATION SYSTEM | WALSH, EMMETT K | 71d |
| 19084411 | POWER AND BACKUP SYSTEM FOR LOW POWER OUTDOOR APPLICATIONS | BUKHARI, AQEEL H | — |
| 18770358 | FIBER POLARITY MAPPINGS | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | — |
| 18653884 | ANHYDROUS BARRIER AND ANTIOXIDANT COMPOSITIONS | TRAN, SUSAN T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18319334 | C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTATION | NEAGU, IRINA | 141d overdue |
| 18225093 | C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION | NEAGU, IRINA | 89d overdue |
| 18418175 | CABLE MANAGEMENT BUNDLE CLIP | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 28d |
| 18641335 | SMART AIML VERTIPORT AND VTOL HOTEL, SMART KITCHEN AND CASINO AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE | WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA | 60d |
| 19003863 | USER READINESS EVALUATION SYSTEM | WALSH, EMMETT K | 71d |
| 19084411 | POWER AND BACKUP SYSTEM FOR LOW POWER OUTDOOR APPLICATIONS | BUKHARI, AQEEL H | — |
| 18770358 | FIBER POLARITY MAPPINGS | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | — |
| 18653884 | ANHYDROUS BARRIER AND ANTIOXIDANT COMPOSITIONS | TRAN, SUSAN T | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Viaphoton LLC | 4 |
| MF Beauty | 4 |
| Keto Innovations | 3 |
| Keyavi Data | 2 |
| Goosehead Financial, LLC | 2 |
| viaPhoton, Inc. | 1 |
| AdaptivEdge Readiness Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| Innores Analytics LLP | 1 |
| LC Acquisition | 1 |
| Best Engineered Surface Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1629 | 3 |
| 3628 | 2 |
| 2492 | 2 |
| 1614 | 2 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 2874 | 1 |
| 3694 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19084411 | POWER AND BACKUP SYSTEM FOR LOW POWER OUTDOOR APPLICATIONS | Viaphoton, Inc. | BUKHARI, AQEEL H | 2849 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19003863 | USER READINESS EVALUATION SYSTEM | Adaptivedge Readiness Technologies, LLC | WALSH, EMMETT K | 3628 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18770817 | ENCRYPTED FILE CONTROL | Keyavi Data Corp. | PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | 2492 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18770358 | FIBER POLARITY MAPPINGS | Viaphoton LLC | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| 18657205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DATA PROTECTION | Keyavi Data Corporation | PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | 2492 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18653884 | ANHYDROUS BARRIER AND ANTIOXIDANT COMPOSITIONS | Mf Beauty Partners LLC | TRAN, SUSAN T | 1615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18641335 | SMART AIML VERTIPORT AND VTOL HOTEL, SMART KITCHEN AND CASINO AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE | Innores Analytics LLP | WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA | 3628 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Apr 20, 2024 |
| 18633655 | PRE-TERMINATED CROSS-CONNECT SYSTEM | Viaphoton LLC | LEPISTO, RYAN A | 2874 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18597672 | QUOTE-TO-ISSUE DIGITAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM | Goosehead Financial, LLC | NGUYEN, TIEN C | 3694 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18418175 | CABLE MANAGEMENT BUNDLE CLIP | Viaphoton LLC | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18374548 | SURGE PROTECTION BUS BAR | Viaphoton LLC | LEE, PETE T | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18232802 | CLIENT FACING QUOTING APPLICATION | Goosehead Financial, LLC | POE, KEVIN T | 3692 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18225093 | C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION | Keto Innovations, LLC | NEAGU, IRINA | 1629 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18338270 | COLUMN IN A MODULE WITH INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL ON-COLUMN OR FLOW CELL DETECTORS WITH OPTIONAL HEATING FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY | Lc Acquisition, LLC | FITZGERALD, JOHN P | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18319334 | C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTATION | Keto Innovations, LLC | NEAGU, IRINA | 1629 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 141d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18157788 | C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTATION | Keto Innovations, LLC | NEAGU, IRINA | 1629 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 17918820 | High-Potency Vitamin C Chemical Peeling Solutions | Mf Beauty Partners LLC | PRAGANI, RAJAN | 1614 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17918826 | Anhydrous Azelaic Acid Topical Formulations | Mf Beauty Partners LLC | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1617 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17918823 | Anhydrous Urea Emulsions | Mf Beauty Partners LLC | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17778824 | HYBRID CMP CONDITIONING HEAD | Best Engineered Surface Technologies, LLC | MACARTHUR, SYLVIA | 1716 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2022 |
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