Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Fish & Richardson P.C. (Pivot Bio)

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=229459 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.8%
Allowance Rate
n=229459
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=229459
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=119358
-0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=119358
1024 days
Time to Allowance
n=119358
+8.5pp
Interview Lift
n=229459
31.1%
RCE Rate
n=229459
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=229459

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.1%
§101 Overcome
n=5299
84.7%
§102 Overcome
n=17786
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=72424
88.4%
§112 Overcome
n=14274

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61K, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=229459
205
Practitioners
n=229459
1119.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=229459

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (20%)
1
Medium (20%)
3
Easy (60%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HINES, JANA A 1 52.9% +39.6%
HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1 48.9% +22.3%
FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1 52.5% +61.1%
GOODBODY, JOAN T 1 50.5% +38.2%
AFREMOVA, VERA 1 50.7% +29.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17605374 GENE TARGETS FOR NITROGEN FIXATION TARGETING FOR IMPROVING PLANT TRAITS AFREMOVA, VERA

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17924916 DE-REPRESSION OF NITROGEN FIXATION IN GRAM-POSITIVE MICROORGANISMS FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 50d overdue
18632573 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING ENGINEERED MICROBES THAT FIX NITROGEN HINES, JANA A
18269248 SEED TREATMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, and AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS HOLT, ANDRIAE M
17782502 SYSTEM TO DELIVER A SOLUTION WITH A BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT IN A PLANTER ASSEMBLY GOODBODY, JOAN T
17605374 GENE TARGETS FOR NITROGEN FIXATION TARGETING FOR IMPROVING PLANT TRAITS AFREMOVA, VERA

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Pivot Bio, Inc. 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16451
16141
16511
36641
16531

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18632573 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING ENGINEERED MICROBES THAT FIX NITROGEN Pivot Bio, Inc. HINES, JANA A 1645 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18269248 SEED TREATMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, and AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS Pivot Bio, Inc. HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
17924916 DE-REPRESSION OF NITROGEN FIXATION IN GRAM-POSITIVE MICROORGANISMS Pivot Bio, Inc. FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1651 §112 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2022
17782502 SYSTEM TO DELIVER A SOLUTION WITH A BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT IN A PLANTER ASSEMBLY Pivot Bio, Inc. GOODBODY, JOAN T 3664 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2022
17605374 GENE TARGETS FOR NITROGEN FIXATION TARGETING FOR IMPROVING PLANT TRAITS Pivot Bio, Inc. AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2021

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