Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
25 pending office actions • 18 clients • 25 examiners • 23 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days
FLENER IP Law d.b.a. Flener IP & Business Law has 25 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 887 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 85.03%, and matters reaching allowance average 3.14 office actions. The profile shows an active practice with a meaningful recorded application base in a specialized technology area.
The allowance rate offers a measure of resolved prosecution outcomes, while the action average indicates that allowance commonly follows multiple examination exchanges. For practitioners, that combination supports attention to response planning, amendment strategy, and the evidentiary record in biotechnology and pharmaceutical matters. The pending docket adds a current workload perspective without replacing the historical measures.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 8 (32%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 3 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 1 | 32.1% | +30.0% |
| SHABMAN, MARK A | 1 | 84.0% | +13.1% |
| BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SHOMER, ISAAC | 1 | 63.1% | +30.5% |
| SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 1 | 52.0% | +15.5% |
| NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 1 | 55.9% | +24.3% |
| DANG, PHILIP | 1 | 77.6% | +29.4% |
| CHAN, KEVIN | 1 | — | — |
| SINES, BRIAN J | 1 | 80.1% | +5.2% |
| BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | 1 | 23.8% | +56.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974274 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS TRANSDUCER WITH DEFLECTION CONSTRAINT | BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | — |
| 18681762 | COMPOSITON FOR LIQUEFYING VISCOUS BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE, COMBINTATION PRODUCT, LIQUEFYING AGENT, AND KIT THEREOF, AND METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | SINES, BRIAN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18078695 | Plug Assembly with Sloped Walls | YAO, THEODORE N | 2d overdue |
| 18198891 | Pre-Roll Body Having Integral Ceramic Mouthpiece | NGUYEN, PHU HOANG | 16d |
| 17935281 | REAGENT COMBINATION AND KIT FOR DETECTING LIVER CANCERS, AND USE THEREOF | BAUSCH, SARAE L | 22d |
| 18558798 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MEASURING OF A GAS DISSOLVED IN A LIQUID | SPIES, BRADLEY R | 41d |
| 19103362 | Device and method for guiding and transferring fish and liquid out of a tank | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | — |
| 18873397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE TIGHTNESS OF CONTAINERS CLOSED BY RESPECTIVE MEMBRANES | SHABMAN, MARK A | — |
| 18836992 | ACTIVE AGENT MODULATING THE ACTIVITY OF AN ION CHANNEL FOR USE IN REGULATION OF SKIN PIGMENTATION | SHOMER, ISAAC | — |
| 18294972 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BIOETHANOL WITHOUT CO2 EMISSIONS BY CONVERSION OF SYNGAS OBTAINED FROM THE THERMAL CONVERSION OF WASTE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657826 | MULTI-USER OCCUPANT LOCATION DETERMINATION AND GAZE TRACKING IN A VEHICLE SPACE USING OPTICAL SURFACE REFLECTIONS | DANG, PHILIP | 105d overdue |
| 18674832 | SINGLE-USE CHILD RESISTANT PACKAGE | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 54d |
| 19103362 | Device and method for guiding and transferring fish and liquid out of a tank | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | — |
| 18873397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE TIGHTNESS OF CONTAINERS CLOSED BY RESPECTIVE MEMBRANES | SHABMAN, MARK A | — |
| 18836992 | ACTIVE AGENT MODULATING THE ACTIVITY OF AN ION CHANNEL FOR USE IN REGULATION OF SKIN PIGMENTATION | SHOMER, ISAAC | — |
| 18710073 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN BY CRACKING METHANE AND LOW CO2 EMISSION HYDROCARBONS | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | — |
| 18294972 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BIOETHANOL WITHOUT CO2 EMISSIONS BY CONVERSION OF SYNGAS OBTAINED FROM THE THERMAL CONVERSION OF WASTE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 2 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2692 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19103362 | Device and method for guiding and transferring fish and liquid out of a tank | Searas AS | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 3647 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18873397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE TIGHTNESS OF CONTAINERS CLOSED BY RESPECTIVE MEMBRANES | G.D S.p.A. | SHABMAN, MARK A | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18974274 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS TRANSDUCER WITH DEFLECTION CONSTRAINT | Knowles Electronics, LLC | BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18836992 | ACTIVE AGENT MODULATING THE ACTIVITY OF AN ION CHANNEL FOR USE IN REGULATION OF SKIN PIGMENTATION | Cutaneon - Skin & Hair Innovations GmbH | SHOMER, ISAAC | 1612 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18674832 | SINGLE-USE CHILD RESISTANT PACKAGE | Mallen Tech Co., Limited | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 54d | Pending | May 25, 2024 |
| 18710073 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN BY CRACKING METHANE AND LOW CO2 EMISSION HYDROCARBONS | Nextchem Tech S.P.A | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 1734 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18657826 | MULTI-USER OCCUPANT LOCATION DETERMINATION AND GAZE TRACKING IN A VEHICLE SPACE USING OPTICAL SURFACE REFLECTIONS | Blink Technologies Inc. | DANG, PHILIP | 2488 | §103 | Final Rejection | 105d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18703334 | A CLAMP BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING AN ELECTRIC OUTBOARD MOTOR, AND AN ELECTRIC OUTBOARD MOTOR COMPRISING SUCH A CLAIM BRACKET | Evoy AS | CHAN, KEVIN | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2024 |
| 18681762 | COMPOSITON FOR LIQUEFYING VISCOUS BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE, COMBINTATION PRODUCT, LIQUEFYING AGENT, AND KIT THEREOF, AND METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | Sansure Biotech Inc. | SINES, BRIAN J | 1682 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18294972 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BIOETHANOL WITHOUT CO2 EMISSIONS BY CONVERSION OF SYNGAS OBTAINED FROM THE THERMAL CONVERSION OF WASTE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE | Nextchem Tech S.p.A. | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 | |
| 18404646 | MOLECULAR DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF | Sansure Biotech Inc. | EDWARDS, LYDIA E | 1681 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18395885 | PORTABLE CHARGING CASE | Gsw Creative Corp. | ALIZADA, OMEED | 2686 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18558798 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MEASURING OF A GAS DISSOLVED IN A LIQUID | Searas AS | SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1776 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18283780 | AN INHALER MONITORING DEVICE | Respiratory Analytics | JANG, JAEICK | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18348953 | METHOD FOR BREEDING SELF-COMPATIBLE POTATOES | Agricultural Genomics Institute AT Shenzhen, Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciences | PAGE, BRENT T | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18332805 | COMPOSITIONS, KITS, METHODS FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING PATHOGENS THAT CAUSE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS AND USE THEREOF | Sansure Biotech Inc. | LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH | 1671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18198891 | Pre-Roll Body Having Integral Ceramic Mouthpiece | Mallen Tech Co., Limited | NGUYEN, PHU HOANG | 1747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18078695 | Plug Assembly with Sloped Walls | Tco AS | YAO, THEODORE N | 3676 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
| 17999224 | FLOATING PLATFORM FOR SUPPORTING OFFSHORE POWER GENERATION STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAID PLATFORM | Seawind Ocean Technology Holding B.V. | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17935281 | REAGENT COMBINATION AND KIT FOR DETECTING LIVER CANCERS, AND USE THEREOF | Sansure Biotech Inc. | BAUSCH, SARAE L | 1699 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17521616 | Device and Method for Controlled Environment Cure | Chimera Technology LLC | LAU, JASON | 3762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2021 |
| 17606328 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORT AND TREATMENT OF LIQUID | Searas AS | PREGLER, SHARON | 1772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2021 |
| 17437087 | USE OF VITAMIN K IN COMBINATION WITH ANTICOAGULANTS | Kaydence Pharma AS | KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE | 1626 | §103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2021 |
| 17299898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE AND MONITOR NEURODEGENERATION | Sorbonne Université | HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL | 3791 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2021 |
| 17320722 | LIQUID SUBCOOLING UTILIZING PHASE CHANGE COMPOSITE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND PHASE CHANGE COMPOSITE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE MODULE THEREFOR | Netenergy (Naim Energy Technologies, Llc) | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | May 14, 2021 |
IP Author helps law firms respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial85.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Flener Ip Law D.B.A. Flener Ip & Business Law were allowed, across 887 applications in USPTO records.
3.14 office actions per allowed application on average.
25 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 18 clients, before 25 examiners in 23 art units.
