Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Florek & Endres Pllc

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

13 pending office actions • 10 clients • 13 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Florek & Endres PLLC has 16 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, with 1001 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 84.9%, and the average number of office actions per allowance is 3.34. The figures indicate an established prosecution record and an active current workload in a specialized field.

The resolved allowance rate describes historical outcomes, while the action average shows the amount of examination activity associated with allowed matters. Practitioners can use the distinction to assess both results and likely response demands. The pending docket provides a current operational signal, but it should not be treated as a substitute for matter-specific information about claim status or examination posture.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1001 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1001
+0.72σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1001
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=714
-0.53σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=714
1039 days
Time to Allowance
n=714
+8.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1001
25.9%
RCE Rate
n=1001
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1001

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

64.4%
§101 Overcome
n=45
78.4%
§102 Overcome
n=227
78.0%
§103 Overcome
n=451
76.6%
§112 Overcome
n=402

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
36%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1001
4
Practitioners
n=1001
250.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=1001

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

5
Hard (38%)
7
Medium (54%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (38%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other2 (15%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
69% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
23% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FUBARA, BLESSING M 1 62.2% +34.1%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.2% +30.0%
PRONZATI, GINA 1 65.9% +48.3%
SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 1 78.3% +21.8%
KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 1 13.0% +14.5%
SERGENT, RABON A 1 55.1% +24.1%
SMITH, PETER DANIEL 1 51.3% +48.8%
OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1 77.3% +20.6%
ZHENG, LI 1 83.5% +13.0%
JACKSON, JORDAN L 1 40.4% +39.0%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18279470 GENETIC STABILIZER AND GROWTH SELECTOR FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF MICROALGAE ZHENG, LI 62d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18429075 DERMAPLANE RAZOR KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 57d
18798138 CONDITIONED MEDIUM FROM CELLS CULTURED UNDER HYPOXIC CONDITIONS AND USES THEREOF PRONZATI, GINA —
18578773 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A SHAPE-MEMORY TISSUE AND RELATIVE USES SERGENT, RABON A —
17607842 CONDITIONED MEDIUM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CORDAS, EMILY ANN —
17393356 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INFLAMMATION CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F —

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18025092 METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ORAL THERAPY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE JACKSON, JORDAN L 155d overdue
18570437 ADAPTER FOR CLINICAL, MEDICAL AND LABORATORY CONTAINERS SMITH, PETER DANIEL 31d overdue
18790134 MICRODERMABRASION SYSTEM WITH ERGONOMIC HANDLE SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 15d
18429075 DERMAPLANE RAZOR KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 57d
18279470 GENETIC STABILIZER AND GROWTH SELECTOR FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF MICROALGAE ZHENG, LI 62d
18947213 TOPICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE FUBARA, BLESSING M —
18919763 STABLE SOLID FINGOLIMOD DOSAGE FORM YOUNG, MICAH PAUL —
18798138 CONDITIONED MEDIUM FROM CELLS CULTURED UNDER HYPOXIC CONDITIONS AND USES THEREOF PRONZATI, GINA —

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16131
16181
16331
37711
37241
16381
37811
16441
16621
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18947213 TOPICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE Allergan Sales, LLC FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18919763 STABLE SOLID FINGOLIMOD DOSAGE FORM Handa Neuroscience, LLC YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18798138 CONDITIONED MEDIUM FROM CELLS CULTURED UNDER HYPOXIC CONDITIONS AND USES THEREOF Allergan Sales, LLC PRONZATI, GINA 1633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18790134 MICRODERMABRASION SYSTEM WITH ERGONOMIC HANDLE Envy Medical, Inc. SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 3771 §112Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18429075 DERMAPLANE RAZOR Harry'S, Inc. KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18578773 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A SHAPE-MEMORY TISSUE AND RELATIVE USES Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo SERGENT, RABON A 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18570437 ADAPTER FOR CLINICAL, MEDICAL AND LABORATORY CONTAINERS Vertice Pharma LLC SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18387237 AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST NaV1.5 CHANNEL AS BIOMARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF BRUGADA SYNDROME AND RELATED THERAPEUTIC METHODS Cardiomix S.r.l. OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2023
18279470 GENETIC STABILIZER AND GROWTH SELECTOR FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF MICROALGAE Luca Dall'Osto ZHENG, LI 1662 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18025092 METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ORAL THERAPY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE Brain Innovations, S.r.l. JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §103Other Final Rejection 155d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
17802588 FORMULATION BASED ON POLYHEXAMETHYLENE BIGUANIDE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS AND/OR FUNGAL INFECTIONS Sifi S.p.A. FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2022
17607842 CONDITIONED MEDIUM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Allergan Sales, LLC CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Oct 29, 2021
17393356 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INFLAMMATION Allergan Sales, LLC CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 03, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Florek & Endres Pllc's patent allowance rate?

84.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Florek & Endres Pllc were allowed, across 1,001 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Florek & Endres Pllc average before allowance?

3.34 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Florek & Endres Pllc have?

13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 10 clients, before 13 examiners in 13 art units.

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