Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Gemini Law LLP

13 pending office actions • 2 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
10
Medium (77%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (23%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (54%)
§102 only3 (23%)
No statute on record3 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
LEONARD, MICHAEL L 3 63.7% +7.9%
HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 3 59.2% +48.3%
RICE, STEVEN 3 38.5% +43.0%
BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1 53.3% +47.1%
LEE, DORIS L 1 58.5% +8.7%
LI, AIQUN 1 63.9% +22.4%
NGUYEN, HA S 1 57.6% -21.9%

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17004355 COMPOSITION FOR CLEAVING A TARGET DNA COMPRISING A GUIDE RNA SPECIFIC FOR THE TARGET DNA AND CAS PROTEIN-ENCODING NUCLEIC ACID OR CAS PROTEIN, AND USE THEREOF HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 73d overdue
18251446 Adhesive Composition RICE, STEVEN 66d overdue
18313946 COMPOSITION FOR CLEAVING A TARGET DNA COMPRISING A GUIDE RNA SPECIFIC FOR THE TARGET DNA AND CAS PROTEIN-ENCODING NUCLEIC ACID OR CAS PROTEIN, AND USE THEREOF HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 31d overdue
18467967 Compositions Comprising Cas9/guide RNA Complexes for Inducing Targeted Disruption of Endogenous Genes in Eukaryotic Cells HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 9d overdue
17296238 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION LI, AIQUN 2d overdue
18040878 TWO-COMPONENT SOLVENTLESS ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 27d
17997681 SOLVENT-BASED LAMINATING ADHESIVE RICE, STEVEN 69d
17997679 SOLVENT-BASED LAMINATING ADHESIVE RICE, STEVEN 69d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Arkema 10
ToolGen 3

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17633
16583
17873
17662
17651
17641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18286917 Two-Pack Polyurethane Composition Arkema France LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18467967 Compositions Comprising Cas9/guide RNA Complexes for Inducing Targeted Disruption of Endogenous Genes in Eukaryotic Cells Toolgen Incorporated HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 1658 Other Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18313946 COMPOSITION FOR CLEAVING A TARGET DNA COMPRISING A GUIDE RNA SPECIFIC FOR THE TARGET DNA AND CAS PROTEIN-ENCODING NUCLEIC ACID OR CAS PROTEIN, AND USE THEREOF Toolgen Incorporated HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 1658 Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18251446 Adhesive Composition Arkema France RICE, STEVEN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18041445 ISOCYANATE COMPOUNDS AND ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME Arkema France LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §102 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Feb 13, 2023
18040878 TWO-COMPONENT SOLVENTLESS ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME Arkema France BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 07, 2023
17997681 SOLVENT-BASED LAMINATING ADHESIVE Arkema France RICE, STEVEN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Nov 01, 2022
17997686 POLYOL COMPOUNDS AND ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS PREPARED WITH THE SAME Arkema France LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2022
17997685 COMPOSITION HAVING POLYOL AND ISOCYANATE Arkema France LEE, DORIS L 1764 §102 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2022
17997679 SOLVENT-BASED LAMINATING ADHESIVE Arkema France RICE, STEVEN 1787 §102 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Nov 01, 2022
17296238 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION Arkema France LI, AIQUN 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2022
17756364 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION Arkema France NGUYEN, HA S 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 24, 2022
17004355 COMPOSITION FOR CLEAVING A TARGET DNA COMPRISING A GUIDE RNA SPECIFIC FOR THE TARGET DNA AND CAS PROTEIN-ENCODING NUCLEIC ACID OR CAS PROTEIN, AND USE THEREOF Toolgen Incorporated HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 1658 Other Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2020

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