Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
GOLDILOCKS ZONE IP LAW operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has managed 578 career applications, providing a dataset for evaluating their performance in this complex field. Currently, the firm has 7 pending office actions, showing an active presence in ongoing patent negotiations.
The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.23 percent. This rate is achieved with an average of 3.48 office actions per allowance. This 3.48 average indicates a prosecution process that often requires multiple rounds of responses and amendments to satisfy examiner requirements in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. The 85.23 percent allowance rate across 578 career applications demonstrates a strong ability to secure patent grants for their clients.
The 7 pending office actions represent the firm's current active docket. With 578 career applications, the firm has a solid foundation of experience. Clients can use the 85.23 percent resolved allowance rate and the 3.48 average office actions per allowance to understand the typical intensity and success rate of the prosecution process with this firm.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.4% | +14.0% |
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 63.2% | +27.0% |
| ZHAI, KYLE | 1 | 75.0% | +18.5% |
| TURK, NEIL N | 1 | 51.0% | +44.3% |
| KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | 1 | 60.0% | +32.4% |
| JOHANSEN, PETER N. | 1 | 59.3% | +24.4% |
| COONEY, JOHN M | 1 | 62.8% | +21.1% |
| TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1 | 43.2% | +53.3% |
| RASTOVSKI, CATHERINE T | 1 | 67.8% | +29.0% |
| REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA | 1 | 30.2% | +41.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210503 | POLYURETHANE FOAM COMPOSITION CONTAINING TPU POWDER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SHOE INSOLE USING THE SAME | COONEY, JOHN M | 28d overdue |
| 18028156 | MINI-BRAIN STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 10d overdue |
| 19533100 | SHOE UPPER MOLDING MOLD WITH IMPROVED MOLDING QUALITY USING LOWER MOLD AND UPPER MOLD INTERPOSED STOPPER THEREBETWEEN | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 19176936 | MANUFACTUREING METHOD OF LIGHTWEIGHT MELT-BLOWN HOT-MELT NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING HYDROPHOBIC NANO SILICA | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18396697 | Low Mass Antigen Detecting Device | TURK, NEIL N | — |
| 18281746 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ANTICANCER AGENT | KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | — |
| 18088709 | METHOD OF DIRECTION ESTIMATION FOR NONCIRCULAR SIGNALS VIA DECOUPLED OPTIMIZATION | RASTOVSKI, CATHERINE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210503 | POLYURETHANE FOAM COMPOSITION CONTAINING TPU POWDER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SHOE INSOLE USING THE SAME | COONEY, JOHN M | 28d overdue |
| 18028156 | MINI-BRAIN STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 10d overdue |
| 18278121 | METHOD FOR SCREENING FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL PALLIATIVE OF ALLERGY, ATOPY, AND ITCHINESS | JOHANSEN, PETER N. | 14d |
| 18705916 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING OBJECT-BASED MULTIMEDIA FOR SHORT-FORM CONTENT AND DEVICE USING SAME | ZHAI, KYLE | 83d |
| 19533100 | SHOE UPPER MOLDING MOLD WITH IMPROVED MOLDING QUALITY USING LOWER MOLD AND UPPER MOLD INTERPOSED STOPPER THEREBETWEEN | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 19176936 | MANUFACTUREING METHOD OF LIGHTWEIGHT MELT-BLOWN HOT-MELT NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING HYDROPHOBIC NANO SILICA | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18396697 | Low Mass Antigen Detecting Device | TURK, NEIL N | — |
| 18281746 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ANTICANCER AGENT | KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1632 | 2 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| 1644 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19533100 | SHOE UPPER MOLDING MOLD WITH IMPROVED MOLDING QUALITY USING LOWER MOLD AND UPPER MOLD INTERPOSED STOPPER THEREBETWEEN | Heedae Park | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2026 |
| 19176936 | MANUFACTUREING METHOD OF LIGHTWEIGHT MELT-BLOWN HOT-MELT NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING HYDROPHOBIC NANO SILICA | Heedae Park | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 18705916 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING OBJECT-BASED MULTIMEDIA FOR SHORT-FORM CONTENT AND DEVICE USING SAME | Industry-Academic Cooperation Group Of Sejong University | ZHAI, KYLE | 2611 | — | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18396697 | Low Mass Antigen Detecting Device | Korea Electronics Technology Institute | TURK, NEIL N | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 | |
| 18281746 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ANTICANCER AGENT | Mbd Co., Ltd. | KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| 18278121 | METHOD FOR SCREENING FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL PALLIATIVE OF ALLERGY, ATOPY, AND ITCHINESS | Shebah Biotech Inc. | JOHANSEN, PETER N. | 1644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18210503 | POLYURETHANE FOAM COMPOSITION CONTAINING TPU POWDER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SHOE INSOLE USING THE SAME | Sam Bu Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. | COONEY, JOHN M | 1765 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18028156 | MINI-BRAIN STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | Sogang University Research & Business Development Foundation | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1632 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18088709 | METHOD OF DIRECTION ESTIMATION FOR NONCIRCULAR SIGNALS VIA DECOUPLED OPTIMIZATION | Kangwon National University-Industry Cooperation Foundation | RASTOVSKI, CATHERINE T | 2857 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2022 |
| 18012959 | METHOD FOR PREPARING COMPOSITION FOR CULTURING PANCREATIC ORGANOIDS, COMPOSITION THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR CULTURING ORGANOIDS BY USING SAME | Postech Research And Business Development Foundation | REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA | 1632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2022 |
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