Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates - Tufts is associated with Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 1,919 career applications. The profile has 6 pending office actions, a resolved allowance rate of 83.2%, and an average of 3.61 office actions per allowance.
The pending workload is 6 office actions within the broader application record. Practitioners can assess this biotechnology profile through the same resolved allowance rate and action average, while noting that the current pending activity is limited.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 1 | 78.8% | +15.3% |
| ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 1 | 60.5% | +48.3% |
| JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 1 | 47.2% | +19.6% |
| WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 1 | 23.4% | +37.3% |
| KIM, BRYAN | 1 | 28.2% | +36.6% |
| PALENIK, JEFFREY T | 1 | 53.5% | +27.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17753312 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING AND ANALYSIS OF DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN VITRO | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 19d overdue |
| 18342271 | SILK-BASED ARTICLES HAVING DECREASED WATER UPTAKE AND IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 15d |
| 18966464 | MICROPATTERNED SILK-DOPAMINE ADHESIVES COMPOSITE | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | — |
| 17444293 | Biopolymer-Based Preservation of Perishable Products | KIM, BRYAN | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17753312 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING AND ANALYSIS OF DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN VITRO | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 19d overdue |
| 18342271 | SILK-BASED ARTICLES HAVING DECREASED WATER UPTAKE AND IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 15d |
| 18966464 | MICROPATTERNED SILK-DOPAMINE ADHESIVES COMPOSITE | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | — |
| 18746604 | SILK-BASED ARTICLES HAVING VARIABLE ACTIVE AGENT RELEASE RATES | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | — |
| 17444293 | Biopolymer-Based Preservation of Perishable Products | KIM, BRYAN | — |
| 17169195 | MULTI-LAYER BIOMATERIAL FOR TISSUE REGENERATION AND WOUND HEALING | PALENIK, JEFFREY T | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Tufts University | 6 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18966464 | MICROPATTERNED SILK-DOPAMINE ADHESIVES COMPOSITE | Trustees Of Tufts College | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 1785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18746604 | SILK-BASED ARTICLES HAVING VARIABLE ACTIVE AGENT RELEASE RATES | Trustees Of Tufts College | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 1617 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18342271 | SILK-BASED ARTICLES HAVING DECREASED WATER UPTAKE AND IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | Trustees Of Tufts College | JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 1789 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 17753312 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING AND ANALYSIS OF DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN VITRO | Trustees Of Tufts College | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 1618 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2022 |
| 17444293 | Biopolymer-Based Preservation of Perishable Products | Tufts University | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2021 |
| 17169195 | MULTI-LAYER BIOMATERIAL FOR TISSUE REGENERATION AND WOUND HEALING | Tufts University | PALENIK, JEFFREY T | 1615 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial83.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Gtc Law Group Pc & Affiliates - Tufts were allowed, across 1,919 applications in USPTO records.
3.61 office actions per allowed application on average.
6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 6 examiners in 6 art units.
