Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Haukaas Fortius Pllc

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

27 pending office actions • 17 clients • 27 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Haukaas Fortius PLLC focuses on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm has handled 788 career applications and maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.29 percent. Prosecution typically requires an average of 3.3 office actions per allowance.

There are 21 pending office actions currently under management. The 85.29 percent allowance rate and 3.3 average office actions per allowance provide a clear picture of the firm's prosecution history. With 788 career applications, the firm has established a consistent track record in the biotech arts. This historical data informs the firm's approach to the 21 pending office actions it is currently prosecuting. Practitioners can use the 85.29 percent allowance rate to understand the firm's success across its 788 career applications in the biotechnology sector.

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

Quality Metrics (n=788 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.3%
Allowance Rate
n=788
+0.91σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=788
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=371
-0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=371
954 days
Time to Allowance
n=371
+14.4pp
Interview Lift
n=788
19.8%
RCE Rate
n=788
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=788

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.0%
§101 Overcome
n=38
74.0%
§102 Overcome
n=196
75.6%
§103 Overcome
n=279
76.2%
§112 Overcome
n=252

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=788
2
Practitioners
n=788
394.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=788

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

18
Hard (67%)
8
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (7%)
§103 only5 (19%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other3 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (59%)

Industry Mix

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

17
Life Sciences
63% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
7
Business / Other
26% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAO, SAVITHA M 1 60.7% +30.2%
SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1 63.5% +11.9%
OLADAPO, TAIWO 1 52.9% +11.8%
TRAN, LIEN THUY 1 28.6% +26.5%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.5% +23.3%
WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1 82.4% +19.7%
KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 1 76.6% +21.2%
POTHEN, FEBA 1 81.1% +11.2%
NICKOL, GARY B 1 47.1% +31.1%
RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW 1 73.4% +33.8%

Hard Cases (18)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18300640 RAPID ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 10d overdue
17291169 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES THE COMBINATION OF A SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 AND A CARBAMATE DERIVED FROM GUAIFENESIN FOR TREATING PAIN, INFLAMMATION AND MUSCULAR CONTRACTION BAEK, BONG-SOOK 2d overdue
18633985 PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTOR POTHEN, FEBA 13d
18261373 ANTIBIOTICS WITH IMPROVED DRUG RESISTANCE PROFILE KIM, SEONG JONG 21d
18548580 FABI INHIBITORS FOR GRAM-NEGATIVE PATHOGENS IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 54d
18914910 TUNABLE ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW POLYMER COATED CAPILLARY SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN —
18913376 METAL CARBIDE-BASED CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR PLASTIC RECYCLING OLADAPO, TAIWO —
18838803 COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN OLEOGEL AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN OLEOGEL TRAN, LIEN THUY —

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
18633985 PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTOR POTHEN, FEBA 13d
19163760 DRUG COMBINATION FOR TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC CANCER RAO, SAVITHA M —
18914910 TUNABLE ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW POLYMER COATED CAPILLARY SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN —
18913376 METAL CARBIDE-BASED CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR PLASTIC RECYCLING OLADAPO, TAIWO —
18838803 COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN OLEOGEL AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN OLEOGEL TRAN, LIEN THUY —
18834350 IMIDAZOTETRAZINE COMPOUNDS AND TREATMENT OF TMZ-RESISTANT CANCERS WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY —
18710813 GRAM-NEGATIVE SPECIFIC ANTIBIOTICS SPARING EFFECT ON GUT MICROBIOME WILLIS, DOUGLAS M —
18708404 BAMBOO ELEMENTS AS LOAD-BEARING COMPONENTS AND T-BEAM ELEMENT AS CEILING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BAMBOO BLANK KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN —

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16932
16182
16532
16911
37251
28581
37831
17771
16811
16361

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19163760 DRUG COMBINATION FOR TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC CANCER Minneamrita Therapeutics LLC RAO, SAVITHA M 1691 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2025
18914910 TUNABLE ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW POLYMER COATED CAPILLARY UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18913376 METAL CARBIDE-BASED CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR PLASTIC RECYCLING Louisiana Tech Research Corporation OLADAPO, TAIWO §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18838803 COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN OLEOGEL AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN OLEOGEL Perfat Technologies OY TRAN, LIEN THUY §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18834350 IMIDAZOTETRAZINE COMPOUNDS AND TREATMENT OF TMZ-RESISTANT CANCERS The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2024
18710813 GRAM-NEGATIVE SPECIFIC ANTIBIOTICS SPARING EFFECT ON GUT MICROBIOME The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois WILLIS, DOUGLAS M §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2024
18708404 BAMBOO ELEMENTS AS LOAD-BEARING COMPONENTS AND T-BEAM ELEMENT AS CEILING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BAMBOO BLANK Clb Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 3725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18633985 PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTOR Alphasense Limited POTHEN, FEBA 2858 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18580889 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MULTIFUNCTIONAL EXOSOMES FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NICKOL, GARY B §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 19, 2024
18576658 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A STEADY STATE INTRAMUSCULAR INFUSION OF SEROTONERGIC DRUGS Psoulmed, LLC RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18568609 ELECTROCHEMICALLY-REGENERATED ION EXCHANGE USING REDOX-POLYMERS The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18503951 CHEMICAL TOOLS FOR RNA 3D STRUCTURE DETERMINATION IN VIVO Stichting Radboud Universiteit RILEY, JEZIA 1681 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2023
18493223 THERAPEUTIC POLY-ADP-RIBOSE POLYMER-GCSF CONJUGATES UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18382796 REDOX-RESPONSIVE HALOGEN BONDING POLYMERS FOR SELECTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL SEPARATION The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2023
18550777 CANCER THERAPY National University Corporation Kobe University CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2023
18548580 FABI INHIBITORS FOR GRAM-NEGATIVE PATHOGENS The Broad Institute, Inc. IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 1627 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 54d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18546472 CELL-FREE DNA METHYLATION TEST UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1682 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2023
18263582 ENZYME INHIBITORS AND VIRAL INFECTION THERAPY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2023
18261373 ANTIBIOTICS WITH IMPROVED DRUG RESISTANCE PROFILE The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois KIM, SEONG JONG 1621 §102§103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18253857 SYNTHESIS OF [18F]-LABELED THYMIDINE ANALOGUES UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1618 §103DP Final Rejection 15d Pending May 22, 2023
18320485 NANO-HYPERBARIC WOUND HEALING THERAPEUTIC Revive Biotechnology, Inc. YU, HONG 1614 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 19, 2023
18300640 RAPID ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
17996452 CYCLODEXTRIN BASED ANTI-MICROBIAL THERAPY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHO, DAVID H 1693 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2022
17626888 SYNERGISTIC COMBINATION OF S-KETOROLAC AND PREGABALIN IN A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN Carlos Amezcua Amezcua JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2022
17434217 PASTE FOR MARKING TEXTILE FABRICS AND/OR OTHER PRODUCTS INCAPABLE OF X-RAY CONTRAST Speed Care Mineral GmbH CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2021
17429299 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BACTERIAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES The Regents of the University of California IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2021
17291169 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES THE COMBINATION OF A SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 AND A CARBAMATE DERIVED FROM GUAIFENESIN FOR TREATING PAIN, INFLAMMATION AND MUSCULAR CONTRACTION Carlos Amezcua Amezcua BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1611 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 04, 2021

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