Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Helixip LLP

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=238 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.6%
Allowance Rate
n=238
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=238
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=92
-0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=92
718 days
Time to Allowance
n=92
+36.1pp
Interview Lift
n=238
23.2%
RCE Rate
n=238
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=238

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.2%
§101 Overcome
n=21
64.3%
§102 Overcome
n=42
69.7%
§103 Overcome
n=76
71.6%
§112 Overcome
n=74

Specialization & Scale

C12N, A61K, C12Q
Top CPC Subclasses
40%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=238
2
Practitioners
n=238
119.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=238

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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 (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
XING, CHRISTINA ILONA 1 88.6% +8.3%
JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1 26.2% +32.5%
DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1 44.3% +32.1%
BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1 66.6% +31.9%
SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1 73.1% +77.8%
QIAN, CELINE X 1 47.6% +16.6%
JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1 50.0% +47.5%

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
19203667 Optical Device for Monitoring the Silver Content of Thin Films XING, CHRISTINA ILONA
18644714 Sugar-Free Edible Vessel JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN
18558872 Methods and Compositions for Improving Carbon Accumulation in Plants SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON
18260220 Methods and Compositions for Diagnosing and Treating Rare Genetic DIseases QIAN, CELINE X
18260225 Methods and Compositions for Making Amide Compounds JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18578142 Xenon Gas for Use in the Treatment of Gliomas DENT, ALANA HARRIS 52d overdue
18570546 New Microbial Diamine Oxidase Derived from Yarrowia Lipolytica for the Degradation of Biogenic Amines BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 5d
18644714 Sugar-Free Edible Vessel JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN
18558872 Methods and Compositions for Improving Carbon Accumulation in Plants SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON
18260220 Methods and Compositions for Diagnosing and Treating Rare Genetic DIseases QIAN, CELINE X
18260225 Methods and Compositions for Making Amide Compounds JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17931
16431
16511
16631
16991
16561

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19203667 Optical Device for Monitoring the Silver Content of Thin Films Silverpeutics, Inc. XING, CHRISTINA ILONA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2025
18644714 Sugar-Free Edible Vessel Loliware, Inc. JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1793 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2024
18578142 Xenon Gas for Use in the Treatment of Gliomas UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18570546 New Microbial Diamine Oxidase Derived from Yarrowia Lipolytica for the Degradation of Biogenic Amines UNIVERSITÄT HOHENHEIM BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1651 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18558872 Methods and Compositions for Improving Carbon Accumulation in Plants David Becker SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18260220 Methods and Compositions for Diagnosing and Treating Rare Genetic DIseases Rosebud Biosciences, Inc. QIAN, CELINE X 1699 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18260225 Methods and Compositions for Making Amide Compounds Genomatica, Inc. JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 2023

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