Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Jcip

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

20 pending office actions • 17 clients • 19 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

JCIP practices in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and reports 56542 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 87.15%, and 20 office actions are currently pending. The career-application figure reflects a broad prosecution record, while the allowance rate shows the outcome pattern among resolved matters.

JCIP averages 2.6 office actions per allowance. This indicates that allowance has typically followed multiple examination interactions rather than occurring after a single action in every case. For a patent practitioner, the combination of 87.15% resolved allowances and 2.6 average office actions is useful for evaluating both expected outcomes and the likely duration of prosecution activity. The 20 pending office actions mark the matters requiring ongoing review.

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

Quality Metrics (n=56542 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.2%
Allowance Rate
n=56542
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=56542
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=38889
-0.46σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=38889
875 days
Time to Allowance
n=38889
+4.5pp
Interview Lift
n=56542
21.0%
RCE Rate
n=56542
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=56542

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

67.7%
§101 Overcome
n=2757
78.1%
§102 Overcome
n=18096
77.2%
§103 Overcome
n=26868
77.3%
§112 Overcome
n=13189

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H01L, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=56542
1
Practitioners
n=56542
56542.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=56542

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
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.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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 (7)Due ≤ 7 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.

11
Hard (55%)
7
Medium (35%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other2 (10%)
§103 only6 (30%)
§112 only2 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
35% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 2 56.3% +58.3%
RO, YONG-SUK 1 85.5% +7.8%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
MCCORMACK, THOMAS S 1 80.2% +3.6%
GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 1 23.2% +34.4%
DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN 1 52.9% +33.9%
YUEN, JESSICA JIPING 1 60.4% +21.4%
STOFFA, WYATT A 1 79.3% +22.3%
DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 1 1.7% +4.7%
GUTMAN, HILARY L 1 71.7% +11.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19107595 REMOTE-CONTROL ACTUATOR MCCORMACK, THOMAS S —

Hard Cases (11)

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
17433505 MEDICAL ADHESIVE AND THE PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF MELLER, MICHAEL V 282d overdue
18700832 CAR DEALERSHIP SYSTEM AND METHOD DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 30d overdue
17773406 PACKER BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY 23d overdue
19433645 SELECTIVE EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD RO, YONG-SUK —
19087330 MICROPARTICLES/MICROCROWN SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN —
18809416 MULTI-TENANCY VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME DATA TRACKING FOR TRAINING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, USER ACCESS AUTHENTICATION AND BACK OFFICE MANAGEMENT, AND METHOD THEREOF GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE —
18833626 METHOD FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF VACCINE AGAINST PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN —
18833234 DRYING APPARATUS UTILISING AN INDIRECT INFRARED HEATING SYSTEM YUEN, JESSICA JIPING —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17637028 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 92d overdue
17637057 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN TREATING INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH BURN OR SCALD INJURY MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 38d overdue
18687918 BUMPER SYSTEM AND A DEVICE HAVING THE SAME GUTMAN, HILARY L 6d
18809416 MULTI-TENANCY VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME DATA TRACKING FOR TRAINING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, USER ACCESS AUTHENTICATION AND BACK OFFICE MANAGEMENT, AND METHOD THEREOF GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE —
18833626 METHOD FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF VACCINE AGAINST PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN —
18833234 DRYING APPARATUS UTILISING AN INDIRECT INFRARED HEATING SYSTEM YUEN, JESSICA JIPING —
18725706 MIRROR ARRANGEMENT FOR MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP STOFFA, WYATT A —

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16453
36761
16151
26861
36251
37621
28811
36891
36121
17311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19433645 SELECTIVE EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Completion Products Pte. Ltd. RO, YONG-SUK 3676 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2025
19087330 MICROPARTICLES/MICROCROWN Grand Advance Technologies Pte. Ltd. SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19107595 REMOTE-CONTROL ACTUATOR Trusty Cars Ltd. MCCORMACK, THOMAS S 2686 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
18809416 MULTI-TENANCY VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME DATA TRACKING FOR TRAINING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, USER ACCESS AUTHENTICATION AND BACK OFFICE MANAGEMENT, AND METHOD THEREOF VIRTUAL X SDN. BHD. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18833626 METHOD FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF VACCINE AGAINST PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA Westvac Biopharma Co., Ltd. DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN 1645 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18833234 DRYING APPARATUS UTILISING AN INDIRECT INFRARED HEATING SYSTEM Singnergy Corporation Pte. Ltd. YUEN, JESSICA JIPING 3762 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18725706 MIRROR ARRANGEMENT FOR MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP Atomionics Pte Ltd STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18700832 CAR DEALERSHIP SYSTEM AND METHOD Trusty Cars Ltd. DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 3689 §101 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18687918 BUMPER SYSTEM AND A DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Lionsbot International Pte. Ltd. GUTMAN, HILARY L 3612 §112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18565447 FIRE PROTECTION AND INSULATION COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Matwerkz Technologies Pte. Ltd. GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2023
18017746 EBV-TARGETED ALLOGENEIC B CELL VACCINE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR West China Hospital Of Sichuan University ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1672 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2023
18267967 PYROLYTIC REACTOR FOR RECOVERING CARBON FROM CERTAIN PLASTICS AND A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING CARBON FROM CERTAIN PLASTICS Antartica Labs Pte. Ltd. YOUNG, NATASHA E 1774 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18144919 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FAULT TOLERANT TRAINING FOR REAL TIME DEFECT DETECTION IN MANUFACTURING Jidoka Technologies Private Limited YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI 2666 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
17910310 APPLICATION OF IFN-y IN PREPARING ANTI-TUMOR ADJUVANT DRUG West China Hospital Of Sichuan University BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
17637057 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN TREATING INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH BURN OR SCALD INJURY Sichuan University MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2022
17637028 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE Sichuan University MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1645 §112DP Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2022
17773406 PACKER Wedgelock Equipment Limited BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY 3671 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
17433505 MEDICAL ADHESIVE AND THE PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Stomatological Hospital of ChongQing Medical University MELLER, MICHAEL V 1655 §101§103 Final Rejection 282d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17627639 NASOGASTRIC TUBE POSITIONING SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD Alexandra Health Pte. Ltd. FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 14, 2022
17311863 MULTI-LAYER TEXTILE ASSEMBLY Rsd Holdings Limited CHANDHOK, JENNA N 1789 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 08, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Jcip's patent allowance rate?

87.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Jcip were allowed, across 56,542 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Jcip average before allowance?

2.60 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Jcip have?

20 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 17 clients, before 19 examiners in 18 art units.

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