Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
149 pending office actions • 67 clients • 138 examiners • 70 art units • 0 of 149 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 233 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jones Day handles Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm has 12673 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 73.07 percent. It averages 3.51 office actions per allowance. There are 103 pending office actions.
The 73.07 percent allowance rate is established over a volume of 12673 career applications. The average of 3.51 office actions per allowance provides a metric for prosecution intensity. The 103 pending office actions represent the firm's current active workload in the biotechnology sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 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. 31 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 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (6%) |
| §103 only | 31 (21%) |
| §102 only | 8 (5%) |
| §112 only | 6 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 8 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 30 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 56 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 2 | 80.7% | +9.7% |
| COLLINS, DARRYL J | 2 | 89.1% | +4.9% |
| CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 2 | 57.3% | +40.4% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 2 | 50.0% | +25.0% |
| WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 2 | 62.8% | +22.9% |
| RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI | 2 | 54.7% | +53.6% |
| BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M | 2 | 55.6% | +21.4% |
| WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN | 2 | 49.0% | +61.7% |
| STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 2 | 12.5% | +42.9% |
| VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR | 2 | 49.4% | +60.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990561 | Lenses, Devices, Methods and Systems for Refractive Error | COLLINS, DARRYL J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18404577 | Engineered and Fully-Functional Customized Glycoproteins | BARRON, SEAN C | 36d overdue |
| 18188815 | MEMORY MODULE, ACTUATOR, REAR VIEW DEVICE AND VEHICLE | HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | 32d overdue |
| 18607714 | Semiconductor Device Including a Voltage Regulator and an Integrated Circuit Module | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 8d overdue |
| 17904311 | AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS AND THEIR USE FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF NANOPARTICLES FOR THE TARGETED DELIVERY OF ANTIGENS | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 5d |
| 18302154 | Energy-Efficient Recurrent Neural Network Accelerator | KHAN, SHAHID K | 15d |
| 17886817 | Home Compostable Label | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 15d |
| 17755494 | BATTERY CHARGING DEVICE HAVING A TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR PROVIDING TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION DURING CHARGING, AND METHOD OF MEASURING DEPLETED OR DISCHARGED BATTERY TEMPERATURE FOR COMPENSATING CHARGING OF A BATTERY CHARGING DEVICE | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | 22d |
| 17262505 | LIFT DRIVE FOR A RAIL-GUIDED CLIMBING SYSTEM | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 34d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18731923 | ADMINISTRATION OF AURORA KINASE INHIBITOR AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 98d overdue |
| 18107835 | METHOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE | WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN | 53d overdue |
| 17904311 | AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS AND THEIR USE FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF NANOPARTICLES FOR THE TARGETED DELIVERY OF ANTIGENS | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 5d |
| 18072314 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 7d |
| 17262505 | LIFT DRIVE FOR A RAIL-GUIDED CLIMBING SYSTEM | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 34d |
| 18879787 | WEIGHTED BASE FOR A MOBILE STOP DEVICE, AND MOBILE STOP DEVICE | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 18854330 | Compensating element for extending a modular set of stairs, modular set of stairs and method for extending a modular set of stairs | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| 18850823 | Stanchion for Scaffolding, Scaffolding, and Method for Producing a Stanchion | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1627 | 4 |
| 2871 | 3 |
| 1624 | 3 |
| 1622 | 3 |
| 1641 | 3 |
| 1727 | 2 |
| 2842 | 2 |
| 3773 | 2 |
| 2849 | 2 |
| 3634 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19278715 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH INTERNAL CURRENT LIMITER AND INTERRUPTER | American Lithium Energy Corporation | LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE | 1727 | §112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19250906 | Systems and Methods for Phase Locked Loop Realignment With Skew Cancellation | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | CHEN, PATRICK C | 2842 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19217102 | DUAL SLOT DIE COATER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODES USING SAME | SK On Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, BINU | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19202226 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Management of Geo-Fenced and Geo-Targeted Media Content and Content Alternatives in Content Management Systems | Ipar, LLC | ZAIDI, SYED A | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 | |
| 19196620 | Scanning and Detecting Threats in Machine Learning Models | HiddenLayer, Inc. | GAVRILENKO, VLADIMIR I | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 | |
| 19176327 | Device and Method for Diagnosis of the Same | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19176369 | Pre-Charging Bit Lines Through Charge-Sharing | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited. | CHO, SUNG IL | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 | |
| 19171078 | Machine Learning-Assisted Surgery | Orbsurgical Ltd. | LE, LINH GIANG | 3683 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19094677 | Ransomware Countermeasures | Halcyon Tech, Inc. | SHAW, PETER C | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 | |
| 19089163 | Bio-Detector Device for Bio-Targets | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | BALL, JOHN C | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| 19088837 | Spinal Stability System with Expandable Cannula | Masal Inc. | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19069350 | Programmable Regulator Voltage Controlled Ring Oscillator | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | GANNON, LEVI | 2849 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19068331 | Method for Detecting Dirt and Cleaning with Piezo Transducer, Device, Automotive Part and Vehicle | Motherson Innovations Company Limited | CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 | |
| 19052420 | Device and Method for Measuring a Duty Cycle of a Clock Signal | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | MAINI, RAHUL | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| 19050451 | REARVIEW DEVICE WITH MOVEABLE HEAD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME | Smr Patents S.À.R.L. | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| 19044697 | Circuit for Outputting a Stepdown Voltage and Method for Stepping Down a Voltage | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | JACKSON, LAKAISHA | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 | |
| 19029418 | DEEP LEARNING FOR NEW AND ENLARGING LESIONS | Genentech, Inc. | USTARIS, JOSEPH G | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18994429 | Ophthalmic Devices, Systems and/or Methods for Management of Ocular Conditions | Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited | COLLINS, DARRYL J | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18879787 | WEIGHTED BASE FOR A MOBILE STOP DEVICE, AND MOBILE STOP DEVICE | Peri SE | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2024 |
| 18991841 | Apparatus for Introducing Active Material for Use in Secondary Battery | SK On Co., Ltd. | MYERS, GLENN F | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| 18990561 | Lenses, Devices, Methods and Systems for Refractive Error | Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited | COLLINS, DARRYL J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18985598 | Fire Extinguishing System for Electric Vehicle and Fire Extinguishing Method for Electric Vehicle | SK On Co., Ltd. | SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18985477 | REARVIEW MIRROR DEVICE | Motherson Innovations Company Limited | OWENS, DANELL L | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18984182 | Multi-Fuse Memory Cell Circuit and Method | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | NGUYEN, VIET Q | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| 18981914 | Roller Cleaning Apparatus | SK On Co., Ltd. | CARTER, MONICA SMITH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| 18979763 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Phase Clock Generation | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | POOS, JOHN W | 2896 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18960027 | DECORATIVE ANTIQUE COPPER COATING WITH HTL COMPATIBILITY AND NOVEL INTER-LAYER ADHESION MECHANISM | Motherson Innovations Company Limited | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18951018 | Characterizing Fault Injection on Power Distribution Networks with Voltage Sensors | Mitre Corporation | BONZO, BRYCE P | 2114 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18949192 | Systems and Methods for Generating Synthesizable Netlists From Register Transfer Level Designs | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | LIN, ARIC | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| 18937208 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Power Management Operations in a Memory Device | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | HO, HOAI V | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 | |
| 18854330 | Compensating element for extending a modular set of stairs, modular set of stairs and method for extending a modular set of stairs | Peri SE | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 | |
| 18850823 | Stanchion for Scaffolding, Scaffolding, and Method for Producing a Stanchion | Peri SE | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| 18890094 | RIP1 INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME | Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 | |
| 18883612 | IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS B | Brii Biosciences Limited | CHESTNUT, BARRY A | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| 18840250 | USE OF INDAZOLE COMPOUND FOR TREATING PSORIASIS | Wuhan Createrna Science And Technology Co., Ltd. | ONDACHI, PAULINE WANJIKU MUCH | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 | |
| 18800988 | ORAL FORMULATIONS OF CYTIDINE ANALOGS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Celgene Corporation | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | 1615 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18793133 | Water Purification System | Waterfleet, LLC | SPIES, BRADLEY R | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 | |
| 18786733 | Integrated Circuit Having a High Cell Density | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | SLUTSKER, JULIA | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 | |
| 18832616 | STAIRWAY, SET OF STAIRS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SET OF STAIRS | Peri SE | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 3633 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18832201 | Rear View Device with Actuator and Gasket Sealing Head Mover | Motherson Innovations Company Ltd. | NGUYEN, DUNG T | 2871 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18730692 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF A CYP11A1 INHIBITOR | Orion Corporation | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 | |
| 18776606 | CEREBLON BINDING COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT THEREWITH | Celgene Corporation | DAVIS, BRIAN J | 1614 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18777207 | SEPARATOR AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | SK Ie Technology Co., Ltd. | HARRIS, MARY GRACE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 | |
| 18729585 | BEAM FOR SCAFFOLD PLATFORMS, SCAFFOLD PLATFORM PLANE, METHOD FOR FORMING A SCAFFOLD PLATFORM PLANE, AND USE OF A BEAM | Peri SE | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 | |
| 18767239 | Zero Mask High Density Capacitor | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | TYNES JR., LAWRENCE C | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 | |
| 18767365 | Devices, Systems and/or Methods for Myopia Control | Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 | |
| 18763757 | METHODS FOR TREATING SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND THE USE OF BIOMARKERS AS A PREDICTOR OF CLINICAL SENSITIVITY TO THERAPIES | Celgene Corporation | WARD, PAUL V | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 | |
| 18756733 | Spinal Stability System | Haa LLC | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18731923 | ADMINISTRATION OF AURORA KINASE INHIBITOR AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 1627 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18679661 | LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BMS) | The Noco Company | LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM | 1724 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial73.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Jones Day were allowed, across 12,688 applications in USPTO records.
3.51 office actions per allowed application on average.
149 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 67 clients, before 138 examiners in 70 art units.