Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Joseph R. Baker, Apc

44 pending office actions • 16 clients • 44 examiners • 34 art units • 0 of 44 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

44
Total Pending OAs
31
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 44 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
1
Due this week
10
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
9
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. 44 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (9)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
39
Medium (89%)
2
Easy (5%)
2
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only32 (73%)
§102 only5 (11%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other2 (5%)
No statute on record2 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

35
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
18% 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.

440 h
Manual time on pending OAs
88 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
154 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +30.9%
ANGELL, JON E 1 70.7% +21.1%
QI, ZHENGQING J 1 68.8% +13.8%
DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1 61.8% +10.9%
KRUSE, DAVID H 1 81.7% +8.9%
SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1 71.4% +0.0%
SAEED, ALI S 1 30.5% +34.8%
ULLMAN, AARON RAFANAN 1
CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1 28.6% +48.9%
GU, QINHUA 1 75.0% +30.4%

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
18290679 PTPRS IN AUTOIMMUNITY KRUSE, DAVID H 28d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17638428 GENE FRAGMENT OVEREXPRESSION SCREENING METHODOLOGIES, AND USES THEREOF HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 33d
18285222 BLOCKING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR THE SELECTIVE DEPLETION OF NON-DESIRABLE FRAGMENTS FROM AMPLIFIED LIBRARIES CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 70d

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
19084155 FOLDING RAIL TAWFIK, SAMEH 44d overdue
18664227 LIDAR SYSTEM GENERATING MULTIPLE LIDAR OUTPUT SIGNALS QI, ZHENGQING J 16d overdue
18636709 SILICON MOLD FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPRESSION MOLDING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 9d
18786394 RNA TARGETING OF MUTATIONS VIA SUPPRESSOR tRNAs AND DEAMINASES ANGELL, JON E 30d
18285000 MODIFIED VIRUSES AND VIRAL PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF GU, QINHUA 42d
18285222 BLOCKING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR THE SELECTIVE DEPLETION OF NON-DESIRABLE FRAGMENTS FROM AMPLIFIED LIBRARIES CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 70d
18572637 NALTREXONE FOR BOOSTING THE THERAPEUTIC UTILTY OF 5-HT RECEPTOR AGONISTS SAEED, ALI S 76d

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36455
16283
16332
16542
16382
16532
37311
16371
17411
16631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19084155 FOLDING RAIL Origin Materials Operating, Inc. TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2025
18786394 RNA TARGETING OF MUTATIONS VIA SUPPRESSOR tRNAs AND DEAMINASES The Regents of the University of California ANGELL, JON E 1637 §102 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18664227 LIDAR SYSTEM GENERATING MULTIPLE LIDAR OUTPUT SIGNALS Silc Technologies, Inc. QI, ZHENGQING J 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 14, 2024
18636709 SILICON MOLD FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPRESSION MOLDING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Huatong Optical Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18290679 PTPRS IN AUTOIMMUNITY The Regents of the University of California KRUSE, DAVID H 1663 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18573359 NALTREXONE FOR IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 5-HT RECEPTOR SUBTYPE 2A, 2B or 2C AGONISTS Ldn Pharma Limited SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1624 Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18572637 NALTREXONE FOR BOOSTING THE THERAPEUTIC UTILTY OF 5-HT RECEPTOR AGONISTS Ldn Pharma Limited SAEED, ALI S 1616 DPOther Non-Final OA 76d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18572651 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN AGONIST OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE (5-HT) RECEPTOR SUBTYPE 3 Ldn Pharma Limited ULLMAN, AARON RAFANAN 1628 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18285222 BLOCKING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR THE SELECTIVE DEPLETION OF NON-DESIRABLE FRAGMENTS FROM AMPLIFIED LIBRARIES Illumina, Inc. CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18285000 MODIFIED VIRUSES AND VIRAL PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF The Regents of the University of California GU, QINHUA 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18280093 USE OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS OVEREXPRESSING PACER FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES WITH INFLAMMATORY ORIGIN AND/OR COMPONENT Universidad del Desarrollo RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18231114 AUTOIMMUNE THERAPY Ldn Pharma Limited COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18226739 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS DIELECTROPHORESIS CELL SORTING TO ISOLATE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF CELLS, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF The Regents of the University of California LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18273710 NALTREXONE COMPOSITIONS Ldn Pharma Limited ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18273491 THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH ABNORMAL EXPRESSION OF CDKL5 GENE The Regents of the University of California SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18271829 INHIBITOR FOR CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA STEM CELLS Saga University CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 11, 2023
17924554 COMPOSITION COMPRISING PEPTIDE, AND USE THEREOF Kola-Gen Pharma Inc. BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1654 DP Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18330163 ASSAY TO IDENTIFY ANTI-CANCER AGENTS Ldn Pharma Limited HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 DPOther Non-Final OA 69d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18297593 RECOMBINANTLY ENGINEERED POLYPEPTIDES CAPABLE OF RECYCLING NONCANONICAL COFACTORS The Regents of the University of California LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18028740 COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR MODULATING TCF4 GENE EXPESSION AND TREATING PITT HOPKINS SYNDROME The Regents of the University of California THUESON, HANNA MARIE 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18026287 HYBRID PROTOCOLS AND BARCODING SCHEMES FOR MULTIPLE SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES The Regents of the University of California DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18119274 DATA RESOLUTION IN LIDAR SYSTEMS Silc Technologies, Inc. HELLNER, MARK 3645 §112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2023
18106995 DATA REFINEMENT IN OPTICAL SYSTEMS Silc Technologies, Inc. HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18104770 SCANNING MULTIPLE LIDAR SYSTEM OUTPUT SIGNALS Silc Technologies, Inc. THATCHER, CLINT A 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2023
18006011 GUN SHOT RESIDUE FIELD KIT VERITEQUE USA, INC. FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18097261 OPTICAL BRIDGES FOR PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Silc Technologies, Inc. TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 2896 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2023
18076001 ANTI-AGING DERMATOLOGICAL COMPOSITIONS Dr. Sabrina Ltd. WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 06, 2022
18072666 CONTROL OF SIGNAL CHIRP IN LIDAR SYSTEMS Silc Technologies, Inc. CHILTON, CLARA GRACE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
18048386 THERAPIES AND METHODS TO TREAT TLR2-MEDIATED DISEASES AND DISORDERS The Regents of the University of California SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 1641 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17914274 ANTI-ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY (AB-pAb), AND USES THEREOF The Regents of the University of California ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1645 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2022
17945072 COMBINING DATA FROM DIFFERENT SAMPLE REGIONS IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM FIELD OF VIEW Silc Technologies, Inc. HULKA, JAMES R 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2022
17786913 BIOSYNTHETIC PLATFORM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CANNABINOIDS AND OTHER PRENYLATED COMPOUNDS The Regents of the University of California RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 Other Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17781345 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A SURFACE SHAPE ON THE HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY Bellwald Tec GmbH - Nws ASGHAR, AMINAH 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17781173 NEW USE OF REGEND001 CELL AUTOLOGOUS DELIVERABLE PREPARATION IN TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS Regend Therapeutics Co., Ltd. TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17775217 BIOMARKER OF DRUG-INDUCED CELLULAR TOXICITY AND DEPRESSION Randox Laboratories Ltd. WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 06, 2022
17638428 GENE FRAGMENT OVEREXPRESSION SCREENING METHODOLOGIES, AND USES THEREOF The Regents of the University of California HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1654 §101 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 25, 2022
17584129 METHODS AND THERAPIES FOR TREATING ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND/OR HYPERLIPIDEMIA USING OLIGOSACCHARIDES The Regents of the University of California OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jan 25, 2022
17625442 SPECIFIC MARKER FOR IDENTIFYING T CELLS SPECIFICALLY ATTACKING CANCER CELLS Kotai Biotechnologies, Inc. MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2022
17617278 BIOCIDAL COMPOSITE MATERIAL Pennog Limited TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Dec 07, 2021
17437724 CANCER TREATMENT COMPRISING NALTREXONE AND A CANNABINOID Ldn Pharma Limited MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 09, 2021
17435911 METHOD FOR DETERMINING EFFICACY Ldn Pharma Limited MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2021
17294358 DETECTION OF BLADDER CANCER Randox Laboratories Ltd. MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1678 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 14, 2021
17049320 SPIKED PRIMERS FOR ENRICHMENT OF PATHOGEN NUCLEIC ACIDS AMONG BACKGROUND OF NUCLEIC ACIDS The Regents of the University of California RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES 1635 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 20, 2020
16776405 PATHOGEN DETECTION USING NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING The Regents of the University of California DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI 1686 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 29, 2020

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