Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 9 clients • 11 examiners • 9 art units • 3 of 13 (23%) have an AI response strategy ready
Koivula & Somersalo LLC operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area, where it has filed 177 career applications. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 85.15 percent, which indicates the frequency with which its applications are granted by the patent office. This record of 177 career applications serves as the basis for the firm's experience in the life sciences sector.
The prosecution of applications at the firm involves an average of 2.21 office actions per allowance. This figure shows the typical number of interactions between the firm and examiners before a patent is allowed. There are currently 18 pending office actions on the firm's docket, representing its active workload in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. These 18 pending office actions are fewer than the 177 career applications on record.
The 85.15 percent allowance rate and the 2.21 office actions per allowance provide specific benchmarks for the firm's prosecution performance. The 18 pending office actions reflect the firm's current activity, while the 177 career applications document its historical involvement in the field. These metrics offer a data-grounded perspective on the firm's results and current engagement.
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.
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.
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 + other | 4 (31%) |
| §103 only | 2 (15%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 2 | 48.6% | +35.6% |
| SALMON, KATHERINE D | 2 | 42.8% | +37.9% |
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1 | 44.3% | +2.3% |
| TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1 | 22.1% | +10.8% |
| BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN | 1 | 51.2% | +47.0% |
| RAHMANI, NILOOFAR | 1 | 77.5% | -2.9% |
| GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1 | 65.3% | +47.3% |
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 1 | 73.3% | +30.4% |
| BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN | 1 | 62.6% | +33.2% |
| JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1 | 28.0% | +32.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18064301 | HIGH-DIETARY-FIBER BERRY-POMACE-POWDER AND USE THEREOF IN FOOD PRODUCTS | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 157d overdue |
| 18270374 | EASY AND READY TO INSTALL SHOWER NICHE | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 155d overdue |
| 17628242 | CHARACTERIZATION OF PROSTATE CANCER USING DNA METHYLATION ASSAY SYSTEM | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 140d overdue |
| 17916056 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NONINVASIVE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS THROUGH TARGETED COVALENT LABELING OF GENOMIC SITES | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 70d overdue |
| 18656559 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 8d overdue |
| 18657676 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 6d |
| 18349394 | COMPOSITION AND THE USE OF CELL LYSIS REAGENTS | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 14d |
| 18416458 | Electron Transporting Self-Assembling Monolayer Compound for Use in Optoelectronic and/or Photoelectrochemical Devices and Manufacture Thereof | TRINH, THANH TRUC | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18064301 | HIGH-DIETARY-FIBER BERRY-POMACE-POWDER AND USE THEREOF IN FOOD PRODUCTS | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 157d overdue |
| 18270374 | EASY AND READY TO INSTALL SHOWER NICHE | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 155d overdue |
| 17628242 | CHARACTERIZATION OF PROSTATE CANCER USING DNA METHYLATION ASSAY SYSTEM | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 140d overdue |
| 18039644 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS SYNTHESIZED ON INTERCONNECTING LINKER CHAINS | BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN | 50d overdue |
| 18656559 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 8d overdue |
| 18657676 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 6d |
| 18349394 | COMPOSITION AND THE USE OF CELL LYSIS REAGENTS | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 14d |
| 18416458 | Electron Transporting Self-Assembling Monolayer Compound for Use in Optoelectronic and/or Photoelectrochemical Devices and Manufacture Thereof | TRINH, THANH TRUC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 3 |
| 1681 | 2 |
| 1682 | 2 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| 1624 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18657676 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | Nokian Renkaat Oyj | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | AI Ready | May 07, 2024 |
| 18657518 | STUDDED TIRE | Nokian Renkaat Oyj | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | May 07, 2024 |
| 18656559 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | Nokian Renkaat Oyj | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | AI Ready | May 06, 2024 |
| 18416458 | Electron Transporting Self-Assembling Monolayer Compound for Use in Optoelectronic and/or Photoelectrochemical Devices and Manufacture Thereof | King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1726 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18390310 | Hydrogel Preparations for Acute and Chronic Wound Healing | Uab Bioremedium | BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN | 1654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18475687 | Analgesic Therapeutics Based on conjugation of Biocompatible Polymers to Ion Channel Modulators | Relevium Medical | RAHMANI, NILOOFAR | 1691 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18349394 | COMPOSITION AND THE USE OF CELL LYSIS REAGENTS | VILNIUS UNIVERSITY | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1681 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18270374 | EASY AND READY TO INSTALL SHOWER NICHE | Evi Metal Inoks Yapi Urunleri Mimarlik Ve Muteahhitlik Insaat Taahhut Sanayi Dis Ticaret Limited Sir | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 155d overdue | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18268801 | CLEAR CELL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA BIOMARKERS AND USES THEREFOR | Thermopharma Baltic, Uab | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 1682 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18039644 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS SYNTHESIZED ON INTERCONNECTING LINKER CHAINS | VILNIUS UNIVERSITY | BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN | 1624 | §102 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18064301 | HIGH-DIETARY-FIBER BERRY-POMACE-POWDER AND USE THEREOF IN FOOD PRODUCTS | Kaunas University Of Technology | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 157d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2022 |
| 17916056 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NONINVASIVE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS THROUGH TARGETED COVALENT LABELING OF GENOMIC SITES | VILNIUS UNIVERSITY | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1681 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17628242 | CHARACTERIZATION OF PROSTATE CANCER USING DNA METHYLATION ASSAY SYSTEM | Vinius University | SALMON, KATHERINE D | 1682 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 140d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2022 |
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