Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kramer & Amado, P.C.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

13 pending office actions • 9 clients • 11 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

KRAMER & AMADO, P.C. prosecutes Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals matters and has 873 career applications. The firm currently has 13 pending office actions, reflecting continuing activity in the listed technology area.

The resolved allowance rate is 80.86%. Allowed matters required an average of 3.84 office actions, indicating that successful cases generally involved several rounds of examination interaction. Practitioners can consider these figures when assessing outcome history and the effort likely to be required during prosecution.

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

Quality Metrics (n=873 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.9%
Allowance Rate
n=873
+0.76σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=873
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=604
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=604
1140 days
Time to Allowance
n=604
+14.0pp
Interview Lift
n=873
25.2%
RCE Rate
n=873
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=873

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.4%
§101 Overcome
n=89
75.8%
§102 Overcome
n=215
79.8%
§103 Overcome
n=430
83.2%
§112 Overcome
n=333

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=873
6
Practitioners
n=873
145.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=873

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due later (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.

6
Hard (46%)
6
Medium (46%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (38%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
77% of docket
2
Information Tech
15% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUNTER, MISHAWN N 2 78.3% +14.3%
MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 2 53.7% +39.5%
VALLE, ERNESTO 1 65.8% +32.9%
BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI 1 62.5% +31.3%
PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1 35.6% +48.0%
GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1 59.7% +46.3%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1 34.9% +46.5%
ADDIE, RAYMOND W 1 81.1% +8.6%
WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN 1 65.3% +42.6%
MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A 1 20.0% +17.9%

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
17507961 ROAD PLATE MOVING SYSTEM AND METHOD ADDIE, RAYMOND W 15d overdue

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18054285 Compositions Comprising Human Skin Fibroblasts and Amyloid Beta Peptide MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 70d overdue
19456751 INTERACTIVE SAFETY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES HUNTER, MISHAWN N —
18547044 NON-AQUEOUS INJECTABLE COMPOSITION OR SUSTAINED RELEASE OF BUPRENORPHINE AND USE THEREOF BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI —
18547025 AN EFLORNITHINE COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING HAIR GROWTH PEEBLES, KATHERINE —
18256295 BIO PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION CONTAINS NOVEL NONANOATE ESTERS OF SUGARS AND SUGAR ALCOHOLS TO CONTROL LEPIDOPTERA, HEMIPTERA AND THYSANOPTERA INSECTS GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO —
17048485 CELL SEPARATION CHAMBER AND CELL SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A —

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17066961 FIBROBLAST GROWTH PATTERNS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 74d overdue
18054285 Compositions Comprising Human Skin Fibroblasts and Amyloid Beta Peptide MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 70d overdue
17554636 COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCEMENT OF BIOAVAILABILITY OF PHYTOCHEMICALS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 5d overdue
19456751 INTERACTIVE SAFETY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES HUNTER, MISHAWN N —
18820892 Interactive Safety System for Vehicles HUNTER, MISHAWN N —
18548691 SOLID STATE FORMS OF 2-(3,5-DICHLOROPHENYL)-1,3-BENZOXAZOLE-6-CARBOXYLIC ACID OR ITS PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS AND POLYMORPHS THEREOF VALLE, ERNESTO —
18547044 NON-AQUEOUS INJECTABLE COMPOSITION OR SUSTAINED RELEASE OF BUPRENORPHINE AND USE THEREOF BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI —
18547025 AN EFLORNITHINE COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING HAIR GROWTH PEEBLES, KATHERINE —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24842
16752
16231
16131
16171
16241
16551
36711
17981
17961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19456751 INTERACTIVE SAFETY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES Libre Holdings Inc. HUNTER, MISHAWN N 2484 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2026
18820892 Interactive Safety System for Vehicles Libre Holdings, Inc. HUNTER, MISHAWN N 2484 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18548691 SOLID STATE FORMS OF 2-(3,5-DICHLOROPHENYL)-1,3-BENZOXAZOLE-6-CARBOXYLIC ACID OR ITS PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS AND POLYMORPHS THEREOF Cipla Limited VALLE, ERNESTO 1623 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18547044 NON-AQUEOUS INJECTABLE COMPOSITION OR SUSTAINED RELEASE OF BUPRENORPHINE AND USE THEREOF Navin Saxena Research And Technology Private Limited BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 18, 2023
18547025 AN EFLORNITHINE COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING HAIR GROWTH Navin Saxena Research And Technology Private Limited PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2023
18256295 BIO PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION CONTAINS NOVEL NONANOATE ESTERS OF SUGARS AND SUGAR ALCOHOLS TO CONTROL LEPIDOPTERA, HEMIPTERA AND THYSANOPTERA INSECTS Fertis India Pvt. Ltd. GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1624 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2023
18054285 Compositions Comprising Human Skin Fibroblasts and Amyloid Beta Peptide West Virginia University MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §102§103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2022
17554636 COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCEMENT OF BIOAVAILABILITY OF PHYTOCHEMICALS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Olene Life Sciences Private Limited BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2021
17507961 ROAD PLATE MOVING SYSTEM AND METHOD Fer-Pal Construction, Ltd. ADDIE, RAYMOND W 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2021
17048766 DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE COOPERATING WITH A PLATFORM IN A FLEXIBLE SYSTEM FOR HANDLING AND/OR MANIPULATING FLUIDS Aglaris Ltd. WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN 1798 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 19, 2020
17048485 CELL SEPARATION CHAMBER AND CELL SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Aglaris Ltd. MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A 1796 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 16, 2020
17066961 FIBROBLAST GROWTH PATTERNS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE West Virginia University MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2020
15107152 CONVERGENCE OF AGGREGATION RATE WITH VALIDATED PERIPHERAL DIAGNOSTIC FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE West Virginia University NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §102 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jun 22, 2016

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kramer & Amado, P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

80.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Kramer & Amado, P.C. were allowed, across 873 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Kramer & Amado, P.C. average before allowance?

3.84 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Kramer & Amado, P.C. have?

13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 11 examiners in 11 art units.

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