Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Law Offices Of Alan J. Morrison

9 pending office actions • 6 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=94 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

65.4%
Allowance Rate
n=94
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=94
OAs to Allowance
n=17 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=17 (min 20)
+36.0pp
Interview Lift
n=94
76.9%
RCE Rate
n=94
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=94

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=11 (min 20)
45.0%
§102 Overcome
n=20
33.3%
§103 Overcome
n=24
46.2%
§112 Overcome
n=26

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
61%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=94
1
Practitioners
n=94
94.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=94

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
6
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.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

2
Hard (22%)
7
Medium (78%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only4 (44%)
Double-patenting + other3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1 70.7% +30.6%
MYERS, CARLA J 1 48.9% +46.7%
SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1 58.0% +37.7%
NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1 42.9% +43.1%
FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1 51.4% +17.1%
BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1 34.6% +77.3%
SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1 65.7% +46.8%
MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1 30.8% +64.8%
AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1 54.0% +13.7%

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
18295893 Synchronized Cell-Based Compositions MYERS, CARLA J 26d overdue
18747563 Antibodies to Andes Hantavirus, and Methods for Using Same BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 7d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17277342 Octreotide Microsphere-Based Arterial Embolization for Treating Obesity MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 139d overdue
18062642 Lymphocyte-Based PKCe Test for Alzheimer's Disease NICOL, ALEXANDER W 105d overdue
17499012 ACE2-Targeted Compositions and Methods for Treating COVID-19 SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 79d overdue
18295893 Synchronized Cell-Based Compositions MYERS, CARLA J 26d overdue
17999434 Compositions and Methods for Treating Morphine, Heroin, and Alcohol Dependence FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 18d overdue
18747563 Antibodies to Andes Hantavirus, and Methods for Using Same BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 7d
17277400 Flutamide Microsphere-Based Arterial Embolization for Treating Prostate Disorders AL-AWADI, DANAH J 39d
18002066 Anti-CCR5 Monoclonal Antibody-Based Compositions and Methods SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 75d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16712
16821
16451
16341
16261
16431
16191
16151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18747563 Antibodies to Andes Hantavirus, and Methods for Using Same UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §101 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jun 19, 2024
18295893 Synchronized Cell-Based Compositions Neurogx LLC MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18002066 Anti-CCR5 Monoclonal Antibody-Based Compositions and Methods Maddon Advisors LLC SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1645 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 75d Pending Dec 16, 2022
18062642 Lymphocyte-Based PKCe Test for Alzheimer's Disease Neurodiagnostics LLC NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §103 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
17999434 Compositions and Methods for Treating Morphine, Heroin, and Alcohol Dependence Babak Behnam FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2022
17996019 ACE2-Targeted Compositions and Methods for Treating COVID-19 Maddon Advisors LLC BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1671 §103DPOther Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2022
17499012 ACE2-Targeted Compositions and Methods for Treating COVID-19 Maddon Advisors LLC SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1643 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2021
17277342 Octreotide Microsphere-Based Arterial Embolization for Treating Obesity Biovena Science, LLC MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §103 Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2021
17277400 Flutamide Microsphere-Based Arterial Embolization for Treating Prostate Disorders Biovena Science, LLC AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1615 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Mar 18, 2021

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