Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
20 pending office actions • 7 clients • 20 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Lex Generalis, LLC manages a portfolio in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals with 191 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 78.89 percent for applications that reach a final resolution. Achieving these results involves an average of 2.99 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm has 16 pending office actions to address.
The 191 career applications and 78.89 percent allowance rate reflect the firm's practice in its primary technology area. The 2.99 average office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for expected examiner interaction during the patent acquisition process. These figures offer a data-grounded view of the firm's historical performance and current workload for practitioners evaluating the firm's Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals experience.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 3 (15%) |
| §103 only | 4 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 3 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1 | 50.0% | +35.2% |
| PATEL, DEVANG R | 1 | 65.6% | +39.2% |
| DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 1 | 80.1% | +16.5% |
| JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | 1 | 87.5% | +21.9% |
| GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 1 | 22.1% | +23.4% |
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1 | 79.6% | +13.5% |
| DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| LEONARD, ARTHUR S | 1 | 50.8% | +50.2% |
| MARVICH, MARIA | 1 | 54.9% | +28.1% |
| LAN, YAN | 1 | 63.1% | +21.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730449 | NUDIX OVEREXPRESSING ENGINEERED PLANTS AND USES THEREOF | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | 8d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17769992 | FORMULATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF VIBRIO INFECTIONS | PROSSER, ALISSA J | 88d overdue |
| 17556493 | LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING EMISSIONS FROM ANIMAL PRODUCTION | BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE | 51d overdue |
| 18037098 | VIBRIO TOXIN BINDING PROTEINS IN SHRIMP AND USES THEREOF | STEELE, AMBER D | 3d overdue |
| 18289409 | CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION FOR DISEASE TREATMENT | SCHMITT, MICHAEL J | 29d |
| 18750731 | WEARABLE SPINAL TRAINING DEVICE | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 30d |
| 18298082 | SOYBEANS HAVING LOW TRYPSIN INHIBITOR EXPRESSION OR ACTIVITY | SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON | 41d |
| 19305739 | HETEROLOGOUS DDP1 EXPRESSING PLANTS AND USES THEREOF | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | — |
| 18847106 | ENGINEERED PLANTS HAVING MODIFIED INOSITOL PYROPHOSPHATES | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730449 | NUDIX OVEREXPRESSING ENGINEERED PLANTS AND USES THEREOF | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | 8d |
| 18750731 | WEARABLE SPINAL TRAINING DEVICE | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 30d |
| 19305739 | HETEROLOGOUS DDP1 EXPRESSING PLANTS AND USES THEREOF | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | — |
| 19145847 | SMALL-SCALE SOLID-STATE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TOOLS AND DESIGNS | PATEL, DEVANG R | — |
| 18847106 | ENGINEERED PLANTS HAVING MODIFIED INOSITOL PYROPHOSPHATES | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | — |
| 18695210 | CASCADE DEGRADATION AND UPCYCLING OF POLYSTYRENE WASTE TO HIGH VALUE CHEMICALS | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | — |
| 18578856 | ENGINEERED S. TYPHIMURIUM AND USES THEREOF | LEONARD, ARTHUR S | — |
| 18574777 | ENGINEERED NODAVIRAL CARGO DELIVERY SYSTEMS | MARVICH, MARIA | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Virginia Tech | 11 |
| University of Arizona | 4 |
| Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties | 1 |
| EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE | 1 |
| Innomed One, LLC | 1 |
| Liquid Instruments Pty. Ltd. | 1 |
| Low Carbon Technologies | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1663 | 2 |
| 1662 | 2 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| 1634 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1629 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19305739 | HETEROLOGOUS DDP1 EXPRESSING PLANTS AND USES THEREOF | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19145847 | SMALL-SCALE SOLID-STATE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TOOLS AND DESIGNS | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 18847106 | ENGINEERED PLANTS HAVING MODIFIED INOSITOL PYROPHOSPHATES | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18730449 | NUDIX OVEREXPRESSING ENGINEERED PLANTS AND USES THEREOF | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | 1662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18750731 | WEARABLE SPINAL TRAINING DEVICE | Edward Via College Of Osteopathic Medicine | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18695210 | CASCADE DEGRADATION AND UPCYCLING OF POLYSTYRENE WASTE TO HIGH VALUE CHEMICALS | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 | |
| 18591957 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION | Innomed One, LLC | DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| 18578856 | ENGINEERED S. TYPHIMURIUM AND USES THEREOF | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | LEONARD, ARTHUR S | 1631 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18574777 | ENGINEERED NODAVIRAL CARGO DELIVERY SYSTEMS | Arizona Board of Regents | MARVICH, MARIA | 1634 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18559525 | SOLID-INFUSED SURFACES, ARTICLES INCORPORATING SOLID-INFUSED SURFACES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18289409 | CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION FOR DISEASE TREATMENT | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | SCHMITT, MICHAEL J | 1629 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18285876 | ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION-BASED DETECTION OF SHRIMP PATHOGENS | Arizona Board of Regents | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1682 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18282193 | MULTI-INSTRUMENT DEVICE BASED ON PARTIAL RECONFIGURATION FPGA | Liquid Instruments Pty. Ltd. | DO, AN H | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18281503 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVAPORATION BASED LIQUID TRANSPORT | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | GORDON, BRIAN R | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18037098 | VIBRIO TOXIN BINDING PROTEINS IN SHRIMP AND USES THEREOF | Arizona Board of Regents | STEELE, AMBER D | 1658 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18298082 | SOYBEANS HAVING LOW TRYPSIN INHIBITOR EXPRESSION OR ACTIVITY | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON | 1663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18030250 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING A PI3K MEDIATED DISEASE | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | D' AMBROSIO, THEA | 1654 | §112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 17769992 | FORMULATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF VIBRIO INFECTIONS | Arizona Board of Regents | PROSSER, ALISSA J | 1619 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 88d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2022 |
| 17556493 | LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING EMISSIONS FROM ANIMAL PRODUCTION | Low Carbon Technologies, LLC | BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE | 1685 | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | 51d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2021 |
| 17419274 | CHEMICALLY PROGRAMMED NEUTROPHILS AND USES THEREOF | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2021 |
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