Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
190 pending office actions • 90 clients • 182 examiners • 93 art units • 0 of 190 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
LEX IP MEISTER, PLLC has handled 4952 career applications, primarily in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 86.94 percent. This is achieved with an average of 3.18 office actions per allowance.
Currently, the firm manages 124 pending office actions. The 4952 career applications demonstrate significant experience in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. The 86.94 percent allowance rate and 3.18 office actions per allowance reflect the firm's historical prosecution trends.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 36 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. 36 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 | 16 (8%) |
| §103 only | 49 (26%) |
| §102 only | 12 (6%) |
| §112 only | 16 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 8 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 86 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, BENNY T | 3 | 87.4% | +25.3% |
| PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 2 | 26.9% | +37.5% |
| GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 2 | 68.2% | +16.3% |
| PATEL, NIMESH | 2 | 84.7% | +16.7% |
| BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 2 | 60.7% | +31.5% |
| MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | 2 | 90.6% | -12.6% |
| BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 2 | 80.9% | +15.7% |
| EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | 1 | 91.5% | -4.9% |
| YANG, NAN-YING | 1 | 77.9% | +8.6% |
| CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 1 | 36.1% | +16.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19560363 | STYLUS PEN | EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | — |
| 18618539 | METAL CATALYST WITH VERTICAL HETEROJUNCTION INTERFACE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — |
| 18405186 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HETEROJUNCTION MATERIAL FOR MEXENE OF METAL PHOSPHIDE AND METAL CARBIDE AND ELECTROCATALYST COMPOSITE USING THE SAME | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — |
| 18110028 | PHOTOCATALYST-ATTACHED FILTER AND PREPARING METHOD OF THE SAME | MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18025446 | TARGETED DEAMINASE AND BASE EDITING USING SAME | LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE | 87d overdue |
| 18207316 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING HIGH-FREQUENCY BIO-SIGNAL BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK MODEL | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 30d overdue |
| 17970689 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLEMENTING SCAN DATA BY USING LIBRARY DATA | POTTS, RYAN PATRICK | 30d overdue |
| 18039033 | CULTURE MEDIUM COMPOSITION FOR ESTABLISHING OR CULTURING KERATINOCYTES COMPRISING CALCIUM, EPIDERAL GROWTH FACTOR, AND ALBUMIN | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 23d overdue |
| 18098996 | PLASMA POLYMERIZED THIN FILM AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 23d overdue |
| 17912480 | ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE ANIMAL MODEL USING 3-DIMENSIONAL BIOPRINTED OCCLUDE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WESTON, ALYSSA G | 9d |
| 19112384 | EXHAUST GAS REDUCTION DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRICALLY HEATED CATALYST-COATED PARTICULATE FILTER | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 14d |
| 18372718 | Wireless communication device with mounting space between antenna elements | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 14d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18417165 | BIDIRECTIONAL STRETCHABLE NERVE FIBER INTERFACE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 26d |
| 19159405 | VERTICAL ROTARY PLANT CULTIVATION SYSTEM | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | — |
| 19176416 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | LEE, BENNY T | — |
| 19079560 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | LEE, BENNY T | — |
| 19060634 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | LEE, BENNY T | — |
| 18841052 | NEURAL PROBE | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | — |
| 19045691 | CHAIN CONTAINER REACTOR | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| 18955859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | PATEL, NIMESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 5 |
| 1658 | 5 |
| 3794 | 4 |
| 3753 | 3 |
| 2872 | 3 |
| 1794 | 3 |
| 1637 | 3 |
| 2629 | 2 |
| 1663 | 2 |
| 3646 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19560363 | STYLUS PEN | HiDeep, Inc. | EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | 2629 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2026 |
| 19332368 | STYLUS PEN, ANTENNA MODULE, TOUCH SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HiDeep, Inc. | YANG, NAN-YING | 2629 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19159405 | VERTICAL ROTARY PLANT CULTIVATION SYSTEM | Clay Building Co., Ltd. | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19315566 | INTELLIGENT VEHICLE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD APPLIED TO INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM | Smart Radar System, Inc. | PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN | 3658 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2025 |
| 19312566 | INVERTER AND BOOTSTRAP INVERTER WITH IMPROVED OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS | Hoseo University Academic Cooperation Foundation | O NEILL, PATRICK | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 | |
| 19284711 | PTZ DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAMERA | Idis Co., Ltd. | YENKE, BRIAN P | 2422 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19263545 | ANTENNA DEVICE | Kmw Inc. | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 | |
| 19241436 | IOT EDGE SYSTEM FOR SHARING RESOURCES AMONG IOT EDGES HAVING HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE | Mysmax Co., Ltd. | ZONG, RUOLEI | 2449 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19134147 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CaAIBZ1 GENE-EDITED HOT PEPPER TO ENHANCE DROUGHT TOLERANCE | Toolgen Incorporated | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 1663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19220265 | SCHOOL VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM USING RADAR SENSOR | Smart Radar System, Inc. | ALAM, MIRZA F | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 | |
| 19220509 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | HiDeep, Inc. | KETEMA, BENYAM | 2626 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19131580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATION OF MOBILE CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING SAME METHOD IS RECORDED | Korea Institute Of Civil Engineering And Building Technology | SHAHNAMI, AMIR | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 | |
| 19198161 | VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA DEVICE | Kmw Inc. | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 | |
| 18845576 | NEURAL INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute Of Science And Technology | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| 19176416 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | Kmw Inc. | LEE, BENNY T | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 | |
| 19115797 | METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING OF FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIALS | Interpeople Co., Ltd. | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 3753 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19112384 | EXHAUST GAS REDUCTION DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRICALLY HEATED CATALYST-COATED PARTICULATE FILTER | Korea Institute Of Machinery & Materials | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19079527 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | Kmw Inc. | TRA, ANH QUAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 19079560 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | Kmw Inc. | LEE, BENNY T | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 19075992 | Neural regeneration enhancement device using wireless electrical stimulation based on high-frequency induction coil and conductive hydrogel | Korea University Research And Business Foundation | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| 19070766 | RESISTANCE CHANGE MEMORY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | Research &Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University | ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 | |
| 19069401 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND GAME CONTROL METHOD | Universal Entertainment Corporation | HARPER, TRAMAR YONG | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 | |
| 19065127 | Ultrasound device capable of aligning blood vessels and probes for ultrasonic Doppler measurement | Edgecare Inc. | IP, JASON M | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19060634 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | Kmw Inc. | LEE, BENNY T | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2025 | |
| 18841052 | NEURAL PROBE | Yonsei University University-Industry Foundation | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 19051360 | MICROORGANISM HAVING INCREASED ACTIVITY OF 3-METHYL-2-OXOBUTANOATE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE, AND USE THEREOF | Cj Cheiljedang Corporation | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 18724688 | INTERSECTION SIGNAL PHASING SYSTEM BASED ON DISTANCE BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS | Dongrim Tns Co.,Ltd | BURGDORF, STEPHEN R | 2685 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19045691 | CHAIN CONTAINER REACTOR | Unists | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 3646 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19019838 | STAGE APPARATUS OF SIDE TRACK BUFFER AND SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME | Justem Co., Ltd. | GRAY, PAUL J | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19002887 | NOVEL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL PROTEINS FROM ATRINA SP. BYSSUS AND USES THEREOF | Postech Research And Business Development Foundation | WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 | |
| 19002967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE WITH CHATROOM | Kakao Corp. | HWANG, JOON H | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18878976 | ACTUATOR FOR OPENING/CLOSING VALVE | Bsc Co., Ltd. | KEASEL, ERIC S | 3753 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18878891 | SKIN-ATTACHABLE TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | Asen Company | ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 25, 2024 | |
| 18878190 | CLOUD SYSTEM | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | WOO, ISAAC M | 2163 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18983493 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING SPIN DATA OF ROTATING OBJECT | Vc Inc. | LI, RUIPING | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| 18979865 | NIR-responsive stem cell-derived inflammation attenuating complex and use thereof | Gachon University Of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation | KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| 18980747 | MUSCLE OR NERVE FUNCTION REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE USING CONDUCTIVE HYDROGEL | Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University | LUAN, SCOTT | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| 18873460 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING DATA FABRIC-BASED DISEASE-SPECIFIC DATABASE | Kakao Healthcare Corp. | LE, MIRANDA | 2153 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18969702 | MODEL TRAINING DEVICE, MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SPEECH RECOGNITION OF NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS | Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology | AZIZ, SHEZA ABDUL | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18964080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROBE-ADAPTIVE QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING | Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 | |
| 18856684 | MOVABLE TRUCK HAVING WATER TANK FOR EXTINGUISHING ELECTRIC CAR FIRE | Viscare Co.,Ltd. | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18868910 | ALLULOSE COMPOSITION WITH EXCELLENT STABILITY | Samyang Corporation | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 | |
| 18955859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University | PATEL, NIMESH | 2642 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954384 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATION BASED ON BEAMFORMING | Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University | PATEL, NIMESH | 2642 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18945760 | PROMPT GAMMA NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS APPARATUS | Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute | WANG, JING | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| 18944173 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THERE OF | Sogang University Research & Business Development Foundation | HARANDI, SIAMAK | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 | |
| 18934331 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTRACTILITY ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC ORGANOIDS BASED ON PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY, PROGRAM FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF | Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University | ROBERTS, RACHEL L | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 | |
| 18931075 | METHOD OF ALLOCATING UPLINK RESOURCE THROUGH BUFFER ESTIMATION AND BASE STATION DEVICE USING THE METHOD | Seoul National University R&Db Foundation | FUENTES, RUDY CRISTOFER | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 | |
| 18857233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REMOVE TRITIUM FROM HIGH VOLUMETRIC WASTEWATERS | Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 | |
| 18906373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE USING PREDICTED METADATA | LUNIT INC. | KRETZER, CASEY L | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial86.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Lex Ip Meister, Pllc were allowed, across 4,952 applications in USPTO records.
3.18 office actions per allowed application on average.
190 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 90 clients, before 182 examiners in 93 art units.