Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
17 pending office actions • 12 clients • 17 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maine Cernota & Curran operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area, with 2308 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.51 percent. This 85.51 percent allowance rate demonstrates a steady performance in securing patent rights for its biotech and pharmaceutical clients across thousands of filings.
On average, the firm receives 2.93 office actions per allowance. This metric of 2.93 office actions indicates a standard prosecution cycle, typically requiring several interactions with examiners to reach an allowance. Currently, the firm has 13 pending office actions. These 13 pending office actions represent the firm's active workload relative to its 2308 career applications. The combination of an 85.51 percent allowance rate and a 2.93 average for office actions suggests that Maine Cernota & Curran effectively manages its clients' portfolios with a focus on consistent outcomes.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 2 (12%) |
| §103 only | 5 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (35%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADAWI, MEDHAT | 1 | 81.5% | +12.6% |
| SINGH, ESVINDER | 1 | 77.4% | +22.7% |
| MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1 | 73.1% | +15.4% |
| ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE | 1 | 87.4% | +10.0% |
| AMARA, MOHAMED K | 1 | 75.8% | +29.8% |
| PHAN, HANH | 1 | 88.7% | +6.6% |
| BUSHEY, CHARLES S | 1 | 75.5% | +22.2% |
| SAVANI, AVINASH A | 1 | 74.6% | +20.8% |
| BARNETT, JOEL | 1 | 80.4% | +11.3% |
| SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1 | 63.1% | +17.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18708773 | SCANNING MIRROR FOR LASER POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | BARNETT, JOEL | 43d overdue |
| 19466609 | CAPTURING SYSTEM AND CAPTURING METHOD | BADAWI, MEDHAT | — |
| 18823113 | MULTIPLE BEAM WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | PHAN, HANH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18023472 | FINGER RECEPTACLE AND HOLDING DEVICE | TOWA, RENE T | 43d overdue |
| 18558841 | STABLE BIOACTIVE COMPOSITION | CHEN, CATHERYNE | 3d overdue |
| 18556203 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | MOURAD, RASEM | 21d |
| 18852873 | LASER BASED GAS DETECTOR | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 41d |
| 19141249 | A TOOL ENGAGEMENT COUPLING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | SINGH, ESVINDER | — |
| 19089955 | INJECTION DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME, AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | — |
| 18994736 | DETERMINING UTILISATION OF RESOURCES IN A SYSTEM HAVING AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITY | ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE | — |
| 18117807 | CONTROLLED MOISTURE TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR FRESH PRODUCE | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18708773 | SCANNING MIRROR FOR LASER POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | BARNETT, JOEL | 43d overdue |
| 18852873 | LASER BASED GAS DETECTOR | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 41d |
| 19466609 | CAPTURING SYSTEM AND CAPTURING METHOD | BADAWI, MEDHAT | — |
| 19141249 | A TOOL ENGAGEMENT COUPLING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | SINGH, ESVINDER | — |
| 19089955 | INJECTION DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME, AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | — |
| 18994736 | DETERMINING UTILISATION OF RESOURCES IN A SYSTEM HAVING AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITY | ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE | — |
| 18832578 | AUTOMATIC OIL DISPENSER FOR MOUNTING ONTO AN OBJECTIVE IN AN INVERTED MICROSCOPE SYSTEM | BUSHEY, CHARLES S | — |
| 18723257 | DEVICE FOR THE DELIVERY OF A COMBUSTIBLE GASEOUS MIXTURE AND PROCEDURE | SAVANI, AVINASH A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Wi-Charge Ltd. | 4 |
| BAE Systems | 2 |
| Panacea Diagnostics Ltd. | 2 |
| Astroscale Japan | 1 |
| Doshisha University | 1 |
| Sit S.p.A. | 1 |
| SHARPACK TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. | 1 |
| Lintbells | 1 |
| Tharos Limited | 1 |
| Windham Packaging, LLC | 1 |
| Mowgli Innovations | 1 |
| Dr. Schar S.p.A. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 1651 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19466609 | CAPTURING SYSTEM AND CAPTURING METHOD | Astroscale Japan Inc. | BADAWI, MEDHAT | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2026 |
| 19141249 | A TOOL ENGAGEMENT COUPLING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | BAE Systems PLC | SINGH, ESVINDER | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19089955 | INJECTION DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME, AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD | Doshisha University | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| 18994736 | DETERMINING UTILISATION OF RESOURCES IN A SYSTEM HAVING AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITY | BAE Systems PLC | ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE | 3666 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18852873 | LASER BASED GAS DETECTOR | Wi-Charge Ltd. | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18823113 | MULTIPLE BEAM WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | Wi-Charge Ltd. | PHAN, HANH | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 | |
| 18832578 | AUTOMATIC OIL DISPENSER FOR MOUNTING ONTO AN OBJECTIVE IN AN INVERTED MICROSCOPE SYSTEM | Panacea Diagnostics Ltd. | BUSHEY, CHARLES S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 | |
| 18723257 | DEVICE FOR THE DELIVERY OF A COMBUSTIBLE GASEOUS MIXTURE AND PROCEDURE | Sit S.p.A. | SAVANI, AVINASH A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 | |
| 18708773 | SCANNING MIRROR FOR LASER POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | Wi-Charge Ltd. | BARNETT, JOEL | 2849 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18697673 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A DEVICE FOR IMAGING | Panacea Diagnostics Ltd. | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 | |
| 18609631 | FLUXLESS GANG DIE BONDING ARRANGEMENT | Sharpack Technology Pte. Ltd. | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | 3729 | §112 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18558841 | STABLE BIOACTIVE COMPOSITION | Lintbells Limited | CHEN, CATHERYNE | 1655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18556203 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | Wi-Charge Ltd. | MOURAD, RASEM | 2836 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18269663 | AVIAN FOOD ADDITIVE | Tharos Limited | CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | 1651 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18117807 | CONTROLLED MOISTURE TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR FRESH PRODUCE | Windham Packaging, LLC | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1782 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 18023472 | FINGER RECEPTACLE AND HOLDING DEVICE | Mowgli Innovations Ltd. | TOWA, RENE T | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 17767610 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF TRIS-(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATO)-GLYCERYL ESTER | Dr. Schar S.p.A. | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2022 |
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