Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
940 pending office actions • 333 clients • 802 examiners • 286 art units • 28 of 940 (3%) have an AI response strategy ready
MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area, with 24401 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 100.0 percent. This result involves an average of 5.24 office actions per allowance, which measures the examiner interaction required for their cases.
The firm is currently managing 744 pending office actions. The 100.0 percent resolved allowance rate across 24401 career applications describes the firm's prosecution history. The 5.24 average office actions per allowance reflects the interactions occurring within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. The 744 pending office actions represent the firm's current workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 287 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. 287 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 only | 39 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 142 (15%) |
| §103 only | 272 (29%) |
| §102 only | 32 (3%) |
| §112 only | 48 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 24 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 83 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 290 (31%) |
| No statute on record | 10 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOVE, TREVOR M | 6 | 43.1% | +26.8% |
| SAEED, ALI S | 4 | 31.1% | +34.9% |
| SHIN, DANA H | 4 | 26.9% | +27.1% |
| SKELDING, ZACHARY S | 4 | 59.8% | +41.1% |
| HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM | 4 | 35.1% | +76.3% |
| MOSER, BRUCE M | 3 | 84.2% | +20.1% |
| PAK, JOHN D | 3 | 52.4% | +37.7% |
| NGUYEN, TIEN C | 3 | 68.0% | +18.6% |
| JAUHARI, SACHI | 3 | 60.0% | +80.0% |
| DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE | 3 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17634034 | Hydrophobic Peptide Salts for Extended Release Compositions | REYNOLDS, FRED H | 334d overdue |
| 18400184 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PREDICTING WHEN PRIOR AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED FOR A HEALTH CARE PROCEDURE USING STATISTICAL ANALYTICS | CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 160d overdue |
| 18036439 | METHOD | KIM, YOUNG J | 155d overdue |
| 18279690 | REMOVAL OF ARSENIC, ANTIMONY AND TOXIC METALS FROM CONTAMINATED SUBSTRATE | PERRIN, CLARE M | 147d overdue |
| 18274892 | Turning Plowing Device | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 140d overdue |
| 17773485 | DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTILAYERED STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORT OF LIPID BILAYERS | DICKINSON, PAUL W | 139d overdue |
| 18567443 | METHOD FOR KNITTING DENSE ZONES AND KNIT OBTAINED | HUANG, GRACE | 126d overdue |
| 17567814 | APPARATUSES FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING ENERGY SYSTEMS | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 120d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16586318 | CROSS-SPECIES-SPECIFIC BISPECIFIC BINDERS | SKELDING, ZACHARY S | 77d overdue |
| 19052157 | Systems and Methods for Prompt Tuning Based on Document Classification | MOSER, BRUCE M | 74d overdue |
| 19052186 | Systems and Methods for Iteratively Updating Classification Prompts | MOSER, BRUCE M | 66d overdue |
| 17775386 | Method for Reduced Aggregate Formation in Downstream Processing of Bispecific Antigen-Binding Molecules | SKELDING, ZACHARY S | 52d overdue |
| 19052197 | Systems and Methods for Prompt Self-Optimization | MOSER, BRUCE M | 42d overdue |
| 17986014 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ADAR-MEDIATED EDITING OF LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2 (LRRK2) | SHIN, DANA H | 38d overdue |
| 19258402 | METHODS FOR MAKING L-GLUFOSINATE | SAEED, ALI S | 35d |
| 19372848 | METHODS FOR MAKING L-GLUFOSINATE | SAEED, ALI S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 32 |
| 1631 | 11 |
| 1643 | 10 |
| 1622 | 10 |
| 1653 | 10 |
| 1635 | 10 |
| 3629 | 9 |
| 1637 | 9 |
| 1636 | 9 |
| 1615 | 8 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19574205 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - BLOCKCHAIN RETIREMENT ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT | Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America | GETACHEW, WODAJO | 3697 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2026 |
| 19425725 | MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POUCHES CONTAINING, ON THE INSIDE, A QUANTITY OF LOOSE MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR SNUS | Sasib S.p.A. | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2025 |
| 19372848 | METHODS FOR MAKING L-GLUFOSINATE | BASF Corporation | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19479699 | PLANTS PRODUCING PROTEINS FOR PEST CONTROL | Nacionalni Institut Za Biologijo | DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN | 1662 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19474601 | MANUFACTURING MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGES FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES | G.D S.p.A. | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19164195 | Engine Control System | Jcb Research | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 3747 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19324859 | METHODS FOR MAKING L-GLUFOSINATE | BASF Corporation | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19325096 | VR Environment for Real-time Road Conditions | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | YANG, NAN-YING | 2629 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19163028 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM | Jcb Research | DALLO, JOSEPH J | 3747 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19313174 | METHODS OF DELIVERING A VIRAL VECTOR TO A KIDNEY | Purespring Therapeutics Limited | MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN | 1638 | §101§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19305093 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM | Trina Solar Co., Ltd. | AYAD, TAMIR | 1726 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19156999 | FLUID-DISPENSING MOTORIZED VALVE AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD | VERNET | WADDY, JONATHAN J | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19272510 | Distributed Ledger for Vehicle Feature Updates | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | SMITH, ISAAC G | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 | |
| 19263868 | ASSIGNING MOBILE DEVICE DATA TO A VEHICLE | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | FEACHER, LORENA R | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 | |
| 19262651 | MANAGING INCOME STREAMS USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER AND SOULBOUND TOKENS | Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America | MILLER, JAMES H | 3694 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19258402 | METHODS FOR MAKING L-GLUFOSINATE | BASF Corporation | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19252262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING OCCUPANT LOCATION BASED ON VEHICULAR COLLISION | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | PECHE, JORGE O | 3656 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19248224 | Techniques for Advanced Exascale AI Workflow Synthesis | Regents of the University of Michigan | STEWART, CRYSTOL | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19237888 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF USER TELEMATICS DATA USING GENERATIVE AI | State Farm Mututal Automobile Insurance Company | TRAN, HAI | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 | |
| 19230677 | DATA-DRIVEN-BASED ANALYSIS OF CORONARY INDEX OF MICROCIRCULATORY RESISTANCE FROM ANGIOGRAPHY DATA | AngioInsight, Inc. | SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN | 3797 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19223755 | INTEGRITY VERIFICATION OF VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS | Rm Acquisition, LLC | PETTIEGREW, TOYA R | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 | |
| 19224099 | SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | Trina Solar Co., Ltd. | WHITE, SADIE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 | |
| 19222669 | SPEED SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND FORKLIFT TRUCK COMPRISING SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT | Stäubli Wft GmbH | TRAN, DIEM M | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19220920 | CUTTING DEVICE | Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 | |
| 19211912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PEDESTRIAN GUIDANCE VIA AUGMENTED REALITY | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 | |
| 19205652 | BASE POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR A REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE ARM AND RELATED METHODS | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19205028 | EVIDENCE ORACLES | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 | |
| 19202888 | TWO-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY AT EXTREMELY LOW EXCITATION INTENSITY | The Regents of the University of Michigan | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 2877 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19197452 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETERMINE PRODUCT CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY | UL LLC | UBALE, GAUTAM | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 | |
| 19193139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING WATER DAMAGE USING ENERGY-HARVESTING SENSORS | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | PREVIL, DANIEL | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| 19188382 | Vehicle Wheel for a Vehicle | Accuride Wheels Solingen GmbH | COMINO, EVA L | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| 19186066 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-VEHICLE DRIVER ASSISTANCE VIA AUGMENTED REALITY | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | ALIZADA, OMEED | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 | |
| 19183335 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING CASH MARKET COMMODITY PRICES FROM UNSTRUCTURED DATA, INFERRING MISSING PRICES, AND OPTIMIZING THE SUPPLY CHAIN BASED ON THE ASSEMBLED STRUCTURED DATA SET | Contango, Inc. | JARRETT, SCOTT L | 3625 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19180950 | Methods and Systems for Modeling Soil Processes and Properties | Advanced Agrilytics Holdings, LLC | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | 3662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19173142 | PIPE BRANCH STRUCTURE | Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd. | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 3679 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19172352 | ENDOVASCULAR PERFUSION AUGMENTATION FOR CRITICAL CARE | Government Of The United States AS Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force | PREVIL, DANIEL | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 | |
| 19171605 | PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT HAVING ACCESS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS | UNITED AIRLINES, INC. | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 | |
| 19096001 | Method and System for Identifying and Recording Encumbrances on an Asset in a Secure, Immutable Ledger | Copyforward Inc. | OYEBISI, OJO O | 3695 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19115851 | Piston Ring | Tpr Co., Ltd. | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19112172 | Automation System | Machine2Machine Solutions AB | SYED, NABIL H | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 19078861 | Refillable Cosmetic Product | Elc Management LLC | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19076761 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF A SPECIMEN SURFACE OF A SPECIMEN | Nexgen Wafer Systems Pte. Ltd. | TON, TRI T | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| 19076078 | REUSABLE STRUCTURE FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION | Providencia Composites, LLC | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| 19073635 | USING MACHINE LEARNING TO VIRTUALIZE PRODUCT TESTS | UL LLC | PATEL, DIPEN M | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 18833284 | CONVERSATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE | Taieisangyo Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, SEAN H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 | |
| 19065436 | Medical Indication Determination Using Heterogeneous Data in a Clinical Decision Support System | Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC | LONG, MEREDITH A | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| 19063931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A HOME SCORE FOR A USER | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J | 3629 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19106886 | SUCTION TOOTHBRUSH AND RELATED METHODS | Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19060145 | Cosmetic and Personal Care compositions | BOLT THREADS, INC. | SONG, JIANFENG | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 19058566 | VALVE STATUS INDICATION DEVICE | Emerson Process Management Chennai Private Limited | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 3753 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial80.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP were allowed, across 24,401 applications in USPTO records.
3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.
940 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 333 clients, before 802 examiners in 286 art units.