Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
12 pending office actions • 1 client • 12 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIN, SOO JUNG | 1 | 87.1% | +16.2% |
| PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1 | 14.3% | +33.8% |
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.7% |
| PAULS, JOHN A | 1 | 49.1% | +27.4% |
| HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 1 | — | — |
| TURK, NEIL N | 1 | 51.0% | +44.3% |
| GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1 | 45.8% | +40.8% |
| GABEL, GAILENE | 1 | 75.6% | +44.8% |
| RAMIREZ, ALEX | 1 | 81.0% | +21.0% |
| HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 1 | 56.5% | +39.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18968256 | Methods and Systems for X-Ray Imaging and Labeling | SHIN, SOO JUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18757823 | Methods and Systems for In-Clinic Compliance Protocols | PAULS, JOHN A | 30d overdue |
| 18968694 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Hematologic Morphology Detection and Treatment | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | — |
| 18962899 | Devices and Methods for Alignment Tools | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | — |
| 18618910 | CAPTURE REAGENT FOR LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY | HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | — |
| 18427503 | Methods, Systems, and Device for Electrowetting Bar-Coded Magnetic Beads | TURK, NEIL N | — |
| 18390970 | IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD | GABEL, GAILENE | — |
| 18390889 | LATERAL FLOW ANALYTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | RAMIREZ, ALEX | — |
| 18352792 | System and Methods for At-Home Diagnostics Utilizing Microneedles | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18757823 | Methods and Systems for In-Clinic Compliance Protocols | PAULS, JOHN A | 30d overdue |
| 18968256 | Methods and Systems for X-Ray Imaging and Labeling | SHIN, SOO JUNG | — |
| 18968694 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Hematologic Morphology Detection and Treatment | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | — |
| 18427503 | Methods, Systems, and Device for Electrowetting Bar-Coded Magnetic Beads | TURK, NEIL N | — |
| 18391216 | PERIANAL SWAB PCR PANEL, METHODS, DEVICE, AND KITS | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | — |
| 18390970 | IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD | GABEL, GAILENE | — |
| 18390889 | LATERAL FLOW ANALYTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | RAMIREZ, ALEX | — |
| 18352792 | System and Methods for At-Home Diagnostics Utilizing Microneedles | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| IDEXX LABORATORIES, Inc. | 12 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1686 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18968256 | Methods and Systems for X-Ray Imaging and Labeling | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | SHIN, SOO JUNG | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 | |
| 18968694 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Hematologic Morphology Detection and Treatment | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18962899 | Devices and Methods for Alignment Tools | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18757823 | Methods and Systems for In-Clinic Compliance Protocols | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | PAULS, JOHN A | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18618910 | CAPTURE REAGENT FOR LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 1677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18427503 | Methods, Systems, and Device for Electrowetting Bar-Coded Magnetic Beads | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | TURK, NEIL N | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| 18391216 | PERIANAL SWAB PCR PANEL, METHODS, DEVICE, AND KITS | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18390970 | IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | GABEL, GAILENE | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 | |
| 18390889 | LATERAL FLOW ANALYTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | RAMIREZ, ALEX | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 | |
| 18352792 | System and Methods for At-Home Diagnostics Utilizing Microneedles | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18189874 | METHODS, DEVICE, KIT AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING FELINE LUNGWORM | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL | 1645 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17705924 | Methods for Detecting Symmetrical Dimethylarginine | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1678 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
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