Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
167 pending office actions • 35 clients • 152 examiners • 102 art units • 13 of 167 (8%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
This profile covers Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and includes 9403 career applications. The resolved allowance rate is 86.87%, while the average is 4.55 office actions per allowance. The historical record is broad and shows favorable reported allowance outcomes, with multiple examination events commonly occurring before allowance.
The profile has 169 pending office actions, indicating a substantial active docket alongside the completed application record. Practitioners can use the action average to anticipate sustained prosecution activity and the allowance rate to frame historical outcomes. The pending workload also calls for systematic tracking of response deadlines, claim amendments, and recurring examiner issues across this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 51 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. 51 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 | 6 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (5%) |
| §103 only | 61 (37%) |
| §102 only | 9 (5%) |
| §112 only | 9 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 17 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 48 (29%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, AMY ROSE | 5 | 74.8% | +11.7% |
| TRAN, CHRISTINA L | 3 | 51.6% | +49.8% |
| WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 2 | 62.4% | +24.3% |
| RICCI, CRAIG D | 2 | 53.7% | +52.6% |
| KIFLE, BRUCK | 2 | 79.3% | +15.8% |
| SHAH, NILAY J | 2 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
| VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR | 2 | 50.0% | +58.7% |
| XU, XIAOYUN | 2 | 59.9% | +31.6% |
| GIBBS, TERRA C | 2 | 63.7% | +10.4% |
| YU, DELPHINUS DOU YI | 2 | 33.3% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17221021 | Core-Shell Particles and Composite Material Synthesized Therefrom | CROWELL, ANNA M | 100d overdue |
| 17580279 | Systems and Methods for Roof Area and Slope Estimation Using a Point Set | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 60d overdue |
| 18672139 | Spatial Audio Parameter Merging | ZHANG, LESHUI | 59d overdue |
| 16250194 | Method of Making a Ceramic Matrix Composite | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 25d overdue |
| 18412677 | Acoustic Echo Cancellation | ROBERTS, SHAUN A | 22d overdue |
| 18367222 | Apparatus, Methods, and Computer Programs | WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER | 8d overdue |
| 17886279 | PEN-TYPE DRUG INJECTION DEVICE WITH CONTROLLER AND TIME LOCK-OUT MECHANISM FOR ITS DRIVE | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 14d |
| 18373344 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program | CHOI, WON JUN | 15d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17683423 | XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE (XDH) iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | HUDSON, AMY ROSE | 110d overdue |
| 18456718 | IMIDE-BASED MODULATORS OF PROTEOLYSIS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE | RICCI, CRAIG D | 99d overdue |
| 18324191 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITION OF HAO1 (HYDROXYACID OXIDASE 1 (GLYCOLATE OXIDASE)) GENE EXPRESSION | TRAN, CHRISTINA L | 52d overdue |
| 18376217 | TMPRSS6 iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | HUDSON, AMY ROSE | 38d overdue |
| 17974596 | APOLIPOPROTEIN E (APOE) iRNA AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | TRAN, CHRISTINA L | 4d overdue |
| 17870368 | NATIVE MICROFLUIDIC CE-MS ANALYSIS OF ANTIBODY CHARGE HETEROGENEITY | XU, XIAOYUN | 55d |
| 18581511 | BETA-CATENIN (CTNNB1) iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR | 79d |
| 18852579 | T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL MODULATORS COMPRISING A PIPERAZINE OR 1,4-DIAZEPANE CORE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1637 | 12 |
| 1636 | 9 |
| 3783 | 6 |
| 1625 | 4 |
| 1635 | 4 |
| 1797 | 4 |
| 3753 | 3 |
| 2644 | 3 |
| 1626 | 3 |
| 1629 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19361469 | Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems and Methods for Processing Insurance Underwriting Data | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY | 3691 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19473351 | SIGNALING INFORMATION ABOUT MULTIPLE POST PROCESSING FILTERS | Nokia Technologies Oy | KIR, ALBERT | 2485 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2025 |
| 19469643 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELASTIC CABLE DRIVEN ROBOT JOINTS | Vicarious Surgical Inc. | NGUYEN, ROBERT T | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19165429 | CONTEXT ADAPAPTIVE BINARY ARITHMETIC CODING INITIALIZATION FOR GRADUAL DECODER REFRESH PICTURES | Nokia Technologies Oy | SENFI, BEHROOZ M | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19292378 | AUDIO AND VISUAL MODIFICATION | Nokia Technologies Oy | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19276784 | Y-Check Valves, Related Components, and Related Methods | Hayward Industries, Inc. | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19239108 | Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Modeling Roofs of Structures Using Two-Dimensional and Partial Three-Dimensional Data | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | CHIN, MICHELLE | 2614 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19234365 | Physical Downlink Control Channel Monitoring for Inter-Cell Beam Management | Nokia Technologies Oy | HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M | 2466 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19227130 | CHROMA MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT USING RECONSTRUCTED LUMA OR CHROMA | Nokia Technologies Oy | MCFALL, CHRISTIAN PAUL | 2426 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19213295 | System and Method for Generating Simulated Scenes from Open Map Data for Machine Learning | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | VU, KHOA | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19207145 | SURGICAL VIRTUAL REALITY USER INTERFACE | Vicarious Surgical Inc. | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19189968 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program | Nokia Technologies Oy | PHUONG, DAI | 2644 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19092387 | Lighting System For An Environment And A Control Module For Use Therein | Hayward Industries, Inc. | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 2845 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19075995 | Material-Handling Robot With Magnetically Guided End-Effectors | Persimmon Technologies Corporation | KC, SAGAR | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19073878 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods for Automatic Photo Labeling and Filing | Xactware Solutions, Inc. | LU, ZHIYU | 2665 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19066412 | DYNAMIC CLAMPS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. | JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J | 1645 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19062827 | GENERATING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR VIEWING 3D DATA AND/OR IMAGE DATA | Faro Technologies, Inc. | RICHER, AARON M | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19057507 | MICROCHIP CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS ASSAYS AND REAGENTS | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | BALL, JOHN C | 1795 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19055929 | Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Automatically Detecting, Classifying, and Pricing Objects Captured in Images or Videos | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A | 2649 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19036389 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods for Automatic Construction Scheduling and Expense Estimation | Xactware Solutions, Inc. | DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19009453 | Compact Universal Gas Pool Heater And Associated Methods | Hayward Industries, Inc. | BAKER, LORI LYNN | 3754 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18879994 | METHOD APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIGNALING BOUNDARY VERTICES | Nokia Technologies Oy | OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | 2662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18973911 | Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Generating Building Models Using Three-Dimensional Sensing and Augmented Reality Techniques | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | WILSON, NICHOLAS R | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18953925 | HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHODS | Cytonome/St, LLC | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18953486 | Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Detecting Structures Using Aerial Imagery and Heightmap Data | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | COUSO, JOSE L | 2667 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18864098 | METHODS OF USE OF T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL MODULATORS | Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. | JACKSON, SHAWQUIA | 1626 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18941023 | MICROORGANISMS ENGINEERED TO REDUCE HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA | Synlogic Operating Company, Inc. | GANGLE, BRIAN J | 1645 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18864351 | CRYSTALLINE POLYMORPHS OF N-METHYL-N-((1S,3S)-3-METHYL-3-((6-(1-METHYL-1H-PYRAZOL-4-YL)PYRAZOLO[1,5-A]PYRAZIN-4-YL)OXY)CYCLOBUTYL)ACRYLAMIDE | BIOGEN MA INC. | NEAGU, IRINA | 1629 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18930698 | DERIVATION OF INTRA PREDICTION MODE MODES USING CONTENT ANALYSIS | Nokia Technologies Oy | HOLDER, ANNER N | 2484 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18927451 | TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. | VALENROD, YEVGENY | 1628 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18913485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT TUMOR-IMMUNE PHENOTYPING FROM IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE (IF) IMAGE ANALYSIS | Sanofi | ZHENG, JACKY X | 2681 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18852579 | T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL MODULATORS COMPRISING A PIPERAZINE OR 1,4-DIAZEPANE CORE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 1627 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18852396 | T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL MODULATORS COMPRISING A DIAZASPIROHEPTANE CORE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. | RICCI, CRAIG D | 1611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18882884 | PYRUVATE KINASE ACTIVATORS FOR USE IN TREATING BLOOD DISORDERS | Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | KIFLE, BRUCK | 1624 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18830643 | ANTI-HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) ANTIGEN-BINDING PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | BOESEN, AGNIESZKA | 1672 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18845099 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING FEEDBACK DURING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | Nokia Technologies Oy | RAHMAN, SHAH M | 2413 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18826782 | METHOD OF OPERATING A LARGE-VOLUME DELIVERY DEVICE | Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH | GOLOVAN, MARK | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18826573 | DRIVE MECHANISM FOR LARGE VOLUME DELIVERY DEVICE | Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH | KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18826562 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A LARGE VOLUME DELIVERY DEVICE | Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH | SHUTTY, DAVID G | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18817728 | MULTI-CHANNEL RADIO TRANSCEIVER | Nokia Technologies Oy | TSE, YOUNG TOI | 2632 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18816013 | Multi-Cell Positioning | Nokia Technologies Oy | BATAILLE, FRANTZ | 2681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18841428 | Steel Wire and Spring with Excellent Antibacterial Properties and Corrosion Resistance and Method for Manufacturing the Same | Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH | KRUPICKA, ADAM C | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18841619 | PDCCH MONITORING IN CARRIER AGGREGATION DEPLOYMENT | Nokia Technologies Oy | AMBAYE, MEWALE A | 2469 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18811440 | Systems and Methods for Machine Learning From Medical Records | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | EZEWOKO, MICHAEL I | 3682 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18809785 | Check Valve With Integral Handle | Hayward Industries, Inc. | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 3799 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18809768 | System and Method for Creating Customized Insurance-Related Forms Using Computing Devices | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL | 2118 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18837245 | EMOPAMIL-BINDING PROTEIN INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF | BIOGEN MA INC. | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 1627 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18791929 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods for Image Splicing Detection and Localization | Insurance Services Office, Inc. | VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J | 2666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18834785 | DGK TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF | Arvinas Operations, Inc. | SEAMAN, D MARGARET M | 1625 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18788444 | Methods for NW-Sided Model Data Collection with Low Measurement Reporting Overhead | Nokia Technologies Oy | HAILEGIORGIS, FITWI Y | 2632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial86.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Mccarter & English, LLP were allowed, across 9,403 applications in USPTO records.
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167 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 35 clients, before 152 examiners in 102 art units.
