Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
135 pending office actions • 76 clients • 113 examiners • 69 art units • 0 of 135 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, P.L.C. has 6714 career applications in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 98.46. It averages 3.65 office actions per allowance. There are 122 pending office actions. The 98.46 resolved allowance rate pct is high for its 6714 career applications.
The avg office actions per allowance of 3.65 reflects the complexity of the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field. With 122 pending office actions, the firm maintains a significant workload. These metrics demonstrate a highly successful prosecution record in life sciences. The firm's history with career applications provides a solid foundation for navigating the patent office. The resolved allowance rate pct and avg office actions per allowance serve as key indicators of the firm's effectiveness in this sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 46 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. 46 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 | 2 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (7%) |
| §103 only | 29 (21%) |
| §102 only | 5 (4%) |
| §112 only | 14 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 16 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 56 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 5 | 78.4% | +14.5% |
| STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 4 | 67.7% | +28.5% |
| SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 3 | 76.9% | +14.4% |
| HINES, JANA A | 2 | 53.2% | +39.6% |
| BUCK, MATTHEW R | 2 | 83.3% | +14.4% |
| STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 2 | 70.0% | +21.9% |
| WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 2 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| PAGE, BRENT T | 2 | 82.4% | +10.8% |
| DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN | 2 | 41.4% | -44.4% |
| NEAGU, IRINA | 2 | 46.8% | +57.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18952597 | ROW UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE SOURCE | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 17455871 | METHODS TO INCREASE ANTIGENICITY OF MEMBRANE-BOUND POLYPEPTIDES PRODUCED IN PLANTS | PAGE, BRENT T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747002 | HYDRAULIC DOOR CLOSER CAPABLE OF REDUCING OIL-PRESSURE THEREIN IN HIGH TEMPERATURE | MILLER, WILLIAM L | 128d overdue |
| 18577826 | REVERSIBLE ELECTROADHESION OF HYDROGELS TO ANIMAL TISSUES FOR SUTURELESS REPAIR OF CUTS OR TEARS | DAVID, SHAUN L | 85d overdue |
| 17309424 | SECURITY MARKERS | GUSSOW, ANNE | 84d overdue |
| 18465840 | CONFERRING DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND BIOMASS ACCUMULATION THROUGH THE PLANT-SPECIFIC RFS GENE FAMILY | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 42d overdue |
| 18563274 | LIQUID REPELLENT SLIPPERY SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 30d overdue |
| 17255270 | SELECTION AND GENETIC MODIFICATION OF PLANT ASSOCIATED METHYLOBACTERIUM | LYONS, MARY M | 30d overdue |
| 18176152 | TESTING ASSAY FOR SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS OF USHER, PENDRED, JERVELL, AND LANGE-NIELSEN SYNDROMES | HANEY, AMANDA MARIE | 4d overdue |
| 19033792 | METHODS TO ESTIMATE FIELD-LEVEL CARBON, WATER AND NUTRIENT IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE | DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA | 1d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18481069 | INIR19 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN WITH JUNCTION POLYNUCLEOTIDE DELETIONS | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 10d overdue |
| 18452330 | INIR4 TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH JUNCTION SEQUENCE DELETIONS | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 10d overdue |
| 18481358 | INIR11 TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH JUNCTION SEQUENCE DELETIONS | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 8d overdue |
| 18059142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS THAT ELIMINATE PERVASIVE ODORS | NEAGU, IRINA | 9d |
| 18847982 | SOYBEAN JAG1 GENE MUTATIONS | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 35d |
| 18452225 | INIR17 TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH JUNCTION SEQUENCE DELETIONS | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 61d |
| 19329122 | PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOPAMINE | HINES, JANA A | — |
| 19197017 | INIR20 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN WITH JUNCTION POLYNUCLEOTIDE DELETIONS | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1663 | 26 |
| 1662 | 15 |
| 1645 | 4 |
| 1793 | 3 |
| 3671 | 3 |
| 1661 | 2 |
| 3746 | 2 |
| 1652 | 2 |
| 1675 | 2 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19329122 | PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOPAMINE | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. | HINES, JANA A | 1645 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19265643 | INERT GAS ENABLED EXTREME WEAR RESISTANCE OF ELECTRIFIED MOVING COMPONENTS | The Texas A&M University System | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19263095 | MACHINE-LEARNING-ENABLED TOOL CHANGER FOR MUSHROOM CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 4Ag Robotics Inc. | TANG, BRYANT | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 | |
| 19217546 | DIAMOND PAINTING KITS, METHODS, AND PROCESSES | Unwind Designs LLC | NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 3735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19208289 | VOICE CONTROL POSITIONING SYSTEM | Alm Positioners, Inc. | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19197017 | INIR20 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN WITH JUNCTION POLYNUCLEOTIDE DELETIONS | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19192111 | ENGINEERING TOMATO FRUITS AS A PRODUCTION PLATFORM FOR TERPENOID PRODUCTS | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | ROBINSON, KEITH O NEAL | 1661 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19180744 | IMPROVED POLYNUCLEOTIDES FOR EXPRESSION OF RNA-GUIDED NUCLEASES AND DNA BINDING PROTEINS IN SOYBEAN | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN | 1663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19096194 | REVERSE ENGINEERING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS THROUGH DATA POISONING TECHNIQUES | Datalytica LLC | KIM, SEHWAN | 2129 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19078091 | INIR6 TRANSGENIC MAIZE | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19068216 | FLOATING RAIL SYSTEM AND TRACKS FOR MOUNTING RETRACTABLE SCREENS | Alutech United, Inc. | KELLY, CATHERINE A | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 | |
| 19054174 | HERBICIDE TOLERANT PLANTS AND PRODUCTION AND DETECTION OF SAME | University Of Adelaide | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19042684 | BLIND ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION | Decor Systems Limited | MENEZES, MARCUS | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 19042677 | SELF-PRIMING TRANSFER PUMP WITH QUICK PUMP ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT | Farmchem Corp. | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19036621 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO AN UNDERGROUND PIPE | Pipe Lining Enterprises, Inc. | FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F | 3678 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19033792 | METHODS TO ESTIMATE FIELD-LEVEL CARBON, WATER AND NUTRIENT IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE | The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois | DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA | 3623 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19021735 | LACTUCA SATIVA VARIETY DELUXE | Central Valley Seeds, Inc. | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18989319 | AGRICULTURAL PLANTING IMPLEMENT WITH SEED TO GROUND SYSTEM | Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. | BUCK, MATTHEW R | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18984413 | COATED MEDICINAL CLAY COMPOSITIONS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND DELIVERY OF CATION SOURCES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Darlene E. Mccord | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| 18975794 | SIMULATED NATURAL LANDSCAPE IN A CAGE-FREE FACILITY TO IMPROVE ANIMAL WELFARE AND HEALTH | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. | TRAN, ZOE T | 3647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18960955 | GENETIC REGULATORY ELEMENT | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18958213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELL KILL CONFIRMATION | Abs Global, Inc. | KIM, KIHO | 2884 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18952597 | ROW UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE SOURCE | Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. | BUCK, MATTHEW R | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| 18862834 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING SEED COMPOSITION | Zeakal, Inc. | REDDEN, KAREN M | 1661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18933400 | ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | Nosmek Green Solutions, Inc. | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 3746 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18908491 | TRITICALE CULTIVAR APT1415735 | TriCal Superior Forage, LLC | ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18851389 | TARGETED DONOR DNA INSERTION AND INDEL EDITING OF PLANT GENES | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | SHARMA, SANTOSH | 1663 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18895992 | METHODS OF DECREASING TOTAL ALKALOID CONTENT IN TOBACCO | UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18850364 | PLANTS WITH IMPROVED PHOSPHORUS USE EFFICIENCY | Carnegie Institution Of Washington | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18847982 | SOYBEAN JAG1 GENE MUTATIONS | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 1662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18828464 | FLEXIBLE NANO COATING WITH SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED ELECTRICAL, THERMAL AND SEMICONDUCTOR PROPERTIES | South Dakota Board Of Regents | YOUNG, WILLIAM D | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18820906 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CELLULASE WITH A NONIONIC SURFACTANT AND A QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND | Ecolab Usa Inc. | BOYER, CHARLES I | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| 18804525 | CORN ENDOTYPE-DERIVED POLYPEPTIDES CAPABLE OF METABOLIZING FUMONISIN | The Texas A&M University System | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18799936 | INHT26 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18799465 | HYBRID TOMATILLO PLANT NAMED BOTERO | Hm.Clause, Inc. | MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18785963 | WEDGE FOR TRUCK AND TRAILER ELECTRICAL COUPLING | Cklaiowa LLC | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 | |
| 18768941 | OVERCOMING SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN DIPLOID PLANTS FOR BREEDING AND PRODUCTION OF HYBRIDS | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18758404 | SKID PLATE FOR MOTORCYCLE SADDLE BAG | Siouxicide Choppers, Inc. | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| 18723331 | MODIFIED DAIRY PROTEINS, METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION AND USE | Miruku Limited | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1652 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18750470 | THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | The Penn State Research Foundation | NGUYEN, TAM M | 1771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18722451 | POLLEN-MEDIATED INDUSTRIAL TRAIT DELIVERY IN HYBRID F2 PROGENY SEED | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | PAGE, BRENT T | 1663 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18722517 | POLLEN-MEDIATED FEED TRAIT DELIVERY IN HYBRID F2 PROGENY SEED | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN | 1662 | §102§103§112DPOther | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18747002 | HYDRAULIC DOOR CLOSER CAPABLE OF REDUCING OIL-PRESSURE THEREIN IN HIGH TEMPERATURE | Cmech (Guangzhou) Ltd. | MILLER, WILLIAM L | 3677 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 128d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18716031 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLID MICROPARTICLES | Sitec Pharmabio, S.L. | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18680946 | LIGNAN-INSPIRED COMPOUNDS, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USING THEREOF | Iowaibo, Inc. | NEAGU, IRINA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 | |
| 18680822 | SYNTHESIS AND PREPARATION OF ULTRA-LOW VISCOSITY AND HIGH MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY MAGNETIC IONIC LIQUIDS | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. | RILEY, JEZIA | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 | |
| 18709682 | ACTUATABLE TOY ANIMAL | Wecool Toys Inc. | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 3711 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18649065 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF DISSOLVING BIOFILM TO PROMOTE WOUND HEALING | Darlene E. Mccord | SHOMER, ISAAC | 1612 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18649693 | HYBRID PEPPER PLANT NAMED HMC57092 | Hm.Clause S.A.S. | KINGDON, CATHY | 1663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18703773 | PLANT GENOME EDITING METHODS | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. | KUMAR, VINOD | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial98.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C. were allowed, across 289 applications in USPTO records.
3.65 office actions per allowed application on average.
135 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 76 clients, before 113 examiners in 69 art units.