Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
55 pending office actions • 32 clients • 54 examiners • 38 art units • 0 of 55 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MENDELSOHN DUNLEAVY, P.C. focuses on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, having managed 3056 career applications in this complex field. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.97 percent, which demonstrates a high level of proficiency in securing intellectual property rights for life sciences. An average of 3.44 office actions per allowance is required to reach these outcomes, reflecting the typical back and forth of biotech prosecution.
The firm currently manages 44 pending office actions, indicating a robust and active practice. The 85.97 percent allowance rate is achieved through a thorough examination process, as evidenced by the 3.44 average office actions. For clients in the biotechnology sector, these figures represent a stable and successful prosecution history across a large volume of filings. The 44 pending matters suggest continued growth in this specialized area, while the 3056 career applications establish a deep footprint in the pharmaceutical sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 | 5 (9%) |
| §103 only | 14 (25%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| §112 only | 6 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 23 (42%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHO, SUNG IL | 2 | 91.4% | +8.5% |
| WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 1 | 44.1% | +61.5% |
| KHANAL, SANDARVA | 1 | 67.8% | +14.3% |
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 59.5% | +33.3% |
| TABONE JR, JOHN J | 1 | 88.5% | +8.6% |
| LIPMAN, JACOB | 1 | 83.3% | +12.8% |
| SWENSON, BRIAN L | 1 | 81.1% | +9.4% |
| COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | 1 | 94.1% | +14.9% |
| SPANN, COURTNEY P | 1 | 80.0% | +22.1% |
| LYONS, MICHAEL A | 1 | 86.5% | +10.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18953318 | LOW-POWER STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY | CHO, SUNG IL | — |
| 18912482 | JOINT FIBER MONITORING | LYONS, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18678885 | DUAL LATCH FLIP FLOP DEVICE | CHO, SUNG IL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17757480 | ORTHOSIS FOR PLACEMENT ON A HUMAN HAND | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 46d overdue |
| 17119000 | USE OF CYSTEAMINE AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF TO TREAT DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAR SYNDROME (DTS) | HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA | 30d overdue |
| 17756335 | COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR 3D PRINTING | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 8d |
| 17816591 | FLEXIBLE COVER WINDOW WITH IMPROVED STRENGTH | KRUER, KEVIN R | 28d |
| 19074761 | DETERMINING TRACEROUTES USING TCP PACKETS | KHANAL, SANDARVA | — |
| 19061731 | TRAUMA BELT FOR NON-TOURNIQUETABLE HEMORRHAGE CONTROL | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 19001780 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCHEDULING AND OPERATING PROCESSORS FOR DECODING FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION CODEWORDS | TABONE JR, JOHN J | — |
| 18991261 | TIMEOUT PERIOD FOR REJECTED AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS | LIPMAN, JACOB | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19237135 | FRONT PANEL OF A HAT AND A HAT USING THE SAME | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | — |
| 19074761 | DETERMINING TRACEROUTES USING TCP PACKETS | KHANAL, SANDARVA | — |
| 19061731 | TRAUMA BELT FOR NON-TOURNIQUETABLE HEMORRHAGE CONTROL | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 18991261 | TIMEOUT PERIOD FOR REJECTED AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS | LIPMAN, JACOB | — |
| 18982119 | LOW-POWER STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | — |
| 18919520 | COMPUTATIONAL MEMORY WITH COOPERATION AMONG ROWS OF PROCESSING ELEMENTS AND MEMORY THEREOF | SPANN, COURTNEY P | — |
| 18912482 | JOINT FIBER MONITORING | LYONS, MICHAEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 2 |
| 1792 | 2 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| 1684 | 2 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 2453 | 1 |
| 2111 | 1 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 2183 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19237135 | FRONT PANEL OF A HAT AND A HAT USING THE SAME | Png Inc. Co., Ltd. | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19074761 | DETERMINING TRACEROUTES USING TCP PACKETS | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | KHANAL, SANDARVA | 2453 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19061731 | TRAUMA BELT FOR NON-TOURNIQUETABLE HEMORRHAGE CONTROL | The University of Southern California | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| 19001780 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCHEDULING AND OPERATING PROCESSORS FOR DECODING FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION CODEWORDS | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | TABONE JR, JOHN J | 2111 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18991261 | TIMEOUT PERIOD FOR REJECTED AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | LIPMAN, JACOB | 2434 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18984532 | VEHICLE WITH FUEL DENSIFIER | Delta Laboratories Holding B.V. | SWENSON, BRIAN L | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| 18982119 | LOW-POWER STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY | At-Memory Computing LP | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| 18953318 | LOW-POWER STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY | At-Memory Computing LP | CHO, SUNG IL | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 | |
| 18919520 | COMPUTATIONAL MEMORY WITH COOPERATION AMONG ROWS OF PROCESSING ELEMENTS AND MEMORY THEREOF | At-Memory Computing LP | SPANN, COURTNEY P | 2183 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18912482 | JOINT FIBER MONITORING | Alcatel Submarine Networks | LYONS, MICHAEL A | 2877 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18908883 | METHOD TO RELIEVE STRESS IN CAPSULE SHELLS TO REDUCE PROPENSITY TO BREAK | R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC | VU, JAKE MINH | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 | |
| 18846680 | MOTION-COMPENSATED LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING | Limis Development B.V. | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18842854 | PINLESS SHROUDS FOR EARTH MOVING MACHINES | Metalogenia Research & Technologies S.L. | BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| 18821187 | COMPOSITE WITH POROUS SWELLING COPOLYMER FOR BONE FIXATION | Drexel University | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18799442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPILING KERNEL CONFIGURATIONS | At-Memory Computing LP | KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN | 2451 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18775832 | CHANNEL SELECTION UTILIZING CHANNEL POWER | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | KIM, KI SEOK | 2418 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18774577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED COMPUTE KERNEL COMPILATION AND DEPLOYMENT | At-Memory Computing LP | DARWISH, AMIR ELSAYED | 2199 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18766995 | TOUCHPOINT-DEPENDENT TRANSACTIONS FOR GAMING TABLES | Pavilion Payments Gaming Services, Inc. | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18762117 | SPECTRUM CONTROL USING SILENT PERIODS | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | CHEEMA, HASAN ALI | 2465 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18721050 | RAIL BUFFER | Fabritek Creations Inc. | LIN, CHENG XI | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 | |
| 18678885 | DUAL LATCH FLIP FLOP DEVICE | At-Memory Computing LP | CHO, SUNG IL | 2825 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18671014 | DYNAMIC WIRELESS NETWORK WITH DATA OFFLOADING | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | PHAM, TUAN | 2649 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18701236 | PACKAGE FOR PRESERVING RESPIRING PRODUCE AND METHOD | Perfo Knowledgy B.V. | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2024 |
| 18694273 | CONDITIONALLY ACTIVE PROTEINS FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | BIOATLA, INC. | HOLTZMAN, KATHERINE ANN | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| 18590064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING OF A DECISION TREE | At-Memory Computing LP | TRAN, UYEN-NHU PHAM | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| 18686681 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING FEED INTAKE | Orexa B.V. | PATEL, SAGAR S | 1626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18444220 | CRICOTHYROTOMY TRAINER | Richard M. Levitan | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 | |
| 18402642 | ANTI-AXL ANTIBODIES, ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS AND THEIR IMMUNOCONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF | BIOATLA, INC. | AEDER, SEAN E | 1642 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18572569 | COFFEE MELANOIDIN NANOPARTICLES AND NANOFIBERS | Kaffe Bueno Aps. | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18543073 | EVENT TRIGGERING BASED ON EXPLICIT USER EQUIPMENT LIST ASSIGNMENT COMMAND EVENTS | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R | 2633 | §112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18560877 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A THERMOSET POLYMER FOAM AND POLYMER FOAM | Plantics Holding B.V. | COONEY, JOHN M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 | |
| 18504291 | Dendrite-Free, Wide Temperature Range Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Hybrid Network Ionic Liquids | Drexel University | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 121d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18502675 | POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE COMPOSITION COMPRISING CRYSTALLIZATION ACCELERATOR AND MOLDED BODY | Jiangsu Lansu Biomaterial Co., Ltd. | CAI, WENWEN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 | |
| 18555521 | AN APPARATUS, A METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING A RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE IDENTIFIER | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | DUONG, DUC T | 2467 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2023 |
| 18479212 | PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | Plantics Holding B.V. | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18475584 | ONE-WAY VALVE FOR URINARY CATHETERS AND THE LIKE | Mihna Medical Technologies | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18264272 | SINGLE PASS ELECTRO-SEPARATION SYSTEM | Aegros Pty Ltd. | DEES, NIKKI H | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18363319 | ORGANIC INFRARED PHOTODETECTION DEVICES UTILIZING AN INSULATIVE COMPONENT WITHIN THE ACTIVE LAYER | National Science Foundation | VU, VU A | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 | |
| 18341913 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A CONDITIONALLY ACTIVE ANTIBODY OR ANTIBODY FRAGMENT | BIOATLA, INC. | BOESEN, CHRISTIAN C | 1684 | §101§102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18334769 | MIRAC PROTEINS | BIOATLA, INC. | LEITH, NANCY J | 1636 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18252542 | METHODS OF TREATING AXL-EXPRESSING CANCERS WITH ANTI-AXL ANTIBODIES, ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS AND THEIR IMMUNOCONJUGATES | BIOATLA, INC. | MERTZ, PREMA MARIA | 1674 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18247371 | A THICKENED SILVER DIAMINE FLUORIDE COMPOSITION | Advantage Silver Dental Arrest, LLC | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18043637 | IMPROVEMENTS IN GAMMA-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS MEASUREMENTS | Chrysos Corporation Limited | KIL, JINNEY | 3646 | §112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18002010 | CONDITIONALLY ACTIVE ANTI-CD46 ANTIBODIES, ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS, THEIR IMMUNOCONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF | BIOATLA, INC. | BERHANE, SELAM | 1675 | §112 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17996625 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ONE OR MORE DIMENSIONS OF ONE OR MORE STRUCTURES ON A SAMPLE SURFACE | Teranova B.V. | TRAN, JUDY DAO | 2877 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2022 |
| 17820913 | CONDITIONALLY ACTIVE POLYPEPTIDES | BIOATLA, INC. | CANELLA, KAREN A | 1643 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17816591 | FLEXIBLE COVER WINDOW WITH IMPROVED STRENGTH | UTI INC. | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Aug 01, 2022 |
| 17759195 | Conditionally Active Anti-Her2 Antibodies, Antibody Fragments Their Immunoconjugates And Uses Thereof | BIOATLA, INC. | ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF | 1646 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 17807954 | EXPRESS HUMANIZATION OF ANTIBODIES | BIOATLA, INC. | GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | 1684 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17757741 | COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MELANOIDINS | Kaffe Bueno Aps | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2022 |
| 17757480 | ORTHOSIS FOR PLACEMENT ON A HUMAN HAND | Manometric Holding B.V. | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 3786 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 17756335 | COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR 3D PRINTING | Plantics Holding B.V. | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1743 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | May 23, 2022 |
| 17618072 | PACKAGE FOR PRESERVING RESPIRING PRODUCE AND METHOD | Perfo Tec B.V. | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2021 |
| 17608722 | HOLDER FOR ADMINISTERING RADIATION OR ANTICANCER CHEMOTHERAPY SENSITIZER | Taisei Kako Co., Ltd. | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2021 |
| 17119000 | USE OF CYSTEAMINE AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF TO TREAT DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAR SYNDROME (DTS) | Meshaberase, LLC | HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA | 1613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 11, 2020 |
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