Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
526 pending office actions • 206 clients • 471 examiners • 171 art units • 0 of 526 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC is a patent law firm with a large portfolio in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm has handled 14751 career applications. It currently has 383 pending office actions. This volume of 383 pending office actions is a reflection of the firm's operation involving 14751 career applications.
The firm's resolved allowance rate pct is 85.67. This is accomplished with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.44. Given its career applications, the 85.67 resolved allowance rate pct demonstrates performance. The 3.44 avg office actions per allowance suggests the level of USPTO interaction for the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. Clients can look to the resolved allowance rate pct as a reliable success metric, while the average office actions per allowance serves as a benchmark for prosecution efficiency. This analysis covers the firm's 14751 career applications and 383 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 139 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. 139 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 | 8 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 61 (12%) |
| §103 only | 125 (24%) |
| §102 only | 20 (4%) |
| §112 only | 26 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 32 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 245 (47%) |
| No statute on record | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO, ROWLAND | 4 | 70.0% | -5.3% |
| LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3 | 68.6% | +14.2% |
| KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA | 3 | 69.6% | +21.4% |
| QIAN, CELINE X | 3 | 47.5% | +17.1% |
| MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE | 3 | 46.4% | +40.9% |
| DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 3 | 60.0% | +18.7% |
| GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 2 | 50.9% | +43.2% |
| FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 2 | 51.7% | +16.7% |
| PILCHER, JONATHAN L | 2 | 64.4% | +43.8% |
| UPCHURCH, DAVID M | 2 | 73.7% | +18.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17769940 | METHODS FOR ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION OF PROTEIN AND CELLULAR BIOMARKERS | JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING | 147d overdue |
| 18308921 | PROACTIVE SEISMIC REHABILITATION OF WATER PIPE NETWORKS FOR EQUITABLE RECOVERY | ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | 146d overdue |
| 18340149 | Blind, a glazing system for a terrace or a balcony, and a method for arranging a blind in connection with a glazing system for a terrace or a balcony | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 92d overdue |
| 18027474 | NASAL RESPIRATORY APPARATUS HAVING NASAL DAM | HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA | 72d overdue |
| 18739226 | CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD | HIGGS, STELLA EUN | 71d overdue |
| 16971992 | TISSUE ANALYSIS BY MASS SPECTROMETRY | GODDARD, LAURA B | 71d overdue |
| 18325786 | PRODUCT | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 58d overdue |
| 17622375 | A PEPTIDE-BASED SCREENING METHOD TO IDENTIFY NEOANTIGENS FOR USE WITH TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES | JOHANSEN, PETER N. | 58d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17613351 | APOHEMOGLOBIN-HAPTOGLOBIN COMPLEXES AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF | MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE | 81d overdue |
| 16321777 | EXPRESSION OF PTEN-LONG WITH ONCOLYTIC VIRUSES | QIAN, CELINE X | 31d overdue |
| 17765907 | POLYMER COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR MAKING BLOWN FILMS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 5d |
| 18148637 | GAS GENERATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 14d |
| 18962504 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 28d |
| 18688553 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 28d |
| 17926293 | POLYMER FOR POWER CABLE INSULATION | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 29d |
| 19380466 | 4'-HALOGEN CONTAINING NUCLEOTIDE AND NUCLEOSIDE THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES RELATED THERETO | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 10 |
| 3791 | 10 |
| 1618 | 10 |
| 3771 | 8 |
| 1632 | 8 |
| 1628 | 7 |
| 1636 | 7 |
| 3732 | 6 |
| 3783 | 6 |
| 1627 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19553708 | TRIM COVER AND VEHICLE SEAT | Subaru Corporation | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 3636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2026 |
| 19380466 | 4'-HALOGEN CONTAINING NUCLEOTIDE AND NUCLEOSIDE THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES RELATED THERETO | Emory University | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 1693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19481068 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPACTING DEVICE | Medacta International SA | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2025 |
| 19479898 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING PROCEDURES FOR ENVISIONED AIR MOBILITY OPERATIONS | Ohio State Innovation Foundation | KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | 3665 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19479820 | A FLAP VALVE MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL MICROPUMP | Anthony Palacio | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19471036 | GAS GENERATING COMPOSITIONS | Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19344185 | SLIDE FASTENER-ATTACHED PRODUCT | YKK Corporation | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 3677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19469810 | TEXT REPORTING PROCESSING ENGINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | Carl Morrison | CHEUNG, HUBERT G | 2161 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19328400 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK STRATIFICATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY RESISTANCE PREDICTION IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA | Ohio State Innovation Foundation | EZEWOKO, MICHAEL I | 3682 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19304178 | Cardiac Valve Leaflet Enhancer Devices and Systems | Emory University | MATTHEWS, WILLIAM H | 3774 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19289687 | DEVICE FOR AMBIENT THERMAL AND VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | INGE, JOSEPH N | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 | |
| 19288400 | Medical Device Position Notification System | Avent, Inc. | DAVIS, AMELIE R | 3798 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19281166 | System and Method of Device Performance and Behavior Tracking and Analysis | Cox Communications, Inc. | PENG, HUAWEN A | 2169 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19275071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MECHANICAL DISPLACEMENT OF AN ESOPHAGUS | Ohio State Innovation Foundation | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| 19261205 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING FRICTION REDUCERS AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. | SKAIST, AVI T. | 3674 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19145173 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FIBER-BASED LASER SPECKLE IMAGING | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | CAMARGO, MARLY S.B. | 2638 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19254849 | MICROFLUIDIC ANTIBODY MICROARRAY WITH AN ELECTRONIC SENSOR ARRAY | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | 1715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19237951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING NON-UNIFORM MEMORY ACCESS CHALLENGES WITH COMPUTE EXPRESS LINK-ENABLED MEMORY POOLING | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | DOAN, KHOA D | 2133 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19134502 | HOLLOW MULTI CHAMBERED RADIAL WHEEL FOR A CHARGING SYSTEM | Accelleron Switzerland Ltd. | FLORES, JUAN G | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19221363 | FOLDING MACHINE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME | Horizon Inc. | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19217425 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING DRIVING RISK, VEHICLE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Xg Tech Pte. Ltd. | TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER | 2689 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19131712 | INSOLE AND INSOLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Madras Inc. | PRANGE, SHARON M | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19207877 | RANGE EXTENSION WITH OPTIMAL TRACTION CONTROL FOR MULTI E-AXLE BASED ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES | Ohio State Innovation Foundation | CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19204944 | DRIP TRAY FOR SHELVING | Baker Brothers Installations, Inc. | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19203577 | IN-VEHICLE COCKPIT DRIVING STATE PROMPTING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Xg Tech Pte. Ltd. | NGUYEN, AN T | 2686 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19196244 | FOLDOVER LOWER ABDOMINAL SHAPING GARMENT | Spanx, LLC | HALE, GLORIA M | 3732 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19192021 | AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Xg Tech Pte. Ltd. | WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| 19188615 | MICROCODES | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | BILLAH, MASUM | 2486 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19124190 | SLIDE FASTENER, AND TOP STOP USED IN SLIDE FASTENER | YKK Corporation | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 3677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19185938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BUNDLE OF FILAMENTS AND/OR A YARN | Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 | |
| 19183122 | FLOW RATE ADJUSTING DEVICE | Surpass Industry Co., Ltd. | MURPHY, KEVIN F | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 | |
| 19177734 | CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY (CDR) CIRCUITRY UTILIZING BLIND SAMPLING | Protocol Insight, Inc. | BAYARD, EMMANUEL | 2633 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19114433 | A BIOMECHANICAL SOCK | Footbalance System OY | LYNCH, MEGAN E | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19083128 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING HYDROCARBON LIFT AND LIQUID UNLOADING FROM A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. | AHUJA, ANURADHA | 3674 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19073853 | PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ENAMELED COPPER WIRE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | Proterial, Ltd. | KITT, STEPHEN A | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19107995 | FASTENER | YKK Corporation | BROOKS, KARA JEAN | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19107729 | MULTI-CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS | John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC | KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 | |
| 19107273 | RECONFIGURABLE UNDERWATER MODEM | Florida Atlantic University Board Of Trustees | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| 19106073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOPERATIVE NAVIGATION WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | Ohio State Innovation Foundation | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19057742 | SURGICAL DEVICE | Medacta International SA | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| 19054128 | SCISSOR LIFT | Custom Equipment, LLC | LIU, JONATHAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 19103640 | FOLDED ANTENNA DIPOLE WITH ON-SUBSTRATE PASSIVE RADIATORS | John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC | MIRANDA GONZALEZ, JOSE ANTONIO | 2845 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19048732 | FASTENING DEVICE | YKK Corporation | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19046648 | MODULAR MULTILEVEL FLYING CAPACITOR CONVERTER | Ohio State Innovation Foundation | LEE, JYE-JUNE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 | |
| 19100237 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID AUTONOMOUS MANUFACTURING | Ohio State Innovation Foundation | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18998314 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN VIA SINUVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION | Avent, Inc. | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 | |
| 19036422 | GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS | Spanx, LLC | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19035098 | SLIDE FASTENER PULL TAB WITH PULL TAB AUXILIARY PART ROTATABLY ASSEMBLED AND DISASSEMBLED, AND SLIDE FASTENER SLIDER | YKK Corporation | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19028302 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION | Avent, Inc. | RHODES, NORA W | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18993727 | RECORDING AND RECOVERY OF SIGNALS DURING STIMULATION | Emory University | KUO, JONATHAN T | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial85.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC were allowed, across 14,751 applications in USPTO records.
3.44 office actions per allowed application on average.
526 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 206 clients, before 471 examiners in 171 art units.