Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
58 pending office actions • 26 clients • 58 examiners • 34 art units • 0 of 58 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days
NGUYEN TARBET IP Law operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has managed 2024 career applications and currently oversees 51 pending office actions. These figures indicate the firm's historical experience and its current level of engagement with the USPTO. This data provides a baseline for understanding the firm's presence in this sector.
The firm's resolved allowance rate is 73.13. On average, the firm receives 2.7 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can use this average to estimate the frequency of examiner interactions required to reach a grant for applications in this portfolio. These metrics offer an overview of the firm's prosecution results.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 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. 21 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 | 3 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (10%) |
| §103 only | 14 (24%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 5 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 26 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 1 | 50.9% | +43.2% |
| HUYNH, EMILY | 1 | 21.9% | +43.6% |
| GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | 1 | 80.5% | +21.9% |
| DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | 1 | 70.4% | +9.3% |
| JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 1 | 58.8% | +51.8% |
| UTT, ETHAN A | 1 | 47.8% | +41.2% |
| NGUYEN, CHI Q | 1 | 82.4% | +12.4% |
| WILKES, ZACHARY W | 1 | 66.6% | +22.4% |
| ALBERS, KEVIN S | 1 | 26.6% | +49.7% |
| ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 1 | 32.0% | +49.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19096165 | TORQUEABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING AN EMBOLUS | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17790659 | HIGH-SURFACE AREA ELECTRODES FOR WEARABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSING | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 121d overdue |
| 17631653 | PHYTO-MEDIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT BIOREACTOR (PWBR) | ROYCE, LIAM A | 49d overdue |
| 19275384 | VERSATILE SYNTHETIC ROUTE FOR NEUTRAL MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDES WITH PHOSPHORYL GUANIDINIUM (PG) BACKBONE | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 10d overdue |
| 18301896 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING 18F RADIOLABELED BIOMOLECULAR AGENTS | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 2d overdue |
| 17496391 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING CELLS FOR USE IN THERAPY | KIM, TAEYOON | 19d |
| 18174158 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LEGUME-BASED PRODUCTION OF THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL MATERIALS | HA, JULIE | 22d |
| 18973590 | BRACING DEVICE FOR RESTORING NATURAL FOOT MOVEMENT TO FLAT FOOT DEFORMITY PATIENTS | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 27d |
| 18166390 | METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR DYE-BASED ENCODING AND QUANTIFICATION | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 33d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19275384 | VERSATILE SYNTHETIC ROUTE FOR NEUTRAL MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDES WITH PHOSPHORYL GUANIDINIUM (PG) BACKBONE | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 10d overdue |
| 18973590 | BRACING DEVICE FOR RESTORING NATURAL FOOT MOVEMENT TO FLAT FOOT DEFORMITY PATIENTS | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 27d |
| 19192052 | MENOPAUSE PREDICTING TOOL | HUYNH, EMILY | — |
| 19096165 | TORQUEABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING AN EMBOLUS | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | — |
| 19009323 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCTION AND FIXATION OF FRACTURES AND TISSUES | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | — |
| 19001051 | CHEMICAL RESISTANT POLYMER CONCRETE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
| 19000986 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18999085 | DOG BONE SHAPED CYLINDRICAL TUNABLE FLUIDIC LENS WITH MINIMIZED DEFOCUS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 5 |
| 1654 | 3 |
| 1618 | 3 |
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1678 | 2 |
| 1693 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 1671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19275384 | VERSATILE SYNTHETIC ROUTE FOR NEUTRAL MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDES WITH PHOSPHORYL GUANIDINIUM (PG) BACKBONE | Bio-Synthesis, Inc. | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 1693 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19192052 | MENOPAUSE PREDICTING TOOL | Timeless Biotech Incorporated | HUYNH, EMILY | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19096165 | TORQUEABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING AN EMBOLUS | Innova Vascular, Inc. | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| 19062526 | INCONTINENCE DETECTION DEVICE | Mad Bladder, Inc. | DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| 19009323 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCTION AND FIXATION OF FRACTURES AND TISSUES | Primo Medical Group | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19001051 | CHEMICAL RESISTANT POLYMER CONCRETE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Composite Construction, LLC | UTT, ETHAN A | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 | |
| 19000986 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Carboshield, Inc. | NGUYEN, CHI Q | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 | |
| 18999085 | DOG BONE SHAPED CYLINDRICAL TUNABLE FLUIDIC LENS WITH MINIMIZED DEFOCUS | Icrx, Inc. | WILKES, ZACHARY W | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| 18973590 | BRACING DEVICE FOR RESTORING NATURAL FOOT MOVEMENT TO FLAT FOOT DEFORMITY PATIENTS | Arizona Board of Regents | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18974619 | HYBRID FLU-CORONAVIRUS VACCINE | The Regents of the University of California | ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 1671 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18922821 | MODULAR FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING SAMPLES | Abs Global, Inc. | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18921500 | FILTER DEVICE FOR HUMAN BLOOD REINFUSION | Innova Vascular, Inc. | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 | |
| 18698733 | APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING A SOLID SAMPLE MATERIAL | Technische Universität Wien | STOFFA, WYATT A | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 | |
| 18896702 | MAGNETIC STENT SYSTEM FOR PREVENTION OF STENT MIGRATION | The Regents of the University of California | EREZO, DARWIN P | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| 18844645 | CALCIMYCIN AS ANTIFUNGALS | Arizona Board of Regents | REILLY, SOPHIA JANE | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 | |
| 18824184 | METHODS FOR TREATING POLYMICROBIAL INFECTIONS | Cap Diagnostics, LLC Dba Pathnostics | FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | 1651 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18804611 | INTRA-BEAT BIOMARKER FOR ACCURATE BLOOD PRESSURE ESTIMATIONS | The Regents of the University of California | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18754715 | METHODS FOR THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY | Arizona Board of Regents | PRIEST, AARON A | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| 18724159 | SOLAR HOT AIR BALLOON VENT | Arizona Board of Regents | XAVIER, VALENTINA | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18719497 | DUST SUPPRESSANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLYCOLIPID | Arizona Board of Regents | KUMAR, PREETI | 1761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18669370 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS | Cap Diagnostics, LLC Dba Pathnostics | HAQ, SHAFIQUL | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 | |
| 18667395 | ANORECTAL TONOMETER FOR NEUROLOGICAL TESTING | Arizona Board of Regents | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18668044 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING DOSES OF A MEDICATION | Opio Connect, Inc. | COLLINS, MICHAEL | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18694638 | VENTILATION DEMAND CONTROL | Tamworth Corporation Limited | FAULKNER, RYAN L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| 18606835 | COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT OF TUBULAR STRUCTURES | Carboshield, Inc. | DEAL, DAVID R | 3753 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18601656 | ELECTROCHEMICAL, APTAMER-BASED POINT-OF-CARE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DETECTION | The Regents of the University of California | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 | |
| 18690587 | IMPLANTABLE AND CONTINUOUS MULTI-ANALYTE MONITOR (MAM) SENSOR | The Regents of the University of California | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18594328 | DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA ARRAY | Electronic Design & Development, Corp. | HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18586133 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING LUNG DISEASE | Raesedo, LLC | MARTINEZ, TARA L | 1654 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18566935 | BENCH-STABLE TRIAZENE COMPOSITIONS FOR PROTEIN MODIFICATION | Arizona Board of Regents | ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM | 1618 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18566564 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LOCALIZATION OF GROWTH FACTORS | The United States Department of Veterans Affairs | BERHANE, SELAM | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 | |
| 18560349 | METHOD OF TARGETED MULTI-PANEL APPROACH AND TIERED A.I. USE FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS | Arizona Board of Regents | VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | 1687 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18487608 | INDIUM OXIDE NANORODS, METHODS FOR PREPARING AND USING SAME | Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University Of Electronic Science And Technology Of China | KESSEL, MARIS R | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18552959 | SPRAYABLE COOL WHITE COATING BASED ON CERAMIC MICROSPHERES | The Regents of the University of California | LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK | 1732 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18549335 | DEVELOPMENT OF APTAMERS FOR NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES IN DEMYELINATING DISEASES | Arizona Board of Regents | JOHNSON, TIRONE DEREK | 1675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18337375 | RADIONUCLIDE BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCE SYSTEMS FOR APPLICATION OF BETA RADIATION | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18308239 | GROWTH-ACCOMMODATING VALVE SYSTEM | The Regents of the University of California | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18301896 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING 18F RADIOLABELED BIOMOLECULAR AGENTS | Theracea Pharma, LC | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 1618 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 18246636 | DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION | The Regents of the University of California | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18043694 | SOLAR TOWER TO DRY ORGANIC MATTER ON A LARGE SCALE | Arizona Board of Regents | LAU, JASON | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18174158 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LEGUME-BASED PRODUCTION OF THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL MATERIALS | Arizona Board of Regents | HA, JULIE | 1654 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18169646 | ASPIRATION ENDOSCOPE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | The Regents of the University of California | HENSON, DEVIN B | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
| 18166390 | METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR DYE-BASED ENCODING AND QUANTIFICATION | Arizona Board of Regents | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 1618 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18164368 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR UPREGULATING RNA INTERFERENCE AND ENHANCING GENE SILENCING | Gowey Research Group, Pllc | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
| 18006110 | ECHINOCANDIN DRUG IMPURITY, AND PREPARATION AND PURIFICATION METHODS AND USE THEREOF | Shanghai Techwell Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | D' AMBROSIO, THEA | 1654 | §112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 18002515 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYSING A MEASUREMENT FLUID FOR MEASUREMENT IN A MEASURING DEVICE | USEPAT GMBH | MORELLO, JEAN F | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18060079 | WATER MANAGEMENT, METERING, LEAK DETECTION, WATER ANALYTICS AND REMOTE SHUTOFF SYSTEM | Saya Life, Inc. | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 18051342 | DYNAMIC COVALENT POLYMERIZATIONS WITH ELEMENTAL SULFUR AND SULFUR PREPOLYMERS | Arizona Board of Regents | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17917790 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING LUNG DISEASE | Arizona Board of Regents | KOMATSU, LI N | 1658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17936523 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP | Abs Global, Inc. | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17905675 | NOVEL SPLIT-LUCIFERASE ENZYMES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | Arizona Board of Regents | MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | 1678 | §112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2022 |
| 17790659 | HIGH-SURFACE AREA ELECTRODES FOR WEARABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSING | Amanda H. Imamura | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 121d overdue | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
| 17830227 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREPARING THERAPEUTIC SOLUTIONS FOR POLYMICROBIAL INFECTIONS | Cap Diagnostics, LLC Dba Pathnostics | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jun 01, 2022 |
| 17633720 | METHODS FOR MONITORING OR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPIES FOR GYNECOLOGIC CANCER | Arizona Board of Regents | COUNTS, GARY W | 1678 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2022 |
| 17631653 | PHYTO-MEDIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT BIOREACTOR (PWBR) | Arizona Board of Regents | ROYCE, LIAM A | 1777 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Jan 31, 2022 |
| 17531058 | VACCINE COMPOSITIONS FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE | The Regents of the University of California | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 1645 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2021 |
| 17497517 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH SEROTONIN RECEPTOR DEFICIENCIES | Arizona Board of Regents | RONEY, CELESTE A | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2021 |
| 17496391 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING CELLS FOR USE IN THERAPY | The Regents of the University of California | KIM, TAEYOON | 1631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Oct 07, 2021 |
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