Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
358 pending office actions • 138 clients • 332 examiners • 153 art units • 15 of 358 (4%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nixon Peabody LLP handles 21745 career applications in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 94.64 percent. On average, the firm navigates 4.08 office actions per allowance to secure these grants. Currently, there are 266 pending office actions.
The resolved allowance rate of 94.64 percent is notable for the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector, where prosecution can be complex. The average of 4.08 office actions per allowance reflects the intensive examination process typical for the 21745 career applications managed by the firm. Practitioners can interpret the 94.64 percent allowance rate as a sign of high proficiency in securing patent rights despite the average office actions required. The 266 pending office actions indicate a substantial and active workload. With its career history, the firm possesses deep data and experience to guide its strategy in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field, ensuring that success is maintained through diligent examiner interaction.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 73 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. 73 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 | 11 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 50 (14%) |
| §103 only | 92 (26%) |
| §102 only | 16 (4%) |
| §112 only | 22 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 7 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 29 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 130 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYAD, TAMIR | 3 | 42.3% | +47.9% |
| VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E | 2 | 73.3% | +13.9% |
| RICCI, CRAIG D | 2 | 53.6% | +52.7% |
| DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 2 | 45.1% | -14.3% |
| KOMATSU, LI N | 2 | 59.6% | +70.8% |
| WAN, DEMING | 2 | 76.4% | +42.4% |
| PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 2 | 42.7% | +47.9% |
| FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | 2 | 52.3% | +60.9% |
| WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 2 | 71.0% | +26.6% |
| WIEGAND, TYLER J | 2 | 74.5% | +13.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17752300 | DISPOSABLE INFANT INCUBATOR AND DISPOSABLE CONTAINED MICROENVIRONMENT FOR STATIONARY OR TRANSPORT CASES | COX, THADDEUS B | 78d overdue |
| 18687788 | BIOFEEDBACK COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA | NG, JONATHAN K | 77d overdue |
| 18112007 | LINERLESS LABEL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A LABEL | WALSHON, SCOTT R | 71d overdue |
| 18657582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING HUMAN-CENTRIC PROCESSES | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 66d overdue |
| 17797633 | METHOD OF TREATING GENE THERAPY ASSOCIATED TOXICITY WITH ANTIBIOTICS | O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN | 60d overdue |
| 18387108 | RELEASE LINER AND A LABEL LAMINATE | WALSHON, SCOTT R | 51d overdue |
| 18277934 | CONTAINER MULTILAYERED BODY, CONTAINER, MEDICAL CONTAINER, AND DRUG-CONTAINING MEDICAL CONTAINER | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 51d overdue |
| 18424292 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DIAMOND BLACKFAN ANEMIA | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 45d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17565834 | METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS, SELECTION, AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND CONDITIONS CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH METHANOGENS | FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | 112d overdue |
| 17879405 | CAMERA BALL TURRET HAVING HIGH BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSMISSION TO EXTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSOR | VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E | 38d overdue |
| 19261893 | INSPECTION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E | — |
| 19171111 | SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF INTERLEUKIN-4 AND USES THEREOF | RICCI, CRAIG D | — |
| 19089551 | INSECT NEUROPEPTIDES 1 | KOMATSU, LI N | — |
| 18925577 | COMPLEX WAVELENGTH UV LED CONVEYOR SYSTEM | WAN, DEMING | — |
| 18923866 | MEDICAL GRADE NANOFIBRILLAR CELLULOSE HYDROGEL, A METHOD FOR TREATING A SUBJECT IN NEED OF TREATMENT OF BODY WITH IMPLANTABLE MATERIAL AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE MEDICAL GRADE NANOFIBRILLAR CELLULOSE HYDROGEL | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | — |
| 18855498 | METHODS OF TREATING AND DIAGNOSING FATTY LIVER DISEASE | FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 12 |
| 3785 | 10 |
| 1633 | 6 |
| 1632 | 6 |
| 1658 | 5 |
| 1631 | 5 |
| 3619 | 4 |
| 1788 | 4 |
| 1726 | 4 |
| 1672 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19386469 | A PROTECTIVE HEADBAND | Huvudsäker Idrott I Sverige AB | HOEY, ALISSA L | 3732 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19168970 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS INTO BOREHOLES | Orica International Pte. Ltd. | BERGIN, JAMES S | 3641 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19324971 | IMAGE COMPENSATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | Glenfly Tech Co., Ltd. | TZENG, FRED | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19149775 | POLYAXIAL SCREW ASSEMBLY AND ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENT | Limacorporate S.p.A. | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19267597 | DYNAMIC IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HASH-BASED CONSENT AND PERMISSIONING PROTOCOLS | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | SHOLEMAN, ABU S | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2025 | |
| 19261423 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USER DATA MANAGEMENT | I Own My Data LLC | DINH, KHANH Q | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 | |
| 19261893 | INSPECTION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Bwi Acquisition, LLC | VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 | |
| 19232398 | ON-DEMAND ACTIVATION OF MEMORY PATH DURING SLEEP OR ACTIVE MODES | Ambiq Micro, Inc. | CHERY, MARDOCHEE | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 | |
| 19231203 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLY SECURE REMOTE CONNECTION PATHWAYS BETWEEN ENDPOINT DEVICES AND CLOUD DESKTOPS | Workspot, Inc. | NANO, SARGON N | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 | |
| 19216123 | ADJUSTING FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR AN INTRAORAL DEVICE | ResMed | MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19198069 | DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSENT AND PERMISSIONING PROTOCOLS USING CONTAINER-BASED APPLICATIONS | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | SIDDIQI, MOHAMMAD A | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 04, 2025 | |
| 19193163 | MULTI-ENTITY PLATFORM USING UNIFORM LABELING OF DATA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES | Vendex Solutions, Inc. | CHEIN, ALLEN C | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19123191 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MULTI-OMIC APPROACH FOR MOLECULAR PROFILING OF TUMORS | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | NGUYEN, HIEP VAN | 3686 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19179593 | METHOD AND SYSTEM RECOVERY FROM UNEXPECTED MEMORY CORRUPTION ON A SYSTEM ON CHIP | Ambiq Micro, Inc. | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 | |
| 19177602 | SECURE DEPLOYMENT OF DE-RISKED CONFIDENTIAL DATA WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | LITTLE, VANCE M | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2025 | |
| 19171111 | SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF INTERLEUKIN-4 AND USES THEREOF | Trustees Of Boston University | RICCI, CRAIG D | 1611 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19090002 | INSECT NEUROPEPTIDES 3 | Solasta Bio Limited | FISCHER, JOSEPH | 1658 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19089531 | LINERLESS LABEL | UPM RAFLATAC OY | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1788 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19089551 | INSECT NEUROPEPTIDES 1 | Solasta Bio Limited | KOMATSU, LI N | 1658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19080158 | TWO-PHASE CLOSED THERMOSYPHON WITH INTERNAL ADIABATIC SECTION FOR EFFICIENT ULTRA-LONG-DISTANCE HEAT EXCHANGE | Northwest Institute Of Eco-Environment And Resources, Chinese Academy Of Sciences | NIEVES, NELSON J | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 19078477 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING PUPILLARY LIGHT REFLEX WITH A MOBILE PHONE | Biotrillion, Inc. | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 | |
| 19074251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING ADOPTION OF A THERAPY | ResMed | TEJANI, ANKIT D | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 19064417 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO REPAIR CONSTRUCTED INFORMATION | Quanta Computer Inc. | MISIURA, BRIAN THOMAS | 2175 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19060108 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECTANGULAR-BOTTOMED PACKAGING BAG, DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING RECTANGULAR-BOTTOMED PACKAGING BAG, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING BODY, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING BODY | Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd. | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19105750 | FILE ARCHIVE FOR GEOGRAPHIC RASTER DATA | Ellipsis Earth Intelligence B.V. | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | 2163 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19058224 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT PATIENT REGISTRATION ON A MEDICAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEM | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | BASHIR, ADEEL | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 | |
| 19104141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RISK FACTOR FOR A CONDITION | ResMed | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 49d | AI Ready | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19103314 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 19045444 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFORM USAGE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT | Vendex Solutions, Inc. | ALI, JAHED | 3699 | §101 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19040020 | CLOSURE WITH THREADING | Closure Systems International Inc. | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19038381 | LIGHTING DEVICES FOR CEILING GRIDS | Dado Lighting, LLC | DIAZ, JOSE | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 | |
| 19035397 | A METHOD FOR INHIBITING BINDING OR CROSS-LINKING TO VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS | Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland | SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | 1633 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19028938 | RELEASABLE FAN MODULE ASSEMBLY | Quanta Computer Inc. | PEKARSKAYA, LILYA | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025127 | CRICOTHYROTOMY MEDICAL TRAINING DEVICE AND METHOD | 26 Delta 1 LLC | MUSA, BUSHIRA | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19016533 | NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS FOR CONTROL ROD POSITION INDICATOR | Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. | DAVIS, SHARON M | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 | |
| 18879472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA RECONCILIATION FOR TRANSFER TO CLOUD STORAGE | ResMed | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 2166 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19002198 | SERVO-CONTROLLED MACHINE LINE | BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC. | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 | |
| 18989566 | INTEGRATION OF MICRODEVICES INTO SYSTEM SUBSTRATE | Vuereal Inc. | RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18990784 | GENERATING ADAPTIVE TEXTUAL EXPLANATIONS OF OUTPUT PREDICTED BY TRAINED ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE PROCESSES | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | SIRJANI, FARIBA | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18989638 | POWER STORAGE SYSTEM AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | CHEN, XUXING | 2176 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18977418 | FUNCTIONAL PANEL, DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSOR | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| 18872137 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE RESIN SHEET | Kotsugisya Co., Ltd. | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18870276 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INGESTING AND EXECUTING ELECTRONIC CONTENT PROVIDING PERFORMANCE DATA AND ENABLING DYNAMIC AND INTELLIGENT AUGMENTATION | Augmentir Inc. | VU, KIEU D | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 | |
| 18867249 | DATA READING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Cong Lu | CHOI, CHARLES J | 2175 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18952127 | Modular Furniture Assembly | Cushy Holdings, Inc. | WUJCIAK, ALFRED J | 3636 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18945685 | PRIORITIZATION OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS IN AN ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONALITY FOR A SURGICAL MICROSCOPY SYSTEM | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| 18864459 | LINERLESS LABEL | UPM RAFLATAC OY | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1788 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18862311 | RIFAXIMIN AND N-ACETYL CYSTEINE FORMULATIONS | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 | |
| 18935258 | Deployment Of Quasi-Planar Shock Wave Generators In Association With Seismic Exploration | Orica International Pte. Ltd. | ABULABAN, ABDALLAH | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18934780 | SECURE RESOLUTION OF EMAIL-BASED QUERIES INVOLVING CONFIDENTIAL THIRD-PARTY DATA | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | LI, MENG | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial85.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Nixon Peabody LLP were allowed, across 21,745 applications in USPTO records.
3.61 office actions per allowed application on average.
358 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 138 clients, before 332 examiners in 153 art units.