Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Nautilus)

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=81 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.0%
Allowance Rate
n=81
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=81
OAs to Allowance
n=17 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=17 (min 20)
+20.0pp
Interview Lift
n=81
61.9%
RCE Rate
n=81
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=81

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=1 (min 20)
45.4%
§103 Overcome
n=22
§112 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G01N, C12Q, C12N
Top CPC Subclasses
68%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=81
0
Practitioners
n=81
Apps / Practitioner
n=81 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (67%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
Double-patenting only2 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1 65.2% +49.4%
BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1 59.3% +32.1%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.7% +23.6%
MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1 33.9% +50.0%
RAMADAN, OMAR 1 25.0% +59.5%
SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 1 35.0% +50.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17825867 SOLUTION PHASE SINGLE MOLECULE CAPTURE AND ASSOCIATED TECHNIQUES RAMADAN, OMAR

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18813886 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BINDING INTERACTIONS UNDER EQUILIBRIUM OR NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 24d overdue
18364200 CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF ANTIBODIES AND FUNCTIONAL FRAGMENTS THEREOF WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 22d
18546410 STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SAMPLE ANALYTES BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW
18245131 STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SAMPLE ANALYTES MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN
17825867 SOLUTION PHASE SINGLE MOLECULE CAPTURE AND ASSOCIATED TECHNIQUES RAMADAN, OMAR
17708786 INTEGRATION OF A PROTEIN COLOCALIZATION DEVICE (PCD) ONTO A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16782
16811
17991
16271
16771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18813886 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BINDING INTERACTIONS UNDER EQUILIBRIUM OR NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2024
18546410 STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SAMPLE ANALYTES Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 14, 2023
18364200 CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF ANTIBODIES AND FUNCTIONAL FRAGMENTS THEREOF Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18245131 STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SAMPLE ANALYTES Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1677 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2023
17825867 SOLUTION PHASE SINGLE MOLECULE CAPTURE AND ASSOCIATED TECHNIQUES Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. RAMADAN, OMAR 1678 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2022
17708786 INTEGRATION OF A PROTEIN COLOCALIZATION DEVICE (PCD) ONTO A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 1678 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2022

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