Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
22 pending office actions • 14 clients • 21 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP is active in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has 2266 career applications and currently oversees 24 pending office actions. These numbers reflect the firm's established presence and its current workload in the life sciences sector.
The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 81.82. This percentage indicates the historical success of its patent applications. The firm also averages 3.67 office actions per allowance. This figure measures the intensity of the negotiation process with patent examiners. For the 2266 career applications on record, the 81.82 resolved allowance rate serves as a performance metric. The 3.67 average office actions per allowance provides a baseline for the prosecution effort required in this technology area. With 24 pending office actions, the firm continues to navigate the complexities of Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. These data points offer a look at the firm's prosecution history and its current capacity at the USPTO.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 | 7 (32%) |
| §103 only | 5 (23%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMADAN, OMAR | 2 | 25.8% | +56.3% |
| KING, DAVIDA LEE | 1 | 35.6% | +36.4% |
| WEBB III, JAMES L | 1 | 14.1% | +22.3% |
| BROWN, SHEREE N | 1 | 65.6% | +26.6% |
| ARIANI, KADE | 1 | 74.9% | +32.4% |
| GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1 | 65.3% | +47.3% |
| EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U | 1 | 1.9% | +1.1% |
| KENIRY, HEATHER J | 1 | 81.0% | +19.5% |
| PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE | 1 | 43.1% | +4.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19094559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE CONSENSUS PROTOCOLS | KING, DAVIDA LEE | 110d overdue |
| 18738598 | HUMAN-IN-LOOP ROBOT TRAINING AND TESTING SYSTEM WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 89d overdue |
| 17694515 | ADVANCED SEARCH ENGINE FOR FEDERAL SPEND AND USER INTERFACE FOR THE SAME | GUNN, JEREMY L | 42d overdue |
| 18800872 | INTEGRATED FINANCIAL SERVICES PLATFORMS AND METHODS OF USE | EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U | 12d |
| 18364200 | CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF ANTIBODIES AND FUNCTIONAL FRAGMENTS THEREOF | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 22d |
| 19092885 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CUSTOMER CARE | WEBB III, JAMES L | — |
| 18846785 | LIQUID PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION FOR GREATER TOLERANCE TO HEAT STRESS IN POULTRY, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF POULTRY | ARIANI, KADE | — |
| 18634901 | ARTIFICIAL PROTEINS FOR DISPLAYING EPITOPES | PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19094559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE CONSENSUS PROTOCOLS | KING, DAVIDA LEE | 110d overdue |
| 18738598 | HUMAN-IN-LOOP ROBOT TRAINING AND TESTING SYSTEM WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 89d overdue |
| 18813886 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BINDING INTERACTIONS UNDER EQUILIBRIUM OR NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 24d overdue |
| 19092885 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CUSTOMER CARE | WEBB III, JAMES L | — |
| 18885149 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RUNTIME RETARGETING | BROWN, SHEREE N | — |
| 18846785 | LIQUID PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION FOR GREATER TOLERANCE TO HEAT STRESS IN POULTRY, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF POULTRY | ARIANI, KADE | — |
| 18438973 | AFFINITY REAGENTS HAVING ARTIFICIAL POLYMER SCAFFOLDS | RAMADAN, OMAR | — |
| 17825867 | SOLUTION PHASE SINGLE MOLECULE CAPTURE AND ASSOCIATED TECHNIQUES | RAMADAN, OMAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3624 | 2 |
| 1674 | 2 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| 2612 | 1 |
| 1651 | 1 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 1693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19094559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE CONSENSUS PROTOCOLS | Synota, Inc. | KING, DAVIDA LEE | 3699 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 110d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19092885 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CUSTOMER CARE | Sprinklr, Inc. | WEBB III, JAMES L | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 18885149 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RUNTIME RETARGETING | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18846785 | LIQUID PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION FOR GREATER TOLERANCE TO HEAT STRESS IN POULTRY, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF POULTRY | Biovirtus Soluções Ambientais Ltda | ARIANI, KADE | 1651 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18813886 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BINDING INTERACTIONS UNDER EQUILIBRIUM OR NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1681 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18800872 | INTEGRATED FINANCIAL SERVICES PLATFORMS AND METHODS OF USE | Figure Technologies, Inc. | EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U | 3695 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18738598 | HUMAN-IN-LOOP ROBOT TRAINING AND TESTING SYSTEM WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) | Acumino | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 3657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18634901 | ARTIFICIAL PROTEINS FOR DISPLAYING EPITOPES | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2024 | |
| 18438973 | AFFINITY REAGENTS HAVING ARTIFICIAL POLYMER SCAFFOLDS | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | RAMADAN, OMAR | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 | |
| 18420650 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT OF CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS | Onepage Software, LLC | LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE | 3625 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18529271 | METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER WITH A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC MODIFIER | Elion Oncology, Inc. | LAU, JONATHAN S | 1693 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18546410 | STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SAMPLE ANALYTES | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW | 1799 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18364200 | CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF ANTIBODIES AND FUNCTIONAL FRAGMENTS THEREOF | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 1627 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18353729 | IL-12 FC FUSION PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF | Onko-Innate Pty Ltd. | ABBAS, SYED JARAR | 1674 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18256626 | BIOINSECTICIDE AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS, DIFFERENT SUBSPECIES OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AND BOTANICAL EXTRACTS OF CITRONELLA AND TEA TREE, INDUSTRIAL PROCESS AND USE THEREOF IN CULTURES WITH AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE | Total Biotecnologia Industria E Comercio S.A. | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18188092 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED ON-CHIP SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | HORLICK, KENNETH R | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 | |
| 17815194 | IL-18-FC FUSION PROTEINS | Xencor, Inc. | CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT | 1674 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2022 |
| 17825867 | SOLUTION PHASE SINGLE MOLECULE CAPTURE AND ASSOCIATED TECHNIQUES | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | RAMADAN, OMAR | 1678 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
| 17735906 | SOMATIC VARIANT CALLING FROM AN UNMATCHED BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | Personalis, Inc. | WOITACH, JOSEPH T | 1687 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
| 17694515 | ADVANCED SEARCH ENGINE FOR FEDERAL SPEND AND USER INTERFACE FOR THE SAME | Leadership Connect, Inc. | GUNN, JEREMY L | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2022 |
| 17677255 | STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SAMPLE ANALYTES | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1677 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 22, 2022 |
| 17537004 | SUBSTRATE FOR SINGLE MOLECULE ORGANIZATION | Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1758 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2021 |
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