Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
47 pending office actions • 36 clients • 45 examiners • 29 art units • 0 of 47 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Patent Law Works, LLP manages 1778 career applications in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 87.64 percent. On average, it takes 3.63 office actions per allowance to reach a grant.
The firm currently has 38 pending office actions. This number of active cases is part of its work with 1778 career applications. The 87.64 percent resolved allowance rate highlights the firm's effectiveness in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field. The 3.63 average office actions per allowance provides a metric for the expected duration of the prosecution cycle. This firm's data shows a practice with 1778 career applications and a success rate of 87.64 percent. The 87.64 percent resolved allowance rate is an indicator of the firm's performance for clients in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. With 38 pending office actions, the firm remains active in its primary technology area. The 3.63 average office actions per allowance is a consistent factor in its prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 | 9 (19%) |
| §103 only | 9 (19%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 6 (13%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (34%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 2 | 27.2% | +21.2% |
| LI, RUIXIANG | 2 | 59.5% | +18.6% |
| THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 1 | 87.4% | +6.7% |
| CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T | 1 | 74.4% | +32.7% |
| AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 26.7% | +29.5% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.7% |
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 68.9% | +14.1% |
| PURDY, KYLE A | 1 | 41.0% | +35.9% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.5% | +20.4% |
| DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 1 | 58.3% | +49.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19294816 | Method and System for Controlling a Plurality of Drill Rigs | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 9d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688085 | Methods for Isolation of Lipid-Disc Compositions and Uses Thereof | STEVENS, MARK V | 67d overdue |
| 18575056 | A Flexible and Stretchable Cover for Attaching a Component to a Patch | CHA, CASEY GEORGE | 4d overdue |
| 18552827 | Vaccine Compositions for Trypanosomatids | GRASER, JENNIFER E | 3d overdue |
| 18687284 | Automated Parcel Buffering System | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 2d overdue |
| 18004719 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CORONAVIRUS CROSS-REACTING ANTIBODIES | WANG, RUIXUE | 33d |
| 18263934 | Cell Clusters Comprising Stem and Islet Cells, Methods of Making, and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Therewith | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 36d |
| 18569805 | Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 47d |
| 18805393 | Predicting Climate Event Occurrences and Damage Using Property Features and Artificial Intelligence | KWONG, CHO YIU | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18359483 | PROTEIN BINDING DOMAINS STABILIZING FUNCTIONAL CONFORMATIONAL STATES OF GPCRS AND USES THEREOF | LI, RUIXIANG | 23d overdue |
| 19270324 | Query-Time Data Sessionization and Analysis | CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T | — |
| 19235555 | System and Methods for Creating E-Commerce Virtual Experiences And Integrating Graphical User Interfaces | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | — |
| 19215220 | System and Methods Integrating Distributed Machine Learning Layers for Processing Multimodal Data Sets in Real Time to Optimize Outcomes | AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 19056706 | System and Methods for Creating E-Commerce Virtual Experiences And Integrating Graphical User Interfaces | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | — |
| 19099436 | A Food Box | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18997284 | Species-Specific Tissue Culture Medium for the Propagation of Cells | PURDY, KYLE A | — |
| 18991000 | Head-Mounted Display with Volume Substrate-Guided Holographic Continuous Lens Optics | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1632 | 3 |
| 1674 | 3 |
| 1613 | 2 |
| 1681 | 2 |
| 1643 | 2 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19294816 | Method and System for Controlling a Plurality of Drill Rigs | Technological Resources Pty Limited | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 3676 | DP | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19270324 | Query-Time Data Sessionization and Analysis | Imply Data, Inc. | CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| 19235555 | System and Methods for Creating E-Commerce Virtual Experiences And Integrating Graphical User Interfaces | Zelig Technology, LLC | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 3689 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19215220 | System and Methods Integrating Distributed Machine Learning Layers for Processing Multimodal Data Sets in Real Time to Optimize Outcomes | Cormetrix Inc. | AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 | |
| 19104936 | Spinal Cord Stimulation Device | Reach Neuro, Inc. | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19056706 | System and Methods for Creating E-Commerce Virtual Experiences And Integrating Graphical User Interfaces | Zelig Technology, LLC | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 | |
| 19099436 | A Food Box | Tria Pte. Ltd. | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 | |
| 18997284 | Species-Specific Tissue Culture Medium for the Propagation of Cells | SymbioCellTech, LLC | PURDY, KYLE A | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18991000 | Head-Mounted Display with Volume Substrate-Guided Holographic Continuous Lens Optics | Luminit LLC | CHANG, AUDREY Y | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18868632 | Automated Toilet System | Gmat Ventures, LLC | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 | |
| 18847148 | Novel Microbial Composition and Methods of Use Thereof | Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18844200 | Delivery Shaft Assembly for Delivery of an Implant | Istar Medical | ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 | |
| 18805393 | Predicting Climate Event Occurrences and Damage Using Property Features and Artificial Intelligence | Zesty.Ai, Inc. | KWONG, CHO YIU | 3693 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18835833 | A System For Delivering Food To A Customer And A Method Thereof | Clean Eats & Co. Pte. Ltd. | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 | |
| 18725409 | Products and Methods for Improving Plant Growth Features | Aphea.Bio NV | PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F | 1613 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18652767 | Mobile Printing Robot and Printing Methods with Line Printing Pathway Optimization | Dusty Robotics, Inc. | RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18600428 | Means and Methods for Improved Regeneration | UNIVERSITEIT GENT | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1662 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18688938 | Therapeutic Engineered Microbial Cell Systems and Methods for Treating Conditions in Which Oxalate is Detrimental | Unlocked Labs Inc. | STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 1632 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18688085 | Methods for Isolation of Lipid-Disc Compositions and Uses Thereof | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | STEVENS, MARK V | 1613 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 67d overdue | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18687284 | Automated Parcel Buffering System | Box Bot Inc. | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18444591 | Grouping and Recommendations System and Method | Renaissance Learning, Inc. | HEWITT II, CALVIN L | 4100 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18684059 | Oligonucleotides for Modulating Synaptogyrin-3 Expression | Jay Therapeutics | KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 | |
| 18290670 | Biomarkers for Therapy Response After Immunotherapy | Asylia Diagnostics BV | YU, TIAN NMN | 1681 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18577903 | Yeast Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Industrially Relevant Phenotypes | The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | CHONG, KIMBERLY | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 | |
| 18575056 | A Flexible and Stretchable Cover for Attaching a Component to a Patch | Datwyler Pharma Packaging Belgium NV | CHA, CASEY GEORGE | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18545557 | Secure Payments Using a Mobile Wallet Application | Minkasu, Inc. | XIAO, ZESHENG | 3698 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18570876 | Means and Methods to Regulate Gut Dysbiosis | UNIVERSITEIT GENT | LEWIS, PATRICK T | 1691 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18569805 | Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof | Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1657 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 47d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18516777 | Novel Antigen-Binding Chimeric Proteins and Methods and Uses Thereof | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | LI, RUIXIANG | 1674 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18497332 | Detection of Cancer in Urine | Nanomed Diagnostics B.V. | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1681 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 35522743 | Packaging for foodstuffs | Tria Pte. Ltd. | DIEHL, JOAN ELIZABETH | 2923 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18553044 | Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases as Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Uses Thereof | UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES | FAN, LYNN Y | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18552827 | Vaccine Compositions for Trypanosomatids | UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN | GRASER, JENNIFER E | 1645 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18547111 | Cation-Independent Mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor Binders | UNIVERSITEIT GENT | CHASE, CAROL ANN | 1646 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18547065 | Harvester Cutter | Ehs Manufacturing Pty Ltd. | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | 3671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18546682 | Inhibition of SLC4A4 in the Treatment of Cancer | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | HAM, JIEUN | 1643 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18263934 | Cell Clusters Comprising Stem and Islet Cells, Methods of Making, and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Therewith | SymbioCellTech, LLC | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 1632 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18359483 | PROTEIN BINDING DOMAINS STABILIZING FUNCTIONAL CONFORMATIONAL STATES OF GPCRS AND USES THEREOF | The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | LI, RUIXIANG | 1674 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18004719 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CORONAVIRUS CROSS-REACTING ANTIBODIES | Leyden Laboratories B.V. | WANG, RUIXUE | 1672 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jan 09, 2023 |
| 18048946 | TOOLS AND METHODS FOR EXPRESSION OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS | UNIVERSITEIT GENT | PAK, MICHAEL D | 1674 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17801921 | Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Allosteric Modulators | DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR NEURODEGENERATIVE ERKRANKUNGEN E.V. | BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE | 1643 | §112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Aug 24, 2022 |
| 17787880 | Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof | Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. | EIX, EMILY FAY | 1653 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17620208 | CROSSLINKABLE HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS | ETH ZÜRICH | ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE | 1616 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2021 |
| 17607334 | CHIMERIC PROTEINS AND METHODS TO SCREEN FOR COMPOUNDS AND LIGANDS BINDING TO GPCRS | Confo Therapeutics N.V. | REYNOLDS, FRED H | 1658 | §112 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2021 |
| 17507570 | Trocar Device and System and Method for Monitoring Navigation of the Trocar Device | Ottosurgical Instruments LLC | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 184d overdue | Pending | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 17604284 | MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GREATER TOLERABILITY AND PROLONGED SHELF LIFE | Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1656 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 104d overdue | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
| 16620326 | EX VIVO MEAT PRODUCTION | Wild Type, Inc. | JOHNSON, KARA D | 1632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 139d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2019 |
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