Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
13 pending office actions • 4 clients • 12 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Patterson+Sheridan, LLP has 14 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 264 career applications. The current docket is limited relative to the reported application base, with prosecution focused on biotechnology and pharmaceutical subject matter.
The resolved allowance rate is 83.95%, and the average is 2.85 office actions per allowance. The allowance rate indicates that most resolved applications reached allowance, while the action average shows that successful matters generally involved several examination exchanges. This provides practitioners with a combined view of resolution frequency and response burden.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 6 (46%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 2 | 82.5% | +17.0% |
| KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 1 | 44.1% | +38.1% |
| TOOMER, CEPHIA D | 1 | 74.4% | +2.6% |
| SHARMA, SANTOSH | 1 | 72.8% | +29.8% |
| NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI | 1 | 71.5% | +19.9% |
| NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1 | 64.8% | +28.1% |
| SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | 1 | 57.5% | +45.3% |
| WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | 1 | 47.1% | +100.0% |
| HANN, JAY B | 1 | 61.3% | +31.5% |
| CAZE-CORTES, TESSALIE ADELINA | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827255 | METHODS AND FORMULATIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19276651 | FOAMING AGENTS, GAS MOBILITY CONTROL AGENTS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
| 19103251 | APPARATUS AND PROCESSES FOR SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF COAL | TOOMER, CEPHIA D | — |
| 18981231 | TOMATO PROPAGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BREEDING | SHARMA, SANTOSH | — |
| 18868647 | DEVICES FOR CHARACTERIZING THE RESPONSE OF PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS | NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI | — |
| 18239220 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING QUASI-STATIC PROCESSES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — |
| 18239533 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PORE NETWORK DUPLICATION AND BLENDING | HANN, JAY B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19440551 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PLANT POLLINATION | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | — |
| 19276651 | FOAMING AGENTS, GAS MOBILITY CONTROL AGENTS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
| 18981231 | TOMATO PROPAGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BREEDING | SHARMA, SANTOSH | — |
| 18868647 | DEVICES FOR CHARACTERIZING THE RESPONSE OF PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS | NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI | — |
| 18907864 | CARBON FOAMS, DOPED CARBON COMPOSITES, PROCESSES FOR FABRICATING CARBON FOAMS AND DOPED CARBON COMPOSITES, AND USES THEREOF | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | — |
| 18827255 | METHODS AND FORMULATIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
| 18737141 | FIBRIN PARTICLES AND METHODS OF FORMING FIBRIN PARTICLES | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | — |
| 18239220 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING QUASI-STATIC PROCESSES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | 9 |
| MJNN | 2 |
| Piri Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| Alchemy Sciences, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 2 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19440551 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PLANT POLLINATION | Mjnn LLC | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19276651 | FOAMING AGENTS, GAS MOBILITY CONTROL AGENTS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 3674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19103251 | APPARATUS AND PROCESSES FOR SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF COAL | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | TOOMER, CEPHIA D | 1771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18981231 | TOMATO PROPAGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BREEDING | Mjnn LLC | SHARMA, SANTOSH | 1663 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18868647 | DEVICES FOR CHARACTERIZING THE RESPONSE OF PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18907864 | CARBON FOAMS, DOPED CARBON COMPOSITES, PROCESSES FOR FABRICATING CARBON FOAMS AND DOPED CARBON COMPOSITES, AND USES THEREOF | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18827255 | METHODS AND FORMULATIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | Piri Technologies, LLC | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 1616 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18737141 | FIBRIN PARTICLES AND METHODS OF FORMING FIBRIN PARTICLES | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | 1654 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18239220 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING QUASI-STATIC PROCESSES | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | 2188 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18239533 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PORE NETWORK DUPLICATION AND BLENDING | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | HANN, JAY B | 2186 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18209588 | INFINITE-ACTING AND INFINITE-SUPPLY MICROMODEL SYSTEMS | Alchemy Sciences, Inc. | CAZE-CORTES, TESSALIE ADELINA | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 17482143 | HYDROGEL-ENCAPSULATED BETA CELLS, BETA-CELL ENCAPSULATION PROCESS, AND USES THEREOF | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE | 1636 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2021 |
| 17463362 | HYDROGEL-ENCAPSULATED CELLS AND HYDROGEL-DISPERSED CELLS | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Aug 31, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial84.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Patterson and Sheridan, LLP were allowed, across 264 applications in USPTO records.
2.85 office actions per allowed application on average.
13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 12 examiners in 12 art units.
