Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Raphael Bellum Pllc

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

64 pending office actions • 36 clients • 61 examiners • 44 art units • 0 of 64 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Raphael Bellum PLLC focuses on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and has 64 pending office actions. Its reported career application volume is 2051, with an 80.06% resolved allowance rate and an average of 3.59 office actions per allowance.

The allowance rate indicates that most resolved applications reached allowance, while the office-action average shows that allowed matters commonly required several examination responses. Together, the measures describe a portfolio in which allowance was often achieved through continued prosecution rather than through minimal examination activity.

The pending docket is part of a substantial historical application base. Biotechnology practitioners can use the data to anticipate the importance of response planning and claim support, while recognizing that the aggregate record does not disclose the specific biological technologies or outstanding issues in the pending cases.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2051 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.1%
Allowance Rate
n=2051
+0.73σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2051
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=1012
-0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1012
1075 days
Time to Allowance
n=1012
+22.0pp
Interview Lift
n=2051
26.3%
RCE Rate
n=2051
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=2051

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.5%
§101 Overcome
n=142
73.3%
§102 Overcome
n=435
73.6%
§103 Overcome
n=811
77.4%
§112 Overcome
n=799

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C08L
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2051
3
Practitioners
n=2051
683.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=2051

Portfolio Summary

64
Total Pending OAs
43
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

31
Hard (48%)
21
Medium (33%)
12
Easy (19%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other11 (17%)
§103 only14 (22%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only11 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other5 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)19 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

54
Life Sciences
84% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
1
Business / Other
2% 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.

640 h
Manual time on pending OAs
128 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
224 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, ERIC 2 69.8% +19.4%
JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 2 76.1% +24.8%
VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 2 73.0% +6.4%
ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1 50.3% +39.1%
MORAN, KATHERINE M 1 54.3% +24.2%
QUAIM, LAMIA 1 74.6% +17.5%
MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1 29.9% +33.1%
WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 1 73.0% +18.0%
GOODMAN, MATTHEW PARKER 1 20.2% +30.3%
ANDERSON, JAMES D 1 55.1% +19.3%

Hard Cases (32)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18352677 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING KRATOM COMPOUNDS SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 441d overdue
18696645 AUTONOMOUS ROBOT PLATFORM FOR PEST IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 146d overdue
16456773 RNA VIRUSES EXPRESSING IL-12 FOR IMMUNOVIROTHERAPY VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 98d overdue
18858080 CRYSTALLINE QUATERNARY SALTS OF 4-SUBSTITUTED TRYPTAMINES ANDERSON, JAMES D 44d overdue
17747557 MEASLES VIRUS ENCODING A TUMOR ANTIGEN NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 44d overdue
18257639 AMANITA MUSCARIA COMPOUNDS HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 32d overdue
18265286 3-CYCLIC AMINE-INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CNS DISORDERS LEE, CHIHYI NMN 26d overdue
18299857 STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATOR FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 2d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19189953 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO TRAN, ERIC 44d overdue
18858080 CRYSTALLINE QUATERNARY SALTS OF 4-SUBSTITUTED TRYPTAMINES ANDERSON, JAMES D 44d overdue
19568483 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI —
19413522 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO TRAN, ERIC —
19407334 REINFORCED SLIDING MITT INCLUDING PROTECTION GUARD WITH TREAD FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL MORAN, KATHERINE M —
19252210 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE POSITION OF A HOLE OR A CRACK IN A DRILL STRING AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MATERIAL QUAIM, LAMIA —
19181025 HIGH TEMPERATURE CORROSION RESISTANT ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COATINGS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D —
19047044 SEMq System for Identification, Determination, Characterization, and/or Quantification of Groundwater or Aquifers WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD —

Client Portfolio (36 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16294
16254
16223
37913
17762
16162
16262
16912
16212
16192

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19568483 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO Mindset Pharma Inc. ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 16, 2026
19413522 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO Mindset Pharma Inc. TRAN, ERIC 1629 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2025
19407334 REINFORCED SLIDING MITT INCLUDING PROTECTION GUARD WITH TREAD FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL Dynasty Baseball, LLC MORAN, KATHERINE M 3732 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2025
19252210 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE POSITION OF A HOLE OR A CRACK IN A DRILL STRING AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MATERIAL Engineering Simulation And Scientific Software Ltda. QUAIM, LAMIA 3676 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2025
19189953 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO Mindset Pharma Inc. TRAN, ERIC 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2025
19181025 HIGH TEMPERATURE CORROSION RESISTANT ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COATINGS Ndsu Research Foundation MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2025
19047044 SEMq System for Identification, Determination, Characterization, and/or Quantification of Groundwater or Aquifers G-Strata Spa WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2025
19018493 RETAIL INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM Sagenet LLC GOODMAN, MATTHEW PARKER 3637 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18858080 CRYSTALLINE QUATERNARY SALTS OF 4-SUBSTITUTED TRYPTAMINES Caamtech, Inc. ANDERSON, JAMES D 1629 §102§112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18903459 MECHANICAL VAPOR RE-COMPRESSOR HEAT PUMP FOR SEPARATING CO2 FROM WATER VAPOR IN TEMPERATURE-VACUUM SWING ADSORPTION CYCLES Carbon Capture Inc. JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1776 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18898755 CRYSTALLINE 5-METHOXY-DIPROPYL TRYPTAMINE COMPOUNDS Caamtech, Inc. OH, TAYLOR V 1625 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18897504 MECHANICAL VAPOR RE-COMPRESSOR HEAT PUMP FOR SEPARATING CO2 FROM WATER VAPOR IN TEMPERATURE-VACUUM SWING ADSORPTION CYCLES Carbon Capture Inc. JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1776 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18844280 INHIBITORS OF FLI1 AND ERG UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18815064 IONIZABLE LIPID NANOPARTICLES FOR IN UTERO mRNA DELIVERY William Peranteau PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1616 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18781180 CRYSTALLINE BIS-MIPROCIN FUMARATE Caamtech, Inc. JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 1626 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18551119 RISK DETERMINATION FOR A PROTHROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPAENIA Universitaetsmedizin Greifswald MUI, CHRISTINE T 1797 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2024
18696645 AUTONOMOUS ROBOT PLATFORM FOR PEST IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL Tecsoil Automacao E Sistemas S.A AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 3662 §103§112 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18695584 STABILISING THE HUMAN SPINDLE BY KIFC1/HSET Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18611908 DOSAGE FORMS AND THERAPEUTIC USES OF L-4-CHLOROKYNURENINE Vistagen Therapeutics, Inc. HUI, SAN MING R 1627 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18691986 ASA-COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH INCREASED TRANSMITTANCE AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH SALAMON, PETER A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18688672 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESERVED COLLAGENOUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE, COLLAGENOUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE, USES THEREOF AND KIT FOR IMPLANT IN TISSUES Labcor Laboratorios Ltda PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1634 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18683854 3-CYCLOAMINO-INDOLE COMPOUNDS AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO Mindset Pharma Inc. MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18683842 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO Mindset Pharma Inc. WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1629 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18683846 N-SUBSTITUTED INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO Mindset Pharma Inc. BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18407432 WIRELESS HEART TELEMETRY ELECTRODES AND PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM Jmad Creations, LLC WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18573732 CROSS-LINKING POLYSACCHARIDE WITH FIBROIN AND USES OF THE OBTAINED MATERIAL Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. Kgaa ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI 1647 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18569507 HIGH CLARITY AND DUCTILE MOLDING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SMMA COPOLYMER AND A SBC-BLOCK COPOLYMER Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH FOSS, DAVID ROGER 1764 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2023
18563898 HALLUCINOGEN-FATTY ACID COMBINATION Mindset Pharma Inc. RONEY, CELESTE A 1612 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2023
18562066 ACRYLIC RUBBER FOR THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL WITH GOOD LOW TEMPERATURE IMPACT STRENGTH Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH OLADAPO, TAIWO §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18553868 PSEUDO SOLID PHASE PROTECTING GROUP AND METHODS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES BACHEM AG CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 04, 2023
18478427 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ADHERENCE TO NUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR THERAPY Orasure Technologies, Inc. OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1677 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18279290 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO Mindset Pharma Inc. AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1621 §112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18279293 INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO Mindset Pharma Inc. SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L 1623 §112 Final Rejection 48d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18360612 PREPARING AND USE OF GLU-PLASMINOGEN FROM BLOOD FRACTIONS Previpharma Consulting GmbH XU, QING 1656 §103§112Other Final Rejection 9d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18262945 CALCIUM HYDROXYAPATITE PARTICLES AND USE THEREOF Merz North America, Inc. MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2023
18352677 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING KRATOM COMPOUNDS Caamtech, Inc. SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 §101§103Other Non-Final OA 441d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2023
18348866 CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING SUPERHYDROPHOBIC, ANTI-ICING, AND ANTI-CORROSION PROPERTIES Ndsu Research Foundation MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2023
18260711 PROTECTED ALKYL TRYPTAMINES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USES Caamtech, Inc. CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1626 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2023
18259683 PLANT MATERIAL RECYCLING INOCULANT AND USES THEREOF Imio Technologies, Inc. STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2023
18257639 AMANITA MUSCARIA COMPOUNDS Caamtech, Inc. HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18265286 3-CYCLIC AMINE-INDOLE DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CNS DISORDERS Mindset Pharma Inc. LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18310945 PREVENTING DECOMPOSITION IN SODIUM CYANIDE COMPOSITIONS Cyanco Corporation NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2023
18299857 STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATOR FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER BRAIN & BEYONDS CO., LTD. LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18245053 USE OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES WITH ANTIVIRAL, ANTI MALARIAL, AND/OR MUCOLYTIC PROPERTIES IN THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL LUNG DISEASES INCLUDING COVID-19 BY SOFT MIST INHALER OR VIBRATION MESH TECHNOLOGY NEBULIZER THROUGH INHALATION ROUTE Istanbul Universitesi Rektolugu HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 13, 2023
18178041 COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING THE APPEARANCE OF AGEING SKIN Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. Kgaa PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2023
18105460 CONJUGATES COMPRISING REVERSIBLE LINKERS AND USES THEREOF Ascendis Pharma A/S JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 03, 2023
18161828 MIXTURES AND FORMULATIONS Camurus AB CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1617 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2023
17997600 THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED MIGRATION OF STABILISERS Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH RODD, CHRISTOPHER M 1766 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2022
17904404 DRG-MDM2-5 FOR USE AS A NOVEL MOUSE DOUBLE MINUTE 2 (MDM2) INHIBITOR Istanbul Teknik Universitesi MCANANY, JOHN D 1625 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 17, 2022
17759974 METHOD FOR INTRAOPERATIVELY OR POSTOPERATIVELY DETECTING IDH1 AND IDH2 GENE MUTATIONS IN GLIOMA TUMORS AND PRIMERS USED IN THIS METHOD BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITESI MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §112 Final Rejection 187d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Raphael Bellum Pllc's patent allowance rate?

80.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Raphael Bellum Pllc were allowed, across 2,051 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Raphael Bellum Pllc average before allowance?

3.59 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Raphael Bellum Pllc have?

64 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 36 clients, before 61 examiners in 44 art units.

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