Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Rivkin Radler LLP

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Rivkin Radler LLP has 6 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 264 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 78.74%, indicating that allowance was achieved in a smaller portion of the reported resolved matters than the other outcome category.

The firm averages 2.48 office actions per allowance. Allowed matters therefore generally involved repeated examination interaction. The application record is focused, making the profile most useful for evaluating this practice’s reported biotechnology and pharmaceutical work. Practitioners should weigh the current docket and action-per-allowance measure alongside the less favorable resolved allowance result.

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

Quality Metrics (n=264 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.7%
Allowance Rate
n=264
+0.35σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=264
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=137
-0.61σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=137
869 days
Time to Allowance
n=137
+2.9pp
Interview Lift
n=264
14.9%
RCE Rate
n=264
3.6%
Appeal Rate
n=264

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.0%
§101 Overcome
n=20
64.6%
§102 Overcome
n=48
60.8%
§103 Overcome
n=102
62.4%
§112 Overcome
n=93

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=264
2
Practitioners
n=264
132.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=264

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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
0
Due this month
1
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.

6
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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
DONOHUE, SEAN R 1 41.4% +21.0%
MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1 100.0% +0.0%
CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1 33.8% +25.2%
LEE, ANDREW P 1 48.5% +22.8%
DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 1 44.0% +70.1%
SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1 41.8% +38.7%

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18268555 Side Port For Addition Of Multiple Drugs To A Nebulizer DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 44d overdue
18041827 EXTRACORPOREAL CLEARING TRAPS BASED ON INVERSE ELECTRON DEMAND DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITION FOR (PRE)-TARGETED THERAPY AND DIAGNOSTICS SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 39d
18781717 USE OF SECOND NEAR-INFRARED ORGANIC FLUORESCENT COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF BIOIMAGING CONTRAST AGENT AND IN VASCULAR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING DONOHUE, SEAN R —
18741551 SECOND NEAR-INFRARED ORGANIC FLUORESCENT PROBE, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF MOSHER, ERIC PARKER —
18703281 PEPTIDE-COUPLED ALGINATE GELS COMPRISING RADIONUCLIDES CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE —
18490503 DRUG COCKTAIL FOR TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE, LEWY BODY DISEASE AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY LEE, ANDREW P —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18268555 Side Port For Addition Of Multiple Drugs To A Nebulizer DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 44d overdue
18041827 EXTRACORPOREAL CLEARING TRAPS BASED ON INVERSE ELECTRON DEMAND DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITION FOR (PRE)-TARGETED THERAPY AND DIAGNOSTICS SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 39d
18781717 USE OF SECOND NEAR-INFRARED ORGANIC FLUORESCENT COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF BIOIMAGING CONTRAST AGENT AND IN VASCULAR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING DONOHUE, SEAN R —
18703281 PEPTIDE-COUPLED ALGINATE GELS COMPRISING RADIONUCLIDES CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE —
18490503 DRUG COCKTAIL FOR TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE, LEWY BODY DISEASE AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY LEE, ANDREW P —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16183
16121
16911
37851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18781717 USE OF SECOND NEAR-INFRARED ORGANIC FLUORESCENT COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF BIOIMAGING CONTRAST AGENT AND IN VASCULAR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING Inner Mongolia University DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18741551 SECOND NEAR-INFRARED ORGANIC FLUORESCENT PROBE, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Inner Mongolia University MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1612 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18703281 PEPTIDE-COUPLED ALGINATE GELS COMPRISING RADIONUCLIDES Blue Wave Therapeutics GmbH CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18490503 DRUG COCKTAIL FOR TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE, LEWY BODY DISEASE AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY Aleta Neuroscience, LLC LEE, ANDREW P 1691 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 19, 2023
18268555 Side Port For Addition Of Multiple Drugs To A Nebulizer Inspirx, Inc. DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 3785 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18041827 EXTRACORPOREAL CLEARING TRAPS BASED ON INVERSE ELECTRON DEMAND DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITION FOR (PRE)-TARGETED THERAPY AND DIAGNOSTICS UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Feb 16, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rivkin Radler LLP's patent allowance rate?

78.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Rivkin Radler LLP were allowed, across 264 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Rivkin Radler LLP average before allowance?

2.48 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Rivkin Radler LLP have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 6 examiners in 4 art units.

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