Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Rivkin Radler LLP

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Rivkin Radler LLP has managed 264 career applications with a focus on the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 78.95 percent.

During the prosecution process, the firm averages 2.47 office actions per allowance. There are currently 7 pending office actions requiring attention. These metrics provide a view of the firm's 78.95 percent allowance rate relative to the 2.47 office actions typically required per allowance.

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)

79.0%
Allowance Rate
n=264
+0.35σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=264
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=135
-0.63σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=135
867 days
Time to Allowance
n=135
+4.2pp
Interview Lift
n=264
15.2%
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
60.4%
§103 Overcome
n=101
62.0%
§112 Overcome
n=92

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

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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 (86%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (86%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DONOHUE, SEAN R 1 41.4% +21.0%
CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1 33.8% +25.2%
LEE, ANDREW P 1 48.3% +23.1%
DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE 1 59.3% +25.9%
DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 1 41.7% +68.8%
SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1 41.9% +38.5%
MOORE, SUSANNA 1 68.1% +31.6%

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
17792369 PURIFICATION METHOD OF PROGESTERONE MOORE, SUSANNA 24d 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 —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18268555 Side Port For Addition Of Multiple Drugs To A Nebulizer DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 44d overdue
17792369 PURIFICATION METHOD OF PROGESTERONE MOORE, SUSANNA 24d 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 —
18234490 Simulated Fireplace DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16911
36311
37851
16181
16241

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 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18703281 PEPTIDE-COUPLED ALGINATE GELS COMPRISING RADIONUCLIDES Blue Wave Therapeutics GmbH CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE §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
18234490 Simulated Fireplace Escea Limited DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE 3631 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 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
17792369 PURIFICATION METHOD OF PROGESTERONE Zhejiang Shenzhou Pharmaceutical Company Limited MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §103§112 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022

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