Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
165 pending office actions • 74 clients • 156 examiners • 83 art units • 0 of 165 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Saul Ewing LLP (Philadelphia) manages 5437 career applications, with a focus on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 81.42 percent. Prosecution in these complex fields is intensive, averaging 3.94 office actions per allowance, which reflects the detailed examination process for life sciences. This average indicates a persistent approach to overcoming the technical and legal hurdles common in biotech.
The firm is currently handling 138 pending office actions. This active workload is part of its 5437 career applications. The 81.42 percent allowance rate indicates a strong ability to secure patents in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. While 3.94 office actions per allowance suggests a longer and more involved prosecution path, it is typical for the high-stakes and complex nature of the firm's primary technology area. Clients can expect a thorough and dedicated prosecution cycle based on these established metrics.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 50 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. 50 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 only | 4 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 18 (11%) |
| §103 only | 35 (21%) |
| §102 only | 6 (4%) |
| §112 only | 17 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 22 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 59 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YEN, ERIC L | 2 | 85.1% | +11.6% |
| WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 2 | 71.6% | +7.7% |
| LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 2 | 33.3% | +61.1% |
| SONG, JIANFENG | 2 | 56.3% | +33.2% |
| GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 2 | 65.7% | +46.1% |
| AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | 2 | 73.3% | +30.1% |
| JUEDES, AMY E | 2 | 44.8% | +41.8% |
| SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 2 | 31.6% | +26.2% |
| CHEN, STACY BROWN | 2 | 66.1% | +40.6% |
| RAZA, ZEHRA | 1 | 45.3% | +48.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19396998 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OR USE OF DATA, INCLUDING USE OF A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | YEN, ERIC L | — |
| 19397080 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OR USE OF DATA, INCLUDING USE OF A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | YEN, ERIC L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18809238 | MULTIDAY TIMED ENTRY TICKET SYSTEM FOR RECURRING EVENTS | KIM, PATRICK | 252d overdue |
| 17771464 | SYSTEM INCLUDING A SERVER SYSTEM, A PLURALITY OF GATEWAYS AND A DEVICE | NGUYEN, LINH T | 111d overdue |
| 18327393 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING FARE AVAILABILITIES, SUCH AS AIRFARE AVAILABILITIES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 93d overdue |
| 17378274 | HUMAN MIRNAS FOR USE IN DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS, AND THERAPY OF HUMAN CONDITIONS AND DISEASES | DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE | 84d overdue |
| 17222216 | METHODS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS WHICH RELATE TO TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS | WALSH, EMMETT K | 79d overdue |
| 18631383 | ADJUSTABLE INFANT TUB | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 38d overdue |
| 17340497 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING A SET OF PRICE ESTIMATES, SUCH AS AIR FARE PRICE ESTIMATES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 36d overdue |
| 18276582 | CCR4-Targeting Chimeric Antigen Receptor Cell Therapy | EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA | 23d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18327393 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING FARE AVAILABILITIES, SUCH AS AIRFARE AVAILABILITIES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 93d overdue |
| 17340497 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING A SET OF PRICE ESTIMATES, SUCH AS AIR FARE PRICE ESTIMATES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 36d overdue |
| 18483225 | Combination Therapy for Treating or Preventing Depression or Other Mood Diseases | LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 18d overdue |
| 18004517 | ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSES THROUGH TARGETED ANTIGEN EXPRESSION | CHEN, STACY BROWN | 8d |
| 18749726 | Combination Therapy for Treating or Preventing Depression or Other Mood Diseases | LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 34d |
| 18354345 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING MICROORGANISMS FROM A FLUID | SONG, JIANFENG | 39d |
| 18034720 | GENE SHUFFLED LYSSAVIRUS VACCINE | CHEN, STACY BROWN | 61d |
| 19396998 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OR USE OF DATA, INCLUDING USE OF A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | YEN, ERIC L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1626 | 6 |
| 1633 | 5 |
| 1622 | 4 |
| 3615 | 3 |
| 3655 | 3 |
| 1658 | 3 |
| 1628 | 3 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 1613 | 3 |
| 1632 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19396998 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OR USE OF DATA, INCLUDING USE OF A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | UNLIKELY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LIMITED | YEN, ERIC L | 2658 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 19397080 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OR USE OF DATA, INCLUDING USE OF A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | UNLIKELY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LIMITED | YEN, ERIC L | 2658 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 19287313 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PERMISSIONLESS DECENTRALIZED VIRTUAL ASSET NETWORK | Pylons, Inc. | RAZA, ZEHRA | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 | |
| 19252753 | SEALING RINGS | John Crane Inc. | PATEL, VISHAL A | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19243684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SMART GRIPPING APPARATUS | Nexera Robotics Corp. | JOHNSON, KYLE T | 3656 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19198089 | DIGITAL WATERMARKING WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION LOSS IN ANONYMIZED DATASETS | Privitar Limited | AMBAYE, SAMUEL | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 04, 2025 |
| 19098726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A DWELLING | Mwc Family LP | PENDLETON, DIONNE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 | |
| 19060987 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING SOUND | X-System Limited | ZHU, QIN | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| 19047424 | LIFTING DEVICE HAVING A RETRACTABLE FOOT PEDAL TO LIFT PATIENTS TO STANDING POSITION | Restorative Care Of America, Inc. | HALL, LUKE F | 3673 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18997039 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | BLACKBIRD PLC | CHANG, DANIEL | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19031738 | ELECTRONIC VAPING SYSTEM | Ayr Ltd. | WILL, KATHERINE A | 1747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19029666 | E-CIGARETTE PERSONAL VAPORIZER | Ayr Ltd. | YAARY, ERIC | 1755 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18878564 | NOVEL SARGASSUM-BASED POLYMER COMPOSITE FILAMENTS FOR 3D PRINTING AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 1749 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18990832 | NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | The Carlstar Group LLC | BELLINGER, JASON R | 3615 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18987814 | METHODS OF INCORPORATING SPORADIC OBJECTS ONTO AN EXISTING MESH | Yale University | SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 | |
| 18982106 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING HisGTG TRANSFER RNAS (tRNAs) | Thomas Jefferson University | SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE | 1682 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18972744 | TOTE MANIPULATOR MECHANISM | Locus Robotics Corp. | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 3655 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18972706 | AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT WITH A TOTE MAGAZINE AND A TOTE ELEVATOR | Locus Robotics Corp. | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18972728 | PRE-QUEUEING OF ORDER TOTES | Locus Robotics Corp. | HOLMES, JUSTIN | 3655 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18967105 | LASER-INDUCED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES | Integrated Graphene Holding Limited | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1742 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18935127 | ULTRA-PURE AGONISTS OF GUANYLATE CYCLASE C, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME | BAUSCH HEALTH IRELAND LIMITED | PATEL, RONAK C | 1658 | §102DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18856855 | BIODEGRADABLE LIPIDOIDS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR TARGETED DELIVERY | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | DAVIS, BRIAN J | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 | |
| 18853928 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING REMOTE NEURO-OPHTHALMIC EXAMINATIONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE | Thomas Jefferson University | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 | |
| 18904642 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERCONNECTING MANUFACTURING NODES AND CONSUMER END POINTS | Global Sourcing Network LLC | JEANTY, ROMAIN | 3624 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18900131 | METHODS FOR GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC SV2A PET FROM MRI IMAGES | Yale University | GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18838136 | QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVE AS KRAS G12C MUTATION INHIBITOR | Shenzhen Forward Pharmaceuticals Co., Limited | REILLY, SOPHIA JANE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| 18892956 | DYNAMIC WALL FOR AUGMENTED REALITY | Thomas Jefferson University | SANZ, GABRIEL A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| 18844474 | COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING, AMELIORATING, AND/OR PRVENTING COCAINE USE DISORDER | Drexel University | SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 | |
| 18840040 | METHODS OF TREATING, AMELIORATING, OR PREVENTING HEART FAILURE, AND METHODS OF PROMOTING HEART MUSCLE GROWTH | Yale University | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 | |
| 18809238 | MULTIDAY TIMED ENTRY TICKET SYSTEM FOR RECURRING EVENTS | Runsignup, Inc. | KIM, PATRICK | 3628 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 252d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18808807 | METHOD OF RECONFIGURING A USER INTERFACE, AND SYSTEMS AND DEVICES IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | Grandpad, Inc. | TRAN, TAM T | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 | |
| 18794181 | AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE POWDER AND ITS USE IN WOUND HEALING AND TISSUE ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTS | Wake Forest University Health Sciences | COFFA, SERGIO | 1658 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18835094 | PROBE FOR MONITORING RNA SPLICING AND METHODS THEREOF | Yale University | KOVACH, KARA NICOLE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 | |
| 18833840 | USE OF KALLIKREIN I OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF IN TREATMENT OF VCI, PSCI OR CSVD | Zonhon Biopharma Institute, Inc. | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 | |
| 18773968 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | LIEB, JEANETTE M | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 | |
| 18770145 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORAGE AND EVALUATION OF SOURCE CODE | The Code Registry, Inc. | BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| 18756390 | MOBILE POWER SYSTEM | American Superconductor Corporation | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 3615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18723103 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPUTERIZED AMSLER GRID FOR EVALUATION OF VISUAL DISTURBANCES | Stephane Krumenacker | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | 3792 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18750780 | ANTI-CAR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | BOESEN, AGNIESZKA | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 | |
| 18749726 | Combination Therapy for Treating or Preventing Depression or Other Mood Diseases | The United States Department of Veterans Affairs | LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 1628 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18750876 | RHEOLOGICALLY MODIFIED LIQUID METAL DEVICES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | The Regents of the University of Colorado | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18720823 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING MALIGNANCY | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | JACOB, OOMMEN | 3797 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18716088 | ANISAMIDE-CONTAINING LIPIDS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | SONG, JIANFENG | 1613 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18670290 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING B-LYMPHOID MALIGNANCIES | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | LEONARD, ARTHUR S | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 | |
| 18710640 | UNDERGLYCOSYLATED KALLIKREIN I, AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL MODIFIER THEREOF AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF | Zonhon Biopharma Institute, Inc. | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1656 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18709860 | A SEQUENTIAL, MULTI-MODAL, MULTI-PATIENT MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM | Jomoco, Inc. | RESTAINO, DANIELLE BERNADETTE | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 | |
| 18654097 | INJECTABLE HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Drexel University | LAZARO, DOMINIC | 1611 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18706936 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC EUS ANCHOR | Thomas Jefferson University | FRITH, SEAN A | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18705568 | METHOD FOR TRACKING DISTRIBUTION OF A SHARED DIGITAL MEDIA FILE | BLACKBIRD PLC | SAINT CYR, JEAN D | 2425 | §103 | Final Rejection | 100d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2024 |
| 18705295 | Compositions and Methods for Diagnosis and Therapy of Viral Infection | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. | GILL, RACHEL B | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial81.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Saul Ewing LLP (Philadelphia) were allowed, across 5,449 applications in USPTO records.
3.93 office actions per allowed application on average.
165 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 74 clients, before 156 examiners in 83 art units.