Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
450 pending office actions • 181 clients • 426 examiners • 251 art units • 0 of 450 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP is a high-volume firm with 22725 career applications, primarily in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm holds a resolved allowance rate of 83.41 percent. Prosecution in these complex fields averages 3.05 office actions per allowance, reflecting an efficient strategy for securing patent grants in the life sciences. This average indicates a balanced approach between thoroughness and speed in addressing examiner concerns.
The firm is currently managing 361 pending office actions. This large active workload is consistent with its 22725 career applications. The 83.41 percent allowance rate shows a strong ability to secure patents in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. With 3.05 office actions per allowance, the firm demonstrates a highly effective strategy for navigating the USPTO, providing significant value and a predictable timeline. This data reflects a firm that delivers reliable results with a consistent approach to patent acquisition in a technically demanding field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 106 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. 106 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 | 13 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 62 (14%) |
| §103 only | 134 (30%) |
| §102 only | 17 (4%) |
| §112 only | 22 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 22 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 24 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 154 (34%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, TONG-HO | 4 | 95.3% | +0.7% |
| BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3 | 51.6% | +35.8% |
| SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 3 | 78.5% | +17.1% |
| DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | 2 | 81.5% | +3.3% |
| DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | 2 | 70.4% | +9.4% |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2 | 78.3% | +23.7% |
| ADAMS, GREGORY W | 2 | 75.2% | +23.8% |
| GE, JIN | 2 | 79.6% | +19.0% |
| YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 2 | 67.6% | +43.7% |
| ALBRECHT, PETER M | 2 | 71.5% | +3.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19288643 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASK WITH CAPPING LAYER | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | — |
| 18785512 | GATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD | KIM, TONG-HO | — |
| 18784490 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH GATE ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD | KIM, TONG-HO | — |
| 18783146 | CAPACITOR, MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD | KIM, TONG-HO | — |
| 17745562 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASK WITH CAPPING LAYER | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16980250 | INACTIVATED YEAST AND YEAST PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING FERMENTATION YIELD | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 88d overdue |
| 17769706 | DIABETES THERAPY TARGETING ABNORMAL STEM CELLS | WEIDNER, ADAM M | 60d overdue |
| 18657515 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN PHARMACOGENOMICS | TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B | 51d overdue |
| 17764887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF A DISEASE USING A BIOMARKER, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A BIOMARKER OF INTEREST FOR A DISEASE | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 49d overdue |
| 18153978 | CHILLER SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT CONTROL | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | 46d overdue |
| 18720517 | Integrated Air-Conditioning Circuit and CO2 Refrigeration System Incorporating Same | NORMAN, MARC E | 36d overdue |
| 18170512 | A 5'-CAP ANALOG MODIFIED mRNA | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 22d overdue |
| 18249511 | METHOD FOR NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION BY OLIGO HYBRIDIZATION AND PCR-BASED AMPLIFICATION | PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE | 18d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19035498 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 19012188 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 18980115 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — |
| 18970534 | RACK OPERATING DEVICE, RACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A RACKING SYSTEM | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
| 18970429 | METHOD FOR SAFE ACCESS TO A HAZARD AREA IN A RACKING SYSTEM, CONTROL UNIT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SECURING DEVICE | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
| 18689663 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | GE, JIN | — |
| 18835493 | METHOD OF MAKING BONE AND CARTILAGE | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | — |
| 18787411 | THREEFOLD ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRICAL STAND HOUSING HAVING INTEGRATED OPERATING FLUID LINES | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2818 | 7 |
| 2627 | 7 |
| 2146 | 7 |
| 2838 | 6 |
| 2811 | 6 |
| 4100 | 6 |
| 2893 | 6 |
| 3791 | 6 |
| 1737 | 6 |
| 3734 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19636810 | ELECTRONIC PEN | Wacom Co., Ltd. | PERVAN, MICHAEL | 2629 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2026 |
| 19432729 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND SENSOR | Wacom Co., Ltd. | MARINELLI, PATRICK | 2699 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2025 |
| 19400294 | STYLUS AND SENSOR CONTROLLER | Wacom Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, JIMMY H | 2626 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19385923 | POSITION INDICATOR | Wacom Co., Ltd. | SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A | 2626 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 19364781 | POSITION DETECTION SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Wacom Co., Ltd. | CHATLY, AMIT | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19361441 | METHOD, SENSOR CONTROLLER, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | Wacom Co., Ltd. | ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE | 2625 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19328942 | SENSOR CONTROLLER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC PEN, CONTROL METHOD OF SENSOR CONTROLLER, AND POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM | Wacom Co., Ltd. | BLANCHA, JONATHAN M | 2623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19314701 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER | Toto Ltd. | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19300417 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL REALITY IMAGES | Wacom Co., Ltd. | MA, CALVIN | 2629 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19298961 | POSITION INDICATOR | Wacom Co., Ltd. | ZHOU, HONG | 2629 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19296888 | PYRANOPYRIDINE COMPOUND, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF | Zhejiang Yangli Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. | RAO, SAVITHA M | 1691 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19288643 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASK WITH CAPPING LAYER | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19288566 | SPATIAL POSITION INDICATION SYSTEM | Wacom Co., Ltd. | ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19287453 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION INDICATOR AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING GRIP PART AND TRACKER | Wacom Co., Ltd. | DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | 2627 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19286042 | POSITION DETECTION SENSOR AND INPUT APPARATUS | Wacom Co., Ltd. | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19278618 | ELECTRONIC PEN WITH ELECTRONIC PEN BODY PART HAVING BUTTON SWITCH AND PUSHER PART INSERTED INTO INSERTION PART FORMED IN OPERATOR | Wacom Co., Ltd. | CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y | 2628 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19268451 | SENSOR CONTROLLER AND STYLUS | Wacom Co., Ltd. | SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19249899 | METHOD OF OUTPUTTING PEN-UP INFORMATION BASED ON DETECTED POSITION OF ACTIVE PEN | Wacom Co., Ltd. | FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | 2624 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19237891 | COVALENT INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12C | Araxes Pharma LLC | DIAMOND, ALAN D | 3991 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19233769 | BRAKE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | HL Mando Corporation | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 3747 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19228490 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING TARGET MATERIAL IN DEPOSITION CHAMBER WITH TILTABLE WORKPIECE HOLDER | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | CHEN, BRET P | 1718 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19133484 | DETECTING DEBRIS ON A GRID OF A STORAGE SYSTEM | Ocado Innovation Limited | MASUD, ROKIB | 3627 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19217595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTAMINATION OF THIN-FILMS | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19210296 | BRANCH PREDICTION USING SPECULATIVE INDEXING AND INTRALINE COUNT | International Business Machines Corporation | VICARY, KEITH E | 2183 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19201124 | COGNITIVE DATA REPATRIATION AND DATA REMOVAL | International Business Machines Corporation | HOFFMAN, BRANDON S | 2433 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19196650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT MANAGEMENT WITH ERROR IDENTIFICATION AND REMEDIATION | Reveer, LLC | HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19123143 | Device and Method for Providing User Interface for Providing Mental Health Information | Bwave Inc. | LIU, ZHENGXI | 2611 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19172863 | IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD AND APPARATUS | Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd. | CUTLER, ALBERT H | 2637 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19173493 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATIC INTERVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | Deep Sentinel Corp. | NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R | 2424 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19172415 | READING AND/OR WRITING MEDIA FILES | Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd. | CHBOUKI, TAREK | 2138 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19097598 | POSITION INDICATING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | Wacom Co., Ltd. | BOYD, JONATHAN A | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19082427 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT BY COUNTERACTING ADVERTISEMENT BLOCKING FUNCTION | Adshield, Inc. | BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD | 3621 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19077871 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER | Toto Ltd. | LUQUE, RENAN | 2844 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19076580 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME SERVICE | Nexon Korea Corporation | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19108563 | HAND-EYE CALIBRATION FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | Ocado Innovation Limited | NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL | 3656 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19106493 | METHOD, LEARNING MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | Omron Corporation | BALI, VIKKRAM | 2663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19057293 | LIMITING YEAST-PRODUCED TREHALOSE IN FERMENTATION | Danstar Ferment AG | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | 1652 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19104128 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE PASSIVE ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SUPERCONDUCTIVE PASSIVE ELEMENT, AND DEVICE INCLUDING SAID PASSIVE ELEMENT | Riken | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | 2843 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19047452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SINGLE DIGITAL PRODUCT ACQUISITION FROM A DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE | Subly Media Inc. | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 3691 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19042728 | DETECTING CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITION FROM ELECTROCARDIOGRAM DATA USING ENSEMBLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | Tempus AI, Inc. | LAGOY, KYRA RAND | 3685 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18831452 | COMPOSITION FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS TARGETING TUMOR AND/OR TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT AND USE THEREOF | The General Hospital Cooperation D/B/A Massachusetts General Hospital (Mgh) | JACKSON, SHAWQUIA | 1626 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19035506 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | Toto Ltd. | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | 2838 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19035492 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | Toto Ltd. | SREEVATSA, SREEYA | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19035498 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | Toto Ltd. | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19035450 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | Toto Ltd. | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19034362 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | Toto Ltd. | COMBER, KEVIN J | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19026835 | ADAPTING PRESENTATION CONTENT AUTOMATICALLY IN RESPONSE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS AND PROGRESS OF THE PRESENTATION | International Business Machines Corporation | TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY | 3626 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19022504 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF PROCESSING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN | Dunamu Inc. | RANKINS, WILLIAM E | 3694 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18993368 | DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONFOCAL-CHROMATIC DISTANCE AND/OR THICKNESS MEASUREMENT | MICRO-EPSILON OPTRONIC GMBH | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 2877 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19012188 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | Toto Ltd. | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial83.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, LLP were allowed, across 22,792 applications in USPTO records.
3.04 office actions per allowed application on average.
450 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 181 clients, before 426 examiners in 251 art units.