Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
31 pending office actions • 22 clients • 29 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SMITH BALUCH LLP has 31 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The profile records 1131 career applications, an 86.47% resolved allowance rate, and an average of 2.94 office actions per allowance. It therefore provides both a current workload measure and a developed historical outcome record.
The allowance rate indicates the reported proportion of resolved matters reaching allowance, while the office-action average reflects repeated examination activity before resolution. Practitioners can use these measures to frame portfolio review and response planning, with matter-specific claim analysis remaining essential.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 (13%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (32%) |
| §103 only | 5 (16%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (19%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, CHARLOTTE M | 2 | 92.7% | +0.3% |
| NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | 2 | 55.9% | +34.2% |
| SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 1 | 62.1% | +27.7% |
| SHERWIN, RYAN W | 1 | 66.7% | +23.4% |
| SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 1 | 78.0% | +14.7% |
| VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 1 | 69.9% | +13.8% |
| NGUYEN, DUNG T | 1 | 82.2% | +0.9% |
| PARK, SUNGHYOUN | 1 | 75.4% | +9.3% |
| BECKER, DREW E | 1 | 49.0% | +0.2% |
| KENYON, JOHN S | 1 | 79.7% | +18.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18813354 | Electro-Active Sporting Glasses | NGUYEN, DUNG T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18493205 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT | MACCAGNO, PIERRE L | 97d overdue |
| 18585919 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RFID-BASED RETAIL MANAGEMENT | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 3d overdue |
| 18503518 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING A CAPNOGRAM AND PREDICTING A CARDIORESPIRATORY DISEASE USING A CAPNOGRAM | AGAHI, PUYA | 20d |
| 19065263 | PRECOMPILED DATA PROCESSING MODEL | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 68d |
| 18849871 | SMART SOCKET DEVICE AND SYSTEM | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | — |
| 18834467 | A NEW CONTINUOUS HIGH SHEAR PROCESS | BECKER, DREW E | — |
| 18728964 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CBD COMPRISING LIQUID OR SOLID AND USE THEREOF | KENYON, JOHN S | — |
| 18657401 | DIRECT TO CHIP APPLICATION OF BOILING ENHANCEMENT COATING | GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974612 | ESTIMATING RFID TAG LOCATIONS FROM MULTIPLE DATA INPUTS | SHERWIN, RYAN W | 24d overdue |
| 19065263 | PRECOMPILED DATA PROCESSING MODEL | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 68d |
| 18938428 | VEHICLE FOR RIDESHARING AND PACKAGE DELIVERY SERVICES AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | — |
| 18849871 | SMART SOCKET DEVICE AND SYSTEM | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | — |
| 18728964 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CBD COMPRISING LIQUID OR SOLID AND USE THEREOF | KENYON, JOHN S | — |
| 17997448 | PATIENT STRATIFICATION USING LATENT VARIABLES | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | — |
| 17772180 | DESIGNING A MOLECULE AND DETERMINING A ROUTE TO ITS SYNTHESIS | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1685 | 2 |
| 1686 | 2 |
| 3646 | 2 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19065263 | PRECOMPILED DATA PROCESSING MODEL | Sure, Inc. | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 3695 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 68d | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19049995 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC IMAGE GENERATION AND ARRANGEMENT USING A MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE | Vizit Labs, Inc. | BAKER, CHARLOTTE M | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| 19019081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING BENCHMARK GENERATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR IMAGE OR VIDEO SELECTION | Vizit Labs, Inc. | BAKER, CHARLOTTE M | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 18974612 | ESTIMATING RFID TAG LOCATIONS FROM MULTIPLE DATA INPUTS | Automaton, Inc. | SHERWIN, RYAN W | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18938428 | VEHICLE FOR RIDESHARING AND PACKAGE DELIVERY SERVICES AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | Indigo Technologies, Inc. | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 3613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18849871 | SMART SOCKET DEVICE AND SYSTEM | Connected Innovations Limited | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 2841 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18813354 | Electro-Active Sporting Glasses | E-Vision Smart Optics, Inc. | NGUYEN, DUNG T | 2872 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18800833 | IDENTIFYING AND RETRIEVING VIDEO METADATA WITH PERCEPTUAL FRAME HASHING | Painted Dog, Inc. | PARK, SUNGHYOUN | 2484 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 53d overdue | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18834467 | A NEW CONTINUOUS HIGH SHEAR PROCESS | Dst Holding B.V. | BECKER, DREW E | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18728964 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CBD COMPRISING LIQUID OR SOLID AND USE THEREOF | Food4Innovations Ventures B.V. | KENYON, JOHN S | 1625 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18657401 | DIRECT TO CHIP APPLICATION OF BOILING ENHANCEMENT COATING | Mts Ip Holdings Ltd. | GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M | 2899 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18706291 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A LIPID-, A PROTEIN-, AND/OR A CARBOHYDRATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION FROM OIL-RICH SEEDS | Cano-Ela B.V. | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18634633 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT MONITORING AND ANALYTICS | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | MINCEY, JERMAINE A | 2159 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18585919 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RFID-BASED RETAIL MANAGEMENT | Automaton, Inc. | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 2685 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18428455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ENABLE CONTINUAL, MEMORY-BOUNDED LEARNING IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DEEP LEARNING CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING APPLICATIONS ACROSS NETWORKED COMPUTE EDGES | Neurala, Inc. | WERNER, MARSHALL L | 2125 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18503518 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING A CAPNOGRAM AND PREDICTING A CARDIORESPIRATORY DISEASE USING A CAPNOGRAM | TidalSense Limited | AGAHI, PUYA | 3791 | §101 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18493205 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT | Emil Fristed | MACCAGNO, PIERRE L | 3687 | §101 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18382543 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Implantable Devices | E-Vision Smart Optics, Inc. | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 3774 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18264008 | ACID RECOVERY | Greencovery B.V. | CARR, DEBORAH D | 1691 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18364250 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING DIGITAL CONTENT | Sportscastr, Inc. | SHANG, ANNAN Q | 2424 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18359093 | ENTITY SELECTION METRICS | BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED | ROSSI, VY BUI | 1685 | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18263076 | Medical Gown | Iowna Gowns Limited | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18358145 | MULTISENSORY METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT HORTICULTURE | Agnetix, Inc. | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R | 2852 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18326181 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MEASURE OF RELATIVE GENE EXPRESSION | BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED | NGUYEN, PETER | 1685 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18007391 | GRAPH PATTERN INFERENCE | BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED | MORALES, PEDRO JESUS | 2124 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 17997448 | PATIENT STRATIFICATION USING LATENT VARIABLES | BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | 1686 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17740820 | VENTILATION APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT | Aviation Works Ltd | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 3785 | §102 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
| 17772180 | DESIGNING A MOLECULE AND DETERMINING A ROUTE TO ITS SYNTHESIS | BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | 1686 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
| 17675455 | ENERGY GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD | Brillouin Energy Corp. | WASIL, DANIEL D | 3646 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2022 |
| 17393821 | HEAT GENERATION METHODS AND APPARATUS | Brillouin Energy Corp. | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 3646 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2021 |
| 15004702 | Securing Claim Data via Block-Chains for a Peer to Peer Platform | Sure, Inc. | ZHOU, YINGYING | 3697 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2016 |
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Start Free Trial86.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Smith Baluch LLP were allowed, across 1,131 applications in USPTO records.
2.94 office actions per allowed application on average.
31 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 22 clients, before 29 examiners in 26 art units.
