Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
682 pending office actions • 234 clients • 591 examiners • 279 art units • 14 of 682 (2%) have an AI response strategy ready
STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. has 680 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 45,755 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 90.36%, with an average of 2.89 office actions per allowance.
The pending workload and career application volume establish a broad prosecution record in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. A 90.36% resolved allowance rate indicates that most resolved matters reached allowance, while 2.89 office actions per allowance indicates that allowed matters generally required several examination exchanges. For practitioners, the data supports structured docket management, technical coordination, and preparation for iterative claim negotiation.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 180 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. 180 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 | 26 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 90 (13%) |
| §103 only | 208 (30%) |
| §102 only | 29 (4%) |
| §112 only | 39 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 26 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 50 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 205 (30%) |
| No statute on record | 9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN, ADAM S | 4 | 96.5% | +2.3% |
| JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 4 | 68.7% | +21.0% |
| ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF | 4 | 57.4% | +30.7% |
| AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 3 | 43.7% | +16.3% |
| FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 3 | 82.5% | +14.3% |
| STULII, VERA | 3 | 32.7% | +24.9% |
| ALAM, MIRZA F | 3 | 74.4% | +33.9% |
| BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE | 3 | 63.4% | +39.8% |
| ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 3 | 26.8% | +32.8% |
| HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 3 | 48.7% | +35.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19676472 | FOODSTUFF CONTAINING R 1,3 BUTANEDIOL FOR KETOSIS, ENERGY, AND MENTAL CLARITY | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | — |
| 19578476 | R-BUTYLENE GLYCOL TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR ANTI-AGING, SKIN PROTECTION AND HAIR TREATMENT | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | — |
| 18770367 | SOURCE/DRAIN EPITAXIAL STRUCTURES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | BOWEN, ADAM S | — |
| 18741963 | Contact Structures In Semiconductor Devices | BOWEN, ADAM S | — |
| 18671732 | Contact Structures With Deposited Silicide Layers | BOWEN, ADAM S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18459715 | ELIMINATION OF NEGATIVE COMPONENT OF UNIPOLAR ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM AND SIGNALING OF SAME | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 168d overdue |
| 16423491 | BEAD COMPOSITIONS FOR AQUATIC WEED CONTROL | SAEED, ALI S | 147d overdue |
| 18232719 | METHOD OF FORMING BIOLOGICAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS INTEGRATED WITH HEATERS | BAUMAN, SCOTT E | 146d overdue |
| 17714597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PAYMENT CARD-BASED EXECUTION OF A MULTIPARTY TRANSACTION INVOLVING ELECTRONIC FUNDS DISBURSEMENT | MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B | 112d overdue |
| 17875206 | HARDENED INTERLAYER DIELECTRIC LAYER | CRITE, ANTONIO B | 100d overdue |
| 13647325 | POINT-OF-CARE FLUIDIC SYSTEMS AND USES THEREOF | TURK, NEIL N | 98d overdue |
| 17311262 | COMPOSITIONS FOR STABILIZING BACTERIA AND USES THEREOF | MARTIN, RACHEL E | 88d overdue |
| 17629091 | A METHOD TO ASSIST IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA | BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE | 73d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18055057 | ANALYTE SENSORS FOR SENSING GLUTAMATE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 42d overdue |
| 17431044 | COMBINATIONS OF BINDING MOIETIES THAT BIND EGFR, HER2 AND HER3 | ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF | 30d overdue |
| 18026807 | ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 29d overdue |
| 18990538 | BED DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHODS | ALAM, MIRZA F | 21d |
| 19242715 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF THYROID EYE DISEASE | BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE | 34d |
| 17556923 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION | ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 34d |
| 18177571 | HUMANIZED 3E10 ANTIBODIES, VARIANTS, AND ANTIGEN BINDING FRAGMENTS THEREOF | BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE | 47d |
| 17755196 | MEANS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SUBJECTS WITH HER2 AND HER3 POSITIVE CANCER | BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE | 70d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 31 |
| 3732 | 15 |
| 1643 | 12 |
| 2898 | 10 |
| 2893 | 9 |
| 1642 | 9 |
| 1629 | 8 |
| 2817 | 8 |
| 1646 | 8 |
| 1761 | 7 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19693152 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED MATTRESS COVER WITH ZONES | Eight Sleep Inc. | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2026 |
| 19676472 | FOODSTUFF CONTAINING R 1,3 BUTANEDIOL FOR KETOSIS, ENERGY, AND MENTAL CLARITY | Ketoneaid, Inc. | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 1652 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2026 |
| 19578476 | R-BUTYLENE GLYCOL TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR ANTI-AGING, SKIN PROTECTION AND HAIR TREATMENT | Ketoneaid, Inc. | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 1652 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2026 |
| 19534368 | BEVERAGE CONTAINING R 1,3 BUTANEDIOL | Ketoneaid, Inc. | STULII, VERA | 1791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2026 |
| 19456772 | SEARCH SYSTEMS BASED ON USER RELEVANCE AND REWARD GENERATION | Roku, Inc. | NGUYEN, THUY N | 3622 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2026 |
| 19455116 | LED DRIVER IC FOR SCANNING BACKLIGHT CONTROL | Roku, Inc. | ILUYOMADE, IFEDAYO B | 2624 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2026 |
| 19449853 | RENDERING A DYNAMIC ENDEMIC BANNER ON STREAMING PLATFORMS USING CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS AND CONTENT MODELING FOR USER EXPLORATION AND AWARENESS | Roku, Inc. | FOGG, CYNTHIA M | 2421 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2026 |
| 19440011 | OBJECT INJECTION FRAMEWORK FOR DYNAMIC AND INTERACTIVE SCREENSAVER | Roku, Inc. | POUNCIL, DARNELL A | 3622 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19421562 | WEARABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING THERAPY TO A USER AND/OR FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE USER | Therabody, Inc. | XU, JUSTIN | 3791 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2025 |
| 19410753 | FOOTWEAR COMPRISING RIGID CAGE AND VARIABLE PADDING ELEMENT | Adidas AG | LYNCH, MEGAN E | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19402343 | INNER LINING BOOTIE COMPRISING MEMBRANE MATERIAL | Adidas AG | MANGINE, HEATHER N | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19379104 | PERSONALIZED RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | Roku, Inc. | AGHARAHIMI, FARHAD | 2161 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19376116 | THERAPEUTIC METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING MOVEMENT DISORDERS | Vima Therapeutics, Inc. | SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H | 1618 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19365921 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE | Eight Sleep Inc. | NEWTON, JASON TODD | 3673 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 19365945 | COMBINED MEDIA CAPABILITY FOR MULTIPLE MEDIA DEVICES | Roku, Inc. | ALATA, YASSIN | 2426 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 19359392 | MASS INSERTION INTO SINGLE-THREADED DATABASES | Roku, Inc. | YEN, SYLING | 2166 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19358181 | METHODS OF TREATING TUMORS | Halozyme, Inc. | BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN | 1675 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19357282 | SECURE REMOTE-LESS CONFIGURATION OF A MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICE | Roku, Inc. | PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL | 2426 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19358118 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLYCEMIC PREDICTION AND DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION | Abbott Laboratories | XU, JUSTIN | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | AI Ready | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19356761 | CONTEXTUAL-BASED MOTION CONTROL OF A USER INTERFACE | Roku, Inc. | MONSHI, SAMIRA | 2422 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2025 |
| 19353277 | DEEP MACHINE LEARNING CONTENT ITEM RANKER | Roku, Inc. | HTAY, LIN LIN M | 2153 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19352550 | HIGH QUALITY METADATA CREATION FOR CONTENT USING NOISY SOURCES | Roku, Inc. | EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI | 2425 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19353317 | GENERATING SHORT-FORM CONTENT FROM FULL-LENGTH MEDIA USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | Roku, Inc. | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 2484 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19344040 | DOUBLE-STRANDED RNAI AGENTS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING EXPRESSION OF ANGIOPOIETIN-LIKE 3 (ANGPTL3) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Silence Therapeutics GmbH | YU, DAVID TUYANG | 1635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19336854 | AUTOMATIC PARENTAL CONTROL BASED ON AN IDENTIFIED AUDIENCE | Roku, Inc. | MARANDI, JAMES R | 2421 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 18851486 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Legalon Technologies, Inc. | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19306598 | OUTSOLE FOR A SHOE | Adidas AG | YE, XINWEN | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2025 |
| 19302239 | JAILED ENVIRONMENT RESTRICTING PROGRAMMATIC ACCESS TO MULTI-TENANT DATA | Capital One Services, LLC | PATEL, DIVESH | 3696 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19297947 | FC FRAGMENTS THAT BIND FCRN AND METHODS OF USE | Paragon Therapeutics, Inc. | DAHLE, CHUN WU | 1641 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19295322 | PERCUSSIVE THERAPY DEVICE WITH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED ATTACHMENT | Therabody, Inc. | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19289224 | Logistical Management System | Airspace Technologies, Inc. | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 3629 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19275631 | R-TRIHEXYPHENIDYL FOR TREATMENT OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS | The Children'S Mercy Hospital | SCHMITT, MICHAEL J | 1629 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19266310 | DATA AGGREGATION BASED ON HASH MAP DATA STRUCTURES | SAP SE | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 2154 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19247631 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS | Eight Sleep Inc. | ALAM, MIRZA F | 2688 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19242715 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF THYROID EYE DISEASE | Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. | BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE | 1643 | §103§112DPOther | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19240354 | SECURE SMART CARD SIGNING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS AND VALIDATION | Capital One Services, LLC | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 2499 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19237235 | FAST BOOT SYSTEM | Roku, Inc. | BAE, JI H | 2176 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19233583 | HIGH EXPRESSION OF ANIMAL HEME PROTEIN IN PLANTS | Moolec Science Limited | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1663 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19233948 | VARIABLE-STEP AUTHENTICATION FOR COMMUNICATIONS IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT | Global Tel*Link Corporation | JEUDY, JOSNEL | 2438 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19232100 | ZERO TOUCH DEPLOYMENT AND DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | PATEL, DHAIRYA A | 2453 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19230482 | HIERARCHICAL MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | Apple Inc. | TRAN, JIMMY H | 2451 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19230422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS DEVICES IN A RING NETWORK | Apple Inc. | KAZI, SAYEEM MUHAMMAD | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19228224 | SUPPORT PLATE CONFIGURED TO BE ARRANGED IN A SOLE STRUCTURE OF A SHOE | Adidas AG | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19228419 | EFFICIENCY AND POWER CONTROL OF TASKS HAVING COMPUTATION BOUND AND MEMORY BOUND PHASES | Apple Inc. | SONG, HUA JASMINE | 2139 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19226678 | AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE | Airbus Operations Limited | BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW | 3733 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19223354 | SYSTEM DISCOVERY AND SIGNALING | One Media, LLC | BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL | 2632 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19222541 | MULTI CHAMBER FLEXIBLE BAG AND METHODS OF USING SAME | Adienne Pharma & Biotech SA | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19218711 | CANDIDATE RANKING FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION | Roku, Inc. | PARRA, OMAR S | 2421 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19216367 | ROBOT TEACHING SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE | Daihen Corporation | EVANS, KARSTON G | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19211894 | VOICE COMMAND RECOGNITION SYSTEM | Roku, Inc. | MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH | 2657 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial90.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC were allowed, across 45,755 applications in USPTO records.
2.89 office actions per allowed application on average.
682 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 234 clients, before 591 examiners in 279 art units.
