Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
120 pending office actions • 85 clients • 114 examiners • 81 art units • 0 of 120 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
STITES & HARBISON PLLC has 123 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 11732 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 81.48%, showing that allowance was achieved in most resolved matters, though the record includes matters that did not reach allowance.
The average of 3.09 office actions per allowance indicates recurring prosecution activity before successful resolution. The pending docket is substantial and should be considered when assessing current response capacity. Together, the career application volume, allowance rate, and action average provide a useful profile of experience, outcomes, and examination workload in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 34 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. 34 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 | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (8%) |
| §103 only | 29 (24%) |
| §102 only | 13 (11%) |
| §112 only | 6 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 8 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 52 (43%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERA, ELISA H | 2 | 72.4% | +26.3% |
| BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 2 | 68.6% | +41.0% |
| FORTUNA, JOSE A | 2 | 79.5% | +9.9% |
| SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L | 2 | 37.4% | +16.1% |
| TORRES, ALICIA M | 2 | 73.7% | +17.3% |
| COFFA, SERGIO | 2 | 61.1% | +32.3% |
| BARSKY, JARED | 1 | 50.3% | +22.8% |
| DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 1 | 52.0% | +14.4% |
| CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | 1 | 62.4% | +39.1% |
| TULLIA, STEVEN A | 1 | 74.7% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18258803 | CERVICAL ARTIFICIAL DISC AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 138d overdue |
| 18713063 | COMPRESSED AIR BLOWER FOR ODONTOLOGICAL INTRAORAL SCANNER END-PIECE | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 118d overdue |
| 18683236 | ENHANCED DEPOSITION OF HAIR AND SKIN CONDITIONING INGREDIENTS USING HYDROXYPROPYL BISHYDROXYETHYLDIMONIUM CHLORIDE | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 72d overdue |
| 18681117 | COMPOSITION OF LIPID NANOPARTICLE CONTAINING VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT, COSMETIC USES OF A COMPOSITION OF LIPID NANOPARTICLE CONTAINING VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT, ANTIOXIDANT DERMOCOSMETIC PRODUCT AND FOR PREVENTING SKIN AGING AND SKIN CARE METHOD | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | 36d overdue |
| 18279643 | WELDING ELECTRODE AND SPOT-WELDING DEVICE | KIM, TAE JUN | 15d overdue |
| 18008298 | Method for generating a decision support system and associated systems | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 8d overdue |
| 18320562 | CERAMIC HEATER | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 2d overdue |
| 18702467 | TARGETED GENE INTEGRATION IN PLANTS | ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 9d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18391381 | ARRANGEMENT INTRODUCED IN PLATFORM FOR AGRICULTURAL CROP HARVEST | TORRES, ALICIA M | 16d overdue |
| 18383541 | DEVICE FOR GATHERING AND CUTTING VEGETATION | TORRES, ALICIA M | 14d |
| 18714077 | STARCH-COATED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD | VERA, ELISA H | 57d |
| 19549683 | TOPICAL COMPOSITION | BARSKY, JARED | — |
| 19388130 | DOUBLE-LUMEN OOCYTE ASPIRATION NEEDLE AND USE THEREOF | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | — |
| 19478334 | COVER OF BALL TUBE | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | — |
| 19327597 | BOLT MODULE WITH SIEGE BUTTON AND LATCH | TULLIA, STEVEN A | — |
| 18870971 | LIQUID PACKAGING BOARD | VERA, ELISA H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1628 | 5 |
| 1748 | 5 |
| 3783 | 4 |
| 1629 | 3 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| 1612 | 3 |
| 1658 | 3 |
| 3671 | 3 |
| 1763 | 3 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19549683 | TOPICAL COMPOSITION | Futura Medical Developments Limited | BARSKY, JARED | 1628 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2026 |
| 19388130 | DOUBLE-LUMEN OOCYTE ASPIRATION NEEDLE AND USE THEREOF | Wta – Watanabe Tecnologia Aplicada Ltda | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19478334 | COVER OF BALL TUBE | Ballid OY | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19327597 | BOLT MODULE WITH SIEGE BUTTON AND LATCH | Surelock Mcgill Limited | TULLIA, STEVEN A | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19276177 | Wound Dressing | Pellis Innovations Limited | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19140157 | DATA CAPTURE DEVICE, SYSTEM & METHOD | Globaltech Corporation Pty Ltd. | QUAIM, LAMIA | 3676 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 18703053 | PAINT COMPOSITION FOR INTERNAL PAINTING OF VITREOUS FLASKS AND AUTOMATED AND PARAMETERISED METHOD FOR INTERNAL PAINTING OF VITREOUS FLASKS | Wheaton Pintura E Beneficiamento De Vidros Ltda | SALAMON, PETER A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 | |
| 19199604 | MODULE FOR CALCULATING A CARDIAC RHYTHM SETPOINT FOR AN IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKER CONTROLLED DEPENDING ON THE PATIENT'S ACTIVITY | Cairdac | LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X | 3792 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19175528 | HELMET | Leatt Corporation | HALL, FORREST G | 3732 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19042802 | ACQ FLUORESCENCE PROBE COMPOSITION, CMC DETERMINATION METHOD, STAIN CLEANING CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION METHOD, DETERGENT DISPENSING CONTROL METHOD, AND DETERGENT DISPENSING CONTROL SYSTEM | Guangzhou Bluemoon Industrial Co., Ltd. | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1758 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18880622 | COATED SUBSTRATE | Niterra Co., Ltd. | RICE, STEVEN | 1787 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18880322 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADING AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADING | Niterra Co., Ltd. | MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | 3619 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18980623 | Flexible U-Bolt Assembly | Ctking, LLC | IJAZ, MUHAMMAD | 3631 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18970176 | Displaceable Step Assembly for Swim Platform | Ramp N Clamp LLC | FIX, THOMAS S | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18870971 | LIQUID PACKAGING BOARD | Billerud Aktiebolag (Publ) | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18694945 | UTILITY POLE ASSEMBLY AND LAMINATE STRUCTURE FOR A UTILITY POLE ASSEMBLY | Rs Technologies Inc. | TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | 1729 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18866595 | Porous composite and use thereof for gas storage | Universite Toulouse Iii-Paul Sabatier | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18864310 | A Syringe for Processing Fat Grafts and Related Methods | Orchid Holdings LLC | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18858418 | Oxazepin Derivative | Teijin Pharma Limited | AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER | 1623 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18855959 | Medical Valve559959 | Guerbet | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | 3700 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18855897 | CELLS FOR BURN TREATMENT AND BURN TREATMENT METHOD | Sakura Seiki Co., Ltd. | WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA | 1634 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18851449 | PRODUCTION DEVICE | Niterra Co., Ltd. | DUNN, DARRIN D | 2117 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18850422 | Visual Field Sensitivity Testing | Ucl Business Limited | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18849569 | NOVEL USE OF PITOLISANT FOR TREATING SEVERE FATIGUE | Bioprojet | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1625 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18893747 | FLUORINATED FLUOROPHORES | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA | 1621 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18882674 | USE OF 2-HYDROXYBENZYLAMINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | NEAGU, IRINA | 1629 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18829770 | CONVEYOR SUBSYSTEM FOR HANDLING UNCONVEYABLE PARCELS AND PARCEL TRANSFER SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | Material Handling Systems, Inc. | LOGAN, KYLE O | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18843746 | FILTER ARRANGEMENT | Electrolux Professional AB | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | 1773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18800496 | Method of Measuring a Methane Destruction and Removal Efficiency of an Elevated Flare | Cimarron Energy, Inc. | NOH, JAE NAM | 2481 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18790299 | Trailer Tongue Jack Assembly with Manual and Torque Limited Power Drill Driver | Dutton-Lainson Company | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18788336 | Gyroscopic measurement method and sensor | Thales | DAVIS HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | 2855 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18833140 | HOLDING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOLDING MEMBER | Niterra Co., Ltd. | WILSON, LEE D | 3723 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18784407 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACID TO PLANT CELLS | The University of Bristol | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18833303 | HOLDING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOLDING MEMBER | Niterra Co., Ltd. | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 3726 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18781068 | POLISHING HEAD, POLISHING APPARATUS, AND POLISHING METHOD | Fujikoshi Machinery Corp. | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18730843 | LIQUID-DISPENSING TAP ARRANGEMENT | Conro Precision Pty Ltd. | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18774156 | SLIDING SEGMENT WITH CROWNING | Cob Bearings GmbH | PILKINGTON, JAMES | 3617 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18728279 | IMPROVED BIOLOGICALLY DERIVED FOOD PRESERVATIVE | Impact Biolife Science, Inc. | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18706573 | Minitablet, Preparation Method Thereof, and Formulation | Beijing Vagary Pharmaceutical Technology Ltd. | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18727615 | ALLOY PARTICLE, DUST CORE, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC GENERATOR | Niterra Co., Ltd. | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18752212 | Method for Reducing or Eliminating the Carry Back of Aggregate Material by Hauling Equipment | Natural Alternatives, LLC | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18723175 | RECYCLABLE PAPER OF HIGH WET STRENGTH | Billerud Aktiebolag (Publ) | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18719176 | COATED PAPER SUITABLE FOR USE IN A SACK | Billerud Aktiebolag (Publ) | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18718134 | AN AMPOULE | Beynon Boyle Medical Ltd. | MENDEZ, MANUEL A | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18717985 | GRAPHENE-COATED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD | Billerud Aktiebolag (Publ) | AHMED, SHEEBA | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18735728 | Obstacle detection method implemented by an aircraft embedded system and associated obstacle detection system | Thales | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | 2668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18714077 | STARCH-COATED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD | Billerud Aktiebolag (Publ) | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §102 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18715681 | HEAT-SEALABLE PAPER | Billerud Aktiebolag (Publ) | FORTUNA, JOSE A | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18713063 | COMPRESSED AIR BLOWER FOR ODONTOLOGICAL INTRAORAL SCANNER END-PIECE | Alvaro Alfredo Risso | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 118d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18710968 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HRD CANCER AND BRCA-ASSOCIATED CANCER | INSERM | KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE | 1635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial81.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Stites & Harbison PLLC were allowed, across 11,732 applications in USPTO records.
3.09 office actions per allowed application on average.
120 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 85 clients, before 114 examiners in 81 art units.
