Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Taft Law

35 pending office actions • 3 clients • 27 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 35 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=7467 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.1%
Allowance Rate
n=7467
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=7467
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=4371
-0.39σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4371
1004 days
Time to Allowance
n=4371
+6.7pp
Interview Lift
n=7467
22.6%
RCE Rate
n=7467
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=7467

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

64.5%
§101 Overcome
n=406
70.2%
§102 Overcome
n=1763
71.4%
§103 Overcome
n=2752
75.3%
§112 Overcome
n=2127

Specialization & Scale

G01N, A61K, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=7467
41
Practitioners
n=7467
182.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=7467

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

23
Hard (66%)
11
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other15 (43%)
§103 only9 (26%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (23%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

26
Life Sciences
74% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
9% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% of docket
5
Business / Other
14% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, NAM P 3 54.7% +47.4%
LIRIANO-NG, MELISSA LIZETTE 2
DUNN, MCKENZIE A 2 53.8% +55.3%
COUNTS, GARY W 2 59.1% +29.7%
FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 2 45.7% +35.8%
MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 2 33.8% +50.0%
IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 2 44.1% +71.5%
SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD 1 67.3% +45.0%
DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 1 78.6% +4.4%
TIMILSINA, SHARAD 1 76.3% +14.9%

Hard Cases (23)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17891458 IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL FRACTIONAL SHORTENING MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 51d overdue
18556849 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING REFERENCE INFORMATION RELATING TO DIAGNOSIS OF THYROID DISEASE HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 25d overdue
17575120 S100A9 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 19d overdue
17162140 Use of Biomarkers in the Assessment of the Early Transition from Arterial Hypertension to Heart Failure MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 19d overdue
18561621 sFRP4 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ADENOMYOSIS COUNTS, GARY W 8d overdue
17575137 SUBSTANCE P AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 2d overdue
17907039 CORONA NUCLEOCAPSID ANTIGEN FOR USE IN ANTIBODY-IMMUNOASSAYS JOHANSEN, PETER N. 8d
18337018 LC-MS METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING 11-OXYGENATED STEROIDS SODERQUIST, ARLEN 21d

Interview Candidates (15)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17891458 IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL FRACTIONAL SHORTENING MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 51d overdue
17575120 S100A9 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 19d overdue
17162140 Use of Biomarkers in the Assessment of the Early Transition from Arterial Hypertension to Heart Failure MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 19d overdue
18561621 sFRP4 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ADENOMYOSIS COUNTS, GARY W 8d overdue
17575137 SUBSTANCE P AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 2d overdue
18306195 DETECTION OF AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST BY NANOESI MASS SPECTROMETRY FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 21d
17772959 SEPSIS MANAGEMENT COUNTS, GARY W 29d
18935834 METHOD AND LABORATORY SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE CONTAINER INFORMATION ABOUT A LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTAINER SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
167811
17973
17583
16773
16752
28841
16521
36841
17961
28811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18935834 METHOD AND LABORATORY SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE CONTAINER INFORMATION ABOUT A LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTAINER Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18645358 ON-BOARD CONJUGATION Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. LIRIANO-NG, MELISSA LIZETTE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2024
18620273 LIGHT SOURCE FOR GENERATING ILLUMINATION LIGHT Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 2884 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18689808 METHOD FOR AUTOMATED QUALITY CHECK OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC AND/OR MASS SPECTRAL DATA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. TIMILSINA, SHARAD §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18541476 METHOD FOR IMMUNOSENSING ON A LIPID LAYER Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. DUNN, MCKENZIE A §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18541708 METHOD FOR IMMUNOSENSING ON A LIPID LAYER USING MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS II Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. DUNN, MCKENZIE A §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18561621 sFRP4 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ADENOMYOSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18557895 GDF15 MARKER PANELS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF SEPSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1652 §101§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA 61d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18556849 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING REFERENCE INFORMATION RELATING TO DIAGNOSIS OF THYROID DISEASE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 3684 §101§103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18339799 METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST IN A SAMPLE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18339760 AUTOMATED CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. WALLENHORST, MAUREEN 1797 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18337018 LC-MS METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING 11-OXYGENATED STEROIDS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. SODERQUIST, ARLEN 1797 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jun 18, 2023
18333347 INTERFERENCE MONITORING FOR PROVIDING A VERIFIED ANALYTE MEASUREMENT Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA 1796 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18328104 DETECTION OF AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST BY CROSS SPRAY ESI MASS SPECTROMETRY Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18312442 DERIVATIZATION OF AT LEAST ONE ANALYTE OF INTEREST FOR MASS SPEC MEASUREMENTS IN PATIENT SAMPLES Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. XU, XIAOYUN 1797 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18306195 DETECTION OF AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST BY NANOESI MASS SPECTROMETRY Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18028235 CIRCULATING TOTAL-NT-PROBNP (GLYCOSYLATED AND UNGLYCOSYLATED NT-PROBNP) AND ITS RATIO WITH NT-PROBNP (UNGLYCOSYLATED NT-PROBNP) IN THE ASSESSMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2023
18124837 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE INTERFERENCE AND/OR AT LEAST ONE ARTEFACT IN AT LEAST ONE CHROMATOGRAM Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA 2857 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2023
18021085 IGFBP7 FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SILENT BRAIN INFARCTS AND COGNITIVE DECLINE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. WEIDNER, ADAM M 1675 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2023
18017073 GDF-15 FOR PREDICTING THE DISEASE SEVERITY OF A PATIENT WITH COVID-19 Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. ZOU, NIANXIANG 1671 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jan 19, 2023
17907039 CORONA NUCLEOCAPSID ANTIGEN FOR USE IN ANTIBODY-IMMUNOASSAYS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Sep 22, 2022
17801469 DETECTION METHOD OF CIRCULATING BMP10 (BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 10) Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2022
17891458 IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL FRACTIONAL SHORTENING Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1677 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17745429 DERIVATIZATION OF BETA-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS FOR MASSSPEC MEASUREMENTS IN PATIENT SAMPLES Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 1678 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2022
17772959 SEPSIS MANAGEMENT Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §101§103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 28, 2022
17660299 PREANALYTIC SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTAINER Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1758 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2022
17575120 S100A9 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 1678 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2022
17575202 S100A12 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1678 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 13, 2022
17575137 SUBSTANCE P AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 1678 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2022
17350822 METHODS FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE USING STRUCTURE SWITCHING BINDING AGENTS Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. LIRIANO-NG, MELISSA LIZETTE 1677 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 17, 2021
17162140 Use of Biomarkers in the Assessment of the Early Transition from Arterial Hypertension to Heart Failure Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1677 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2021
17150504 METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AN INDIVIDUAL AS HAVING OR BEING AT RISK OF DEVELOPING AN AMYLOID-POSITIVE DEMENTIA BASED ON MARKER MOLECULES AND RELATED USES Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. RAMADAN, OMAR 1678 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 15, 2021
16931599 HYPERCROSSLINKING WITH DIAMINE CROSSLINKERS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 17, 2020
16825181 MULTIVALENT MONO- OR BISPECIFIC RECOMBINANT ANTIBODIES FOR ANALYTIC PURPOSE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. ESSEX, LAURA ANN 1675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2020
16599480 SUPERPARAMAGNETIC AND HIGHLY POROUS POLYMER PARTICLES FOR DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2019

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