Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Taft Law

33 pending office actions • 1 client • 29 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
23
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
13
Due this month
6
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (13)Due ≤ 60 days (6)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.

4
Hard (12%)
24
Medium (73%)
4
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (12%)
§103 only18 (55%)
§102 only5 (15%)
§112 only4 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

29
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COUNTS, GARY W 3 58.9% +29.3%
MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 2 32.8% +48.6%
NGUYEN, NAM P 2 54.7% +46.4%
JORGENSEN, ABBY A 1 73.6% +16.7%
DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 1 75.7% +5.9%
HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN 1 100.0% +0.0%
BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 1 87.1% +17.8%
MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1 71.7% +42.8%
HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 1 36.0% +46.8%
SINES, BRIAN J 1 80.4% +4.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18352183 PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER HAVING STABLE DISEASE SINES, BRIAN J 30d overdue
18560126 METHOD FOR OPERATING A LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND LABORATORY IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 12d
18542054 THERMOSTABLE AFFINITY POLYPEPTIDES HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN 57d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17575120 S100A9 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 19d overdue
17575202 S100A12 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 28d
17772959 SEPSIS MANAGEMENT COUNTS, GARY W 29d
18017073 GDF-15 FOR PREDICTING THE DISEASE SEVERITY OF A PATIENT WITH COVID-19 ZOU, NIANXIANG 61d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18556849 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING REFERENCE INFORMATION RELATING TO DIAGNOSIS OF THYROID DISEASE HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 25d 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
18649151 TRANSPORT DEVICE AND LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3d overdue
18560126 METHOD FOR OPERATING A LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND LABORATORY IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 12d
17821951 TnT BASED DIAGNOSIS OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION COUNTS, GARY W 13d
15892829 ALKALINE PRETREATMENT OF PARVOVIRUSES FOR IMMUNOASSAYS NGUYEN, NAM P 26d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Roche 33

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16787
16773
17962
17972
17582
16872
36511
28841
16451
36551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18649151 TRANSPORT DEVICE AND LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 §102 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18620273 LIGHT SOURCE FOR GENERATING ILLUMINATION LIGHT Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 2884 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18542054 THERMOSTABLE AFFINITY POLYPEPTIDES Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN 1645 §112 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18561621 sFRP4 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ADENOMYOSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18560126 METHOD FOR OPERATING A LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND LABORATORY IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 10, 2023
18557895 GDF15 MARKER PANELS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF SEPSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1652 DPOther 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 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18352183 PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER HAVING STABLE DISEASE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. SINES, BRIAN J 1796 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18338633 METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGHLY POROUS POLYMER PARTICLES FOR DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI 1742 Other Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18337018 LC-MS METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING 11-OXYGENATED STEROIDS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. SODERQUIST, ARLEN 1797 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 18, 2023
18333347 INTERFERENCE MONITORING FOR PROVIDING A VERIFIED ANALYTE MEASUREMENT Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 12, 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 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18309985 TIMP1 AS A MARKER FOR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §102 Non-Final OA 20d Pending May 01, 2023
18306195 DETECTION OF AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST BY NANOESI MASS SPECTROMETRY Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18017073 GDF-15 FOR PREDICTING THE DISEASE SEVERITY OF A PATIENT WITH COVID-19 Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. ZOU, NIANXIANG 1671 §101 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jan 19, 2023
17916251 A METHOD OF ASSESSING A FEMALE'S RISK OF HAVING PCOS AS WELL AS PRODUCTS AND USES RELATING THERETO Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. VOLKOV, ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVIC 1677 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17907039 CORONA NUCLEOCAPSID ANTIGEN FOR USE IN ANTIBODY-IMMUNOASSAYS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Sep 22, 2022
17931993 CARRY-OVER MONITORING Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. HILL, GRACELYN MARKHAM 1685 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 14, 2022
17821951 TnT BASED DIAGNOSIS OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Aug 24, 2022
17891458 IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL FRACTIONAL SHORTENING Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1677 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17814332 SAMPLE INPUT INTERFACE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1758 §102 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Jul 22, 2022
17838568 PARTICLE-BASED IMMUNOASSAY USING A PEGYLATED ANALYTE-SPECIFIC BINDING AGENT Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 13, 2022
17772959 SEPSIS MANAGEMENT Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 28, 2022
17575202 S100A12 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1678 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 13, 2022
17575120 S100A9 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 1678 §101 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2022
17643559 SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. WOITACH, JOSEPH T 1687 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2021
17447844 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE STATE OF AT LEAST ONE CAVITY OF A TRANSPORT INTERFACE CONFIGURED FOR TRANSPORTING SAMPLE TUBES Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. SKIBINSKY, ANNA 1635 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Sep 16, 2021
17360121 DETECTION OF BACTERIAL (MOLLICUTIES) CONTAMINATION Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. BERTAGNA, ANGELA MARIE 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 28, 2021
17186163 THYMIDINE KINASE (TK-1) IN PROGNOSTIC INDICES FOR DLBCL Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE 1687 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Feb 26, 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 §112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2021
17126439 HYBRIDIZING ALL-LNA OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. ANGELL, JON E 1637 §102 Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 18, 2020
16008281 FKBP DOMAIN WITH TRANSGLUTAMINASE RECOGNITION SITE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2018
15892829 ALKALINE PRETREATMENT OF PARVOVIRUSES FOR IMMUNOASSAYS Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 09, 2018

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