Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
310 pending office actions • 144 clients • 280 examiners • 146 art units • 0 of 310 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP is a high-volume firm in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area, with 16964 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 73.97. Prosecution typically involves an avg office actions per allowance of 2.99, reflecting the complex nature of biotech examination and the persistent effort required to secure grants.
The firm currently manages 226 pending office actions, indicating a large and active docket. When compared to the 16964 career applications, these 226 pending matters show a continuous and substantial engagement with the USPTO. The avg office actions per allowance of 2.99 provides a clear expectation for the number of cycles required to reach a grant. With a resolved allowance rate pct of 73.97, the firm demonstrates its ability to secure patents at scale in the life sciences. These 226 pending office actions represent the firm's current active workload as a major player in the sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 89 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. 89 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 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 35 (11%) |
| §103 only | 75 (24%) |
| §102 only | 18 (6%) |
| §112 only | 23 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 9 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 19 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 125 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTTER, GILLIAN A | 3 | 54.5% | +46.0% |
| MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | 3 | 69.0% | +27.7% |
| CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 3 | 57.3% | +41.1% |
| ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 2 | 69.5% | +40.3% |
| MOTAZEDI, SAHAR | 2 | 65.9% | +52.1% |
| DALLO, JOSEPH J | 2 | 89.7% | +7.1% |
| RHEE, ROY B | 2 | 69.9% | +22.7% |
| JONES, DAMERON LEVEST | 2 | 67.7% | +31.3% |
| ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 2 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | 2 | 70.4% | +9.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19061341 | MOVING OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18313523 | METHODS FOR REMOVING DEICING SALT IONS FROM WATER RUNOFF | PATEL, PRANAV N | 171d overdue |
| 17785863 | BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH NITRIC OXIDE DONOR | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 142d overdue |
| 17293778 | DEVICE FOR METERING AND/OR FOR PREPARING A MEDIUM TO BE PREPARED, CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND METERING A COMPONENT, CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND METERING FLUID, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 85d overdue |
| 17222924 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMAN ACTION RECOGNITION AND INTENSITY INDEXING FROM VIDEO STREAM USING FUZZY ATTENTION MACHINE LEARNING | SMITH, KEVIN LEE | 66d overdue |
| 18628211 | CHILD CARRIER | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 43d overdue |
| 18564140 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STIMULATING A NERVE, AUTOMATED RESUSCITATION SYSTEM | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 42d overdue |
| 19275101 | AMERICAN FOOTBALL TRAINING GARMENT | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 38d overdue |
| 18128842 | BATTERY SAFETY SYSTEM AND METHOD | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | 38d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17952575 | BOARDING SWEEPER | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 14d |
| 18065073 | SELECTIVE TREATMENT OF CANCERS HAVING HISTONE H3 MUTATIONS OR ABERRAN TLEVELS OF DNA OR HISTONE METHYLATION, ACETYLATION OR DEFECTS IN HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION | HUTTER, GILLIAN A | 19d |
| 18615586 | LINE LASER MODULE AND AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE | MOTAZEDI, SAHAR | 29d |
| 18006560 | DEVELOPMENT OF A SMARTPHONE-BASED BIOSENSOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING SARS-COV-2 ANTIGENS IN BODY FLUIDS USING LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE (LSPR) | MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | 34d |
| 19446492 | GAS SPARGER HEAD FOR AIRLIFT GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | — |
| 19342076 | LINE LASER MODULE AND AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE | MOTAZEDI, SAHAR | — |
| 19219633 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RHEE, ROY B | — |
| 19219616 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RHEE, ROY B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 10 |
| 3791 | 5 |
| 3667 | 4 |
| 1618 | 4 |
| 3796 | 4 |
| 3746 | 3 |
| 3666 | 3 |
| 1654 | 3 |
| 3798 | 3 |
| 1612 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19456309 | SURGICAL DISTRACTION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE TO FACILITATE PERCUTANEOUS REDUCTION AND FIXATION OF CALCANEUS FRACTURES | Orthosmith LLC | NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2026 |
| 19446492 | GAS SPARGER HEAD FOR AIRLIFT GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS | West Virginia University Board Of Governors On Behaft Of West Virginia University | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 3746 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 19479023 | METHOD FOR MOISTURE CONTROL DURING CULTIVATION OF STROPHARIA RUGOSOANNULATA | Haikou Xingdao Investment Co., Ltd. | ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | 3643 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
| 19343098 | METABOLIC CAGE COLLECTION ARRAY | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | DENNIS, KEVIN M | 3647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19342076 | LINE LASER MODULE AND AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE | BEIJING ROBOROCK INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | MOTAZEDI, SAHAR | 3667 | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19338415 | DRIVE RECORDER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, MISA H | 3666 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19275101 | AMERICAN FOOTBALL TRAINING GARMENT | Attack Industries, LLC | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19245088 | SELF-SERVICE DATA PLATFORM | Dremio Corporation | MINCEY, JERMAINE A | 2159 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19140479 | ROBOTIC TRAJECTORY AXIS ADJUSTMENT INTERFACE | Ecential Robotics | MOYER, DALE S | 3656 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19138974 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY-DRIVEN DOUBLE-HELICAL DUAL-VALVE-ACTION HYDRODYNAMIC DRIVE FOR SOFT ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS IN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS | Arizona Board of Regents | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19230408 | VEHICLES AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE IMPACT MITIGATION | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION | DALLO, JOSEPH J | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19223342 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Kddi Corporation | ZUNIGA ABAD, JACKIE | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 | |
| 19219633 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | RHEE, ROY B | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 | |
| 19219616 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | RHEE, ROY B | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 | |
| 19219376 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IONIC LIQUID PREPARATION AND TISSUE, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | Tsinghua University | FOWLER, ALAN JEROME | 1691 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19132819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CLEANING DEVICE, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BEIJING ROBOROCK INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | HO, MATTHEW | 3669 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2025 |
| 19216949 | RADIOLABELLING KIT AND METHOD FOR RADIOLABELLING | Telix Innovations SA | JONES, DAMERON LEVEST | 1618 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19215949 | METHOD AND POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL POWER | GE Aviation Systems LLC | CHANG, JOSEPH | 2849 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19210257 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | DALLO, JOSEPH J | 3747 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19125711 | TAXONOMIES IN PROCESS MINING | Celonis SE | DAYE, CHELCIE L | 2161 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19176023 | MOBILE BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE BODY CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE BODY, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| 19173135 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED ANALYSIS AND DETECTION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS FROM ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 | |
| 19169085 | POWER AND ENERGY RESERVATION SYSTEM (PERS) AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING | Barrellcharge Solutions, Inc. | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3628 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19086230 | HELMET SYSTEM AND KIT | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19085287 | ADHESIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT OR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Lintec Corporation | PAGE, HANA C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 | |
| 19073430 | SAND PAINTING MACHINE | Beijing Zhirun Technology Co., Ltd. | GART, MATTHEW S | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 19109729 | VIBRATION BASED INTERACTION SYSTEM FOR ON BODY DEVICE AND METHOD | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION | TRAN, THANG DUC | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 19063886 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE MATERIALS | Soarce, Inc. | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 19061389 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Keio University | ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| 19061341 | MOVING OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19061372 | MOVING OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MOVING OBJECT | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | KUNTZ, JEWEL A | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19105189 | METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR FORMING A CUSTOMIZED ELECTRONIC MAP FOR OPTIMIZING A REAL TIME ROUTE IN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS | Citynomadi OY | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 3662 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19104383 | THE USE OF FATTY ALCOHOL POLYGLYCOL ETHER TO REDUCE ENDOTOXIN ACTIVITY AND/OR ENDOTOXINS IN COLLAGEN-CONTAINING AND/OR COLLAGEN-DERIVED PRODUCTS | Rousselot B.V. | GARYU, LIANKO G | 1654 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19052678 | LOW-FREQUENCY MULTIFERROIC MECHANICAL ANTENNA AMPLIFIED WITH MULTIFUNCTIONAL METAMATERIAL BEAM | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | SMITH, GRAHAM P | 2845 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19048654 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SMOKE AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURE IN POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS | GE Aviation Systems Limited | GIRMA, FEKADESELASS | 2689 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19043654 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERCUTANEOUS TREATMENT AND DEBRIDEMENT OF INFECTIONS | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19042527 | LEARNING APPARATUS, ESTIMATION APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | FATIMA, UROOJ | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 19099889 | METHODS TO RECONSTRUCT 3D IMAGE/MAP FOR THE STIFFNESS OF SOFT TISSUES | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research | SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18996093 | LOADED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE | Oxford University Innovation Limited | RONEY, CELESTE A | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029764 | ALLOGENEIC DENDRITIC CELL (alloDC) TUMOR VACCINE, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | Shenzhen Frontiergate Biotechnology Co., Ltd. | DUFFY, BRADLEY | 1643 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996765 | METHOD FOR STITCHING FORWARD-LOOKING SONAR IMAGES WHILE RETAINING INFORMATION | ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY | RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19023923 | CLOTH COMPRISING THERMOCHROMIC YARNS | BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| 19021624 | FULL-AREA TOUCH PANEL DEVICE | Sunrex Technology Corp. | DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 19021578 | FULL-AREA TOUCH PANEL DEVICE | Sunrex Technology Corp. | DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 19015606 | DC RELAY FOR ANTI-SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT AND ARC EXTINCTION | Xiamen Hongfa Electric Power Controls Co., Ltd. | TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 | |
| 19013868 | BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION | Candour OY | BILODEAU, DUSTIN E | 2664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19013087 | BIOLOGICAL DEVICES FOR THE DETECTION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND CONCUSSIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Bio Capital Holdings, LLC | ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 19013121 | BIOLOGICAL DEVICES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING HAIR GROWTH AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Bio Capital Holdings, LLC | STOICA, ELLY GERALD | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 18880002 | SENSOR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR SUPINE CO2 MONITORING | Arizona Board of Regents | GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 19001687 | METHODS TO PRODUCE HYDROCARBONS FROM CARBON DIOXIDE | West Virginia University | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial74.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Thomas | Horstemeyer LLP were allowed, across 17,015 applications in USPTO records.
2.99 office actions per allowed application on average.
310 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 144 clients, before 280 examiners in 146 art units.