Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Thrive IP has a focused practice in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area, with 678 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 89.67. Its prosecution efficiency is reflected in an avg office actions per allowance of 2.5, which suggests a streamlined approach to examiner interactions.
The firm currently has 5 pending office actions. This low number of active matters relative to 678 career applications suggests that the firm effectively moves cases toward resolution. The avg office actions per allowance of 2.5 indicates a consistent strategy for handling biotech filings. With a resolved allowance rate pct of 89.67, the firm demonstrates a high success rate in securing intellectual property in the life sciences. These 5 pending office actions represent the firm's current active workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 2 | 57.1% | +28.1% |
| ELDRED, JOHN W | 1 | 77.8% | +8.1% |
| ANDRISH, SEAN D | 1 | 71.5% | +32.1% |
| ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 1 | 61.2% | +35.2% |
| NI, SUHAN | 1 | 86.6% | +13.9% |
| NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 1 | 28.1% | +49.8% |
| RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1 | 45.8% | +32.9% |
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.
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537353 | Synergistic Combinations for Reducing Volatility of Auxin Herbicides | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 100d overdue |
| 19489496 | AMMUNITION ROUND WITH FRANGIBLE PROJECTILE | ELDRED, JOHN W | — |
| 19071455 | TOOL STORAGE ACCESSORY SYSTEM | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 18906224 | Sulfate-Free Surfactant System | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | — |
| 18134900 | Sulfate-Free Surfactant System | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537353 | Synergistic Combinations for Reducing Volatility of Auxin Herbicides | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 100d overdue |
| 17726744 | Composition and Method for Improving the Water Transport Characteristics of Hydrophobic Soils | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 77d overdue |
| 19086823 | FENCE POST SYSTEM FOR EROSION CONTROL | ANDRISH, SEAN D | — |
| 19071455 | TOOL STORAGE ACCESSORY SYSTEM | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 18906224 | Sulfate-Free Surfactant System | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | — |
| 18906811 | Motor Assembly For A Loudspeaker | NI, SUHAN | — |
| 18134900 | Sulfate-Free Surfactant System | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ethox Chemicals | 4 |
| Smart Nanos, LLC | 1 |
| Prime Forge, LLC | 1 |
| Vis, LLC | 1 |
| Systematic Audio, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 2691 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19489496 | AMMUNITION ROUND WITH FRANGIBLE PROJECTILE | Smart Nanos, LLC | ELDRED, JOHN W | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2025 |
| 19086823 | FENCE POST SYSTEM FOR EROSION CONTROL | Prime Forge, LLC | ANDRISH, SEAN D | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19071455 | TOOL STORAGE ACCESSORY SYSTEM | Vis, LLC | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18906224 | Sulfate-Free Surfactant System | Ethox Chemicals, LLC | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 | |
| 18906811 | Motor Assembly For A Loudspeaker | Systematic Audio, LLC | NI, SUHAN | 2691 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18537353 | Synergistic Combinations for Reducing Volatility of Auxin Herbicides | Ethox Chemicals, LLC | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 1615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 100d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18134900 | Sulfate-Free Surfactant System | Ethox Chemicals, LLC | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 1612 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 17726744 | Composition and Method for Improving the Water Transport Characteristics of Hydrophobic Soils | Ethox Chemicals, LLC | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
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