Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Torrey Pines Law Group, Pc

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

15 pending office actions • 12 clients • 15 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Torrey Pines Law Group, PC has 15 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The profile records 706 career applications, an 85.79% resolved allowance rate, and an average of 3.01 office actions per allowance.

This combination gives practitioners a meaningful view of both prosecution scale and resolved performance. The allowance rate reflects historical resolved cases, and the office-action average describes the examination activity associated with allowances. The pending docket adds a current workload measure without changing those historical results. The profile is therefore useful for evaluating biotechnology and pharmaceutical prosecution experience while recognizing that pending matters remain unresolved.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=706 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.8%
Allowance Rate
n=706
+0.68σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=706
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=326
-0.42σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=326
974 days
Time to Allowance
n=326
+14.4pp
Interview Lift
n=706
22.9%
RCE Rate
n=706
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=706

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.7%
§101 Overcome
n=92
66.7%
§102 Overcome
n=117
75.0%
§103 Overcome
n=236
72.1%
§112 Overcome
n=179

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G06F, A61N
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=706
1
Practitioners
n=706
706.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=706

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

7
Hard (47%)
7
Medium (47%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (20%)
§103 only4 (27%)
Double-patenting + other3 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (27%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1 54.2% +27.9%
COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM 1 46.4% +31.8%
DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1 70.2% +25.9%
OLSON, LARS A 1 82.0% +14.0%
CHANG, AUDREY Y 1 46.6% +20.8%
BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 1 42.2% +55.4%
COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1 74.8% +15.7%
D' AMBROSIO, THEA 1 55.5% +56.2%
TAKENAKA, RISA 1 26.1% +100.0%
MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 1 33.3% +65.0%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16577031 FLUID-TIGHT FLOW SYSTEM TO ISOLATE BIOMARKERS FROM A LIQUID SAMPLE KWAK, DEAN P 7d
18336987 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING OXIMETER MEASUREMENTS WITH BLOOD PRESSURE MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 71d
18872768 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS VACCINE ZEMAN, ROBERT A —
18964380 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENTS TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HEALTH FUNCTIONS COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM —
18843668 CLOUD-BASED REMOTE VIDEO PRODUCTION PLATFORM BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S —
18339962 ENGINEERED CYCLIC PEPTIDES FOR ENHANCING VIRAL PRODUCTION TAKENAKA, RISA —
17743407 PROTEINASE K FREE NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION BUFFER SYSTEM WANG, RUIXUE —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18336987 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING OXIMETER MEASUREMENTS WITH BLOOD PRESSURE MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 71d
18872768 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS VACCINE ZEMAN, ROBERT A —
18964380 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENTS TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HEALTH FUNCTIONS COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM —
18959285 IN VIVO 3D BIOPRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD DARNELL, BAILEIGH K —
18929467 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAVE PREDICTION OLSON, LARS A —
18887926 LABEL-FREE IDENTIFICATION OF TUMOR TISSUES BY COHERENT NONLINEAR VIBRATIONAL MODE IMAGING CHANG, AUDREY Y —
18843668 CLOUD-BASED REMOTE VIDEO PRODUCTION PLATFORM BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S —
18800564 Oral Formulation of Clonidine and Midazolam for Sedation in Dental Procedures COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY —

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37912
16542
16451
17431
36151
28721
36231
16241
16321
17271

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18872768 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS VACCINE The Regents of the University of California ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1645 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18964380 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENTS TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HEALTH FUNCTIONS Guy P. Curtis COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM 3791 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2024
18959285 IN VIVO 3D BIOPRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD The Regents of the University of California DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1743 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18929467 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAVE PREDICTION Re Vision Consulting, LLC OLSON, LARS A 3615 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18887926 LABEL-FREE IDENTIFICATION OF TUMOR TISSUES BY COHERENT NONLINEAR VIBRATIONAL MODE IMAGING The Regents of the University of California CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18843668 CLOUD-BASED REMOTE VIDEO PRODUCTION PLATFORM Advanced Image Robotics, Inc. BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 3623 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18800564 Oral Formulation of Clonidine and Midazolam for Sedation in Dental Procedures Transdermal Sedation Solutions, LLC COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1624 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18509195 MODIFIED B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE Antlia Bioscience, Inc. D' AMBROSIO, THEA 1654 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18339962 ENGINEERED CYCLIC PEPTIDES FOR ENHANCING VIRAL PRODUCTION Synvivia, Inc. TAKENAKA, RISA 1632 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 22, 2023
18336987 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING OXIMETER MEASUREMENTS WITH BLOOD PRESSURE Guy P. Curtis And Frances L. Curtis Trust MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jun 17, 2023
18022971 SILICON COMPOSITE ANODE MATERIALS FOR Li-ION BATTERIES The Regents of the University of California WEI, ZHONGQING 1727 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 23, 2023
17916817 INHALER SYSTEMS Purcell Global Ltd. BALLER, KELSEY E 3785 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2022
17743407 PROTEINASE K FREE NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION BUFFER SYSTEM Reditus Laboratories, LLC WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 12, 2022
17430664 CO-FORMULATIONS OF AMYLIN ANALOGUES WITH INSULIN ANALOGUES FOR TREATMENT OF DIABETES The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 1654 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2021
16577031 FLUID-TIGHT FLOW SYSTEM TO ISOLATE BIOMARKERS FROM A LIQUID SAMPLE Biofluidica, Inc. KWAK, DEAN P 1795 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Sep 20, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Torrey Pines Law Group, Pc's patent allowance rate?

85.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Torrey Pines Law Group, Pc were allowed, across 706 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Torrey Pines Law Group, Pc average before allowance?

3.01 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Torrey Pines Law Group, Pc have?

15 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 12 clients, before 15 examiners in 13 art units.

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