Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
89 pending office actions • 58 clients • 85 examiners • 66 art units • 0 of 89 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP has 93 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 5487 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 84.94%, meaning that most resolved applications in the recorded portfolio reached allowance. The current docket and historical application base show sustained prosecution activity in this technology area.
The practice averages 3.44 office actions per allowance. This suggests that favorable outcomes generally require repeated examination exchanges and deliberate claim development. Applicants should anticipate substantive prosecution work while using the allowance figure as an indicator that continued engagement can lead to allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 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. 28 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 + other | 5 (6%) |
| §103 only | 32 (36%) |
| §112 only | 7 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 40 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 2 | 44.0% | +70.1% |
| WRIGHT, SARAH C | 2 | 42.1% | +45.6% |
| GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 2 | 40.8% | +37.2% |
| ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 2 | 72.4% | -13.0% |
| DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | 1 | 80.4% | +18.4% |
| MAHMUD, FARHAN | 1 | 56.8% | +9.7% |
| EIDE, ERIC T | 1 | 67.0% | +21.9% |
| JACOBS-BURTON, LASHONDA T | 1 | 91.4% | -12.9% |
| VETERE, ROBERT A | 1 | 61.5% | +12.8% |
| OU, JING RUI | 1 | 53.5% | +51.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19272038 | NON-DISRUPTIVE DIAGNOSTIC AND ATTACK TESTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS | JACOBS-BURTON, LASHONDA T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18307410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF COOLED EDIBLE PRODUCTS | THAKUR, VIREN A | 267d overdue |
| 18315244 | PORTABLE ADJUSTABLE WORK PLATFORM | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 162d overdue |
| 18410924 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SENSITIVE SKIN | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 25d overdue |
| 18704561 | GENE DELIVERY COMPOSITION COMPRISING NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS | BARBER, KIMBERLY | 17d overdue |
| 18004486 | COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT USING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF | ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 5d overdue |
| 18559466 | NOVEL COMPOUNDS HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AGAINST GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE OR PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF, PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME | DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL | 2d overdue |
| 18869977 | CUMULATIVE POLARIZATION COEXISTING WITH CONDUCTIVITY AT INTERFACIAL FERROELECTRICS | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 21d |
| 17998210 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT COMPRISING COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF | GARRETT, DAWN L | 26d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18746146 | FORMULATION AND METHOD FOR INCREASING ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY OF DRUGS | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 34d |
| 18279761 | DOMESTICATION OF A LEGUME PLANT | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 56d |
| 19451413 | CANOPY LIGHT | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | — |
| 19319957 | KAYAK ILLUMINATION DEVICES | EIDE, ERIC T | — |
| 19243830 | METHOD FOR PREPARING PIXEL DEFINE LAYER | VETERE, ROBERT A | — |
| 19170124 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A WOUND DRESSING | OU, JING RUI | — |
| 19025222 | DOMESTICATION OF A LEGUME PLANT | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | — |
| 18640252 | ILLUMINATED PADDLES | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 5 |
| 1737 | 4 |
| 1655 | 3 |
| 2875 | 2 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 1662 | 2 |
| 3754 | 2 |
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1699 | 2 |
| 1625 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19451413 | CANOPY LIGHT | Brightz, Ltd. | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2026 |
| 19337452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL MAKEUP MIRROR | Eyesmatch Ltd. | MAHMUD, FARHAN | 2483 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19319957 | KAYAK ILLUMINATION DEVICES | Brightz, Ltd. | EIDE, ERIC T | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19272038 | NON-DISRUPTIVE DIAGNOSTIC AND ATTACK TESTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS | Mazebolt Technologies Ltd. | JACOBS-BURTON, LASHONDA T | 2457 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19243830 | METHOD FOR PREPARING PIXEL DEFINE LAYER | Duk San Neolux Co., Ltd. | VETERE, ROBERT A | 1715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19170124 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A WOUND DRESSING | Reddress Ltd. | OU, JING RUI | 3771 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19085560 | MODULAR OUTDOOR FURNITURE | Las Olas Luxury Living, LLC | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 3636 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19051654 | METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR ANIMATING COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES | Fd Ip & Licensing LLC | DEMETER, HILINA K | 2617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19025222 | DOMESTICATION OF A LEGUME PLANT | BETTERSEEDS LTD | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1662 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19015163 | PORTABLE BULK FUEL STORAGE AND DISCHARGE APPARATUS | Scepter US Holding Company | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18879039 | ACCOUNTING INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE USING SAID METHOD | Mkk Asset Management Co.,Ltd. | GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | 2611 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18869977 | CUMULATIVE POLARIZATION COEXISTING WITH CONDUCTIVITY AT INTERFACIAL FERROELECTRICS | Ramot AT Tel-Aviv University Ltd. | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 2824 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18707680 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION REACTIVE DYE AND PHOTO-CURABLE COMPOSITION WITH REACTIVE DYE | Duk San Neolux Co., Ltd. | ELHILO, EISA B | 1761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18946259 | COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC ELECTRIC ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTRIC ELEMENT COMPRISING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF | Duk San Neolux Co., Ltd. | CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 2815 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18710092 | NOVEL CANNABICHROMENIC ACID DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE FUNCTION | K-Medichem Co., Ltd. | OTTON, ALICIA L | 1699 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18864296 | DECELLULARIZED TISSUE/POLYMER MULTI-COMPONENT BIOMATERIALS | Beweld Medical | LYNCH, ROBERT A | 3771 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18858816 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FEATURE STATE CHANGE DETECTION AND USES THEREOF | Prima Medical, Inc. | ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18885921 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING LOW IMPURITY CONCENTRATIONS OF THE SAME | Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. | SEAMAN, D MARGARET M | 1625 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18840016 | DECOLORIZED SPIRULINA AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | Algaecore Technologies Ltd. | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18838251 | NANOCATENANE STRUCTURE AND NANOMACHINE INCLUDING NANOCATENANE STRUCTURE | Seoul National University R&Db Foundation | KHAN, TAHSEEN | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18833008 | METAP2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF | Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. | WARD, PAUL V | 1622 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18730898 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING, AMELIORATING, OR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES COMPRISING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM ROSEBURIA SPP. OR BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPP. | Korea Institute Of Science And Technology | SONG, JIANFENG | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18730928 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION, AMELIORATION OR TREATMENT OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE, COMPRISING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM ROSEBURIA SPP. OR BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPP. | Korea Institute Of Science And Technology | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18729533 | ASSESSING SCHEDULE DISRUPTION RISK IN AN AUTOMATED INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE PROCESS | Mobideo Technologies Ltd. | COUSINEAU, CONNOR DANIEL | 2115 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18727468 | FLAME MITIGATION DEVICE FOR FUEL CONTAINER | Scepter US Holding Company | GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18765463 | MULTILAYERED ARTICLES | Melodea Ltd. | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18763122 | METHOD FOR PREPARING PIXEL DEFINE LAYER | Duksan Neolux Co., Ltd. | CHIN, EDWARD | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18723708 | GF BINDING ECM MIMETIC COATED MICROCARRIER | Stelo Biotechnology Co., Ltd. | BOWLES, DAVID PAUL | 1654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18721811 | NOVEL ISOINDOLINONE DERIVATIVE COMPOUNDS AS CASPASE INHIBITORS | Innovo Therapeutics Inc. | LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 1628 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18746146 | FORMULATION AND METHOD FOR INCREASING ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY OF DRUGS | Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18721420 | DISPLAY OF AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGES USING A VIRTUAL OPTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM | Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. | CASTIAUX, BRENT D | 2623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18741246 | DISTRACTION ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PALATAL DISTRACTOR AND AN ACTIVATION TOOL | Ecole Nationale Superieure De Techniques Avancees | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18735534 | METHOD FOR PREPARING PIXEL DEFINING LAYER | Duk San Neolux Co., Ltd. | GARCES, NELSON Y | 2814 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18658162 | RESIN, RESIN COMPOSITION AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME | Duk San Neolux Co., Ltd. | HEINCER, LIAM J | 1767 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18704561 | GENE DELIVERY COMPOSITION COMPRISING NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS | Seoul National University R & Db Foundation | BARBER, KIMBERLY | 1615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18640252 | ILLUMINATED PADDLES | Brightz, Ltd. | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18631588 | CLEVIDIPINE EMULSION FORMULATIONS CONTAINING ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS | Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. | ARNOLD, ERNST V | 1613 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18625779 | ALKALI METAL POLYBORATE SILICATE COATING FOR ACOUSTICAL PANEL AND GYPSUM BOARD | USG INTERIORS, LLC | KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18694614 | CANNABINOID-LIPID CONJUGATES, METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF | Ramot AT Tel-Aviv University Ltd. | FETTEROLF, BRANDON J | 1626 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18614178 | COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT USING THE SAME, AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF | Duk San Neolux Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, VU ANH | 1762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18606672 | WELDED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF WELDING USING ELECTRO-SPARK DISCHARGE | Huys Industries Limited | TRAN, THIEN S | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18683683 | ANALYSIS METHOD FOR PREECLAMPSIA DIAGNOSIS USING METHYLATION LEVEL IN CPG SITE | Sungkwang Medical Foundation | GRAY, JESSICA | 1682 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18410924 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SENSITIVE SKIN | LG Household & Health Care Ltd. | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 25d overdue | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18394439 | UNIVERSAL API STANDARD AND HUB FOR CLOUD INTEROPERABILITY | Anantyx LLC | ANYA, CHARLES E | 2194 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18572529 | HIGH STRENGTH COATED DUAL PHASE STEEL STRIP AND METHOD TO PRODUCE IT | Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. | CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE | 1738 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18566037 | LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS-DERIVED VESICLE AND USES THEREOF | Md Healthcare Inc. | DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN | 1645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18566048 | NOVEL OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING ALLERGIC DISEASES COMPRISING THE SAME | Azcuris Co., Ltd. | HABTE, KAHSAY | 1624 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18525199 | THINNER COMPOSITION FOR REMOVING PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN INCLUDING COLORANT | Duk San Neolux Co., Ltd. | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18507389 | MOUNT FOR MODULAR HOLSTER | Avid Company LLC | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | 3734 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18559466 | NOVEL COMPOUNDS HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AGAINST GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE OR PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF, PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME | Green Cross Corporation | DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL | 1629 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial84.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP were allowed, across 5,487 applications in USPTO records.
3.44 office actions per allowed application on average.
89 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 58 clients, before 85 examiners in 66 art units.
