Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
158 pending office actions • 104 clients • 145 examiners • 84 art units • 0 of 158 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 225 patents granted in the last 365 days
WC&F IP works in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and has 7,299 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 78.17%, providing an outcome measure across a substantial application history.
The profile shows 157 pending office actions and an average of 3.24 office actions per allowance. The pending docket represents active workload, while the response average indicates that allowed matters commonly required several office-action cycles.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 47 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. 47 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 | 16 (10%) |
| §103 only | 40 (25%) |
| §102 only | 4 (3%) |
| §112 only | 24 (15%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 11 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 60 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R | 3 | 55.8% | +68.7% |
| CHATTIN, AMY MARIE | 2 | 72.2% | +45.7% |
| WILLSE, DAVID H | 2 | 67.3% | +14.0% |
| GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO | 2 | 59.7% | +46.3% |
| LU, CHENG | 2 | 53.8% | +64.6% |
| ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN | 2 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
| QIAN, CELINE X | 2 | 47.5% | +17.2% |
| BEANE, RANDALL L | 2 | 32.9% | +36.2% |
| YU, DELPHINUS DOU YI | 2 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 2 | 42.9% | +80.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18702042 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | HAIDER, FAWAAD | 131d overdue |
| 17760024 | METHODS OF TREATMENT OF CANCER DISEASE BY TARGETING AN EPIGENETIC FACTOR | SABILA, MERCY HELLEN | 126d overdue |
| 18031251 | TG2 INHIBITORS FOR IMPROVING MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASES | HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | 105d overdue |
| 18247945 | GDF3 AS BIOMARKER AND BIOTARGET IN POST-ISCHEMIC CARDIAC REMODELING | LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | 103d overdue |
| 18280151 | A STRUCTURAL REPAIR PATCH SYSTEM FOR REPAIRING A DAMAGED SURFACE OF A PRODUCT | KOCH, GEORGE R | 97d overdue |
| 18006414 | GRANULATED EXPLOSIVE BASED ON A WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION, AND PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 73d overdue |
| 17606618 | INTRACORPOREAL GUIDE COMPONENT | BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE | 51d overdue |
| 18009006 | Treatment of Genetic Dilated Cardiomyopathies | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | 30d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275331 | BILE SALTS BACTOSENSOR AND USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSITC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 30d overdue |
| 17573913 | POLYPEPTIDE FOR USE IN THE PROTECTION OF OXYGEN SENSITIVE GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA | DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R | 10d overdue |
| 18553082 | PROSTHESIS SOCKET SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | WILLSE, DAVID H | 14d |
| 18263014 | METHODS OF ASSESSING THE RISK OF DEVELOPING PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH VLA-4 ANTAGONISTS | LU, CHENG | 15d |
| 18575454 | NEW METHOD TO TREAT ACIDOSIS RELATED DISEASES WITH ACETOACETATE | GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO | 27d |
| 18246270 | BIFUNCTIONAL LENTIVIRAL VECTORS ALLOWING THE BS-GLOBIN SILENCING AND EXPRESSION OF AN ANTI-SICKLING HBB AND USES THEREOF FOR GENE THERAPY OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE | QIAN, CELINE X | 29d |
| 18495355 | POLYPEPTIDE FOR USE IN THE PROTECTION OF OXYGEN SENSITIVE GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA | DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R | 43d |
| 19196172 | ANTIBODIES HAVING SPECIFICITY FOR CD38 AND USES THEREOF | CHATTIN, AMY MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 8 |
| 1654 | 8 |
| 1642 | 6 |
| 1643 | 5 |
| 1635 | 4 |
| 1675 | 4 |
| 1612 | 3 |
| 1638 | 3 |
| 1626 | 3 |
| 1623 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19196172 | ANTIBODIES HAVING SPECIFICITY FOR CD38 AND USES THEREOF | UNIVERSITE DE PARIS | CHATTIN, AMY MARIE | 1643 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19122030 | EARPHONE DEVICE | Audio-Technica Corporation | EASON, MATTHEW A | 2624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19093976 | MICROPHONE APPARATUS | Audio-Technica Corporation | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19110270 | METHODS OF DIAGNOSING ACUTE CIRCULATORY FAILURE | Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier | KAUR, GURPREET | 1795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19055896 | BODY TISSUE RADIOFREQUENCY APPLICATORS, HEAD DEVICE AND USES THEREOF | Neurocia SAS | LEE, BRYAN MCALLISTER | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 18997123 | INTRAPARTUM MEASUREMENT PROBE AND DEVICE AND DELIVERY MONITORING SYSTEM | Seenel Imaging | FARDANESH, MARJAN | 3792 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 |
| 19028800 | FIBER ALIGNMENT IN STEREOLITHOGRAPHY (SLA) 3D PRINTING OF COMPOSITE POLYMERS | George Mason University | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18995966 | COMBINATION OF DASATINIB AND LOVASTATIN FOR USE IN METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC FIBROSIS | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse | ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18992428 | ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER, AND METHOD FOR ANALYSING SUBSTANCES | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover | MAINI, RAHUL | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19013824 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ATTRIBUTE COMMUNITY SEARCH BASED ON RELATION TREE | Hangzhou Dianzi University | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 2156 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18881505 | EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FUNCTIONALIZED WITH AN ERV SYNCITIN AND USES THEREOF FOR CARGO DELIVERY | Université Paris Sciences Et Lettres | RONEY, CELESTE A | 1612 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18878699 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING BIFURCATIONS IN A VASCULAR TREE, ASSOCIATED METHODS AND DEVICES | Nantes Université | CASCAIS, JUSTIN PHILIP | 2668 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 19000803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING PLANT HEIGHT UNIFORMITY OF CROP POPULATION, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | Information Technology Research Center, Beijing Academy Of Agriculture And Forestry Sciences | WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH | 2673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18865879 | SELF-POSITIONING ACOUSTIC LENS | Ecole Supérieure De Physique Et De Chimie Industrielles De La Ville De Paris | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18863355 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D IMAGING DATA AND ASSISTING WITH PROGNOSIS OF CANCER | Universite Paris-Saclay | VARNDELL, ROSS E | 2668 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18862795 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A LAYER ELEMENT | Solar Materials GmbH | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18860855 | USE OF SHP2 INHIBITORS FOR INHIBITING SENESCENCE | Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire De Toulouse | MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18860109 | PROSTHESIS COVER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PROSTHESIS COVER | Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH | WILLSE, DAVID H | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18925210 | PHOTODETECTOR BASED ON TRANSVERSE DEMBER EFFECT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | Heatex Sensing Technology (Huzhou) Co., Ltd. | SECK, AHMED F | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18857943 | A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE VELOCITY OF A NATURAL SHEAR WAVE PROPAGATING IN A MEDIUM | Ecole Supérieure De Physique Et De Chimie Industrielles De La Ville De Paris | YOUNG, MONICA S | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18857952 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LEATHER USING CELL CULTURE ON HONEYCOMB MACROPOROUS POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD | Faircraft | VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN | 1633 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18855427 | LIPOPEPTIDE COMPOUND AND TREATMENT OF PAIN DISORDER | UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER | O DELL, DAVID K | 1692 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18853607 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC EVALUATION OF AN ISOLATED ORGAN | UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD - LYON 1 | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18850339 | SYNTHETIC GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE REACTIVE FUNCTION, PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME AND USES THEREOF IN DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS | INSERM | BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| 18843732 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER OF THE RESPONSE OF AN AUDITORY NERVE OF A SUBJECT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND DEVICES | UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 3791 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18837772 | PROSTHETIC GLOVE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18800041 | MODULAR PRODUCTION OF AMMONIA | Advanced Energy Materials, LLC | IQBAL, SYED TAHA | 1736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2024 |
| 18799279 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | Audio-Technica Corporation | RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL | 2694 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18786774 | METHODS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARISATION | Fondation Asile Des Aveugles | RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B | 1628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18782422 | DEVICE FOR JOINT EXTRACTION OF A METAL CATION AND A TARGET MOLECULE | Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique - Cnrs - | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18832633 | METHODS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING TEAR FILM COMPOSITION TO TREAT CORNEAL DEFECTS | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montpellier | JACKSON III, WALTER | 1638 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18782375 | MOTOR BEARING WEAR MONITORING DEVICE, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING MOTOR BEARING WEAR MONITORING DEVICE AND PROGRAM | Nikkiso Co., Ltd. | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18730927 | COMPOUND FOR USE IN PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING AN INFECTION CAUSED BY SARS-COV-2 | UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE | JAUHARI, SACHI | 1654 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18772744 | CONSTRUCTS COMPRISING NEURONAL VIABILITY FACTORS AND USES THEREOF | Sorbonne Universite | AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE | 1638 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18728647 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE PAPER | Swiss Krono Tec AG | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18727826 | NALTREXAMINE DERIVATIVES BEARING 5-MEMBER HETEROCYCLIC RING SYSTEMS AND OPIOID RECEPTOR MODULATORS | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE | 1626 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18767363 | BENZALDEHYDE COMPOUNDS WITH DIRECT POLYMER DESTABILIZING EFFECTS TO TREAT SICKLE CELL DISEASE | Children'S Hospital Of Philadelphia (Chop) | ANDERSON, REBECCA L | 1626 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18725323 | GERALEXIN AND USES THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASES | Greenpharma SAS | VISHNYAKOVA, ELENA VLADIMIROVNA | 1691 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18725322 | METHODS OF INDUCING CELL DEATH OF A POPULATION OF SOLID TUMOR CELLS | UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE | CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z | 1657 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18748524 | ADJUSTMENT VALVE | Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH | MANNAN, MIKAIL A | 3774 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18721781 | BENZENE SULFONAMIDE THIAZOLE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS | Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique | CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA | 1626 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18720245 | Method for Controlling a Prosthetic and/or Orthotic System and such a System | Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | 3700 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18742261 | METHODS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RETINAL CAPILLARY NON-PERFUSION | Sorbonne Université | LEE, ANDREW P | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18718997 | ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH | PATEL, NITIN | 2628 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18718508 | ACTUATOR AND ORTHOPEDIC TECHNICAL JOINT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH | COCHRAN, KARI LEE | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18718519 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING MELANOMA | UNIVERSITE COTE D'AZUR | GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO | 1624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18718498 | PROSTHETIC SOCKET | Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa | GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18717719 | USE OF CATECHIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF FGFR-RELATED BONE REPAIR AND BONE FORMATION IMPAIRMENT | Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux De Paris (Aphp) | MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA | 1623 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18717710 | COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FGFR3-RELATED COGNITIVE DEFICITS WITH A CATECHIN | Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux De Paris (Aphp) | WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN | 1622 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18735636 | Hybrid Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype Between AAV9 and AAVrh74 with Reduced Liver Tropism | Association Institut De Myologie | WESTON, ALYSSA G | 1633 | §102§103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial78.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Wc&F Ip were allowed, across 7,299 applications in USPTO records.
3.24 office actions per allowed application on average.
158 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 104 clients, before 145 examiners in 84 art units.
