Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 1 art unit • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wiersch IP Law handles patent prosecution in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area, with 3095 career applications on record. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 85.61 percent. Its prosecution history shows an average of 1.41 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 1 pending office action.
The 3095 career applications and 85.61 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance in this sector. The 1.41 average helps practitioners understand the typical procedural requirements for reaching an allowance. With 1 pending office action, the firm maintains its presence in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. This data set reflects the firm's documented experience and current workload within the patent office. The recorded metrics provide a baseline for procedural duration in this specific field. Practitioners can evaluate the intensity of examiner interaction and resource requirements based on these historical figures. These statistics offer a view of the firm's prosecution profile.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAKERI, HADI | 1 | 62.1% | +37.0% |
| NEJAD, MAHDI H | 1 | 73.9% | +29.2% |
| NAFOOSHE, SAEEDE | 1 | — | — |
| CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1 | 49.2% | +38.2% |
| CHU, YONG LIANG | 1 | 74.9% | +3.1% |
| OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 1 | 67.3% | +22.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973190 | TOOL BIT CONNECTION SHAFT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER AND ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER | SHAKERI, HADI | — |
| 18775783 | HIGH-INTENSITY MAGNETIC BIT EXTENSION ROD WITH TELESCOPIC UNLOCKING FUNCTION | NEJAD, MAHDI H | — |
| 18669808 | FLOOD EVENT IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | NAFOOSHE, SAEEDE | — |
| 18684823 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MESOPOROUS IRON PHOSPHATE BY INDUCTION OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS | CHU, YONG LIANG | — |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973190 | TOOL BIT CONNECTION SHAFT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER AND ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER | SHAKERI, HADI | — |
| 18775783 | HIGH-INTENSITY MAGNETIC BIT EXTENSION ROD WITH TELESCOPIC UNLOCKING FUNCTION | NEJAD, MAHDI H | — |
| 18684910 | CELL MATRIX NERVE GRAFT FOR REPAIRING PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | — |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Xiaofeng Zhang | 2 |
| China Three Gorges | 1 |
| Nantong University | 1 |
| Yidu Xingfa Chemical Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| JIANGSU XCMG CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18973190 | TOOL BIT CONNECTION SHAFT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER AND ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER | Xiaofeng Zhang | SHAKERI, HADI | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 | |
| 18775783 | HIGH-INTENSITY MAGNETIC BIT EXTENSION ROD WITH TELESCOPIC UNLOCKING FUNCTION | Xiaofeng Zhang | NEJAD, MAHDI H | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 | |
| 18669808 | FLOOD EVENT IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | China Three Gorges Corporation | NAFOOSHE, SAEEDE | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 | |
| 18684910 | CELL MATRIX NERVE GRAFT FOR REPAIRING PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | Nantong University | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1615 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18684823 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MESOPOROUS IRON PHOSPHATE BY INDUCTION OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS | Yidu Xingfa Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHU, YONG LIANG | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 | |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | Jiangsu Xcmg Construction Machinery Research Institute Ltd. | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
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