Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
74 pending office actions • 56 clients • 71 examiners • 55 art units • 0 of 74 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 101 patents granted in the last 365 days
WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK & MORTIMER has 70 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 5379 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 78.84%, with an average of 3.06 office actions per allowance.
The profile shows an active biotechnology and pharmaceutical docket supported by a substantial application base. The allowance rate provides a resolved-outcome measure, while the office-action average indicates that allowed matters commonly require multiple examination exchanges. Practitioners can use these figures to frame workload and response planning involving biological disclosure, therapeutic applications, and claim support. The aggregate data does not identify the rejection types or technologies responsible for individual results.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 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. 22 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 only | 2 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (5%) |
| §103 only | 20 (27%) |
| §102 only | 3 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 7 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 34 (46%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 2 | 55.7% | +22.7% |
| HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA | 2 | 54.3% | +33.4% |
| HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA | 2 | 46.0% | +39.4% |
| MCGRATH, ERIN E | 1 | 60.3% | +28.4% |
| ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1 | 51.8% | +27.5% |
| ACKUN, JACOB K | 1 | 57.1% | +3.3% |
| MOORE, ZACHARY T | 1 | 71.9% | +36.1% |
| AURORA, REENA | 1 | 87.1% | -13.3% |
| COOLEY, CHARLES E | 1 | 79.0% | +15.3% |
| MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D | 1 | 67.7% | -10.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290141 | A Probe Card Stroke Compensation System and Method | AURORA, REENA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18565915 | VISUAL PROTECTION DEVICE FOR TASK FORCES | FISSEL, TRAVIS S | 59d overdue |
| 17623554 | INHALABLE COMPOSITION COMPROMISING CYCLODEXTRIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF NASAL INFLAMMATIONS | BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL | 8d overdue |
| 18697727 | NOVEL PROBIOTICS AND USE THEREOF | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 20d |
| 18204867 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING CONDUIT SECTIONS | LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA | 22d |
| 18563681 | USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 26d |
| 17389556 | ANTI-VIRAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | MERCIER, MELISSA S | 56d |
| 18700205 | MEDICAL WATCH FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | 82d |
| 19172028 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17699405 | LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF | HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA | 267d overdue |
| 17405773 | LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF | HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA | 267d overdue |
| 16852870 | MIXTURES OF SABADILLA ALKALOIDS AND PYRETHROIDS AND USES THEREOF | HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA | 70d |
| 19172028 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — |
| 19113613 | SURGICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE | MCGRATH, ERIN E | — |
| 19080145 | AMINOETHOXYVINYLGLYCINE AND 1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND USES THEREOF | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | — |
| 19072779 | MOVABLE AND STACKABLE BASE FOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT | MOORE, ZACHARY T | — |
| 19047191 | MIXING AND KNEADING MACHINE | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 7 |
| 3796 | 4 |
| 1657 | 3 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1764 | 2 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| 1633 | 2 |
| 1638 | 2 |
| 1616 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19172028 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA | Instituto De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Servicios De Alta Technologia | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19113613 | SURGICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE | Nallakrishnan Family Trust | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19080145 | AMINOETHOXYVINYLGLYCINE AND 1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND USES THEREOF | Valent Biosciences LLC | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19110736 | UTILITY CONNECTIVITY SYSTEM | Keter Home And Garden Products Ltd. | ACKUN, JACOB K | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19072779 | MOVABLE AND STACKABLE BASE FOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT | Heart Rate Inc. | MOORE, ZACHARY T | 3784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 18290141 | A Probe Card Stroke Compensation System and Method | Shanghai Zenfocus Semi-Tech Co., Ltd. | AURORA, REENA | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19047191 | MIXING AND KNEADING MACHINE | Buss AG | COOLEY, CHARLES E | 1774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19045529 | ENDOSCOPE VISUAL FIELD-SECURING VISCOELASTIC COMPOSITION | Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc. | HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA | 1617 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19044281 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR DISPLAYING AND SECURING A WEARABLE DEVICE AGAINST THEFT | Se-Kure Controls, Inc. | MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19099977 | PAIR OF GOGGLES FOR ANIMALS OF THE EQUINE SPECIES | Equidiva | ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS | 3643 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18997448 | DISPENSING CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER WITH SUCH A DISPENSING CLOSURE | Aptar Freyung GmbH | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18877811 | CHAIR | Keter Home And Garden Products Ltd. | ALEKSIC, NEVENA | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18970140 | PIVOTAL SLEIGH SHOVEL | Inotev Inc. | TSUI, ALFRED H | 3671 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18968452 | RESEALABLE, REUSABLE, RECYCLABLE SECONDARY PACKAGING TRANSPORT BAG | Petoskey Plastics | HELVEY, PETER N. | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18962574 | MOUNTING BRACKET FOR ELECTRICAL BOX | S-P Products, Inc. | HOLLY, LEE A | 3726 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18944146 | (S)-ABSCISIC ACID FOR REDUCING FRUIT DROP | Valent Biosciences LLC | CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY | 1617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18860530 | A GARMENT ASSEMBLY FOR TRIGGERING, FACILITATING OR RESISTING MOVEMENT | Dennisson Technologies Limited | HURLEY, SHAUN R | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18849303 | HOLDING PLATE FOR MULTIPLE SCREW DIAMETERS | Ejot SE & Co. Kg | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18888671 | METHOD FOR TRAINING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MODEL, METHOD FOR PREDICTING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VIDEO, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center | TSAI, TSUNG YIN | 2656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18887617 | SAFETY SYSTEM FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS | Se-Kure Controls, Inc. | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 3752 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18776542 | THERMAL CLEANING AND DISINFECTING DEVICE | W & H Sterilization S.r.l. | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | 1799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18729261 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE FOR DISPENSING DRINKING WATER | Buse Ksw GmbH & Co. Kg | PATEL, PRANAV N | 1779 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18723782 | EDGE FUNCTIONALISED GRAPHENE THERMAL NANOFLUIDS | Sicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd., | NGUYEN, TRI V | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18720436 | NOVEL SALT OF 1-SULFONYL PYRROLE DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THEREOF | Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY | 1621 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18716367 | FASTENING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING IN A SUBSTRATE | Ejot SE & Co. Kg | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18714529 | A DEVICE FOR AFFECTING VASCULAR BLOOD FLOW AND METHODS THEREOF | Novapulse Ltd. | GROSS, JASON PATRICK | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18677604 | MOUNTING STRIP | Slide2Seal Ltd. | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18713073 | Surgical Apparatus | Nallakrishnan Family Trust | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18669120 | DISTRIBUTED MODEL TRAINING METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center | ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN | 2123 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18711487 | METHOD FOR ISOLATING, MAINTAINING, PROLIFERATING, AND DIFFERENTIATING MONOCLONAL CELLS DERIVED FROM HUMAN SALIVARY GLAND EPITHELIAL STEM CELLS OR PROGENITOR CELLS AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FOR TREATING SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES | Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University | SMALL, KATHERINE R | 1633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18663567 | STONE FRUIT QUALITY | Valent Biosciences LLC | DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18705431 | TISSUE-SPECIFIC PROMOTER AND USE THEREOF | BEIJING MEIKANG GENO-IMMUNE BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | ROGERS, ERIC JASON | 1638 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18700205 | MEDICAL WATCH FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS | Cardiacsense Ltd. | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 82d | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18697727 | NOVEL PROBIOTICS AND USE THEREOF | Nvp Healthcare Co., Ltd. | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 1651 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18688155 | Surgical Apparatus | Nallakrishnan Family Trust | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18293154 | PHACOEMULSIFICATION NEEDLE | Raico International, LLC | DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18420254 | DISPLAY WITH REFLECTIVE SURFACE | Se-Kure Controls, Inc. | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 3637 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18571648 | LEPTIN RECEPTOR AFFINITY PEPTIDE AND USE THEREOF | Dubu Biosciences | BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M | 1675 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18565915 | VISUAL PROTECTION DEVICE FOR TASK FORCES | Rubi Glas GmbH | FISSEL, TRAVIS S | 2872 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18565473 | STATEMENT BLOCK ENCAPSULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | S2C Limited | LIN, ARIC | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| 18563681 | USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES | Fellowes, Inc. | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 2117 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18288160 | SYSTEM FOR SUPERVISION OF THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT | Seadvance | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 3629 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18287843 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC WEARABLE UNIT FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO PELVIC REGION OF A SUBJECT | Indian Institute Of Science | TEHRANI, DANIEL | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18284252 | COLORIMETRIC BIOSENSOR, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING METHOD USING THE SAME | Inha University Research And Business Foundation | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | 1657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18283424 | SPIRULINA-BASED COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF FOR REINFORCING IMMUNITY | Axeen Pharma | AFREMOVA, VERA | 1653 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18463497 | HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Valent U.S.A. LLC | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1617 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18277511 | KIT FOR TREATING DAMAGED NERVES | Reddress Ltd. | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3796 | DP | Final Rejection | 203d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18275782 | METHOD AND KIT FOR TREATING ABNORMAL HOLLOWED SPACE | Reddress Ltd. | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1655 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18270165 | COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING METASTASIS AND ENHANCING ANTICANCER DRUG SENSITIVITY | Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology | GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE | 1637 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18204867 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING CONDUIT SECTIONS | S-P Products, Inc. | LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA | 3729 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial78.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer were allowed, across 5,379 applications in USPTO records.
3.06 office actions per allowed application on average.
74 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 56 clients, before 71 examiners in 55 art units.
