Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Akouos, Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
3
Unknown (50%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
No statute on record3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 42.8% +67.6%
POHNERT, STEVEN C 1 12.1% +18.3%
REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1 27.5% +55.9%
CHONG, KIMBERLY 1 72.4% +12.7%
PRONZATI, GINA 1 66.7% +41.7%
MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1 44.7% +68.6%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19034863 AAV-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES TO THE INNER EAR POHNERT, STEVEN C 8d
18806641 USE OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTORS TO CORRECT GENE DEFECTS/ EXPRESS PROTEINS IN HAIR CELLS AND SUPPORTING CELLS IN THE INNER EAR REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 54d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18314671 CELL SPECIFIC GENE THERAPY DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEARING LOSS PRONZATI, GINA 32d overdue
19034863 AAV-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES TO THE INNER EAR POHNERT, STEVEN C 8d
17998486 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING GJB2-ASSOCIATED HEARING LOSS MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 9d
18314661 CELL SPECIFIC GENE THERAPY DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEARING LOSS CHONG, KIMBERLY 13d
19095986 ANTI-VEGF ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS AND RELATED METHODS FOR TREATING VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 28d
18806641 USE OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTORS TO CORRECT GENE DEFECTS/ EXPRESS PROTEINS IN HAIR CELLS AND SUPPORTING CELLS IN THE INNER EAR REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 54d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1632 2
1683 1
1636 1
1633 1
1635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19095986 ANTI-VEGF ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS AND RELATED METHODS FOR TREATING VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 31, 2025
19034863 AAV-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES TO THE INNER EAR POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jan 23, 2025
18806641 USE OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTORS TO CORRECT GENE DEFECTS/ EXPRESS PROTEINS IN HAIR CELLS AND SUPPORTING CELLS IN THE INNER EAR REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18314661 CELL SPECIFIC GENE THERAPY DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEARING LOSS CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 09, 2023
18314671 CELL SPECIFIC GENE THERAPY DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEARING LOSS PRONZATI, GINA 1633 Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
17998486 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING GJB2-ASSOCIATED HEARING LOSS MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 10, 2022

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