Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Amicus Therapeutics Inc.

16 pending office actions • 10 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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.

6
Hard (38%)
6
Medium (38%)
2
Easy (12%)
2
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (25%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (38%)
No statute on record2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
94% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LANKFORD JR, LEON B 1 69.9% +31.3%
BRAUN, MADELINE E 1 67.6% +26.4%
NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1 73.3% +18.1%
BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1 66.6% +31.9%
MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y 1 70.9% +42.6%
LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1 33.3% +0.0%
INAM, SAHAR 1 100.0% +0.0%
CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1 46.9% +27.1%
STEADMAN, DAVID J 1 57.7% +29.5%
NGUYEN, QUANG 1 38.1% +53.0%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17838820 Use Of Migalastat For Treating Fabry Disease In Pregnant Patients CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 10d overdue
17838741 Recombinant Alpha-Galactosidase A For Treatment Of Fabry Disease STEADMAN, DAVID J 19d
17773416 Recombinant CDKL5 Proteins, Gene Therapy and Production Methods NGUYEN, QUANG 27d
18863111 Methods for Treating Pompe Disease LANKFORD JR, LEON B
18040866 Vesicle Targeting Proteins And Uses Of Same LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS
17909450 Methods Of Treating Fabry Disease In Patients Having A Mutation In The GLA Gene INAM, SAHAR

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17838820 Use Of Migalastat For Treating Fabry Disease In Pregnant Patients CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 10d overdue
18111321 Highly Potent Acid Alpha-Glucosidase With Enhanced Carbohydrates MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y 9d overdue
18276954 Recombinant Human Acid Alpha-Glucosidase and Uses Thereof BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 15d
17838741 Recombinant Alpha-Galactosidase A For Treatment Of Fabry Disease STEADMAN, DAVID J 19d
17773416 Recombinant CDKL5 Proteins, Gene Therapy and Production Methods NGUYEN, QUANG 27d
18863111 Methods for Treating Pompe Disease LANKFORD JR, LEON B
18479396 METHODS OF TREATING FABRY DISEASE IN PATIENTS HAVING A MUTATION IN THE GLA GENE BRAUN, MADELINE E
18473622 Methods Of Treating Fabry Disease In Patients Having A Mutation In The GLA Gene NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1656 3
1652 2
1622 2
1653 2
1624 1
1651 1
1699 1
1631 1
1628 1
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18863111 Methods for Treating Pompe Disease LANKFORD JR, LEON B §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 05, 2024
18479396 METHODS OF TREATING FABRY DISEASE IN PATIENTS HAVING A MUTATION IN THE GLA GENE BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 §102DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18473622 Methods Of Treating Fabry Disease In Patients Having A Mutation In The GLA Gene NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18276954 Recombinant Human Acid Alpha-Glucosidase and Uses Thereof BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1651 §102Other Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18111321 Highly Potent Acid Alpha-Glucosidase With Enhanced Carbohydrates MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y 1652 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18040866 Vesicle Targeting Proteins And Uses Of Same LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1652 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2023
17909450 Methods Of Treating Fabry Disease In Patients Having A Mutation In The GLA Gene INAM, SAHAR 1622 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2022
17838820 Use Of Migalastat For Treating Fabry Disease In Pregnant Patients CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §102§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17838741 Recombinant Alpha-Galactosidase A For Treatment Of Fabry Disease STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 13, 2022
17773416 Recombinant CDKL5 Proteins, Gene Therapy and Production Methods NGUYEN, QUANG 1631 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 29, 2022
17640456 Method For Capturing And Purification Of Biologics AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 04, 2022
17665969 Methods for Treatment of Fabry Disease JAVANMARD, SAHAR 1622 Other Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2022
17424979 USE OF MIGALOSTAT IN REDUCING THE RISK OF CEREBROVASCULAR EVENT IN PATIENTS WITH FABRY DISEASE LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2021
17079859 Method To Predict Response To Pharmacological Chaperone Treatment Of Diseases TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2020
16967824 Treatment Of Patients With Classic Fabry Disease CHONG, YONG SOO 1623 §103Other Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2020
14398210 DOSING REGIMENS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POMPE DISEASE MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2014

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