Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 1 52.3% +41.7%
GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1 57.5% +42.4%
WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1 46.6% +60.6%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18002940 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19 AND ASSOCIATED RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE, SEPSIS, ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 56d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18002940 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19 AND ASSOCIATED RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE, SEPSIS, ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 56d overdue
18391200 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS CLASS I MUTATIONS GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD
18258440 USE OF STROMAL CELL-DERIVED FACTOR 1 (SDF1) AS A BIOMARKER FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1693 1
1678 1
1622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18391200 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS CLASS I MUTATIONS GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 1693 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18258440 USE OF STROMAL CELL-DERIVED FACTOR 1 (SDF1) AS A BIOMARKER FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18002940 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19 AND ASSOCIATED RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE, SEPSIS, ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1622 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022

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