Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Arcturus Therapeutics Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
1
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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

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
ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1 32.4% +49.2%
MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1 69.7% +41.8%
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1 47.0% +22.0%
CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1 40.9% +65.0%
SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1 36.1% +70.8%
DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1 60.3% +35.7%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18001571 UNA OLIGOMERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLYGLUTAMINE DISEASES VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 43d overdue
17311271 MODIFIED PROTEINS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF TREATMENT DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 70d
18427625 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR QUADRIVALENT INFLUENZA VACCINE ALLEN, MICHAEL D

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
18001571 UNA OLIGOMERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLYGLUTAMINE DISEASES VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 43d overdue
17311271 MODIFIED PROTEINS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF TREATMENT DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 70d
18427625 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR QUADRIVALENT INFLUENZA VACCINE ALLEN, MICHAEL D
18345379 METHODS FOR IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER
17737884 LIPID COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PEPTIDE-LIPID CONJUGATES CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER
17619882 IMPROVED IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION PURIFICATION PLATFORM SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1636 2
1671 1
1635 1
1657 1
1693 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18427625 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR QUADRIVALENT INFLUENZA VACCINE ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1671 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18345379 METHODS FOR IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1635 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 2023
18001571 UNA OLIGOMERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLYGLUTAMINE DISEASES VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
17737884 LIPID COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PEPTIDE-LIPID CONJUGATES CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1657 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2022
17619882 IMPROVED IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION PURIFICATION PLATFORM SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1693 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2021
17311271 MODIFIED PROTEINS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF TREATMENT DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 §103§112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jun 04, 2021

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