Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Askbio Inc.

10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other3 (30%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

10
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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 2 33.3% +78.6%
BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1 23.2% +52.7%
HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1 75.0% +11.4%
VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1 60.0% +48.2%
O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1 54.8% +63.6%
MARVICH, MARIA 1 54.7% +28.1%
LAFAVE, ELIZABETH ROSE 1 58.3% +46.6%
HOLLAND, PAUL J 1 57.3% +64.7%
SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1 68.7% +29.6%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17797633 METHOD OF TREATING GENE THERAPY ASSOCIATED TOXICITY WITH ANTIBIOTICS O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 60d overdue
18019421 METHODS OF TREATING CARDIAC DISORDERS AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND ADMINISTERING AAV VECTORS VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 32d overdue
17293861 VECTORS COMPRISING A NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES FUSED TO A LYSOSOMAL TARGETING SEQUENCE SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 17d overdue
17620557 PRODUCTION OF VECTORS USING PHAGE ORIGIN OF REPLICATION HOLLAND, PAUL J 16d
18572668 REGULATORY NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA
18286709 RATIONAL POLYPLOID AAV VIRIONS THAT CROSS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER AND ELICIT REDUCED HUMORAL RESPONSE HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM
17787898 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING REGULATORY ELEMENTS LAFAVE, ELIZABETH ROSE

Interview Candidates (10)

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
17797633 METHOD OF TREATING GENE THERAPY ASSOCIATED TOXICITY WITH ANTIBIOTICS O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 60d overdue
18019421 METHODS OF TREATING CARDIAC DISORDERS AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND ADMINISTERING AAV VECTORS VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 32d overdue
17293861 VECTORS COMPRISING A NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES FUSED TO A LYSOSOMAL TARGETING SEQUENCE SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 17d overdue
17620557 PRODUCTION OF VECTORS USING PHAGE ORIGIN OF REPLICATION HOLLAND, PAUL J 16d
18572668 REGULATORY NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA
18286709 RATIONAL POLYPLOID AAV VIRIONS THAT CROSS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER AND ELICIT REDUCED HUMORAL RESPONSE HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM
18027293 METHODS FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE HUDSON, AMY ROSE
17907229 INDUCIBLE PROMOTER FOR VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1631 2
1633 2
1632 1
1636 1
1634 1
1684 1
1656 1
1672 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18572668 REGULATORY NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18286709 RATIONAL POLYPLOID AAV VIRIONS THAT CROSS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER AND ELICIT REDUCED HUMORAL RESPONSE HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18027293 METHODS FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1636 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2023
18019421 METHODS OF TREATING CARDIAC DISORDERS AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND ADMINISTERING AAV VECTORS VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2023
17907229 INDUCIBLE PROMOTER FOR VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1631 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2022
17797633 METHOD OF TREATING GENE THERAPY ASSOCIATED TOXICITY WITH ANTIBIOTICS O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1633 §103§112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2022
17856187 MODIFIED SOLUBLE VEGF RECEPTOR-1 GENES AND VECTORS FOR GENE THERAPY MARVICH, MARIA 1634 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2022
17787898 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING REGULATORY ELEMENTS LAFAVE, ELIZABETH ROSE 1684 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2022
17620557 PRODUCTION OF VECTORS USING PHAGE ORIGIN OF REPLICATION HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 §102§103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 17, 2021
17293861 VECTORS COMPRISING A NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES FUSED TO A LYSOSOMAL TARGETING SEQUENCE SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 13, 2021

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