Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Autolus Limited

9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (67%)
3
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§102 only2 (22%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WESTON, ALYSSA G 2 60.0% +51.3%
DUFFY, BRADLEY 1 54.6% +45.5%
KELLY, ROBERT M 1 73.8% +24.8%
KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1 58.0% +16.2%
LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1 50.9% +50.5%
SHIN, DANA H 1 27.0% +27.4%
DHAR, MATASHA 1 43.8% +47.5%
GANGLE, BRIAN J 1 76.6% +15.2%

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
17924345 METHOD SHIN, DANA H

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18158310 CELL LEONARD, ARTHUR S 18d overdue
18597357 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR DUFFY, BRADLEY
18590698 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT KELLY, ROBERT M
18504554 VECTORS KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN
17924345 METHOD SHIN, DANA H
17915637 CELL DHAR, MATASHA
17915689 METHOD FOR SELECTING CELLS EXPRESSING A NUCLEIC ACID OF INTEREST WESTON, ALYSSA G
17913649 TRBC BETA ANTIBODY CONJUGATE GANGLE, BRIAN J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1633 2
1672 1
1631 1
1635 1
1632 1
1645 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18597357 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR DUFFY, BRADLEY DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18590698 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT KELLY, ROBERT M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18504554 VECTORS KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2023
18158310 CELL LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2023
17924345 METHOD SHIN, DANA H 1635 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2022
17915637 CELL DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2022
17915689 METHOD FOR SELECTING CELLS EXPRESSING A NUCLEIC ACID OF INTEREST WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2022
17913649 TRBC BETA ANTIBODY CONJUGATE GANGLE, BRIAN J 1645 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022
17436673 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING ENGINEERED CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR AND MODULATOR OF CAR WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 07, 2021

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