Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Axsome Therapeutics Inc.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

1
Hard (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOWELL, THEODORE R 3 66.7% +25.5%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.1% +29.8%
BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 1 27.5% +34.8%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18650053 DOSAGE FORMS AND METHODS FOR ENANTIOMERICALLY ENRICHED OR PURE BUPROPION HOWELL, THEODORE R 77d
18687962 METHODS AND COMPISITIONS FOR AMELIORATING BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCUALR RISK USING (R)-2-AMINO-3-PHENYLPROPYL CARBAMATE BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19169261 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MELOXICAM HOWELL, THEODORE R 67d overdue
18650053 DOSAGE FORMS AND METHODS FOR ENANTIOMERICALLY ENRICHED OR PURE BUPROPION HOWELL, THEODORE R 77d
19079284 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING UNIFORM BLENDS OF REBOXETINE YOUNG, MICAH PAUL
18650022 DOSAGE FORMS AND METHODS FOR ENANTIOMERICALLY ENRICHED OR PURE BUPROPION HOWELL, THEODORE R
18687962 METHODS AND COMPISITIONS FOR AMELIORATING BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCUALR RISK USING (R)-2-AMINO-3-PHENYLPROPYL CARBAMATE BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1628 3
1618 1
3786 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19169261 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MELOXICAM HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 Other Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2025
19079284 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING UNIFORM BLENDS OF REBOXETINE YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2025
18650022 DOSAGE FORMS AND METHODS FOR ENANTIOMERICALLY ENRICHED OR PURE BUPROPION HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18650053 DOSAGE FORMS AND METHODS FOR ENANTIOMERICALLY ENRICHED OR PURE BUPROPION HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 §101DPOther Non-Final OA 77d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18687962 METHODS AND COMPISITIONS FOR AMELIORATING BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCUALR RISK USING (R)-2-AMINO-3-PHENYLPROPYL CARBAMATE BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 3786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 29, 2024

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