Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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
1
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 (20%)
1
Medium (20%)
2
Easy (40%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only2 (40%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% 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
40% 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
BORI, IBRAHIM D 1 44.2% +38.7%
DIAMOND, ALAN D 1 71.8% +7.8%
PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1 69.1% +18.6%
O DELL, DAVID K 1 57.7% +36.0%
MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1 30.4% +37.9%

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
17530402 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CANCER EXPRESSING PDE3A OR SLFN12 MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 34d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17530402 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CANCER EXPRESSING PDE3A OR SLFN12 MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 34d
18779518 TREATMENT OF CARDIOPULMONARY DISORDERS BORI, IBRAHIM D
18175265 PRODRUGS OF CYTOTOXIC ACTIVE AGENTS HAVING ENZYMATICALLY CLEAVABLE GROUPS PUTTLITZ, KARL J
17999179 PROCESS OF PREPARING BUTYL-(5S)-5-({2-[4-(BUTOXYCARBONYL)PHENYL]ETHYL}[2-(2-{[3-CHLORO-4'-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)[BIPHENYL]-4-YL]METHOXY}PHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO)-5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE-2-CARBOXYLATE O DELL, DAVID K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3991 1
1646 1
1621 1
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18779518 TREATMENT OF CARDIOPULMONARY DISORDERS BORI, IBRAHIM D DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18182228 METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF (4S)-4-(4-CYANO-2-METHOXYPHENYL)-5-ETHOXY-2,8-DIMETHYL-1,4-DIHYDRO-1-6-NAPHTHYRIDINE-3-CARBOX-AMIDE AND THE PURIFICATION THEREOF FOR USE AS AN ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT DIAMOND, ALAN D 3991 Other Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18175265 PRODRUGS OF CYTOTOXIC ACTIVE AGENTS HAVING ENZYMATICALLY CLEAVABLE GROUPS PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1646 DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2023
17999179 PROCESS OF PREPARING BUTYL-(5S)-5-({2-[4-(BUTOXYCARBONYL)PHENYL]ETHYL}[2-(2-{[3-CHLORO-4'-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)[BIPHENYL]-4-YL]METHOXY}PHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO)-5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE-2-CARBOXYLATE O DELL, DAVID K 1621 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2022
17530402 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CANCER EXPRESSING PDE3A OR SLFN12 MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §101Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 18, 2021

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