Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

BEIGENE, LTD.

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (36%)
3
Medium (27%)
3
Easy (27%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only1 (9%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Double-patenting only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other2 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (27%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
82% 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
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1 24.9% +48.9%
SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1 65.7% +46.8%
CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1 72.7% +18.3%
DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1 0.0% +0.0%
LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1 32.9% +58.5%
BROWE, DAVID 1 26.2% +27.7%
DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1 44.3% +32.1%
ISMAIL, REHANA 1 77.3% +32.8%
SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L 1 79.3% +8.0%
SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1 53.6% +32.5%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18262236 Methods of Cancer Treatment Using Anti-TIGIT Antibodies in Combination with Anti-PD1 Antibodies DENT, ALANA HARRIS 21d
18748855 SOLID FORMS OF A TYK2 INHIBITOR, METHOD OF PREPARATION, AND USE THEREOF TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH
18431626 Pyrazolopyridinone Compounds CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S
18422518 Pyrrolo[2, 3-b]Pyrazine-Based Bifunctional Compounds as HPK1 Degraders and the Use Thereof DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE
18541928 METHODS OF TREATING B-CELL PROLIFERATIVE DISORDER BROWE, DAVID
18253720 METHODS OF TREATING SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS USING BTK INHIBITORS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18262236 Methods of Cancer Treatment Using Anti-TIGIT Antibodies in Combination with Anti-PD1 Antibodies DENT, ALANA HARRIS 21d
18748855 SOLID FORMS OF A TYK2 INHIBITOR, METHOD OF PREPARATION, AND USE THEREOF TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH
18697500 ANTI-GALECTIN-9 ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF SHUPE, ELIZABETH A
18431626 Pyrazolopyridinone Compounds CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S
18391154 (R)-Glutarimide CRBN Ligands and Methods of Use LEE, CHIHYI NMN
18541928 METHODS OF TREATING B-CELL PROLIFERATIVE DISORDER BROWE, DAVID
18260654 BRIDGED COMPOUNDS AS KRAS G12D INHIBITOR AND DEGRADER AND THE USE THEREOF ISMAIL, REHANA
18253720 METHODS OF TREATING SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS USING BTK INHIBITORS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1625 2
1622 1
1628 1
1617 1
1643 1
1623 1
1629 1
1646 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18748855 SOLID FORMS OF A TYK2 INHIBITOR, METHOD OF PREPARATION, AND USE THEREOF TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18697500 ANTI-GALECTIN-9 ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF SHUPE, ELIZABETH A DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18431626 Pyrazolopyridinone Compounds CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §101§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18422518 Pyrrolo[2, 3-b]Pyrazine-Based Bifunctional Compounds as HPK1 Degraders and the Use Thereof DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18391154 (R)-Glutarimide CRBN Ligands and Methods of Use LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18541928 METHODS OF TREATING B-CELL PROLIFERATIVE DISORDER BROWE, DAVID 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18262236 Methods of Cancer Treatment Using Anti-TIGIT Antibodies in Combination with Anti-PD1 Antibodies DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18260654 BRIDGED COMPOUNDS AS KRAS G12D INHIBITOR AND DEGRADER AND THE USE THEREOF ISMAIL, REHANA 1625 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2023
18260649 BRIDGED COMPOUNDS AS KRAS G12D INHIBITOR AND DEGRADER AND THE USE THEREOF SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L 1623 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2023
18253720 METHODS OF TREATING SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS USING BTK INHIBITORS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 19, 2023
17802111 METHODS OF TREATING DLBCL USING BTK INHIBITORS AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 24, 2022

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