Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

65 pending office actions • 40 art units • 60 examiners • 0 of 65 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH has 64 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The docket reaches 60 examiners across 38 art units, reflecting broad distribution across biotechnology examination settings.

HAVLIN, ROBERT H is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The low concentration supports a portfolio process centered on technology and art-unit organization, with examiner-specific preparation for individual responses.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

65
Total Pending OAs
46
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

25
Hard (38%)
24
Medium (37%)
15
Easy (23%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (5%)
§103 only11 (17%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only12 (18%)
Double-patenting only3 (5%)
Double-patenting + other12 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)22 (34%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

58
Life Sciences
89% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
5% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
6% 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.

650 h
Manual time on pending OAs
130 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
227 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAVLIN, ROBERT H 2 51.3% +28.3%
BARSKY, JARED 2 50.3% +22.8%
CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 2 47.3% +27.2%
MIDDLETON, DANAYA L 2 49.5% +48.8%
SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 2 72.6% +75.9%
DEBERRY, REGINA M 1 50.2% +30.8%
GREENE, IVAN A 1 18.8% +6.1%
SAEED, KAMAL A 1 83.8% +9.8%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.4% +24.3%
KIM, SEONG JONG 1 25.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18872318 HSD17B13 INHIBITORS SAEED, KAMAL A —

Hard Cases (26)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18353133 ANTI-IL-36R ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 44d overdue
18544532 SOLID DISPERSION OF A HER2 INHIBITOR HIRT, ERIN E 26d
18039433 ADMINISTRATION DEVICE FOR IN PARTICULAR INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATION OF A FLUID BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 30d
18989164 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF GREENE, IVAN A —
18947116 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF KIM, SEONG JONG —
18848533 NEW GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE VARIANTS AS SELECTION MARKER NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE —
18808311 BISPECIFIC ANTI-VEGF AND ANTI-TRKB BINDING MOLECULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN —
18801886 Cardiosafe Antidiabetic Therapy BAEK, BONG-SOOK —

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18362034 PIPERIDINYLPYRIDINYLCARBONITRILE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE AND GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE LIKE PROTEIN BARSKY, JARED 26d overdue
19542772 ANTI-INTERLEUKIN-11 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF DEBERRY, REGINA M —
18951962 GPR88-RECEPTOR-AGONIST WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY —
18589552 New therapeutic combinations for the treatment of Progressive Fibrosing interstitial lung diseases HAVLIN, ROBERT H —
18585280 New oral pharmaceutical composition and dose regimen for the therapy of progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases HAVLIN, ROBERT H —
18493126 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CAPABLE OF ACTIVATING STING BARSKY, JARED —
18461850 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI —
18327255 HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO TN ANTIGEN MIDDLETON, DANAYA L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1626 4
1699 4
1675 4
1647 3
1621 3
1611 3
1619 2
1627 2
1628 2
1674 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19542772 ANTI-INTERLEUKIN-11 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2026
18989164 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18872318 HSD17B13 INHIBITORS SAEED, KAMAL A 1626 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18951962 GPR88-RECEPTOR-AGONIST WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18947116 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF KIM, SEONG JONG 1621 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18848533 NEW GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE VARIANTS AS SELECTION MARKER NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18808311 BISPECIFIC ANTI-VEGF AND ANTI-TRKB BINDING MOLECULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18801886 Cardiosafe Antidiabetic Therapy BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1611 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18800173 CARDIO- AND RENOSAFE ANTIDIABETIC THERAPY KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1621 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18798981 ANTI-IL-36R ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSES BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1647 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18789815 PIPERIDINYLPYRIDINYLCARBONITRILE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE AND GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE LIKE PROTEIN MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18789814 PIPERIDINYLPYRIDINYLCARBONITRILE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE AND GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE LIKE PROTEIN NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1621 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18785078 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A HER2 INHIBITOR OTTON, ALICIA L 1699 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18728837 METHOD FOR STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION MITCHELL, NATHAN A 2857 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18746567 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18706144 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS STING ANTAGONISTS RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18700748 TRPC6 INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING SEPSIS CHENG, KAREN 1623 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2024
18695414 QUANTIFICATION METHOD OF POLYSORBATE IN AQUEOUS FORMULATIONS SODERQUIST, ARLEN 1797 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18691241 MEDICAMENT FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING DRY EYE BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 §112DP Final Rejection — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18597314 METHODS OF TREATMENT AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS USING AN SGLT-2 INHIBITOR AND A NEUROLEPTIC AGENT BERRY, LAYLA D 1693 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18589552 New therapeutic combinations for the treatment of Progressive Fibrosing interstitial lung diseases HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18686991 METHOD OF DETERMINING A FUTURE COLOR VALUE OR CORRESPONDING PROPERTY AND ARRANGEMENT THEREFOR GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M 2884 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18585280 New oral pharmaceutical composition and dose regimen for the therapy of progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18423352 ANTI-SEMA3A ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES FOR TREATING EYE OR OCULAR DISEASES FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1675 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18579526 IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON TUMOR-SPECIFIC T CELL RECEPTORS AND ANTIGENS LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 1647 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2024
18391748 CRYSTALLINE FORM OF AN MDM2-p53 INHIBITOR AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18389892 GLP1/GIP/NPY2 RECEPTOR TRIPLE AGONISTS MIKNIS, ZACHARY J 1658 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18544532 SOLID DISPERSION OF A HER2 INHIBITOR HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §103§112Other Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18542910 PHENYLPIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE AND GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE LIKE PROTEIN ONDACHI, PAULINE WANJIKU MUCH 1627 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 18, 2023
18561823 A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED AND CONTINUOUS VIRAL FILTRATION, CONCENTRATION AND BUFFER EXCHANGE MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1652 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18561842 TITER METHOD USING UV MEASUREMENT FOR CONTINUOUS BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION LEE, BYUNG RO 2858 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18493126 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CAPABLE OF ACTIVATING STING BARSKY, JARED 1628 DP Final Rejection — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18554231 ANTICANCER THERAPY JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2023
18474419 Use of Biomarkers in the Treatment of Fibrotic Conditions with a PDE4B-inhibitor MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2023
18551553 Pharmaceutical Combinations for Treating Cancer DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 1644 §112DP Final Rejection — Pending Sep 20, 2023
18461850 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 DP Final Rejection — Pending Sep 06, 2023
18450487 COMBINATION THERAPY COMPRISING LONG ACTING GLP-1/GLUCAGON AND NPY2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS JAUHARI, SACHI 1654 §103Other Final Rejection 55d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18275616 ANTI-IL1RAP ANTIBODIES NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 03, 2023
18362034 PIPERIDINYLPYRIDINYLCARBONITRILE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE AND GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE LIKE PROTEIN BARSKY, JARED 1628 Other Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18353133 ANTI-IL-36R ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 1674 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18259098 VIRAL CAPSID PROTEINS WITH SPECIFICITY TO HEART TISSUE CELLS GIBBS, TERRA C 1635 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 23, 2023
18267795 BIFUNCTIONAL ANTI-PD1/IL-7 MOLECULES ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1641 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18334454 PERFUSION MEDIUM BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18256777 FORMULATION FOR MULTI-PURPOSE APPLICATION LU, CHENG 1642 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 09, 2023
18327255 HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO TN ANTIGEN MIDDLETON, DANAYA L 1618 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 01, 2023
18039433 ADMINISTRATION DEVICE FOR IN PARTICULAR INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATION OF A FLUID BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d Pending May 30, 2023
18251562 VIRAL VECTORS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ILD, PF-ILD AND IPF POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2023
18032634 ADMINISTRATION DEVICE FOR IN PARTICULAR INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATION OF A FLUID BOSQUES, EDELMIRA 3772 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2023
18145234 MAMMALIAN CELLS FOR PRODUCING A SECRETED PROTEIN ANGELL, JON E 1637 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2022
17759056 MYELOID-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR FOR USE IN TREATING OR PREVENTING FIBROSIS, HYPERTROPHY OR HEART FAILURE BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1675 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH have?

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH has 65 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 40 art units and 60 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH applications?

Robert H Havlin has the most, with 2 of Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH's pending office actions.

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Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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