Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH

43 pending office actions • 24 art units • 40 examiners • 0 of 43 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

43
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
2
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

17
Hard (40%)
13
Medium (30%)
13
Easy (30%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (5%)
§101 + other3 (7%)
§103 only5 (12%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only11 (26%)
Double-patenting only2 (5%)
Double-patenting + other7 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (28%)

Industry Mix

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

32
Life Sciences
74% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
7
Business / Other
16% 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.

430 h
Manual time on pending OAs
86 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
150 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OTTON, ALICIA L 2 65.0% +9.2%
GIBBS, TERRA C 2 63.9% +10.4%
FOLEY, SHANON A 2 73.2% +18.0%
BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1 41.7% +69.8%
NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1 59.3% +34.9%
CHENG, KAREN 1 76.3% +27.1%
BERRY, LAYLA D 1 65.9% +8.9%
GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M 1 80.5% +12.8%
FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1 38.0% +49.1%
TRAN, SUSAN T 1 62.6% +35.7%

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
18686991 METHOD OF DETERMINING A FUTURE COLOR VALUE OR CORRESPONDING PROPERTY AND ARRANGEMENT THEREFOR GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M

Hard Cases (17)

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
17999122 VIRAL VECTORS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR REGULATED GENE THERAPY SHIN, DANA H 23d overdue
17914373 USE OF BIOMARKERS IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC CONDITIONS BOESEN, CHRISTIAN C 5d
18298882 COMBINATION TREATMENT SHIBUYA, MARK LANCE 15d
18413822 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF TRAN, SUSAN T 28d
18221936 Cyclopentathiophene Carboxamide Derivatives as Platelet Activating Factor Receptor Antagonists MOORE, SUSANNA 28d
18039433 ADMINISTRATION DEVICE FOR IN PARTICULAR INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATION OF A FLUID BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 30d
18482334 USE OF SGLT-2 INHIBITORS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC DISEASES IN FELINES LAU, JONATHAN S 34d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18003056 COMBINATION PORCINE VACCINE FOLEY, SHANON A 31d overdue
18413822 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF TRAN, SUSAN T 28d
18295675 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR VACCINATION AGAINST ROTAVIRUS FOLEY, SHANON A 55d
18801886 Cardiosafe Antidiabetic Therapy BAEK, BONG-SOOK
18789814 PIPERIDINYLPYRIDINYLCARBONITRILE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE AND GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE LIKE PROTEIN NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY
18700748 TRPC6 INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING SEPSIS CHENG, KAREN
18686991 METHOD OF DETERMINING A FUTURE COLOR VALUE OR CORRESPONDING PROPERTY AND ARRANGEMENT THEREFOR GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M
18423352 ANTI-SEMA3A ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES FOR TREATING EYE OR OCULAR DISEASES FONTAINHAS, AURORA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1624 4
1635 3
1671 3
1693 2
1699 2
1675 2
1642 2
3796 2
1623 1
2884 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18801886 Cardiosafe Antidiabetic Therapy BAEK, BONG-SOOK §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 13, 2024
18789814 PIPERIDINYLPYRIDINYLCARBONITRILE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE AND GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE LIKE PROTEIN NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18785078 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A HER2 INHIBITOR OTTON, ALICIA L §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18700748 TRPC6 INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING SEPSIS CHENG, KAREN 1623 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 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
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
18423352 ANTI-SEMA3A ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES FOR TREATING EYE OR OCULAR DISEASES FONTAINHAS, AURORA M §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18413822 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF TRAN, SUSAN T 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 16, 2024
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 §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 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 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18468885 HETEROAROMATIC CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES AS PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18275616 ANTI-IL1RAP ANTIBODIES NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2023
18353133 ANTI-IL-36R ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 1674 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18221936 Cyclopentathiophene Carboxamide Derivatives as Platelet Activating Factor Receptor Antagonists MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18259098 VIRAL CAPSID PROTEINS WITH SPECIFICITY TO HEART TISSUE CELLS GIBBS, TERRA C 1635 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 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 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023
18039433 ADMINISTRATION DEVICE FOR IN PARTICULAR INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATION OF A FLUID BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 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
18251571 VIRAL VECTORS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ILD, PF-ILD AND IPF GIBBS, TERRA C 1635 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18298882 COMBINATION TREATMENT SHIBUYA, MARK LANCE 1631 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 11, 2023
18185493 ANG2-BINDING MOLECULES MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1642 §112Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 17, 2023
18044110 METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTAMINATING LIPASE ACTIVITY CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1651 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2023
18019771 DIFLUOROMETHYL-PYRIDIN-2-YL TRIAZOLES HABTE, KAHSAY 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2023
18001980 A METHOD OF PROVIDING A HOMOGENEOUS FEED STREAM WITHIN A PLUG FLOW REACTOR HUANG, RYAN 1777 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2022
17999122 VIRAL VECTORS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR REGULATED GENE THERAPY SHIN, DANA H 1635 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022
17914373 USE OF BIOMARKERS IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC CONDITIONS BOESEN, CHRISTIAN C 1684 §101§103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17785427 BIFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES COMPRISING AN IL-7 VARIANT DONOGHUE, BRITTNEY ERIN 1675 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2022
17525433 CELL ENGINEERING USING RNAs HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 12, 2021
17608328 VIRAL VECTORS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF PF-ILD AND IPF ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY 1636 §112DP Final Rejection 119d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2021
18666911 COMBINATION TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF CARDIAC DISEASES IN NON-HUMAN MAMMALS COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SGLT-2 INHIBITORS AND PIMOBENDAN AND/OR TELMISARTAN REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18666922 Combination treatment and/or prevention of renal diseases and/or hypertension in non-human mammals comprising one or more SGLT-2 inhibitors and telmisartan SHIAO, YIH-HORNG DP Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18482334 USE OF SGLT-2 INHIBITORS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC DISEASES IN FELINES LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18481566 PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION COMPRISING CICLESONIDE BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18252590 NEW FELINE HERPES VIRUS VACCINE PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1671 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2023
18295675 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR VACCINATION AGAINST ROTAVIRUS FOLEY, SHANON A 1671 §103§112Other Final Rejection 55d Pending Apr 04, 2023
18159241 ANALYSIS OF AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL HOLMES, REX R 3796 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jan 25, 2023
17131312 ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST FOR THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES IN CATS OTTON, ALICIA L 1699 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 22, 2020
17070968 EXAMINATION APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF AN ANIMAL HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2020
18003056 COMBINATION PORCINE VACCINE FOLEY, SHANON A 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022

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