Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

BostonGene Corporation

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (57%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAULS, JOHN A 1 49.1% +27.0%
SENFI, BEHROOZ M 1 82.8% +9.8%
CORRIELUS, JEAN M 1 84.1% +12.7%
BEVERIDGE, CONNOR HAMMOND 1 0.0% +0.0%
KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP 1 19.2% +29.4%
SALMON, KATHERINE D 1 42.6% +38.0%
BAKER, IRENE H 1 53.0% +26.7%

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
18918401 TECHNIQUES FOR TERTIARY LYMPHOID STRUCTURE (TLS) DETECTION SENFI, BEHROOZ M

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19224303 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINED USING ARTIFICIAL CELL-FREE RNA (CFRNA) EXPRESSION DATA PAULS, JOHN A
18039954 HIERARCHICAL MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING MOLECULAR CATEGORIES FROM EXPRESSION DATA CORRIELUS, JEAN M
18082157 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECONVOLUTION OF EXPRESSION DATA BEVERIDGE, CONNOR HAMMOND
17699018 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING, VISUALIZING AND CLASSIFYING MOLECULAR FUNCTIONAL PROFILES KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP
17565659 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION, SAMPLE SEQUENCING, AND SEQUENCING DATA BIAS CORRECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL BAKER, IRENE H

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
19224303 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINED USING ARTIFICIAL CELL-FREE RNA (CFRNA) EXPRESSION DATA PAULS, JOHN A
18039954 HIERARCHICAL MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING MOLECULAR CATEGORIES FROM EXPRESSION DATA CORRIELUS, JEAN M
17699018 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING, VISUALIZING AND CLASSIFYING MOLECULAR FUNCTIONAL PROFILES KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP
17690757 B CELL-ENRICHED TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENTS SALMON, KATHERINE D
17565659 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION, SAMPLE SEQUENCING, AND SEQUENCING DATA BIAS CORRECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL BAKER, IRENE H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2159 1
1686 1
1682 1
2152 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19224303 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINED USING ARTIFICIAL CELL-FREE RNA (CFRNA) EXPRESSION DATA PAULS, JOHN A §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
18918401 TECHNIQUES FOR TERTIARY LYMPHOID STRUCTURE (TLS) DETECTION SENFI, BEHROOZ M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18039954 HIERARCHICAL MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING MOLECULAR CATEGORIES FROM EXPRESSION DATA CORRIELUS, JEAN M 2159 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 01, 2023
18082157 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECONVOLUTION OF EXPRESSION DATA BEVERIDGE, CONNOR HAMMOND §101§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2022
17699018 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING, VISUALIZING AND CLASSIFYING MOLECULAR FUNCTIONAL PROFILES KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP 1686 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 18, 2022
17690757 B CELL-ENRICHED TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENTS SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 09, 2022
17565659 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION, SAMPLE SEQUENCING, AND SEQUENCING DATA BIAS CORRECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL BAKER, IRENE H 2152 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 30, 2021

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