Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Capricor Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Capricor Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, showing a fully distributed examination structure across the listed portfolio.

RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate scientific positions centrally while assigning matter-level responsibility for each examiner and art unit.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1 73.7% +26.5%
SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1 68.2% +30.6%
GU, QINHUA 1 76.2% +27.1%
TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1 64.6% +34.4%
ZHU, JIANJIAN 1 58.1% +82.5%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17906464 CARDIOSPHERE-DERIVED CELL (CDC) THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 53d overdue
17608636 THERAPEUTICALLY ACTIVE CELLS AND EXOSOMES ZHU, JIANJIAN 2d overdue
18920959 ARGINASE BEARING VESICLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM —
18577642 METHOD FOR SURFACE EXPRESSION OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS THAT HAVE A CYTOPLASMIC C-TERMINAL TAIL SALVOZA, M FRANCO G —

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
17906464 CARDIOSPHERE-DERIVED CELL (CDC) THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 53d overdue
18011041 Extracellular Vesicles Engineered to Be Loaded with Distinct RNA Cargo for Improved Therapeutic Efficacy GU, QINHUA 38d overdue
17608636 THERAPEUTICALLY ACTIVE CELLS AND EXOSOMES ZHU, JIANJIAN 2d overdue
18920959 ARGINASE BEARING VESICLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM —
18577642 METHOD FOR SURFACE EXPRESSION OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS THAT HAVE A CYTOPLASMIC C-TERMINAL TAIL SALVOZA, M FRANCO G —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1652 1
1672 1
1633 1
1653 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18920959 ARGINASE BEARING VESICLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2024
18577642 METHOD FOR SURFACE EXPRESSION OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS THAT HAVE A CYTOPLASMIC C-TERMINAL TAIL SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18011041 Extracellular Vesicles Engineered to Be Loaded with Distinct RNA Cargo for Improved Therapeutic Efficacy GU, QINHUA 1633 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2022
17906464 CARDIOSPHERE-DERIVED CELL (CDC) THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §102§103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2022
17608636 THERAPEUTICALLY ACTIVE CELLS AND EXOSOMES ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103§112Other Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Capricor Inc. have?

Capricor Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Capricor Inc. applications?

Ganapathiram Raghu has the most, with 1 of Capricor Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Capricor Inc.'s patent applications in?

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

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