Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Caredx Inc.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (75%)
§103 only1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES 1 60.6% +33.7%
SABOUR, GHAZAL 1 37.8% +43.2%
ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 1 33.5% +40.8%
MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1 26.9% +22.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19245981 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN MIXED SAMPLES KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES 35d overdue
19243957 SEQUENCE-BASED ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS IN MIXED SAMPLES SABOUR, GHAZAL
17773031 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TRANSPLANT DONORS FOR A TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19245981 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN MIXED SAMPLES KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES 35d overdue
19074798 APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A METRIC PROGRESS AGGREGATION INSIGHT INTERFACE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A PRE- OR POST-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 15d overdue
19243957 SEQUENCE-BASED ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS IN MIXED SAMPLES SABOUR, GHAZAL
17773031 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TRANSPLANT DONORS FOR A TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1685 2
1686 1
3682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19245981 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN MIXED SAMPLES KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES 1685 §101§112 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2025
19243957 SEQUENCE-BASED ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS IN MIXED SAMPLES SABOUR, GHAZAL 1686 §101§103§112DPOther Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2025
19074798 APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A METRIC PROGRESS AGGREGATION INSIGHT INTERFACE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A PRE- OR POST-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2025
17773031 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TRANSPLANT DONORS FOR A TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1685 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 28, 2022

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