Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Celgene Corporation

13 pending office actions • 12 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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.

2
Hard (15%)
5
Medium (38%)
5
Easy (38%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only2 (15%)
§112 only4 (31%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other3 (23%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
92% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVIS, BRIAN J 1 84.8% -4.1%
WILSON, MICHAEL C 1 41.4% +17.5%
RAHMANI, NILOOFAR 1 77.5% -3.1%
BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1 69.1% +38.2%
SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1 86.4% +14.7%
METCALF, MATTHEW CURRAN 1 40.0% +75.0%
SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1 42.4% +53.8%
LUNDE, GRACE HENRY 1 63.0% +38.9%
MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND 1 62.7% +37.7%
BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1 69.4% +25.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18776606 CEREBLON BINDING COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT THEREWITH DAVIS, BRIAN J
18572342 PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF (S)-2-(2,6-DIOXOPIPERIDIN-3-YL)-4-((2-FLUORO-4-((3-MORPHOLINOAZETIDIN-1-YL)METHYL)BENZYL)AMINO)ISOINDOLINE-1,3-DIONE SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17620541 AZACITIDINE IN COMBINATION WITH VENETOCLAX, GILTERITINIB, MIDOSTAURIN OR OTHER COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING LEUKEMIA OR MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME BERRY, LAYLA D 48d
18550083 METHODS FOR USING A HYPOMETHYLATING AGENT TO TREAT DISEASES AND DISORDERS BASED ON GENE MUTATION PROFILES SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18609867 TRANSGENIC MOUSE EXPRESSING HUMAN CEREBLON WILSON, MICHAEL C
18573790 CEREBLON BINDING COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT THEREWITH BELL, SARA ELIZABETH
18572342 PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF (S)-2-(2,6-DIOXOPIPERIDIN-3-YL)-4-((2-FLUORO-4-((3-MORPHOLINOAZETIDIN-1-YL)METHYL)BENZYL)AMINO)ISOINDOLINE-1,3-DIONE SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER
18563037 METHODS OF TREATING MULTIPLE MYELOMA USING COMBINATION THERAPY METCALF, MATTHEW CURRAN
18550083 METHODS FOR USING A HYPOMETHYLATING AGENT TO TREAT DISEASES AND DISORDERS BASED ON GENE MUTATION PROFILES SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE
18265235 USES OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) T-CELL THERAPIES IN COMBINATION WITH INHIBITORS OF INFLAMMATION-RELATED SOLUBLE FACTORS LUNDE, GRACE HENRY
18248205 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY TREATMENT OF LYMPHOID MALIGNANT NEOPLASM CONDITIONS MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND
17817777 Composition and Methods for Selective Degradation of Engineered Proteins BOWLES, DAVID PAUL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1614 1
1638 1
1691 1
1625 1
1622 1
1682 1
1641 1
1644 1
1654 1
1643 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18776606 CEREBLON BINDING COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT THEREWITH DAVIS, BRIAN J 1614 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18609867 TRANSGENIC MOUSE EXPRESSING HUMAN CEREBLON WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18419894 ANTIPROLIFERATIVE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF RAHMANI, NILOOFAR 1691 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18573790 CEREBLON BINDING COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT THEREWITH BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18572342 PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF (S)-2-(2,6-DIOXOPIPERIDIN-3-YL)-4-((2-FLUORO-4-((3-MORPHOLINOAZETIDIN-1-YL)METHYL)BENZYL)AMINO)ISOINDOLINE-1,3-DIONE SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18563037 METHODS OF TREATING MULTIPLE MYELOMA USING COMBINATION THERAPY METCALF, MATTHEW CURRAN §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18550083 METHODS FOR USING A HYPOMETHYLATING AGENT TO TREAT DISEASES AND DISORDERS BASED ON GENE MUTATION PROFILES SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18265235 USES OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) T-CELL THERAPIES IN COMBINATION WITH INHIBITORS OF INFLAMMATION-RELATED SOLUBLE FACTORS LUNDE, GRACE HENRY 1641 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18248205 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY TREATMENT OF LYMPHOID MALIGNANT NEOPLASM CONDITIONS MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND 1644 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 06, 2023
17817777 Composition and Methods for Selective Degradation of Engineered Proteins BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1654 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2022
17795829 ANTI-CD30 ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES AND THEIR USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2022
17620541 AZACITIDINE IN COMBINATION WITH VENETOCLAX, GILTERITINIB, MIDOSTAURIN OR OTHER COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING LEUKEMIA OR MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME BERRY, LAYLA D 1693 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 48d Pending Dec 17, 2021
17220377 METHODS FOR DETERMINING DRUG EFFICACY FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA, MULTIPLE MYELOMA, AND MYELOID CANCERS GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 01, 2021

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