Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cepheid

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (17%)
3
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (17%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARVEY-BUTLER, AVANDA ELEXA 1
LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1 57.4% +56.8%
GORDON, BRIAN R 1 64.8% +18.7%
CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1 28.6% +48.9%
JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1 53.2% +41.1%
YU, TIAN NMN 1 55.1% +13.6%

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
17921582 PSEUDO-COMPLEMENTARY BASES IN GENOTYPING AND NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 25d overdue
17576307 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DISCRIMINATING BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTIONS IN A HUMAN SUBJECT JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1d overdue

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
17240865 EXPONENTIAL BASE-3 AND GREATER NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION WITH CYCLING PROBE YU, TIAN NMN 32d overdue
17921582 PSEUDO-COMPLEMENTARY BASES IN GENOTYPING AND NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 25d overdue
17576307 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DISCRIMINATING BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTIONS IN A HUMAN SUBJECT JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1d overdue
18184326 UNITARY CARTRIDGE BODY AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 26d
18095982 INTEGRATED PURIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT OF DNA METHYLATION AND CO-MEASUREMENT OF MUTATIONS AND/OR MRNA EXPRESSION LEVELS IN AN AUTOMATED REACTION CARTRIDGE GORDON, BRIAN R 71d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1683 2
1796 1
1798 1
1682 1
1681 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18320837 MVP CARTRIDGE AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE HARVEY-BUTLER, AVANDA ELEXA 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18184326 UNITARY CARTRIDGE BODY AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 15, 2023
18095982 INTEGRATED PURIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT OF DNA METHYLATION AND CO-MEASUREMENT OF MUTATIONS AND/OR MRNA EXPRESSION LEVELS IN AN AUTOMATED REACTION CARTRIDGE GORDON, BRIAN R 1798 DPOther Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jan 11, 2023
17921582 PSEUDO-COMPLEMENTARY BASES IN GENOTYPING AND NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2022
17576307 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DISCRIMINATING BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTIONS IN A HUMAN SUBJECT JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1682 §101 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2022
17240865 EXPONENTIAL BASE-3 AND GREATER NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION WITH CYCLING PROBE YU, TIAN NMN 1681 Other Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2021

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