Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Children's Hospital Medical Center

23 pending office actions • 16 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (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.

14
Hard (61%)
8
Medium (35%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other2 (9%)
§103 only5 (22%)
§102 only2 (9%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (48%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
2
Business / Other
9% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 24.5% +51.2%
MARVICH, MARIA 1 54.7% +28.1%
WILSON, MICHAEL C 1 41.4% +17.5%
LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1 39.3% +70.3%
AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE 1 73.2% +30.2%
MONTANARI, DAVID A 1 64.8% +49.2%
CHEN, STACY BROWN 1 66.0% +40.4%
SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 1 53.0% +48.0%
CHONG, YONG SOO 1 43.7% +41.7%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1 36.1% +46.1%

Hard Cases (14)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17919030 Systems and Methods for Quantification of Liver Fibrosis with MRI and Deep Learning TIEU, BENNY QUOC 121d overdue
17421908 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF A MALABSORPTIVE DISORDER REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 91d overdue
18104055 NPERSEVERE: BIOMARKERS ESTIMATING BASELINE MORTALITY RISK FOR NEONATAL SEPSIS AND NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 62d
18934187 SKIN CARE FOR EXTREMELY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS ALBERS, KEVIN S
18847004 DELIVERY METHODS USING PLATELETS MARVICH, MARIA
18737201 SELF-INACTIVATING LENTIVIRAL VECTOR ENCODING BETA- OR GAMMA-GLOBIN WILSON, MICHAEL C
18415949 INTEIN TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER ABCA3 LIPID TRANSPORTER FOR ABCA3 DEFICIENCY LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE
18473619 COLONIC ORGANOIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME MONTANARI, DAVID A

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18333934 Microspheres Containing Decellularized Donor Tissue and Their Use in Fabricating Polymeric Structures BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 62d
18276905 INFLUENZA VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME CHEN, STACY BROWN 63d
18934187 SKIN CARE FOR EXTREMELY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS ALBERS, KEVIN S
18847004 DELIVERY METHODS USING PLATELETS MARVICH, MARIA
18737201 SELF-INACTIVATING LENTIVIRAL VECTOR ENCODING BETA- OR GAMMA-GLOBIN WILSON, MICHAEL C
18415949 INTEIN TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER ABCA3 LIPID TRANSPORTER FOR ABCA3 DEFICIENCY LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE
18578381 DIFFERENTIAL CXCR4 EXPRESSION ON HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELLS VERSUS STEM CELLS DIRECTS HOMING AND LONG-TERM ENGRAFTMENT AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE
18473619 COLONIC ORGANOIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME MONTANARI, DAVID A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1638 3
1632 3
1672 2
3786 1
1682 1
1623 1
1655 1
1758 1
1633 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18934187 SKIN CARE FOR EXTREMELY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18847004 DELIVERY METHODS USING PLATELETS MARVICH, MARIA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18737201 SELF-INACTIVATING LENTIVIRAL VECTOR ENCODING BETA- OR GAMMA-GLOBIN WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18415949 INTEIN TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER ABCA3 LIPID TRANSPORTER FOR ABCA3 DEFICIENCY LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18578381 DIFFERENTIAL CXCR4 EXPRESSION ON HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELLS VERSUS STEM CELLS DIRECTS HOMING AND LONG-TERM ENGRAFTMENT AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE 1638 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18473619 COLONIC ORGANOIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18276905 INFLUENZA VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA 63d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18229323 Methods for Treating Eosinophilic Esophagitis SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 1682 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2023
18272176 METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING CFTR-MODULATOR THERAPY CHONG, YONG SOO 1623 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18333934 Microspheres Containing Decellularized Donor Tissue and Their Use in Fabricating Polymeric Structures BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18039391 ENHANCED NANOPARTICLE DELIVERY SYSTEMS KELLY, ROBERT M 1638 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2023
18252813 REFINED USES OF GABA A RECEPTOR MODULATORS IN TREATMENT OF FRAGILE X SYNDROME WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL 1758 §102§103Other Final Rejection Pending May 12, 2023
18250996 PSEUDOTYPED PARTICLES, MODIFIED CELLS, RELATED COMPOSITIONS, AND RELATED METHODS O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1633 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18027900 RAFT CULTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2023
18104055 NPERSEVERE: BIOMARKERS ESTIMATING BASELINE MORTALITY RISK FOR NEONATAL SEPSIS AND NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 1678 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jan 31, 2023
17919030 Systems and Methods for Quantification of Liver Fibrosis with MRI and Deep Learning TIEU, BENNY QUOC 2682 §101 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2022
17910105 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GAUCHER DISEASE CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1651 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 08, 2022
17798190 BRAIN FUNCTION MAPPING WITH INTRACRANIAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) USING EVENT-RELATED SPECTRAL MODULATIONS UCHITEL, EMILY RUTH ABIGAIL 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2022
17634148 METHODS FOR MAKING ORGANOID COMPOSITIONS BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2022
17627613 METHOD OF TREATING NEOPLASTIC DISEASES WITH A CDC42-SPECIFIC INHIBITOR PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2022
17617165 RATIONAL THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF ONCOGENIC IMMUNE SIGNALING STATES IN MYELOID MALIGNANCIES VIA THE UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME UBE2N PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2021
17603774 VIRAL VECTOR MANUFACTURING METHODS JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §103Other Final Rejection 8d Pending Oct 14, 2021
17421908 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF A MALABSORPTIVE DISORDER REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2021

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