Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Children's Medical Center Corporation

31 pending office actions • 23 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

15
Hard (48%)
14
Medium (45%)
1
Easy (3%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only11 (35%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (42%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

23
Life Sciences
74% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
16% of docket
3
Business / Other
10% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 2 57.4% +42.8%
BROWN, SETH RICHARD 1 48.9% +45.6%
BUI, PHUONG T 1 81.2% +23.1%
XIE, XIAOZHEN 1 56.4% +65.9%
MILLER, DALE R 1 62.4% +17.4%
EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1 61.0% +44.2%
PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F 1 70.8% +40.3%
OLSON, ALEXANDRA NADINE 1 100.0% +0.0%
DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 1 0.0% +0.0%
GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J 1 85.1% +8.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18030473 ENGINEERING-DESIGN-BASED WORKFLOW FOR VALVE RECONSTRUCTION GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J

Hard Cases (16)

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
17371017 MYBPC3 POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF DHAR, MATASHA 107d overdue
17312248 GENOMIC REARRANGEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROSTATE CANCER AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME SISSON, BRADLEY L 42d overdue
18030467 COMPUTATIONAL PLANNING OF SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 28d overdue
18120301 ABCB5 POSITIVE MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AS IMMUNOMODULATORS WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 16d overdue
17928255 ADJUVANTS FOR SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS (SARS-COV) VACCINES CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 13d
18035835 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OLSON, ALEXANDRA NADINE 23d
17273684 USE OF MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL EXOSOMES IN ANTENATAL THERAPY STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 27d
18268477 IMPROVED RECEPTOR-BINDING DOMAIN OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A AND USES THEREOF PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F 34d

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
18120301 ABCB5 POSITIVE MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AS IMMUNOMODULATORS WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 16d overdue
18268477 IMPROVED RECEPTOR-BINDING DOMAIN OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A AND USES THEREOF PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F 34d
18282215 ENGINEERED BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A PROTEASE DOMAIN WITH IMPROVED EFFICACY EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 82d
19003564 SOFT BRACES TO PREVENT INJURY TO A JOINT OR BODY SEGMENT BROWN, SETH RICHARD
18579325 EXTRACHROMOSOMAL CIRCULAR DNA AS AN IMMUNOSTIMULANT AND BIOMARKER FOR DISEASE BUI, PHUONG T
18577206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY BASED ON SUPRAMOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURES XIE, XIAOZHEN
18396181 BIODEGRADABLE LIPIDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR INTRAMUSCULAR, IN VITRO, AND EX VIVO TRANSFECTION OF MRNA MILLER, DALE R
16639474 PURIFIED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL EXOSOMES AND USES THEREOF WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1632 3
1699 2
1634 2
1633 2
1691 2
3786 1
1663 1
4100 1
1651 1
1684 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19003564 SOFT BRACES TO PREVENT INJURY TO A JOINT OR BODY SEGMENT BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 27, 2024
18579325 EXTRACHROMOSOMAL CIRCULAR DNA AS AN IMMUNOSTIMULANT AND BIOMARKER FOR DISEASE BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18577206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY BASED ON SUPRAMOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURES XIE, XIAOZHEN §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18396181 BIODEGRADABLE LIPIDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR INTRAMUSCULAR, IN VITRO, AND EX VIVO TRANSFECTION OF MRNA MILLER, DALE R 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2023
18282215 ENGINEERED BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A PROTEASE DOMAIN WITH IMPROVED EFFICACY EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1699 §102 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18268477 IMPROVED RECEPTOR-BINDING DOMAIN OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A AND USES THEREOF PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F 1651 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18035835 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OLSON, ALEXANDRA NADINE 1684 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 08, 2023
18030467 COMPUTATIONAL PLANNING OF SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 3791 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18030473 ENGINEERING-DESIGN-BASED WORKFLOW FOR VALVE RECONSTRUCTION GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2023
18120301 ABCB5 POSITIVE MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AS IMMUNOMODULATORS WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 1634 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18168131 FORCE-CONTROLLED NANOSWITCH ASSAYS FOR SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION IN COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS HORLICK, KENNETH R §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2023
18015209 TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY TO SITES OF INTRAVASCULAR OCCLUSION UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18014901 GUIDING BLOOD PRODUCT ADMINISTRATION TO MITIGATE BLEEDING RISK FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2023
17928255 ADJUVANTS FOR SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS (SARS-COV) VACCINES CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 1672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17794861 DEVICE FOR VISUALIZATION OF VALVE DURING SURGERY FREHE, WILLIAM R 3783 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2022
17855719 TISSUE FASTENING SCHERBEL, TODD J 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 30, 2022
17777659 STIMULI THAT HYPERACTIVATE RESIDENT DENDRITIC CELLS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY CHATTIN, AMY MARIE 1643 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending May 18, 2022
17769536 METHODS FOR MULTI-FOCAL IMAGING FOR MOLECULAR PROFILING CROW, ROBERT THOMAS 1600 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2022
17637305 INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1 (ICAM1) ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATE AND USES THEREOF PETRASH, HILARY ANN 1644 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2022
17635409 LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF EXOSOME MIMETICS AND USES THEREOF MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 15, 2022
17486855 ABCB5(+) STEM CELLS FOR TREATING OCULAR DISEASE FOX, ALLISON M 1633 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2021
17422638 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING OR SUPPLEMENTING SOCS3 TO ABROGATE TUMOR GROWTH AND PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2021
17371017 MYBPC3 POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §103§112 Final Rejection 107d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2021
17312248 GENOMIC REARRANGEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROSTATE CANCER AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2021
17275266 NANOPARTICLE FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF THEIR USE MACH, ANDRE 1615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2021
17273684 USE OF MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL EXOSOMES IN ANTENATAL THERAPY STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 04, 2021
17053752 MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL EXOSOME-TREATED MONOCYTES AND USES THEREOF WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2020
17045412 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SOMATIC CELL REPROGRAMMING AND MODULATING IMPRINTING BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E 1632 Other Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2020
16979084 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN PEDIATRICS LEE, ANDREW P 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2020
16639474 PURIFIED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL EXOSOMES AND USES THEREOF WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 1634 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2020
16628162 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 02, 2020

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