Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% 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
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1 41.7% +69.9%
WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1 48.4% +60.3%
MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1 74.1% +30.8%
BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1 66.7% +44.4%
CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1 33.8% +25.2%

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
18313915 MELANOCORTIN TYPE 2 RECEPTOR (MC2R) TARGETED THERAPEUTICS AND USES THEREOF CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 61d
18985740 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING PALTUSOTINE TO PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC IMPAIRMENT BAEK, BONG-SOOK —
18541289 CRYSTALLINE MELANOCORTIN SUBTYPE-2 RECEPTOR (MC2R) ANTAGONIST BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN —

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
18313915 MELANOCORTIN TYPE 2 RECEPTOR (MC2R) TARGETED THERAPEUTICS AND USES THEREOF CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 61d
18985740 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING PALTUSOTINE TO PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC IMPAIRMENT BAEK, BONG-SOOK —
18762266 USES OF A SOMATOSTATIN MODULATOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN —
18587187 PROCESS OF MAKING SOMATOSTATIN MODULATORS MCDOWELL, BRIAN E —
18541289 CRYSTALLINE MELANOCORTIN SUBTYPE-2 RECEPTOR (MC2R) ANTAGONIST BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1624 2
1629 1
1618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18985740 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING PALTUSOTINE TO PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC IMPAIRMENT BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1629 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18762266 USES OF A SOMATOSTATIN MODULATOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN — §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18587187 PROCESS OF MAKING SOMATOSTATIN MODULATORS MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2024
18541289 CRYSTALLINE MELANOCORTIN SUBTYPE-2 RECEPTOR (MC2R) ANTAGONIST BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1624 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2023
18313915 MELANOCORTIN TYPE 2 RECEPTOR (MC2R) TARGETED THERAPEUTICS AND USES THEREOF CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending May 08, 2023

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