Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc.

57 pending office actions • 26 art units • 50 examiners • 0 of 57 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 69 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

57
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
30
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

21
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (21)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)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.

25
Hard (44%)
21
Medium (37%)
8
Easy (14%)
3
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other6 (11%)
§103 only13 (23%)
§102 only3 (5%)
§112 only7 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other5 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)18 (32%)
No statute on record3 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

54
Life Sciences
95% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
5% 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.

570 h
Manual time on pending OAs
114 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
200 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YOO, SUN JAE 2 71.0% +0.3%
VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 2 73.0% +6.7%
BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 2 51.3% +48.6%
MARTINEZ, TARA L 2 62.7% +65.0%
BRAUN, MADELINE E 2 67.6% +26.4%
KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 2 0.0% +0.0%
LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 2 57.0% +47.9%
MYERS, CARLA J 1 49.0% +46.6%
ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1 0.0% +0.0%
VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT 1 29.7% +47.1%

Hard Cases (26)

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
17801709 POTENT AND SELECTIVE DEGRADERS OF ALK HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 182d overdue
17402018 GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIAS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 131d overdue
17473362 METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND DISEASES USING FNDC5 MARTINEZ, TARA L 99d overdue
18016209 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION REDDIG, PETER J 73d overdue
17877195 COMBINATION THERAPY WITH NEOANTIGEN VACCINE GODDARD, LAURA B 19d overdue
18026746 METHODS OF TREATING AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS FAILED AN ANTI-PD-1/ANTI-PD-L1 THERAPY BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 18d overdue
18031257 GERMLINE BIOMARKERS OF CLINICAL RESPONSE AND BENEFIT TO IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR THERAPY HINES, JANA A 15d overdue
17761040 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF A POOR PROGNOSIS SUBTYPE OF COLORECTAL CANCER KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 11d overdue

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
17473362 METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND DISEASES USING FNDC5 MARTINEZ, TARA L 99d overdue
17934553 3-(ANILINO)-2-[3-(3-ALKOXY-PYRIDIN-4-YL]-1,5,6,7-TETRAHYDRO-4H-PYRROLO[3,2-C]PYRIDIN-4-ONE DERIVATIVES AS EGFR INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BRAUN, MADELINE E 79d overdue
17284250 DEGRADERS OF WILD-TYPE AND MUTANT FORMS OF LRRK2 LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 25d overdue
18026746 METHODS OF TREATING AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS FAILED AN ANTI-PD-1/ANTI-PD-L1 THERAPY BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 18d overdue
19098448 IDENTIFICATION OF SOMATIC OR GERMLINE ORIGIN FOR CELL-FREE DNA VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT 16d
17919008 ANTIVIRAL STRUCTURALLY-STABILIZED ACE2 HELIX 1 PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF MARTINEZ, TARA L 22d
19397515 UNIVERSAL EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSTICS MYERS, CARLA J
17621057 HCK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1682 7
1624 5
1621 3
1675 3
1638 3
1658 3
1643 3
1683 3
1623 2
1654 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19397515 UNIVERSAL EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSTICS MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §101§102§103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2025
19371802 Methods of Treating Red Blood Cell Disorders ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2025
19098448 IDENTIFICATION OF SOMATIC OR GERMLINE ORIGIN FOR CELL-FREE DNA VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT 1687 §101DP Final Rejection 16d Pending Apr 02, 2025
18960980 SYSTEMS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING E3 LIGASE SUBSTRATES BY UBIQUITIN BIOTINYLATION PAK, YONG D §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18720202 BCL6 DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18710722 ENZYME-FREE ISOTHERMAL EXPONENTIAL AMPLIFICATION WILDER, CYNTHIA B §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18399092 6-PHENYL-4,5-DIHYDROPYRIDAZIN-3(2H)-ONE DERIVATIVES AS PDE3A AND PDE3B INHIBITORS FOR TREATING CANCER YOO, SUN JAE 1621 §112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18541680 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREDICTING AND PREVENTING RELAPSE OF ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA DAVIS, BRIAN J 1614 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18567873 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12D MUTANT BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2023
18289568 ANTIBODIES AGAINST ALK AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF WEIDNER, ADAM M 1675 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 05, 2023
18283264 ENAMINE N-OXIDES: SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION TO HYPOXIA-RESPONSIVE PRODRUGS AND IMAGING AGENTS BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 21, 2023
18241186 SUBSTITUTED 3,6-DIHYDRO-2H-1,3,4-OXADIAZIN-2-ONES FOR THE TREATMENT OF SARCOMA JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 §103Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18448941 SELECTIVE DEGRADATION OF WILD-TYPE DNA AND ENRICHMENT OF MUTANT ALLELES USING NUCLEASE SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2023
18272184 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING NEUROENDOCRINE PROSTATE CANCER DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18315472 N-[2-({4-[3-(ANILINO)-4-OXO-4,5,6,7-TETRAHYDRO-1H-PYRROLO[3,2-C]PYRIDIN-2-YL]PYRIDIN-3-YL)OXY)ETHYL]PROP-2-ENAMIDE DERIVATIVES AND SIMILAR COMPOUNDS AS EGFR INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 10, 2023
18141278 COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF GENOME EDITING OF B-CELLS VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §102§112DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 28, 2023
18031257 GERMLINE BIOMARKERS OF CLINICAL RESPONSE AND BENEFIT TO IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR THERAPY HINES, JANA A 1645 §101 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18026746 METHODS OF TREATING AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS FAILED AN ANTI-PD-1/ANTI-PD-L1 THERAPY BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18113539 STABILIZED PEPTIDE-MEDIATED TARGETED PROTEIN DEGRADATION FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2023
18020493 SUBSTITUTED 1,2,4-OXADIAZOLES AS SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE 28 NOLAN, JASON MICHAEL 1623 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2023
18019851 THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF PHOSPHATE DYSREGULATION IN CANCER VIA THE XPR1:KIDINS220 PROTEIN COMPLEX REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2023
18018207 ARYL SUBSTITUTED PYRROLO-PYRIDINONES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1624 §112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023
18016209 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18061369 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEOPLASIA SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN 1652 §112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 02, 2022
17927529 BISPECIFIC MOLECULES FOR SELECTIVELY MODULATING T CELLS CHATTIN, AMY MARIE 1643 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17919008 ANTIVIRAL STRUCTURALLY-STABILIZED ACE2 HELIX 1 PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17934553 3-(ANILINO)-2-[3-(3-ALKOXY-PYRIDIN-4-YL]-1,5,6,7-TETRAHYDRO-4H-PYRROLO[3,2-C]PYRIDIN-4-ONE DERIVATIVES AS EGFR INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2022
17910776 METHODS FOR GENERATING ENGINEERED MEMORY-LIKE NK CELLS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2022
17801709 POTENT AND SELECTIVE DEGRADERS OF ALK HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1621 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 182d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17877195 COMBINATION THERAPY WITH NEOANTIGEN VACCINE GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2022
17785561 STRUCTURALLY-STABILIZED ONCOLYTIC PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §103Other Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022
17832911 Immunomodulation by IAP Inhibitors HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 06, 2022
17774002 SELECTIVE HISTONE DEACETYLASE (HDAC) DEGRADERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 1629 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending May 03, 2022
17725407 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE POSITIVE SELECTION OF PROTEIN DESTABILIZERS LEE, JAE W 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 20, 2022
17767035 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CYTOTOXIC T CELL RESISTANT TUMORS LU, CHENG 1642 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 06, 2022
17766189 IMMUNOMODULATORY IMIDE DRUGS AS ZETA-CHAIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE 70 (ZAP70) AGONISTS AND USES THEREOF WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §102Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending Apr 01, 2022
17761040 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF A POOR PROGNOSIS SUBTYPE OF COLORECTAL CANCER KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2022
17687246 COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF GENOME EDITING OF B-CELLS VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §112DPOther Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 04, 2022
17640016 CRISPR EFFECTOR SYSTEM BASED MULTIPLEX CANCER DIAGNOSTICS HOPPE, EMMA RUTH 1683 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2022
17639532 RAPID PREDICTION OF DRUG RESPONSIVENESS KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2022
17634465 IMMUNE SIGNATURES PREDICTIVE OF RESPONSE TO PD-1 BLOCKADE IN RICHTER'S TRANSFORMATION VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 1682 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2022
17628794 INHIBITORS OF CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 7 AND USES THEREOF CORNET, JEAN P 1628 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 20, 2022
17621057 HCK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 1622 DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2021
17595671 COMBINATION THERAPY SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH 1643 §103DP Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2021
17605956 4H-PYRROLO[3,2-c]PYRIDIN-4-ONE COMPOUNDS BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 §112DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 22, 2021
17605207 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS CHARACTERIZING METASTASIS LEVIN, JOEL D 1633 Other Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2021
17473362 METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND DISEASES USING FNDC5 MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 §101§112 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2021
17402018 GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIAS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §103§112 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2021
17419965 SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF FKBP12 VIA RECRUITMENT OF VON HIPPEL-LINDAU E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE (VHL) E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE, AND USES IN dTAG SYSTEMS YOO, SUN JAE 1621 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2021
17284250 DEGRADERS OF WILD-TYPE AND MUTANT FORMS OF LRRK2 LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 1622 §103Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2021
17213417 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CELL TRANSPLANTATION MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 26, 2021
17268941 DNA AMPLIFICATION METHOD FOR PROBE GENERATION POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 16, 2021
17265139 HISTONE DEMETHYLASE 5 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2021
16982333 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 18, 2020
16825269 BORONIC ESTER PRODRUGS AND USES THEREOF BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2020
16739866 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CANCER CELLS LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2020
15768853 POLYMERASE Q AS A TARGET IN HR-DEFICIENT CANCERS DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2018

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