Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

2
Hard (33%)
3
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% 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
17% 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
KIFLE, BRUCK 1 79.3% +15.8%
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1 67.2% +37.0%
LEE, ANDREW P 1 48.4% +23.3%
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 52.4% +55.0%
ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY 1 55.8% +54.3%
RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1 33.1% +20.0%

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
17845275 USE OF 1-[4-BROMO-5-[1-ETHYL-7-(METHYLAMINO)-2-OXO-1,2-DIHYDRO-1,6-NAPHTHYRIDIN-3-YL]-2-FLUOROPHENYL]-3-PHENYLUREA AND ANALOGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 12d
18505396 METHODS OF TREATING MELANOMA WITH RIPRETINIB LEE, ANDREW P

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18078269 RAF KINASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY 8d overdue
17845275 USE OF 1-[4-BROMO-5-[1-ETHYL-7-(METHYLAMINO)-2-OXO-1,2-DIHYDRO-1,6-NAPHTHYRIDIN-3-YL]-2-FLUOROPHENYL]-3-PHENYLUREA AND ANALOGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 12d
18457825 METHODS OF TREATING DISORDERS WITH ULK INHIBITORS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 42d
18770318 PHENYLAMINOPYRIMIDINE AMIDE AUTOPHAGY INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF KIFLE, BRUCK
18683078 COMBINATION THERAPY USING VPS34 INHIBITORS PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT
18505396 METHODS OF TREATING MELANOMA WITH RIPRETINIB LEE, ANDREW P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1627 1
1691 1
1626 1
1625 1
1628 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18770318 PHENYLAMINOPYRIMIDINE AMIDE AUTOPHAGY INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF KIFLE, BRUCK DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2024
18683078 COMBINATION THERAPY USING VPS34 INHIBITORS PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18505396 METHODS OF TREATING MELANOMA WITH RIPRETINIB LEE, ANDREW P 1691 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2023
18457825 METHODS OF TREATING DISORDERS WITH ULK INHIBITORS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18078269 RAF KINASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY 1625 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
17845275 USE OF 1-[4-BROMO-5-[1-ETHYL-7-(METHYLAMINO)-2-OXO-1,2-DIHYDRO-1,6-NAPHTHYRIDIN-3-YL]-2-FLUOROPHENYL]-3-PHENYLUREA AND ANALOGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1628 §103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 21, 2022

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