Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Eli Lilly and Company

56 pending office actions • 22 art units • 50 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 74 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

56
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 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.

26
Hard (46%)
24
Medium (43%)
6
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other4 (7%)
§103 only13 (23%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only3 (5%)
Double-patenting only3 (5%)
Double-patenting + other9 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)21 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

35
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
10
Business / Other
18% 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.

560 h
Manual time on pending OAs
112 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
196 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 2 62.9% +33.0%
ULSH, DUNG T 2 78.6% +16.7%
THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE 2
DARB, HAMZA A. 2 74.4% +31.3%
BALLARD, KIMBERLY 2 53.9% +48.3%
REYNOLDS, FRED H 2 33.1% +39.0%
STEELE, AMBER D 1 59.0% +9.7%
BARSKY, JARED 1 50.3% +23.1%
JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 1 77.9% -3.3%
PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 1 70.2% +15.2%

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
18011965 PREVENTION OF AXONAL DAMAGE USING ANTIBODY BINDING TO AMYLOID BETA 1-42 WANG, CHANG YU 32d overdue
18312653 HUMAN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY GLUCOCORTICOID CONJUGATES ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI 30d overdue
17619289 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING MISSED BOLUS DOSES PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 30d overdue
18523645 THERAPEUTIC USES OF DULAGLUTIDE BEANE, RANDALL L 29d overdue
17211163 COMBINATION THERAPY BALLARD, KIMBERLY 10d overdue
18260125 ANTI-N3pGlu AMYLOID BETA ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE 3d overdue
17433795 MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE WITH SENSING SYSTEM DARB, HAMZA A. 2d overdue
18176844 THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODY FORMULATION KIM, YUNSOO 8d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
17211163 COMBINATION THERAPY BALLARD, KIMBERLY 10d overdue
17433795 MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE WITH SENSING SYSTEM DARB, HAMZA A. 2d overdue
18044618 DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC FLUIDS DARB, HAMZA A. 14d
17633631 METHODS OF MAKING INCRETIN ANALOGS REYNOLDS, FRED H 28d
19341996 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A GIP/GLP1 DUAL AGONIST BRADLEY, CHRISTINA
19338984 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A GIP/GLP1 DUAL AGONIST BRADLEY, CHRISTINA
18853699 PROCESS FOR MAKING A KRAS G12C INHIBITOR BARSKY, JARED
18847285 CAPSULE FOR GASTROINTESTINAL SAMPLING PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 9
1654 6
1658 4
1641 4
1675 3
1628 2
1674 2
1647 2
3686 1
1621 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19351688 PROCESSES AND INTERMEDIATES FOR PREPARING TIRZEPATIDE STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 07, 2025
19341996 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A GIP/GLP1 DUAL AGONIST BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2025
19338984 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A GIP/GLP1 DUAL AGONIST BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2025
18853699 PROCESS FOR MAKING A KRAS G12C INHIBITOR BARSKY, JARED DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18897646 KRAS INHIBITORS JACKSON, SHAWQUIA §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18847285 CAPSULE FOR GASTROINTESTINAL SAMPLING PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18826275 AT2R ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF ISMAIL, REHANA DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18802006 THREE RESIN REACTORS IN SERIES PEPTIDE SYNTHESIZER AUDET, MAURY A 1654 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18745159 MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE WITH GEAR SET DOSAGE SYSTEM MENDEZ, MANUEL A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18713758 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SUBJECTS FOR CLINICAL TRIALS HEIN, DEVIN C 3686 §101 Final Rejection 33d Pending May 28, 2024
18707780 DEUTERATED (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PYRIMIDINE-2-AMINE COMPOUNDS AS POTENTIATORS OF THE HMRGX1 RECEPTOR HEES, OLIVER DRAGON 1628 §101§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18699114 STABILIZER FOR MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE PONTON, JAMES D §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18697788 INSERTER DEVICES INCLUDING REUSABLE AND DISPOSABLE PORTIONS TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18697785 INSERTER DEVICES PROVIDING MANUAL INSERTION AND AUTOMATIC RETRACTION RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18595872 CONNECTED INJECTION DEVICES WITH STATUS SENSING SYSTEMS VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18588048 DOSE DETECTION MODULE FOR A MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE ULSH, DUNG T §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18684061 THERAPEUTIC AGENT DELIVERY DEVICE WITH USER INPUT THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18409277 THERAPEUTIC USES OF DULAGLUTIDE CHANDRA, GYAN 1674 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18571825 COMPOSITIONS OF EXTENDED RELEASE COATINGS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING EXTENDED RELEASE COATINGS RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18523645 THERAPEUTIC USES OF DULAGLUTIDE BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 §102§103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18565484 METHOD FOR TREATING IDH INHIBITOR-RESISTANT SUBJECTS O DELL, DAVID K 1621 §102§103DPOther Non-Final OA 61d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18509779 MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE WITH A SENSED ELEMENT ULSH, DUNG T 3783 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2023
18288314 SUBSTITUTED FUSED AZINES AS KRAS G12D INHIBITORS NOLAN, JASON MICHAEL 1623 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18552897 TABLET DISPENSER RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 3651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18547460 SELF-ASPIRATING SYRINGE SYSTEMS, CARTRIDGES, AND METHODS AHMED, TASNIM M 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2023
18366061 TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR BINDING PROTEINS AND CONJUGATES TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1641 §101§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2023
18260125 ANTI-N3pGlu AMYLOID BETA ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE 1641 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18259500 HALF-LIFE EXTENDING MOIETIES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18258018 HUB FOR REUSABLE DRUG-DELIVERY DEVICE ACKUN, JACOB K 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18257487 FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH NEEDLE ASSEMBLY THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18266706 METHODS OF TREATING DIABETES HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1654 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2023
18266717 METHODS OF TREATING DIABETES YANG, TIAN 1674 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2023
18312653 HUMAN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY GLUCOCORTICOID CONJUGATES ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI 1647 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18297099 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS TARGETING INTERLEUKIN-34 NICKOL, GARY B 1643 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2023
18247084 METHODS FOR REDUCING HOST CELL PROTEIN CONTENT IN PROTEIN PURIFICATION PROCESSES CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18247198 METHODS FOR REDUCING HOST CELL PROTEIN CONTENT IN ANTIBODY PURIFICATION PROCESSES AND ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS HAVING REDUCED HOST CELL PROTEIN CONTENT SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 1641 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2023
18025586 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY (IHC) PROTOCOLS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CANCER GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2023
18044618 DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC FLUIDS DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 09, 2023
18176844 THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODY FORMULATION KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 01, 2023
17787015 ENDOTOXIN DETECTION FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103 Final Rejection 118d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18040282 MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE WITH SENSING SYSTEM SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2023
18005245 LOW DOSE REGIMEN AND FORMULATION OF A 5-METHYL-1,2,4-OXADIAZOL-3-YL COMPOUND MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §103§112Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 12, 2023
18011965 PREVENTION OF AXONAL DAMAGE USING ANTIBODY BINDING TO AMYLOID BETA 1-42 WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
18054284 HUMAN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODIES ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1647 §112DP Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2022
17906580 FARNESOID X RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 DP Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17795797 THERAPEUTIC USES OF DULAGLUTIDE HA, JULIE 1654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2022
17846636 NOVEL RNA THERAPEUTICS AND USES THEREOF VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR 1637 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17711099 ANTI-N3pGlu AMYLOID BETA PEPTIDE ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1649 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2022
17633631 METHODS OF MAKING INCRETIN ANALOGS REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103Other Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 08, 2022
17625180 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING GLUCOSE CHANGE IN A SUBJECT SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2022
17554713 Anti-CGRP Antibody Formulation BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1675 §103Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2021
17619289 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING MISSED BOLUS DOSES PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 1686 §101§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2021
17507414 METHODS OF TREATING CROHN'S DISEASE GUSTILO, ESTELLA M 1646 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2021
17438692 PRESERVED FORMULATIONS REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2021
17433795 MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE WITH SENSING SYSTEM DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2021
17211163 COMBINATION THERAPY BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2021

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