Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc.

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

1
Hard (14%)
5
Medium (71%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1 63.9% +41.7%
VALENROD, YEVGENY 1 72.6% +25.1%
YOO, SUN JAE 1 71.0% +0.1%
TAO, BIN 1 100.0% +0.0%
REILLY, SOPHIA JANE 1 60.6% +49.1%
ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1 73.3% +23.8%
MOORE, SUSANNA 1 67.9% +31.6%

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
18509403 MACROCYCLIC CHALCONE-AMIDE DERIVED ANTIVIRAL AGENTS TAO, BIN

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18236560 FUSED HETEROBICYCLIC ANTIVIRAL AGENTS REILLY, SOPHIA JANE 5d

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
17989103 SPIROPYRROLIDINE DERIVED ANTIVIRAL AGENTS MOORE, SUSANNA 9d overdue
18236560 FUSED HETEROBICYCLIC ANTIVIRAL AGENTS REILLY, SOPHIA JANE 5d
18797587 Processes For The Preparation Of Oxadiazolylamino Benzodiazepine Derivatives HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE
18782372 Pharmaceutical Compounds And Compositions As c-Kit Kinase Inhibitors VALENROD, YEVGENY
18139506 PYRIMIDINONE-CONTAINING 17-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 13 INHIBITORS ANDERSON, REBECCA L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1621 1
1625 1
1627 1
1626 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18797587 Processes For The Preparation Of Oxadiazolylamino Benzodiazepine Derivatives HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18782372 Pharmaceutical Compounds And Compositions As c-Kit Kinase Inhibitors VALENROD, YEVGENY §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18420855 BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES AS RSV INHIBITORS YOO, SUN JAE 1621 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2024
18509403 MACROCYCLIC CHALCONE-AMIDE DERIVED ANTIVIRAL AGENTS TAO, BIN 1625 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2023
18236560 FUSED HETEROBICYCLIC ANTIVIRAL AGENTS REILLY, SOPHIA JANE 1627 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18139506 PYRIMIDINONE-CONTAINING 17-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 13 INHIBITORS ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1626 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2023
17989103 SPIROPYRROLIDINE DERIVED ANTIVIRAL AGENTS MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022

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