Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc.

19 pending office actions • 17 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
8
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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 (11%)
15
Medium (79%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (11%)
§103 only13 (68%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only2 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
11% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
74% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUMAR, RAKESH 2 56.9% +28.1%
ADAMS, GREGORY W 1 75.0% +23.9%
THOMAS, KAREEN KAY 1 76.7% +17.3%
NAJARIAN, LENA 1 38.5% +39.6%
SINGH, KAVEL 1 83.6% +14.0%
AGHARAHIMI, FARHAD 1 70.5% +14.5%
MILLER, WILLIAM L 1 79.0% +14.5%
LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 1 0.0% +0.0%
MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 1 51.8% +54.7%
SASS, KIMBERLY A. 1 52.6% +54.0%

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
18829470 CAP FEEDER SINGH, KAVEL 15d

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
18432611 TRANSFORMER-BASED MODEL FOR SEMI-STRUCTURED HIERARCHICAL DATA LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 85d overdue
18537901 MULTI-PLATFORM PRESCRIPTION DRUG CLAIM ADJUDICATION MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 8d
18367539 NETWORKED COMPUTING DEVICES ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K 21d

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
18808189 AUTOMATED POPULATION DEVELOPMENT FOR SEARCH QUERIES AGHARAHIMI, FARHAD 8d overdue
19043850 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING LIQUID MEDICATION BOTTLE-SPLITTING OPERATIONS THOMAS, KAREEN KAY 4d overdue
18537901 MULTI-PLATFORM PRESCRIPTION DRUG CLAIM ADJUDICATION MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 8d
18521251 HOPPER FOR A PHARMACEUTICAL COUNTER KUMAR, RAKESH 9d
19082729 REFRIGERATED PHARMACEUTICAL ORDER PROCESSING SYSTEMS ADAMS, GREGORY W 14d
18829470 CAP FEEDER SINGH, KAVEL 15d
18621424 PACKAGE LOCKER FOR PACKAGES CARRIED BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES MILLER, WILLIAM L 15d
18541631 SMART PILL DISPENSER KUMAR, RAKESH 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3651 3
3652 1
3736 1
3687 1
2161 1
3677 1
3683 1
3682 1
3686 1
2632 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19082729 REFRIGERATED PHARMACEUTICAL ORDER PROCESSING SYSTEMS ADAMS, GREGORY W 3652 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 18, 2025
19043850 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING LIQUID MEDICATION BOTTLE-SPLITTING OPERATIONS THOMAS, KAREEN KAY 3736 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2025
18986394 NAVIGATING HISTORICAL HEALTHCARE INFORMATION NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18829470 CAP FEEDER SINGH, KAVEL 3651 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18808189 AUTOMATED POPULATION DEVELOPMENT FOR SEARCH QUERIES AGHARAHIMI, FARHAD 2161 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18621424 PACKAGE LOCKER FOR PACKAGES CARRIED BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES MILLER, WILLIAM L 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18432611 TRANSFORMER-BASED MODEL FOR SEMI-STRUCTURED HIERARCHICAL DATA LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18541631 SMART PILL DISPENSER KUMAR, RAKESH 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18537901 MULTI-PLATFORM PRESCRIPTION DRUG CLAIM ADJUDICATION MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 3682 §101 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18530567 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT RECORD MATCHING SASS, KIMBERLY A. 3686 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18521251 HOPPER FOR A PHARMACEUTICAL COUNTER KUMAR, RAKESH 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18509491 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS CADEAU, WEDNEL 2632 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18367539 NETWORKED COMPUTING DEVICES ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K 3625 §101 Final Rejection 21d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18131394 EDIBLE RECEPTACLE FOR PHARMACEUTICALS NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18077591 DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
17975260 PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17835097 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION FOR MULTIPLE FAILED ORDERS AT A BACK END PHARMACY CRAWLEY, TALIA F 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2022
17711385 PHANTOM THERAPY SYSTEM WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2022
17219955 DEEP LEARNING MODELS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF KNIGHT, PAUL M 2148 §112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2021

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