Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc.

13 pending office actions • 12 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

9
Hard (69%)
4
Medium (31%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (15%)
§101 + other5 (38%)
§103 only4 (31%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
2
Communications
15% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
54% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HEIN, DEVIN C 1 46.0% +29.8%
SEREBOFF, NEAL 1 28.2% +33.3%
LE, THUYKHANH 1 78.0% +35.5%
NGUYEN, LAM S 1 78.8% +0.9%
KUMAR, RAKESH 1 57.1% +28.4%
RIAD, AMINE 1 87.5% +5.9%
FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 1 19.2% +25.0%
CADEAU, WEDNEL 1 71.5% +19.4%
NGUYEN, THANH H 1 18.4% +34.4%
YESILDAG, MEHMET 1 34.0% +28.4%

Hard Cases (9)

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
18131394 EDIBLE RECEPTACLE FOR PHARMACEUTICALS NGUYEN, THANH H 147d overdue
17711385 PHANTOM THERAPY SYSTEM WOLFF, ARIELLE R 38d overdue
18077591 DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD YESILDAG, MEHMET 4d overdue
19250451 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE ANOMALY DETECTION IN PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSING DATA HEIN, DEVIN C
18954620 LOCATION BASED DATABASE SYSTEM DASHBOARDS SEREBOFF, NEAL
18817441 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC APPEAL AUTHORIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM LE, THUYKHANH
18545694 SOFTWARE USAGE TRACKING IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM NGUYEN, LAM S
18541125 AUTOMATED LARGE-SCALE FAILURE MODE EFFECTS ANALYSIS SYSTEM RIAD, AMINE

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18131394 EDIBLE RECEPTACLE FOR PHARMACEUTICALS NGUYEN, THANH H 147d overdue
18077591 DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD YESILDAG, MEHMET 4d overdue
18509491 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS CADEAU, WEDNEL 12d
18541631 SMART PILL DISPENSER KUMAR, RAKESH 28d
19250451 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE ANOMALY DETECTION IN PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSING DATA HEIN, DEVIN C
18954620 LOCATION BASED DATABASE SYSTEM DASHBOARDS SEREBOFF, NEAL
18817441 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC APPEAL AUTHORIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM LE, THUYKHANH
18513208 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT RECORD MATCHING FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3683 2
2655 1
2853 1
3651 1
2113 1
3687 1
2632 1
1792 1
3624 1
1745 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19250451 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE ANOMALY DETECTION IN PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSING DATA HEIN, DEVIN C 3683 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2025
18954620 LOCATION BASED DATABASE SYSTEM DASHBOARDS SEREBOFF, NEAL 3683 §101 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2024
18817441 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC APPEAL AUTHORIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM LE, THUYKHANH 2655 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18545694 SOFTWARE USAGE TRACKING IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18541631 SMART PILL DISPENSER KUMAR, RAKESH 3651 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18541125 AUTOMATED LARGE-SCALE FAILURE MODE EFFECTS ANALYSIS SYSTEM RIAD, AMINE 2113 §101 Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2023
18513208 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT RECORD MATCHING FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 3687 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18509491 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS CADEAU, WEDNEL 2632 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18131394 EDIBLE RECEPTACLE FOR PHARMACEUTICALS NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18077591 DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 §101§102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
17975260 PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Final Rejection 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 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2022
17711385 PHANTOM THERAPY SYSTEM WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2022

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