Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Gelesis LLC

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
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
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (33%)
1
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Double-patenting only1 (33%)
No statute on record1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1 56.2% +36.6%
LI, CHANGQING 1 29.6% +32.9%
SONG, JIANFENG 1 56.0% +33.5%

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
17981620 Methods and Compositions for Weight Management and for Improving Glycemic Control LI, CHANGQING 63d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17501142 Compositions and Methods for Treating or Preventing Gut Permeability-Related Disorders SONG, JIANFENG 17d overdue
17981620 Methods and Compositions for Weight Management and for Improving Glycemic Control LI, CHANGQING 63d
18659478 Compositions and Methods for Modulating the Intestinal Microbiome SWIFT, CANDICE LEE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1657 1
1791 1
1613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18659478 Compositions and Methods for Modulating the Intestinal Microbiome SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1657 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
17981620 Methods and Compositions for Weight Management and for Improving Glycemic Control LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Nov 07, 2022
17501142 Compositions and Methods for Treating or Preventing Gut Permeability-Related Disorders SONG, JIANFENG 1613 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2021

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