Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Genentech Inc.

81 pending office actions • 44 art units • 75 examiners • 1 of 81 (1%) have an AI response strategy ready • 76 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

81
Total Pending OAs
51
Non-Final OAs
29
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

28
Hard (35%)
37
Medium (46%)
14
Easy (17%)
2
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other10 (12%)
§103 only29 (36%)
§102 only2 (2%)
§112 only11 (14%)
Double-patenting only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other6 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (21%)
No statute on record2 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

58
Life Sciences
72% of docket
2
Information Tech
2% of docket
8
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
8
Business / Other
10% 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.

810 h
Manual time on pending OAs
162 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
284 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GUSTILO, ESTELLA M 2 53.2% +36.8%
HOANG, HAN DINH 2 74.2% +19.0%
CHAO, ALLEN 2 66.7% +0.0%
HUYNH, PHUONG N 2 65.7% +53.6%
BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 2 63.6% +39.7%
KIM, YUNSOO 2 65.8% +34.8%
TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1 64.5% +29.0%
WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN 1 35.9% +26.1%
DHOOGE, DEVIN J 1 71.1% +31.9%
NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG 1 90.4% +4.1%

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
18909867 PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE CALCULATION AND ASSESSMENT TOOL NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG

Hard Cases (28)

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
17378651 ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORK TO PREDICT PEPTIDE BINDING, PRESENTATION, AND IMMUNOGENICITY BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 396d overdue
17964325 METHOD FOR MEDIUM TREATMENT BEFORE INOCULATION MOSS, NATALIE M 127d overdue
18523284 HETEROARYL PYRIDONE AND AZA-PYRIDONE COMPOUNDS SHIAO, REI TSANG 91d overdue
17351451 TARGETED INTEGRATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS GODDARD, LAURA B 84d overdue
17075238 OVERLOAD AND ELUTE CHROMATOGRAPHY STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 72d overdue
18315450 SMALL PARTS CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE LEE, KEVIN G 58d overdue
18627251 BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT FOR ANALYZING WHOLE SLIDE IMAGES ROSARIO, DENNIS 31d overdue
17473401 TREATMENT OF CANCER WITH HER2XCD3 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN COMBINATION WITH ANTI-HER2 MAB CHASE, CAROL ANN 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18210604 ASSEMBLY OF BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES HUYNH, PHUONG N 111d overdue
18124096 PURIFICATION OF MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 10d overdue
19409123 CELL CULTURE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR POLYPEPTIDE PRODUCTION TAYLOR, LIA ELAN
19145482 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HETEROGENEOUS DATA ANALYSIS WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN
18929474 MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA MOLECULAR SUBTYPE CLASSIFICATION DHOOGE, DEVIN J
18799503 THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR BLADDER CANCER GUSTILO, ESTELLA M
18416031 Anti-Jagged1 Antibodies and Methods of Use GUSTILO, ESTELLA M
18516406 DETECTING TERTIARY LYMPHOID STRUCTURES IN DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGES HOANG, HAN DINH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1641 5
1646 3
1647 3
1622 3
2661 3
1656 3
1642 3
1643 3
1644 3
1687 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19409123 CELL CULTURE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR POLYPEPTIDE PRODUCTION TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1641 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2025
19145482 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HETEROGENEOUS DATA ANALYSIS WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN 2156 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2025
18929474 MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA MOLECULAR SUBTYPE CLASSIFICATION DHOOGE, DEVIN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18909867 PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE CALCULATION AND ASSESSMENT TOOL NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18884545 PREDICTING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES BASED ON SPEECH ANALYSES SERROU, ABDELALI 2659 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18883384 DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR TUMOR SEGMENTATION WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY CWERN, JONATHAN 3797 §103Other Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2024
18846553 DETERMINING A PATIENT’S RESPONSE TO A TREATMENT IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE 3684 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2024
18820925 PRODUCTION OF PROTEINS IN GLUTAMINE-FREE CELL CULTURE MEDIA MOEHLMAN, ANDREW TERRY 1655 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18799503 THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR BLADDER CANCER GUSTILO, ESTELLA M 1646 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18793540 GUIDED SELF-CAPTURE OF DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES HASAN, MOHAMMED A 2872 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18771363 OVARIAN TOXICITY ASSESSMENT IN HISTOPATHOLOGICAL IMAGES USING DEEP LEARNING NGUYEN, KHAI MINH §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18752501 MULTI-VECTOR RECOMBINASE MEDIATED CASSETTE EXCHANGE KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1635 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18743859 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING OMALIZUMAB BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3783 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18668774 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER WITH PI3K INHIBITOR, GDC-0077 BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1611 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18642305 HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHODS FOR PREPARING LIPID NANOPARTICLES AND USES THEREOF MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18627251 BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT FOR ANALYZING WHOLE SLIDE IMAGES ROSARIO, DENNIS 2676 §101§103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18612987 PIPELINES FOR TUMOR IMMUNOPHENOTYPING VARNDELL, ROSS E 2674 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18611567 DATA QUALITY CONTROL AND INTEGRATION FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGY RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN 2172 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18609758 TIE2-BINDING AGENTS AND METHODS OF USE ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1647 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18587251 METHODS OF TREATING TAU PATHOLOGIES JUEDES, AMY E §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18584298 3-AMINO PIPERIDYL SODIUM CHANNEL INHIBITORS MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18431838 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOLOGICAL CELL HARVESTING COOLEY, CHARLES E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18429055 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER USING PD-1 AXIS BINDING ANTAGONISTS AND MEK INHIBITORS MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18417787 BRAIN TARGETING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18416031 Anti-Jagged1 Antibodies and Methods of Use GUSTILO, ESTELLA M §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18413682 FC Variants and Methods for Their Production DEBERRY, REGINA M DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18544236 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER USING B-RAF INHIBITORS AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1628 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2023
18540310 EGFR INHIBITOR AND PERK ACTIVATOR IN COMBINATION THERAPY AND THEIR USE FOR TREATING CANCER DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18523284 HETEROARYL PYRIDONE AND AZA-PYRIDONE COMPOUNDS SHIAO, REI TSANG 1691 §103§112 Non-Final OA 91d overdue AI Ready Nov 29, 2023
18516406 DETECTING TERTIARY LYMPHOID STRUCTURES IN DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGES HOANG, HAN DINH 2661 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18516552 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS FOR CANCER SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1629 §103Other Non-Final OA 55d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18516417 TUMOR IMMUNOPHENOTYPING BASED ON SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS HOANG, HAN DINH 2661 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18514280 MODIFIED CELLS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A RECOMBINANT PRODUCT OF INTEREST MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18513106 GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY PROGRESSION PREDICTION AND DIFFERENTIAL GRADIENT ACTIVATION MAPS GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 2677 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2023
18510297 COMBINED TRANSPOSON-MEDIATED INTEGRATION AND TARGETED INTEGRATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS INTO HOST CELLS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1635 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2023
18504041 ANTI-LY6G6D ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1642 Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18482237 TREATMENT OUTCOME PREDICTION FOR NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION USING BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS WINDSOR, COURTNEY J 2661 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18377039 Traceable Medical Vials AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D 2686 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 05, 2023
18464580 ANTI-KLK7 ANTIBODIES, ANTI-KLK5 ANTIBODIES, MULTISPECIFIC ANTI-KLK5/KLK7 ANTIBODIES, AND METHODS OF USE SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1643 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2023
18449807 TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER USING COMBINATION THERAPIES COMPRISING GDC-9545 AND IPATASERTIB CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §103Other Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2023
18449793 TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER USING COMBINATION THERAPIES COMPRISING GDC-9545 AND ABEMACICLIB OR RIBOCICLIB CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2023
18363155 Multispecific Binding Protein Degrader Platform and Methods of Use MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND 1644 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18210604 ASSEMBLY OF BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 Other Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18334531 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER USING PD-1 AXIS BINDING ANTAGONISTS AND TIGIT INHIBITORS OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18324406 METHODS FOR MODULATING HOST CELL SURFACE INTERACTIONS WITH HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1646 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
18201904 METHODS FOR PREPARING MAMMALIAN CELLS FOR PERFUSION CELL CULTURE MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 25, 2023
18321199 CONTAINED SINGLE-USE POWDER INDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE BHATIA, ANSHU 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 22, 2023
18319618 Reusable Cartridges for Detecting Analytes in Solution MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1678 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2023
18315450 SMALL PARTS CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE LEE, KEVIN G 1711 §103§112 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18309003 RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF PROTEIN LEVELS NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18194542 HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES TO STABILIZE POLYPEPTIDES HARTLEY, MICHAEL G 1614 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2023
18190697 THERMAL SEPARATOR APPARATUS FOR FLASK STIRRER AND METHOD OF USE JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO 1797 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 27, 2023
18188168 COMBINATION TREATMENT OF AN ANTI-CD20/ANTI-CD3 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND CHEMOTHERAPY HAMA, JOANNE 1647 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2023
18124096 PURIFICATION OF MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18043568 HIGH THROUGHPUT, FLUORESCENCE-BASED ESTERASE ACTIVITY ASSAY FOR ASSESSING POLYSORBATE DEGRADATION RISK DURING BIOPHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT XU, QING 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18174889 METHODS FOR PRODUCING ANTIBODIES HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2023
18173673 POINT OF CARE DRUG DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHOD STIGELL, THEODORE J 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2023
18163819 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS FOR LYMPHOMA CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18058110 PREDICTION OF PEPTIDE CLEAVAGE IN POLYPEPTIDES THROUGH PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATIONS FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 1685 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2022
18046865 METHODS FOR ASSAYING T-CELL DEPENDENT BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES SKELDING, ZACHARY S 1644 DP Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17965363 Method for Enriching Extracellular Vesicles From Biological Fluid Samples BOESEN, CHRISTIAN C 1684 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2022
17964325 METHOD FOR MEDIUM TREATMENT BEFORE INOCULATION MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2022
17822746 EFFICIENT GENOME EDITING IN PRIMARY MYELOID CELLS VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2022
17842715 CULTURE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED MODELING OF NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17783229 ANTI-PD-L1 ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2022
17833719 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND TOOLS FOR LONGEVITY-RELATED APPLICATIONS BEVERIDGE, CONNOR HAMMOND 1687 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2022
17587760 PREDICTION OF SIDE-CHAIN DEGRADATION IN POLYMERS THROUGH PHYSICS BASED SIMULATIONS LIU, GUOZHEN 1686 §101§103DP Final Rejection Pending Jan 28, 2022
17629327 DETECTING NEURALLY PROGRAMMED TUMORS USING EXPRESSION DATA MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1685 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Jan 21, 2022
17643623 QUINAZOLINYL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2021
17542138 METHOD FOR REGENERATION OF AN OVERLOAD CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 03, 2021
17490877 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZING PROTEIN-CONTAINING FORMULATIONS NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Sep 30, 2021
17473401 TREATMENT OF CANCER WITH HER2XCD3 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN COMBINATION WITH ANTI-HER2 MAB CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2021
17383316 METHOD FOR THE EXPRESSION OF AN ANTIBODY-MULTIMER-FUSION MIDDLETON, DANAYA L 1674 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2021
17381145 IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2021
17378651 ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORK TO PREDICT PEPTIDE BINDING, PRESENTATION, AND IMMUNOGENICITY BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 1687 §101 Final Rejection 396d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2021
17351451 TARGETED INTEGRATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2021
17275609 PYRIMIDINYL-HETEROARYLOXY-NAPHTHYL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Mar 11, 2021
17168621 USE OF TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVES AND L-METHIONINE FOR PROTEIN FORMULATION GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 05, 2021
17075238 OVERLOAD AND ELUTE CHROMATOGRAPHY STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 §103§112 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2020
16852136 HINGE MODIFIED ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 17, 2020
16115373 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING TUMOR MUTATIONAL BURDEN WOITACH, JOSEPH T 1687 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 28, 2018

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