Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Gilead Sciences Inc.

27 pending office actions • 15 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (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.

11
Hard (41%)
11
Medium (41%)
5
Easy (19%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (15%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only5 (19%)
Double-patenting + other6 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

23
Life Sciences
85% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
15% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 2 51.4% +17.1%
SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 2 68.1% +27.6%
PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1 69.1% +18.5%
TAO, BIN 1 100.0% +0.0%
SOROUSH, LAYLA 1 40.4% +43.5%
FADHEL, ALI Z 1 76.4% +8.8%
BERRY, LAYLA D 1 65.9% +8.9%
HOWELL, THEODORE R 1 66.7% +25.5%
WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1 82.4% +19.5%
CHAO, ALLEN 1 66.7% +0.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18759283 SALTS AND SOLID FORMS OF A COMPOUND THAT MODULATES IRAK4 TAO, BIN
18696850 N-(5-SUBSTITUTED-[(1,3,4-THIADIAZOLYL) OR (THIAZOLYL)])(SUBSTITUTED)CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF FOR INHIBITING HUMAN POLYMERASE THETA WILLIS, DOUGLAS M

Hard Cases (11)

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
18479576 4'-THIONUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USE OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 9d overdue
18345547 THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF AN HIV VIRUS INFECTION DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 8d overdue
18295163 COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING COLORECTAL CANCER HAMA, JOANNE 2d overdue
18365919 SARS-COV2 MAIN PROTEASE INHIBITORS BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 6d
18448721 DOSING AND SCHEDULING REGIMEN FOR BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES GRIZER, CASSANDRA SENN 8d
18469844 FOCAL IONIZING RADIATION AND CD47/SIRPa DISRUPTION ANTICANCER COMBINATION THERAPY DENT, ALANA HARRIS 12d
18754347 METHODS AND INTERMEDIATES FOR PREPARING ANTIVIRAL PRODRUGS FADHEL, ALI Z
18286971 METHODS OF PREPARING CARBANUCLEOSIDES USING AMIDES BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL

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
18344560 CD73 COMPOUNDS SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 69d
19255499 TREATMENT OF HR+/HER2- BREAST CANCER USING SACITUZUMAB GOVITECAN PUTTLITZ, KARL J
18758879 PROCESSES FOR MAKING IRAK4 INHIBITORS FETTEROLF, BRANDON J
18755378 ANTIVIRAL COMPOUNDS SOROUSH, LAYLA
18639097 DOSING REGIMEN OF CAPSID INHIBITOR HOWELL, THEODORE R
18696850 N-(5-SUBSTITUTED-[(1,3,4-THIADIAZOLYL) OR (THIAZOLYL)])(SUBSTITUTED)CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF FOR INHIBITING HUMAN POLYMERASE THETA WILLIS, DOUGLAS M
18346745 BIFUNCTIONAL DEGRADERS OF HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR KINASE AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF FETTEROLF, BRANDON J
18215217 SOLID FORMS OF A NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUE AND USES THEREOF SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1693 3
1626 3
1646 2
1624 2
1622 2
1629 2
1628 1
1643 1
1691 1
1672 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19255499 TREATMENT OF HR+/HER2- BREAST CANCER USING SACITUZUMAB GOVITECAN PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1646 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 2025
18759283 SALTS AND SOLID FORMS OF A COMPOUND THAT MODULATES IRAK4 TAO, BIN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758879 PROCESSES FOR MAKING IRAK4 INHIBITORS FETTEROLF, BRANDON J §102§103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2024
18755378 ANTIVIRAL COMPOUNDS SOROUSH, LAYLA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18754347 METHODS AND INTERMEDIATES FOR PREPARING ANTIVIRAL PRODRUGS FADHEL, ALI Z §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18655876 METHODS OF PREPARING 1'-CYANO NUCLEOSIDES BERRY, LAYLA D 1693 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18639097 DOSING REGIMEN OF CAPSID INHIBITOR HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18696850 N-(5-SUBSTITUTED-[(1,3,4-THIADIAZOLYL) OR (THIAZOLYL)])(SUBSTITUTED)CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF FOR INHIBITING HUMAN POLYMERASE THETA WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18512088 METHODS FOR TREATING POXVIRUS INFECTIONS CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §102 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18286971 METHODS OF PREPARING CARBANUCLEOSIDES USING AMIDES BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18479576 4'-THIONUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USE OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1693 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18469844 FOCAL IONIZING RADIATION AND CD47/SIRPa DISRUPTION ANTICANCER COMBINATION THERAPY DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18468515 HIV VACCINES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18243812 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS LEWIS, PATRICK T 1691 §103Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18448721 DOSING AND SCHEDULING REGIMEN FOR BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES GRIZER, CASSANDRA SENN 1672 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18365919 SARS-COV2 MAIN PROTEASE INHIBITORS BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1624 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Aug 04, 2023
18346745 BIFUNCTIONAL DEGRADERS OF HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR KINASE AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §112DPOther Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2023
18345547 THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF AN HIV VIRUS INFECTION DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18344560 CD73 COMPOUNDS SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 1629 §112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18215217 SOLID FORMS OF A NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUE AND USES THEREOF SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 1629 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2023
18268469 6-SUBSTITUTED INDOLE COMPOUNDS RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2023
18205745 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2023
18296296 ENGINEERED CD200R ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18295163 COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING COLORECTAL CANCER HAMA, JOANNE 1647 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18115895 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1621 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2023
17636511 PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS OF TENOFOVIR ALAFENAMIDE JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Feb 18, 2022
16882804 THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2020

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