Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

Greffex Inc.

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (38%)
§103 only3 (38%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

8
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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 2 70.7% +30.6%
SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 2 28.6% +83.3%
MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF 1 55.3% +28.5%
LI, BAO Q 1 75.5% +26.4%
SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1 68.9% +29.2%
GU, QINHUA 1 77.3% +27.6%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18016344 MULTIVALENT BETA-CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, THEIR DESIGNS AND USES BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P
17998607 ENGINEERING CORONAVIRUS SPIKE PROTEINS AS VACCINE ANTIGENS, THEIR DESIGN AND USES BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P
17996727 ENGINEERING BROADLY REACTIVE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES AND RELATED DESIGNS AND USES SALVOZA, M FRANCO G
17995128 ENHANCEMENT OF THE PRODUCTION OF ADENOVIRUS-BASED GENE TRANSFER VECTORS SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS
17758077 CULTURE SYSTEMS FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF GENE TRANSFER VECTORS SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS

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
18252790 DESIGN OF OPTIMIZED UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINES, THEIR DESIGNS AND USES LI, BAO Q 84d overdue
18264104 GENE THERAPY FOR RETINAL DISEASES MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF
18016344 MULTIVALENT BETA-CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, THEIR DESIGNS AND USES BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P
17998607 ENGINEERING CORONAVIRUS SPIKE PROTEINS AS VACCINE ANTIGENS, THEIR DESIGN AND USES BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P
17996727 ENGINEERING BROADLY REACTIVE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES AND RELATED DESIGNS AND USES SALVOZA, M FRANCO G
17995128 ENHANCEMENT OF THE PRODUCTION OF ADENOVIRUS-BASED GENE TRANSFER VECTORS SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS
17907571 MAINTAINING DNA FRAGMENTS IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS, APPROACHES AND USES GU, QINHUA
17758077 CULTURE SYSTEMS FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF GENE TRANSFER VECTORS SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1671 3
1631 2
1638 1
1672 1
1633 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18264104 GENE THERAPY FOR RETINAL DISEASES MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF 1638 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2023
18252790 DESIGN OF OPTIMIZED UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINES, THEIR DESIGNS AND USES LI, BAO Q 1671 §102 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
18016344 MULTIVALENT BETA-CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, THEIR DESIGNS AND USES BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2023
17998607 ENGINEERING CORONAVIRUS SPIKE PROTEINS AS VACCINE ANTIGENS, THEIR DESIGN AND USES BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2022
17996727 ENGINEERING BROADLY REACTIVE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES AND RELATED DESIGNS AND USES SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §101§102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2022
17995128 ENHANCEMENT OF THE PRODUCTION OF ADENOVIRUS-BASED GENE TRANSFER VECTORS SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2022
17907571 MAINTAINING DNA FRAGMENTS IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS, APPROACHES AND USES GU, QINHUA 1633 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 28, 2022
17758077 CULTURE SYSTEMS FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF GENE TRANSFER VECTORS SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2022

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