Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

INCYTE Corporation

19 pending office actions • 9 art units • 15 examiners • 1 of 19 (5%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

5
Hard (26%)
6
Medium (32%)
7
Easy (37%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only3 (16%)
§112 only6 (32%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other3 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (21%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
84% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
16% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAO, ALLEN 4 66.7% +0.0%
DAHLE, CHUN WU 2 49.8% +51.4%
SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L 1 79.3% +8.0%
AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1 80.8% -15.2%
CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1 72.7% +18.3%
SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1 76.6% +8.0%
WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1 75.2% +10.1%
REDDIG, PETER J 1 58.1% +39.9%
ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1 59.4% +26.5%
BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1 69.1% +38.2%

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
18678931 TRICYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS INHIBITORS OF KRAS AULAKH, CHARANJIT

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
18330141 COMBINATION THERAPY OF ANTI-PD-1 ACTIVE AGENT, ANTI-TIM-3 ACTIVE AGENT, AND ANTI-LAG-3 ACTIVE AGENT FOR TREATING CANCER ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 28d overdue
18581959 COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF DAHLE, CHUN WU
18411350 COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF DAHLE, CHUN WU
18245019 TOPICAL TREATMENT OF VITILIGO SOROUSH, LAYLA
17541627 ANTI-CD19 COMBINATION THERAPY MIDDLETON, DANAYA L

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18330141 COMBINATION THERAPY OF ANTI-PD-1 ACTIVE AGENT, ANTI-TIM-3 ACTIVE AGENT, AND ANTI-LAG-3 ACTIVE AGENT FOR TREATING CANCER ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 28d overdue
18192313 MODULATORS OF MAS-RELATED G-PROTEIN RECEPTOR X2 AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND METHODS BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 6d
18373648 ANTI-PD-1/LAG-3 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF REDDIG, PETER J 27d
18671477 IMIDAZOPYRIDAZINE AND IMIDAZOPYRIDINE COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S
18581959 COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF DAHLE, CHUN WU
18411350 COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF DAHLE, CHUN WU
18496540 MODULATORS OF MAS-RELATED G-PROTEIN RECEPTOR D AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND METHODS WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1622 5
1625 3
1646 2
1621 1
1629 1
1699 1
1623 1
1674 1
1658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18777124 BICYCLIC HETEROCYCLES AS FGFR INHIBITORS SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18678931 TRICYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS INHIBITORS OF KRAS AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1621 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18671477 IMIDAZOPYRIDAZINE AND IMIDAZOPYRIDINE COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18639041 2-AZABICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTANE KRAS INHIBITORS SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1625 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18602434 Bicyclic Ureas As Kinase Inhibitors CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2024
18584553 Heterocyclic Compounds As Kinase Inhibitors CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18581959 COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF DAHLE, CHUN WU §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18411350 COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF DAHLE, CHUN WU §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18512514 Heteroaryl Fluoroalkenes As DGK Inhibitors CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18512625 Heteroaryl Fluoroalkenes As DGK Inhibitors CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18496540 MODULATORS OF MAS-RELATED G-PROTEIN RECEPTOR D AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND METHODS WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1629 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18373648 ANTI-PD-1/LAG-3 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §103Other Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18330141 COMBINATION THERAPY OF ANTI-PD-1 ACTIVE AGENT, ANTI-TIM-3 ACTIVE AGENT, AND ANTI-LAG-3 ACTIVE AGENT FOR TREATING CANCER ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue AI Ready Jun 06, 2023
18192313 MODULATORS OF MAS-RELATED G-PROTEIN RECEPTOR X2 AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND METHODS BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §112Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18245019 TOPICAL TREATMENT OF VITILIGO SOROUSH, LAYLA 1622 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2023
18092610 PD-L1/STING CONJUGATES AND METHODS OF USE JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 Other Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2023
17991482 COMBINATION THERAPY COMPRISING AN FGFR INHIBITOR AND A KRAS INHIBITOR VALLE, ERNESTO 1623 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17541627 ANTI-CD19 COMBINATION THERAPY MIDDLETON, DANAYA L 1674 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2021
16791561 CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 2 BIOMARKERS AND USES THEREOF KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Feb 14, 2020

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