Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

INSERM

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Inserm (Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Medicale) has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The prosecution is focused within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific technical review for the 1 pending office action.

The busiest examiner for the company is COOK, LISA V. This individual is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This single action accounts for the entire 1 pending office action currently active for the company. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's current success in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals area depends on the findings of COOK, LISA V. The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates a centralized examination process for this single matter.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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 (57%)
1
Medium (14%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1 58.3% +49.2%
HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1 36.1% +75.9%
ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 1 66.7% +18.7%
FARAG, AMAL ALY 1 68.7% +36.8%
GRASER, JENNIFER E 1 76.7% +23.4%
KIM, TAEYOON 1 51.5% +52.1%
SALMON, KATHERINE D 1 42.8% +37.9%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18255885 MICRO-DEVICE TRACKING AND VIZUALISATION SYSTEM FARAG, AMAL ALY 78d overdue
17422737 AAV-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY RESTORING THE OTOFERLIN GENE KIM, TAEYOON 15d overdue
18551385 EX-VIVO PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN PHAGOCYTIC CELLS HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM —
18248120 COMBINATION OF INHALED ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNOMODULATORY AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS GRASER, JENNIFER E —

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
18255885 MICRO-DEVICE TRACKING AND VIZUALISATION SYSTEM FARAG, AMAL ALY 78d overdue
17422737 AAV-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY RESTORING THE OTOFERLIN GENE KIM, TAEYOON 15d overdue
18256706 ULTRASOUND DEVICE TRACKING SYSTEM ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 8d overdue
18692037 ANTI-HUMAN CD45RC BINDING DOMAINS AND USES THEREOF STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE —
18551385 EX-VIVO PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN PHAGOCYTIC CELLS HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM —
18248120 COMBINATION OF INHALED ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNOMODULATORY AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS GRASER, JENNIFER E —
16633183 NEW SUBPOPULATIONS OF CANCER ASSOCIATED FIBROBLASTS AS PROGNOSIS MARKERS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENTS SALMON, KATHERINE D —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1631 2
3797 1
3798 1
1645 1
1682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18692037 ANTI-HUMAN CD45RC BINDING DOMAINS AND USES THEREOF STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18551385 EX-VIVO PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN PHAGOCYTIC CELLS HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1631 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18256706 ULTRASOUND DEVICE TRACKING SYSTEM ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 3797 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18255885 MICRO-DEVICE TRACKING AND VIZUALISATION SYSTEM FARAG, AMAL ALY 3798 §101§103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18248120 COMBINATION OF INHALED ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNOMODULATORY AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 06, 2023
17422737 AAV-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY RESTORING THE OTOFERLIN GENE KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2021
16633183 NEW SUBPOPULATIONS OF CANCER ASSOCIATED FIBROBLASTS AS PROGNOSIS MARKERS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENTS SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2020

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