Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

INSERM

8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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.

5
Hard (62%)
2
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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
MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1 69.7% +41.8%
HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1 33.3% +78.6%
ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 1 66.7% +18.7%
FARAG, AMAL ALY 1 67.8% +38.0%
SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1 61.1% +47.4%
GRASER, JENNIFER E 1 76.5% +23.6%
CHATTIN, AMY MARIE 1 72.9% +43.5%
SALMON, KATHERINE D 1 42.6% +38.0%

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
18255885 MICRO-DEVICE TRACKING AND VIZUALISATION SYSTEM FARAG, AMAL ALY 78d overdue
18294577 HYBRID PROMOTERS FOR GENE EXPRESSION IN MUSCLES AND IN THE CNS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER
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
17770304 Immunotherapy Targeting Tumor Neoantigenic Peptides CHATTIN, AMY MARIE

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
18255885 MICRO-DEVICE TRACKING AND VIZUALISATION SYSTEM FARAG, AMAL ALY 78d overdue
18256706 ULTRASOUND DEVICE TRACKING SYSTEM ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 8d overdue
18294577 HYBRID PROMOTERS FOR GENE EXPRESSION IN MUSCLES AND IN THE CNS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER
18551385 EX-VIVO PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN PHAGOCYTIC CELLS HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM
18249830 CIRCULATING MICROVESICLES EXPRESSING CARBONIC ANHYDRASE 9 FOR THE PROGNOSIS OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN
18248120 COMBINATION OF INHALED ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNOMODULATORY AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS GRASER, JENNIFER E
17770304 Immunotherapy Targeting Tumor Neoantigenic Peptides CHATTIN, AMY MARIE
16633183 NEW SUBPOPULATIONS OF CANCER ASSOCIATED FIBROBLASTS AS PROGNOSIS MARKERS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENTS SALMON, KATHERINE D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1635 1
1631 1
3797 1
3798 1
1642 1
1645 1
1643 1
1682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18294577 HYBRID PROMOTERS FOR GENE EXPRESSION IN MUSCLES AND IN THE CNS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1635 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 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 §103Other 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
18249830 CIRCULATING MICROVESICLES EXPRESSING CARBONIC ANHYDRASE 9 FOR THE PROGNOSIS OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1642 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 20, 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
17770304 Immunotherapy Targeting Tumor Neoantigenic Peptides CHATTIN, AMY MARIE 1643 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 20, 2022
16633183 NEW SUBPOPULATIONS OF CANCER ASSOCIATED FIBROBLASTS AS PROGNOSIS MARKERS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENTS SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 23, 2020

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