Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

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

Analysis

INSERM maintains a presence in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The organization currently has 1 pending office action, which represents the entirety of its active prosecution workload. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN, who is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This arrangement suggests a centralized approach to the organization's current patent filings.

The prosecution activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specialized focus within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector for the pending matter. Since there is only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the organization's current patent office interactions are streamlined. This allows for a targeted approach to resolving the pending matter within the 1 distinct art unit assigned to the case. Legal teams can focus their efforts on the specific requirements of 1 distinct art unit, as the data indicates no other active units are currently involved.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
14% 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.

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
CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD 1 83.3% +20.8%
LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1 57.1% +60.0%
JAUHARI, SACHI 1 60.0% +80.0%
LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1 58.2% +40.0%
ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1 57.4% +32.6%
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 43.0% +67.6%
BRAUN, MADELINE E 1 68.0% +25.7%

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
18871953 METHOD FOR MODELLING AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD —
18693250 METHOD FOR PURIFYING A PROTEIN OF INTEREST AND MEANS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS —
18573737 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GLP-1R AGONISTS JAUHARI, SACHI —
18018635 Immune Cells Defective for SOCS1 ROGERS, ERIC JASON —
17921727 Use of a Synthetic AAV Capsid for Gene Therapy of Muscle and Central Nervous System Disorders SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR —

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
18573401 SONOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 72d overdue
18871953 METHOD FOR MODELLING AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD —
18693250 METHOD FOR PURIFYING A PROTEIN OF INTEREST AND MEANS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS —
18573737 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GLP-1R AGONISTS JAUHARI, SACHI —
18018635 Immune Cells Defective for SOCS1 ROGERS, ERIC JASON —
17921727 Use of a Synthetic AAV Capsid for Gene Therapy of Muscle and Central Nervous System Disorders SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR —
17494218 PROPHYLACTIC EFFICACY OF SEROTONIN 4 RECEPTOR AGONISTS AGAINST STRESS BRAUN, MADELINE E —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2667 1
1656 1
1654 1
1615 1
1638 1
1632 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18871953 METHOD FOR MODELLING AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD 2667 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18693250 METHOD FOR PURIFYING A PROTEIN OF INTEREST AND MEANS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1656 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2024
18573737 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GLP-1R AGONISTS JAUHARI, SACHI 1654 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18573401 SONOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1615 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18018635 Immune Cells Defective for SOCS1 ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2023
17921727 Use of a Synthetic AAV Capsid for Gene Therapy of Muscle and Central Nervous System Disorders SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 27, 2022
17494218 PROPHYLACTIC EFFICACY OF SEROTONIN 4 RECEPTOR AGONISTS AGAINST STRESS BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 05, 2021

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