Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Institute for Cancer Research d/b/a The Research Institute of Fox Chase Cancer Center

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)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 (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.

7
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.

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
DENT, ALANA HARRIS 2 44.3% +32.1%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1 45.9% +40.9%
MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1 70.0% +39.5%
CHO, DAVID H 1 37.5% +73.5%
HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA 1 31.7% +30.6%
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1 67.2% +37.0%

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
18473540 Methods Of Treating Cancer With Transmembrane Protein 16F (TMEM16F) Inhibitors MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 73d overdue
17758495 Estrogen Metabolite Levels And Cancer Driver Gene Mutations In Lung Cancer Risk Stratification And Treatment CHO, DAVID H 31d overdue
17613267 PI3K/LYN-ACLY Signaling Inhibition HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA 5d overdue
17527536 THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVES FOR REPRESSING CANCER CELL GROWTH PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 2d overdue
18287508 Malignant Mesothelioma Susceptibility As A Result Of Germline Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) Alterations GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

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
18473540 Methods Of Treating Cancer With Transmembrane Protein 16F (TMEM16F) Inhibitors MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 73d overdue
17758495 Estrogen Metabolite Levels And Cancer Driver Gene Mutations In Lung Cancer Risk Stratification And Treatment CHO, DAVID H 31d overdue
16310566 Active Alpha-5-Beta-1 Integrin As A Biomarker For Enhancing Tumor Treatment Efficacy DENT, ALANA HARRIS 9d overdue
17613267 PI3K/LYN-ACLY Signaling Inhibition HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA 5d overdue
17527536 THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVES FOR REPRESSING CANCER CELL GROWTH PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 2d overdue
17055722 Urinary DNA Detection For Urothelial Cancer DENT, ALANA HARRIS 20d
18287508 Malignant Mesothelioma Susceptibility As A Result Of Germline Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) Alterations GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1643 2
1682 1
1626 1
1693 1
1613 1
1627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18287508 Malignant Mesothelioma Susceptibility As A Result Of Germline Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) Alterations GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18473540 Methods Of Treating Cancer With Transmembrane Protein 16F (TMEM16F) Inhibitors MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §102§112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
17758495 Estrogen Metabolite Levels And Cancer Driver Gene Mutations In Lung Cancer Risk Stratification And Treatment CHO, DAVID H 1693 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2022
17613267 PI3K/LYN-ACLY Signaling Inhibition HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA 1613 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2021
17527536 THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVES FOR REPRESSING CANCER CELL GROWTH PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2021
17055722 Urinary DNA Detection For Urothelial Cancer DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Nov 16, 2020
16310566 Active Alpha-5-Beta-1 Integrin As A Biomarker For Enhancing Tumor Treatment Efficacy DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2018

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