Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.

19 pending office actions • 11 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

6
Hard (32%)
11
Medium (58%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only5 (26%)
Double-patenting only2 (11%)
Double-patenting + other6 (32%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
79% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
5% 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
MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1 67.8% +41.6%
BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1 64.1% +27.7%
PYLA, EVELYN Y 1 55.7% +47.6%
STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1 56.9% +50.4%
JOHNSON, KARA D 1 69.1% +24.6%
HUYNH, EMILY 1 21.6% +43.4%
JUEDES, AMY E 1 45.0% +41.4%
CHASE, CAROL ANN 1 44.1% +84.3%
HUYNH, PHUONG N 1 65.7% +53.6%
KNIGHT, TERESA E 1 65.7% +48.7%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18256853 TREATMENT OF CANCERS WITH TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE THERAPIES CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1d overdue
18590860 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING MANUFACTURING OF CELLS FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY HUYNH, EMILY 16d
18673083 TREATMENT OF NSCLC PATIENTS REFRACTORY FOR ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 55d
18661510 TIL EXPANSION PROCESSES USING SPECIFIC CYTOKINE COMBINATIONS AND/OR AKTI TREATMENT JOHNSON, KARA D
18548769 TUMOR STORAGE AND CELL CULTURE COMPOSITIONS KNIGHT, TERESA E
18259644 DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR AUTOMATED PRODUCTION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES HANDY, DWAYNE K

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19011427 TIL EXPANSION FROM FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATES AND SMALL BIOPSIES MOSELEY II, NELSON B 92d overdue
18590860 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING MANUFACTURING OF CELLS FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY HUYNH, EMILY 16d
18673083 TREATMENT OF NSCLC PATIENTS REFRACTORY FOR ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 55d
18984525 PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USES OF SAME IN IMMUNOTHERAPY BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A
18745958 PROCESSES FOR GENERATING TIL PRODUCTS ENRICHED FOR TUMOR ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T-CELLS PYLA, EVELYN Y
18661510 TIL EXPANSION PROCESSES USING SPECIFIC CYTOKINE COMBINATIONS AND/OR AKTI TREATMENT JOHNSON, KARA D
18429006 EXPANSION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES (TILS) WITH TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR SUPERFAMILY (TNFRSF) AGONISTS AND THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS OF TILS AND TNFRSF AGONISTS JUEDES, AMY E
18560898 PD-1 GENE-EDITED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USES OF SAME IN IMMUNOTHERAPY CHASE, CAROL ANN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1642 3
1644 2
1641 2
1638 2
3683 1
1634 1
1798 1
1646 1
1799 1
1632 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19011427 TIL EXPANSION FROM FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATES AND SMALL BIOPSIES MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1642 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2025
18984525 PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USES OF SAME IN IMMUNOTHERAPY BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1644 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18745958 PROCESSES FOR GENERATING TIL PRODUCTS ENRICHED FOR TUMOR ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T-CELLS PYLA, EVELYN Y §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18673083 TREATMENT OF NSCLC PATIENTS REFRACTORY FOR ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 §103§112Other Final Rejection 55d Pending May 23, 2024
18661510 TIL EXPANSION PROCESSES USING SPECIFIC CYTOKINE COMBINATIONS AND/OR AKTI TREATMENT JOHNSON, KARA D §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18590860 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING MANUFACTURING OF CELLS FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY HUYNH, EMILY 3683 §101§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18429006 EXPANSION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES (TILS) WITH TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR SUPERFAMILY (TNFRSF) AGONISTS AND THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS OF TILS AND TNFRSF AGONISTS JUEDES, AMY E 1644 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18560898 PD-1 GENE-EDITED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USES OF SAME IN IMMUNOTHERAPY CHASE, CAROL ANN DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18551138 METHODS FOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE (TIL) EXPANSION RELATED TO CD39/CD69 SELECTION AND GENE KNOCKOUT IN TILS HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18548769 TUMOR STORAGE AND CELL CULTURE COMPOSITIONS KNIGHT, TERESA E 1634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18262843 ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR CANCER WEN, SHARON X 1641 §103DP Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18259644 DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR AUTOMATED PRODUCTION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES HANDY, DWAYNE K 1798 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2023
18256853 TREATMENT OF CANCERS WITH TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE THERAPIES CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1646 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18249380 CELL CULTURE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME HURST, JONATHAN M 1799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2023
18247878 TREATMENT OF NSCLC PATIENTS WITH TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE THERAPIES AEDER, SEAN E 1642 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2023
17829087 RESTIMULATION OF CRYOPRESERVED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES KELLY, ROBERT M 1638 §112DP Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 31, 2022
17771723 GENE EDITING OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USES OF SAME IN IMMUNOTHERAPY BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E 1632 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2022
17267699 Expansion of TILs from Cryopreserved Tumor Samples O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1633 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jan 10, 2022
17610671 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTING TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USES OF THE SAME IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE 1638 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Nov 11, 2021

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