Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

2
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (38%)
3
Easy (38%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting only2 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

8
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.

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
SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1 58.0% +37.6%
HUI, SAN MING R 1 59.3% +20.0%
POHNERT, STEVEN C 1 12.2% +18.7%
STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1 80.0% +50.0%
SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1 34.5% +19.3%
BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1 63.6% +39.7%
DEBERRY, REGINA M 1 50.0% +30.4%
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1 47.0% +22.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18248238 METHOD FOR TREATING OX40 RELATED DISEASE STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 49d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18619962 METHODS FOR TREATING HYPERTENSION USING AN ANTI-BMP10 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OR FRAGMENT THEREOF SAOUD, CHRISTINE J
18300892 METHOD FOR SELECTING CELL POHNERT, STEVEN C

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
17916275 ANTIBODY COMPOSITION BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 59d overdue
18248238 METHOD FOR TREATING OX40 RELATED DISEASE STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 49d overdue
16608474 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 42d overdue
18619962 METHODS FOR TREATING HYPERTENSION USING AN ANTI-BMP10 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OR FRAGMENT THEREOF SAOUD, CHRISTINE J
18598208 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION HUI, SAN MING R
18300892 METHOD FOR SELECTING CELL POHNERT, STEVEN C
18118898 NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND HAVING INHIBITORY EFFECT ON PRODUCTION OF KYNURENINE SIMMONS, CHRIS E
17288057 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING APLASTIC ANEMIA DEBERRY, REGINA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1645 2
1627 1
1683 1
1622 1
1643 1
1647 1
1636 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18619962 METHODS FOR TREATING HYPERTENSION USING AN ANTI-BMP10 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OR FRAGMENT THEREOF SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1645 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18598208 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION HUI, SAN MING R 1627 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18300892 METHOD FOR SELECTING CELL POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2023
18248238 METHOD FOR TREATING OX40 RELATED DISEASE STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18118898 NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND HAVING INHIBITORY EFFECT ON PRODUCTION OF KYNURENINE SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2023
17916275 ANTIBODY COMPOSITION BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 DP Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17288057 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING APLASTIC ANEMIA DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2021
16608474 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2019

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