Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

3
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (17%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (50%)
§112 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1 15.4% +35.3%
REDDIG, PETER J 1 58.0% +40.0%
LOCKARD, JON MCCLELLAND 1 74.7% +27.0%
ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1 66.7% +0.0%
CHEN, STACY BROWN 1 66.1% +40.2%
XIAO, YAN 1 67.8% +51.6%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17841267 COMBINATIONS OF FLAVIVIRUS PROTEINS, PEPTIDE SEQUENCES, EPITOPES, AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF CHEN, STACY BROWN 154d overdue
18016538 Methods and Compositions for Diagnosing and Treating Cancer KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 65d
17760402 Coronavirus T Cell Epitopes and Uses Thereof ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17841267 COMBINATIONS OF FLAVIVIRUS PROTEINS, PEPTIDE SEQUENCES, EPITOPES, AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF CHEN, STACY BROWN 154d overdue
18016538 Methods and Compositions for Diagnosing and Treating Cancer KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 65d
18047928 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR LONG-LASTING GERMINAL CENTER RESPONSES TO A PRIMING IMMUNIZATION REDDIG, PETER J
17916548 METHODS AND COMBINATIONS FOR DUAL TARGETING OF TNF FAMILY MEMBERS LOCKARD, JON MCCLELLAND
17779392 Methods and Compositions for Modulationg Heterochromatin Dysfunction, Genomic Instability, and Associate Conditions XIAO, YAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1672 2
1677 1
1646 1
1647 1
1642 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18016538 Methods and Compositions for Diagnosing and Treating Cancer KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1677 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Jan 17, 2023
18047928 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR LONG-LASTING GERMINAL CENTER RESPONSES TO A PRIMING IMMUNIZATION REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 19, 2022
17916548 METHODS AND COMBINATIONS FOR DUAL TARGETING OF TNF FAMILY MEMBERS LOCKARD, JON MCCLELLAND 1647 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2022
17760402 Coronavirus T Cell Epitopes and Uses Thereof ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1672 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2022
17841267 COMBINATIONS OF FLAVIVIRUS PROTEINS, PEPTIDE SEQUENCES, EPITOPES, AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 154d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022
17779392 Methods and Compositions for Modulationg Heterochromatin Dysfunction, Genomic Instability, and Associate Conditions XIAO, YAN 1642 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2022

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