Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

38 pending office actions • 24 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

38
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
4
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (4)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.

17
Hard (45%)
17
Medium (45%)
4
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other6 (16%)
§103 only9 (24%)
§102 only3 (8%)
§112 only3 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other5 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

33
Life Sciences
87% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
2
Business / Other
5% 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.

380 h
Manual time on pending OAs
76 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
133 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, KHOA NHAT 2 42.0% +58.8%
DIBRINO, MARIANNE 2 43.2% +41.6%
MOSELEY II, NELSON B 2 67.8% +41.6%
DHAR, MATASHA 1 43.8% +47.5%
PAPCIAK, SHARON M 1 49.5% +22.5%
JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1 58.9% +24.3%
DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 1 100.0% +0.0%
ZHU, JIANJIAN 1 61.0% +83.7%
BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1 62.2% +11.5%
JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 1 45.0% +49.4%

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
18368647 METHODS OF PERSONALIZED PRECONDITIONING FOR CELL THERAPY DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 26d

Hard Cases (17)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17697028 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING GENOMIC SAFE HARBORS VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 91d overdue
17047621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CANCER VIA cfDNA SCREENING CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA 17d overdue
16990185 NON-HLA RESTRICTED T CELL RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO 4d overdue
17914731 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING PATHOLOGICAL MUTATIONS FROM CLONAL HEMATOPOIETIC MUTATIONS IN PLASMA CELL-FREE DNA BY FRAGMENT SIZE ANALYSIS BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 15d
17890694 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING SUBJECTS AT RISK OF POOR CANCER SURVIVAL BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 34d
17681113 METHODS OF GENERATING AND ISOLATING MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE NEURONS TRAN, KHOA NHAT
17526812 MESOTHELIN CARS AND USES THEREOF DIBRINO, MARIANNE
17319495 STEM CELL-BASED MULTIPLEX METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TRAN, KHOA NHAT

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18606866 INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA AND GVHD PAPCIAK, SHARON M 6d
18506518 ANTIGEN-BINDING PROTEINS TARGETING MELANOMA DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGENS AND USES THEREOF JOHANSEN, PETER N. 28d
18118072 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING RISK OF CANCER RELAPSE BURKHART, MICHAEL D 41d
17426728 SENOLYTIC CAR-T CELLS TARGETING UPAR, A CELL SURFACE AND SECRETED SENESCENCE BIOMARKER DIBRINO, MARIANNE 79d
18799294 METHODS OF IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATION OF MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE (MDA) NEURONS DHAR, MATASHA
18188795 IL-33 SECRETING IMMUNORESPONSIVE CELLS AND USES THEREOF ZHU, JIANJIAN
17956957 METHODS OF GENERATING MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE NEURONS, MIDBRAIN NEURONS AND USES THEREOF JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE
17681113 METHODS OF GENERATING AND ISOLATING MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE NEURONS TRAN, KHOA NHAT

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1644 4
1632 3
1643 3
1638 2
1682 2
1641 2
1634 2
1642 2
1657 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18799294 METHODS OF IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATION OF MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE (MDA) NEURONS DHAR, MATASHA §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18606866 INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA AND GVHD PAPCIAK, SHARON M 1657 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18506518 ANTIGEN-BINDING PROTEINS TARGETING MELANOMA DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGENS AND USES THEREOF JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 10, 2023
18368647 METHODS OF PERSONALIZED PRECONDITIONING FOR CELL THERAPY DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 1644 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18188795 IL-33 SECRETING IMMUNORESPONSIVE CELLS AND USES THEREOF ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 23, 2023
18118072 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING RISK OF CANCER RELAPSE BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1638 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Mar 06, 2023
17956957 METHODS OF GENERATING MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE NEURONS, MIDBRAIN NEURONS AND USES THEREOF JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 1638 §112DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2022
17890694 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING SUBJECTS AT RISK OF POOR CANCER SURVIVAL BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 1682 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 18, 2022
17697044 GENOMIC SAFE HARBORS FOR TRANSGENE INTEGRATION ANGELL, JON E 1637 §112 Final Rejection 156d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2022
17697028 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING GENOMIC SAFE HARBORS VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2022
17681113 METHODS OF GENERATING AND ISOLATING MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE NEURONS TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 2022
17526812 MESOTHELIN CARS AND USES THEREOF DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1641 §103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Nov 15, 2021
17405613 COMBINATIONS OF MULTIPLE CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY GEORGE, DENNIS CHERIAN 1644 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 18, 2021
17400689 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY WU, JULIE ZHEN QIN 1643 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Aug 12, 2021
17319495 STEM CELL-BASED MULTIPLEX METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2021
17095216 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL RECEPTORS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2020
16990185 NON-HLA RESTRICTED T CELL RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO 1634 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2020
18707578 IL33 PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 04, 2024
18392127 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CANCER MOSELEY II, NELSON B §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18501782 A33 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME IN RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18250607 PATIENT-SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC PREDICTIONS THROUGH ANALYSIS OF FREE TEXT AND STRUCTURED PATIENT RECORDS WASEEM, HUMA 3686 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2023
18249914 SYNTHETIC INTRONS FOR TARGETED GENE EXPRESSION CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1634 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 20, 2023
18043527 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGETING CYTOSOLIC DSDNA SIGNALING IN CHROMOSOMALLY UNSTABLE CANCERS DUFFY, BRADLEY 1643 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
18007292 COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING EX VIVO ARMED T CELLS WITH MULTI-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1642 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2023
17999786 ANTI-GD2 SADA CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 1647 §103Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17914731 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING PATHOLOGICAL MUTATIONS FROM CLONAL HEMATOPOIETIC MUTATIONS IN PLASMA CELL-FREE DNA BY FRAGMENT SIZE ANALYSIS BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 1687 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17911093 DIGITAL PATHOLOGY RECORDS DATABASE MANAGEMENT WORKU, SARON MATTHEWOS 2408 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2022
17794340 INTRAOPERATIVE 2D/3D IMAGING PLATFORM RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL 3798 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 21, 2022
17766027 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF Id PROTEINS TAO, BIN 1625 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2022
17626941 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGETING TGF-ß SIGNALING IN CD4+ HELPER T CELLS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY LU, CHENG 1642 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2022
17549811 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI INFECTION OR COLONIZATION MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1652 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2021
17611805 METHODS FOR PREDICTING RESPONSIVENESS OF CANCER TO FERROPTOSIS-INDUCING THERAPIES BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 2021
17594271 MULTI-VALENT IMMUNOTHERAPY COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF USE FOR TREATING WT1-POSITIVE CANCERS DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 1644 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2021
17426728 SENOLYTIC CAR-T CELLS TARGETING UPAR, A CELL SURFACE AND SECRETED SENESCENCE BIOMARKER DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1641 §102 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Jul 29, 2021
17196631 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTION OF HPV DNA AND DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF HPV-ASSOCIATED CANCERS HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 09, 2021
17259800 METHODS OF USING PHARMACOLOGIC INHIBITORS OF TYPE 2 CYTOKINE SIGNALING TO TREAT OR PREVENT PANCREATIC CANCER BERHANE, SELAM 1675 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2021
17047621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CANCER VIA cfDNA SCREENING CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA 1681 §101§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2020
16979396 METHODS OF SELECTING T CELL LINE FOR ADOPTIVE CELLULAR THERAPY CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 §112Other Final Rejection 41d Pending Sep 09, 2020

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