Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating a moderately decentralized prosecution landscape. This spread suggests that the company's pharmaceutical research is being evaluated by multiple specialized groups within the USPTO.

MAHER M HADDAD is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 2 pending office actions. These 2 busiest examiner pending actions represent a portion of the total 5 pending office actions in the portfolio. With 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units involved, the company must coordinate its prosecution strategy across different examination styles. The concentration of 5 pending actions within only 3 distinct art units suggests some overlap in the technical fields being pursued, even as the workload is shared among 4 distinct examiners.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (25%)
Double-patenting + other3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.4% +24.3%
BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1 63.4% +39.8%
HADDAD, MAHER M 1 50.6% +53.8%
ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16084383 METHOD OF PREVENTING GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18731923 ADMINISTRATION OF AURORA KINASE INHIBITOR AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 98d overdue
18656201 ANTI-CD19 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEROF BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE —
18344724 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC POUCHITIS HADDAD, MAHER M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1627 1
1641 1
1600 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18731923 ADMINISTRATION OF AURORA KINASE INHIBITOR AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §103DP Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18656201 ANTI-CD19 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEROF BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 06, 2024
18344724 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC POUCHITIS HADDAD, MAHER M 1641 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 29, 2023
16084383 METHOD OF PREVENTING GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI 1600 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2018

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. have?

Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. applications?

Dawanna Shar-Day White has the most, with 1 of Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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