Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

NantWorks LLC

16 pending office actions • 11 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 75 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
3
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

1
Hard (6%)
9
Medium (56%)
4
Easy (25%)
2
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only9 (56%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting only2 (12%)
No statute on record2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
38% of docket
4
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
19% of docket
3
Business / Other
19% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WONG, LUT 2 77.2% +14.4%
GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 2 58.1% +41.7%
DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 1 65.2% -9.4%
SHORTER, RASHIDA R 1 18.0% +26.1%
PATEL, JAY M 1 64.4% +38.5%
AYERS, MICHAEL W 1 70.4% +53.4%
JUEDES, AMY E 1 44.7% +41.6%
HUYNH, EMILY 1 20.5% +41.9%
STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1 55.8% +48.8%
BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1 62.5% +11.1%

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
17964015 DISTRIBUTED RELATIONSHIP REASONING ENGINE FOR GENERATING ANALYTICS FOR HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY HUYNH, EMILY 41d
18658935 SENTIMENTS BASED TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS SHORTER, RASHIDA R

Interview Candidates (11)

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
19219939 REASONING ENGINE SERVICES WONG, LUT 38d overdue
16961026 Fusion Protein Extensions GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 5d
17964015 DISTRIBUTED RELATIONSHIP REASONING ENGINE FOR GENERATING ANALYTICS FOR HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY HUYNH, EMILY 41d
18518247 SENSOR-BASED LEADING INDICATORS IN A PERSONAL AREA NETWORK; SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS PATEL, JAY M 56d
18984946 REASONING ENGINE SERVICES WONG, LUT
18658935 SENTIMENTS BASED TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS SHORTER, RASHIDA R
18379270 Cloud Computing Burst Management Systems And Methods AYERS, MICHAEL W
18062417 Fractal Combination Therapy JUEDES, AMY E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2127 2
1678 2
2486 1
3626 1
3681 1
2195 1
1644 1
3683 1
1642 1
1638 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19321598 DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF MULTI-SENSOR DATA STREAM DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 2486 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Sep 08, 2025
19219939 REASONING ENGINE SERVICES WONG, LUT 2127 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending May 27, 2025
18984946 REASONING ENGINE SERVICES WONG, LUT 2127 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 17, 2024
18658935 SENTIMENTS BASED TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS SHORTER, RASHIDA R 3626 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 08, 2024
18518247 SENSOR-BASED LEADING INDICATORS IN A PERSONAL AREA NETWORK; SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS PATEL, JAY M 3681 Other Final Rejection 56d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18379270 Cloud Computing Burst Management Systems And Methods AYERS, MICHAEL W 2195 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18062417 Fractal Combination Therapy JUEDES, AMY E 1644 DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2022
17964015 DISTRIBUTED RELATIONSHIP REASONING ENGINE FOR GENERATING ANALYTICS FOR HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY HUYNH, EMILY 3683 §101 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 11, 2022
17843247 Cancer Neoepitopes GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2022
16477505 VALIDATION OF NEOEPITOPE-BASED TREATMENT STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2019
18658913 Reprogrammed T Cell-Like NK Cells BURKHART, MICHAEL D §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
17932633 Modified EC7 Cells Having Low Toxicity to Viral Production Payloads MARVICH, MARIA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2022
16961026 Fusion Protein Extensions GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Oct 15, 2020
18522074 Systems And Methods For Genetic Analysis Of Metastases SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18246279 VACCINE COMPOSITIONS FOR MUCOSAL IMMUNE RESPONSE THUESON, HANNA MARIE 1638 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2023
18005332 COVID-19 Mucosal Antibody Assay PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1671 §112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023

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