Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Ocugen Inc.

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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
PURDY, KYLE A 1 41.0% +36.5%
SCHERBEL, TODD J 1 76.2% +52.3%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1 36.1% +46.1%
HOBAN, MELISSA A 1 63.0% +13.1%
REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1 37.5% +31.1%
COPPINS, JANET L 1 72.9% +25.5%

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
17080078 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR MEDIATED GENE THERAPY FOR OPHTHALMIC DISEASES REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 35d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16973987 SCAFFOLD WITH ADHESIVE FOR ARTICULAR CARTILAGE REPAIR HOBAN, MELISSA A 25d overdue
18197692 METHOD FOR USE OF A DOUBLE-STRUCTURED TISSUE IMPLANT FOR TREATMENT OF TISSUE DEFECTS SCHERBEL, TODD J 9d overdue
18503177 Treatment of Neurological Disorder Using NHR PURDY, KYLE A 1d overdue
17668511 NEOCARTILAGE CONSTRUCTS USING UNIVERSAL CELLS BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 7d
17080078 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR MEDIATED GENE THERAPY FOR OPHTHALMIC DISEASES REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 35d
15963955 NANOEMULSIONS WITH ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY COPPINS, JANET L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1611 1
3771 1
1655 1
3774 1
1651 1
1628 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18503177 Treatment of Neurological Disorder Using NHR PURDY, KYLE A 1611 DP Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18197692 METHOD FOR USE OF A DOUBLE-STRUCTURED TISSUE IMPLANT FOR TREATMENT OF TISSUE DEFECTS SCHERBEL, TODD J 3771 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
17668511 NEOCARTILAGE CONSTRUCTS USING UNIVERSAL CELLS BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 10, 2022
16973987 SCAFFOLD WITH ADHESIVE FOR ARTICULAR CARTILAGE REPAIR HOBAN, MELISSA A 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Dec 10, 2020
17080078 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR MEDIATED GENE THERAPY FOR OPHTHALMIC DISEASES REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103§112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Oct 26, 2020
15963955 NANOEMULSIONS WITH ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2018

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