Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Ocular Therapeutix Inc.

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
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
1
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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.1% +29.8%
BASQUILL, SEAN M 1 38.8% +21.6%
VALLE, ERNESTO 1 56.0% +41.3%
GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1 63.1% +33.8%
BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1 37.1% +49.9%

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
17549307 OCULAR INSERT CONTAINING A GLUCOCORTICOID BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 3d overdue
18121256 OCULAR IMPLANT CONTAINING AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 9d
18706306 PRODRUGS OF AXITINIB VALLE, ERNESTO

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
17549307 OCULAR INSERT CONTAINING A GLUCOCORTICOID BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 3d overdue
18121256 OCULAR IMPLANT CONTAINING AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 9d
18915988 METHODS OF TREATING ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS YOUNG, MICAH PAUL
18824391 SUSTAINED RELEASE BIODEGRADABLE INTRACANALICULAR INSERTS COMPRISING A HYDROGEL AND CYCLOSPORINE BASQUILL, SEAN M
18706306 PRODRUGS OF AXITINIB VALLE, ERNESTO

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1615 1
1613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18915988 METHODS OF TREATING ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS YOUNG, MICAH PAUL §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2024
18824391 SUSTAINED RELEASE BIODEGRADABLE INTRACANALICULAR INSERTS COMPRISING A HYDROGEL AND CYCLOSPORINE BASQUILL, SEAN M §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2024
18706306 PRODRUGS OF AXITINIB VALLE, ERNESTO §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18121256 OCULAR IMPLANT CONTAINING AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1615 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 14, 2023
17549307 OCULAR INSERT CONTAINING A GLUCOCORTICOID BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2021

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