Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Oyster Point Pharma Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

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
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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
NEAGU, IRINA 1 46.8% +57.4%
ISMAIL, REHANA 1 77.3% +32.8%
WRIGHT, ERIC BRANDON 1
VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1 73.0% +6.7%
HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1 51.6% +27.9%
BARRERA, JUAN C 1 63.2% +35.1%

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
18559512 AAV VIRION ENCODING NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR AND USES THEREOF VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN
17829286 NASAL SPRAY GUIDE BARRERA, JUAN C

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18437748 SYNTHESIS AND NOVEL SALT FORMS OF (R)-5-((E)-2-(PYRROLIDIN-3-YLVINYL)PYRIMIDINE ISMAIL, REHANA 70d
18825758 METHODS OF TREATING OCULAR CONDITIONS NEAGU, IRINA
18049815 LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE INHIBITION OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS HAVLIN, ROBERT H
17829286 NASAL SPRAY GUIDE BARRERA, JUAN C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1625 1
1632 1
1638 1
1626 1
3752 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18825758 METHODS OF TREATING OCULAR CONDITIONS NEAGU, IRINA DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18437748 SYNTHESIS AND NOVEL SALT FORMS OF (R)-5-((E)-2-(PYRROLIDIN-3-YLVINYL)PYRIMIDINE ISMAIL, REHANA 1625 DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18559518 CO-THERAPY WITH VECTOR AND NICOTINIC AGONIST WRIGHT, ERIC BRANDON 1632 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18559512 AAV VIRION ENCODING NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR AND USES THEREOF VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18049815 LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE INHIBITION OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2022
17829286 NASAL SPRAY GUIDE BARRERA, JUAN C 3752 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2022

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