Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Pfizer Inc.

57 pending office actions • 33 art units • 55 examiners • 0 of 57 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

57
Total Pending OAs
44
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
1
Due this week
10
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

23
Hard (40%)
23
Medium (40%)
10
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (9%)
§103 only13 (23%)
§102 only5 (9%)
§112 only8 (14%)
Double-patenting only2 (4%)
Double-patenting + other5 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)18 (32%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

45
Life Sciences
79% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
9
Business / Other
16% 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.

570 h
Manual time on pending OAs
114 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
200 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FOLEY, SHANON A 2 73.2% +18.0%
BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 2 69.1% +38.2%
LEE, SIN J 1 68.9% +25.5%
KIM, SAMUEL CHONG 1 48.3% +70.1%
VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1 84.0% +10.9%
MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 1 27.6% +27.5%
ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 1 36.5% +32.1%
ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1 0.0% +0.0%
SODERQUIST, ARLEN 1 59.8% +26.5%
KARUNASENA, ENUSHA 1 0.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18789272 SULFONYL AMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL CELL GROWTH VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN

Hard Cases (25)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18548622 Methods of Treatment with Selective CB2 Receptor Agonists BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 60d overdue
17431462 Methods for purifying bacterial polysaccharides CREWS, JARET JAMES 53d overdue
18019379 UREA DERIVATIVES AS PYRUVATE KINASE ACTIVATORS RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 35d overdue
18322395 PURIFICATION OF ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES USING A SODIUM PHOSPHATE GRADIENT HAMA, JOANNE 17d overdue
18565626 METHODS OF TREATMENT VALENROD, YEVGENY 17d overdue
18347698 SELF-AMPLIFYING RNA ENCODING AN INFLUENZA VIRUS ANTIGEN CHEN, STACY BROWN 8d overdue
18255869 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING EXCESS NUCLEIC ACID PRECIPITATION TSAY, MARSHA M 2d overdue
18024245 STREAMLINED ASSAY PREPARATION YOUNG, NATASHA E 1d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18548622 Methods of Treatment with Selective CB2 Receptor Agonists BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 60d overdue
18557987 VACCINATION AGAINST BACTERIAL AND BETACORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS FOLEY, SHANON A 8d
18825795 AQUEOUS FORMULATION COMPRISING 1-(4-{[4-(DIMETHYLAMINO)PIPERIDIN-1-YL]CARBONYL}PHENYL)-3-[4-(4,6-DIMORPHOLIN-4-YL-1,3,5-TRIAZIN-2-YL)PHENYL]UREA LEE, SIN J
18842257 COMPUTERIZED DECISION SUPPORT TOOL AND MEDICAL DEVICE FOR RESPIRATORY CONDITION MONITORING AND CARE KIM, SAMUEL CHONG
18789272 SULFONYL AMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL CELL GROWTH VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN
18722084 DIGITAL MEDICINE COMPANION FOR TREATING AND MANAGING SKIN DISEASES MPAMUGO, CHINYERE
18713747 MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL
18699159 IMMUNOGENIC LNP COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF FOLEY, SHANON A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1624 4
1622 4
1645 3
1674 2
1625 2
1671 2
1626 2
1656 2
1631 2
1628 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18825795 AQUEOUS FORMULATION COMPRISING 1-(4-{[4-(DIMETHYLAMINO)PIPERIDIN-1-YL]CARBONYL}PHENYL)-3-[4-(4,6-DIMORPHOLIN-4-YL-1,3,5-TRIAZIN-2-YL)PHENYL]UREA LEE, SIN J §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18842257 COMPUTERIZED DECISION SUPPORT TOOL AND MEDICAL DEVICE FOR RESPIRATORY CONDITION MONITORING AND CARE KIM, SAMUEL CHONG §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18789272 SULFONYL AMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL CELL GROWTH VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1624 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18722084 DIGITAL MEDICINE COMPANION FOR TREATING AND MANAGING SKIN DISEASES MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 3685 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18713747 MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18706732 METHODS OF TREATING MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES USING ANTI-GDF15 ANTIBODIES ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18699159 IMMUNOGENIC LNP COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF FOLEY, SHANON A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18249752 METHODS FOR MEASURING DYSTROPHIN IN TISSUE SAMPLES SODERQUIST, ARLEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18586896 CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE (CTAB) AS A LYSIS AND FLOCCULATION REAGENT IN GENE THERAPY DOWNSTREAM PROCESSES KARUNASENA, ENUSHA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18442988 BTLA Fusion Protein Agonists and Uses Thereof BUNNER, BRIDGET E §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18532424 Papain-like protease (PLpro) inhibitors BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18521196 CLAUDIN 18.2 TARGETING CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS AND BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18562387 RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION OF KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE O-ANTIGENS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI GANGLE, BRIAN J 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18557987 VACCINATION AGAINST BACTERIAL AND BETACORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS FOLEY, SHANON A 1671 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18488191 COMPOUND FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER KLINKEL, KORTNEY L 1627 §112 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18555058 COMBINATION THERAPY COMPRISING A PKC INHIBITOR AND A MEK INHIBITOR O DELL, DAVID K 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18552453 Ether-Linked Antiviral Compounds ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1626 §112 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18551038 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTOR VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18550326 Methods For Treatment of Vitiligo FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 1626 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18549158 Treatment of Breast Cancer with Amcenestrant and Palbociclib LEESER, ERICH A 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18459381 CELL CULTURE PROCESS NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18275634 Methods of Protecting RNA MCKILLOP, JOHN CHARLES 1637 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18347698 SELF-AMPLIFYING RNA ENCODING AN INFLUENZA VIRUS ANTIGEN CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18343968 NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 Final Rejection Pending Jun 29, 2023
18268959 SOLID FORMS OF A CDK2 INHIBITOR MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2023
18258027 IMPROVED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTOR RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO 1634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18335259 IL-12 Variants and Uses Thereof GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2023
18257215 HILIC UPLC-MS Method For Separating and Analyzing Intact Adeno-Associated Virus Capsid Proteins LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH 1671 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18255869 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING EXCESS NUCLEIC ACID PRECIPITATION TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2023
18322395 PURIFICATION OF ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES USING A SODIUM PHOSPHATE GRADIENT HAMA, JOANNE 1647 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18252124 Immunogenic compositions comprising conjugated capsular saccharide antigens and uses thereof OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 §102Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 08, 2023
18250570 CRYSTAL-FREE HIGH-CONCENTRATION TESTOSTERONE CYPIONATE FORMULATIONS MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18249581 PEG-FREE AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS FOR PARENTERAL ADMINISTRATION OF A CORTICOSTEROID AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2023
18024245 STREAMLINED ASSAY PREPARATION YOUNG, NATASHA E 1774 §103§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18042561 GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATES, METHODS FOR PRODUCING CONJUGATES, IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CONJUGATES, AND USES THEREOF JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J 1600 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2023
18041447 Methods of Protecting RNA BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 13, 2023
18004109 Preparation Of A Pyrimidinyl-3,8-Diazabicyclo[3.2.1]Octanylmethanone Derivative And Salt Thereof MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §102Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2023
18146014 COMBINATION OF AN ANTI-PD-L1 ANTIBODY AND A DNA-PK INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 §103DP Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
18002555 COMPUTERIZED DECISION SUPPORT TOOL AND MEDICAL DEVICE FOR SCRATCH DETECTION AND FLARE PREDICTION WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2022
18002368 METHOD OF TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE USING ANTI-TL1A ANTIBODIES KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2022
17799992 PURIFICATION OF SACCHARIDES LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2022
17607341 REAL-TIME TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT OF STANDARD WORKFLOWS KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2021
17431462 Methods for purifying bacterial polysaccharides CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 §103§112Other Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2021
17299180 Cells with reduced inhibitor production and methods of use thereof SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 02, 2021
17278866 SSI CELLS WITH PREDICTABLE AND STABLE TRANSGENE EXPRESSION AND METHODS OF FORMATION LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1631 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 23, 2021
16978354 ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 04, 2020
16486363 MULTI-SITE SPECIFIC INTEGRATION CELLS FOR DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS PROTEINS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2019
18841455 NOVEL S1P1 RECEPTOR AGONIST, CRYSTALLINE SALTS, PROCESSES FOR PREPARING, AND USES RELATED THERETO AULAKH, CHARANJIT §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18566862 Administration of a Compound to Individuals with Hepatic Impairment TRAN, ERIC 1629 §103Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18524124 METHODS OF TREAMENT INAM, SAHAR 1622 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18565626 METHODS OF TREATMENT VALENROD, YEVGENY 1628 §103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18548622 Methods of Treatment with Selective CB2 Receptor Agonists BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18259843 Methods of Treatment ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18249774 ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF THE 5-HT2A SEROTONIN RECEPTOR USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERED RELATED THERETO BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18019379 UREA DERIVATIVES AS PYRUVATE KINASE ACTIVATORS RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1628 §102§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2023
17777909 METHODS OF ADMINISTERING VOXELOTOR SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1622 §102 Final Rejection 29d Pending May 18, 2022
17787454 SURFACE MODIFYING COATING FOR MEDICAL DEVICES VASISTH, VISHAL V 1771 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 20, 2022

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