Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Research Institute AT Nationwide Children'S Hospital

11 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (9%)
3
Unknown (27%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only2 (18%)
§112 only1 (9%)
No statute on record3 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
91% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 42.8% +67.6%
BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1 75.0% +17.5%
CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1 73.6% +57.8%
CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1 23.5% +44.0%
HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 1 55.6% +40.1%
ZHU, JIANJIAN 1 59.7% +82.5%
STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1 44.2% +31.4%
IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 1 42.9% +77.9%
FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1 62.3% +50.3%
MISHRA, DEEPA 1 31.1% +33.4%

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
17830871 Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Products and Methods for Treating Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2A CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 22d 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
17604188 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN BATTEN DISEASE STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 113d overdue
17265505 PRENATAL PROBIOTIC FORMULATIONS MISHRA, DEEPA 96d overdue
17786721 OPTIMIZED GENE THERAPY FOR TARGETING MUSCLE IN MUSCLE DISEASES CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 36d overdue
17830871 Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Products and Methods for Treating Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2A CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 22d overdue
19298798 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR DELIVERY OF MICRO-DYSTROPHIN TO TREAT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 7d
17431276 USE OF A STIMULATING AGENT TO ASSAY IMMUNE CELL POTENCY FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 7d
17511187 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) NK CELLS AND USES THEREOF ZHU, JIANJIAN 23d
17920231 EPHA4 TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1632 2
1654 1
1656 1
1634 1
3791 1
1631 1
1678 1
1643 1
1657 1
1622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19298798 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR DELIVERY OF MICRO-DYSTROPHIN TO TREAT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 13, 2025
17920231 EPHA4 TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1654 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17786721 OPTIMIZED GENE THERAPY FOR TARGETING MUSCLE IN MUSCLE DISEASES CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17830871 Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Products and Methods for Treating Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2A CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2022
17650273 SMART MUSCLE TESTING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 08, 2022
17511187 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) NK CELLS AND USES THEREOF ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Oct 26, 2021
17604188 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN BATTEN DISEASE STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2021
17439092 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING ACUTE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 1678 Other Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 14, 2021
17431276 USE OF A STIMULATING AGENT TO ASSAY IMMUNE CELL POTENCY FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1643 §102 Final Rejection 7d Pending Aug 16, 2021
17265505 PRENATAL PROBIOTIC FORMULATIONS MISHRA, DEEPA 1657 Other Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2021
17256640 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MEDIATING EPS SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Dec 28, 2020

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