Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Research Institute At Nationwide Children's Hospital

25 pending office actions • 18 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
3
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.

2
Overdue
2
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 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.

11
Hard (44%)
11
Medium (44%)
2
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (8%)
§103 only7 (28%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only2 (8%)
Double-patenting + other3 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (36%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

23
Life Sciences
92% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 2 60.3% +35.7%
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 42.8% +67.4%
CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1 0.0% +0.0%
MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL 1 36.1% +64.0%
LAU, JONATHAN S 1 63.9% -18.1%
VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1 73.0% +6.7%
NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1 30.0% +48.4%
TATGE, LEXUS MARC 1 50.0% +100.0%
HAMA, JOANNE 1 25.1% +38.8%
HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1 75.0% +11.4%

Hard Cases (13)

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
18578744 METHODS OF TREATING NEPHROTIC SYNDROME HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 6d
18905388 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR GALGT2 GENE THERAPY CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE
18712159 CHIMERIC HSV EXPRESSING HIL21 TO BOOST ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNE ACTIVITY MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL
18573684 METHODS FOR TREATING FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (FSHD) LAU, JONATHAN S
18286923 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR NEUROFIBROMIN 2/MERLIN (NF2) GENE THERAPY VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN
18281115 USE OF TAMOXIFEN AND RELATED COMPOUNDS TO REDUCE BREAST IMPLANT CAPSULE FORMATION AND CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI
18034668 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING, INHIBITING, DISRUPTING, OR TREATING A POLYMICROBIAL BIOFILM HAMA, JOANNE
18246594 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY HUDSON, AMY ROSE

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19298798 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR DELIVERY OF MICRO-DYSTROPHIN TO TREAT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 7d
18712159 CHIMERIC HSV EXPRESSING HIL21 TO BOOST ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNE ACTIVITY MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL
18281115 USE OF TAMOXIFEN AND RELATED COMPOUNDS TO REDUCE BREAST IMPLANT CAPSULE FORMATION AND CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI
18279169 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DYSTROPHIN-BASED MYOPATHIES USING CRISPR-CAS9 TO CORRECT DMD EXON DUPLICATIONS DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE
18274327 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH DUX4 OVEREXPRESSION TATGE, LEXUS MARC
18038878 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (FSHD) DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE
18034668 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING, INHIBITING, DISRUPTING, OR TREATING A POLYMICROBIAL BIOFILM HAMA, JOANNE
18246594 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY HUDSON, AMY ROSE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1636 4
1638 2
1631 2
1632 1
1693 1
1624 1
1637 1
1645 1
1656 1
1798 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 §112Other Final Rejection 7d Pending Aug 13, 2025
18905388 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR GALGT2 GENE THERAPY CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18712159 CHIMERIC HSV EXPRESSING HIL21 TO BOOST ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNE ACTIVITY MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18573684 METHODS FOR TREATING FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (FSHD) LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18286923 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR NEUROFIBROMIN 2/MERLIN (NF2) GENE THERAPY VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18281115 USE OF TAMOXIFEN AND RELATED COMPOUNDS TO REDUCE BREAST IMPLANT CAPSULE FORMATION AND CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1624 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18279169 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DYSTROPHIN-BASED MYOPATHIES USING CRISPR-CAS9 TO CORRECT DMD EXON DUPLICATIONS DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2023
18274327 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH DUX4 OVEREXPRESSION TATGE, LEXUS MARC 1637 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2023
18038878 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (FSHD) DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 25, 2023
18034668 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING, INHIBITING, DISRUPTING, OR TREATING A POLYMICROBIAL BIOFILM HAMA, JOANNE 1645 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18246594 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1636 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2023
17910992 NK CELLS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF MICROBIAL INFECTIONS WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2022
17426993 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS DELIVERY OF CLN6 POLYNUCLEOTIDE SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2022
17786721 OPTIMIZED GENE THERAPY FOR TARGETING MUSCLE IN MUSCLE DISEASES CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17776912 SYSTEMS AND METHODS PRODUCING SEEDED GRAFTS GORDON, BRIAN R 1798 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2022
17632263 EXON 44-TARGETED NUCLEIC ACIDS AND RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS COMPRISING SAID NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR TREATMENT OF DYSTROPHIN-BASED MYOPATHIES REGA, KYLE THOMAS 1636 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2022
17431270 USE OF PLASMA MEMBRANE PARTICLES, LIPOSOMES, AND EXOSOMES TO ASSAY IMMUNE CELL POTENCY SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH 1600 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2021
17272194 GENE THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF GALACTOSEMIA NGUYEN, QUANG 1631 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 26, 2021
17265505 PRENATAL PROBIOTIC FORMULATIONS MISHRA, DEEPA 1657 §103Other Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2021
17256640 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MEDIATING EPS SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Dec 28, 2020
18290772 INHIBITING INTRACELLULAR PATHOGENS MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 20, 2024
18578744 METHODS OF TREATING NEPHROTIC SYNDROME HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §102§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18288008 EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS USING SWEAT WECKER, JENNIFER 1797 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2023
18483090 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR USING HLA-F BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2023
17018681 UNIVERSAL DONOR SELECTION METHOD TO IDENTIFY NK-CELL-DONORS DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1641 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2020

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