Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Sana Biotechnology Inc.

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 2 of 6 (33%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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
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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
67% 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
MOORE, JOHN DAVID 2 65.4% +23.5%
CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1 0.0% +0.0%
BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1 47.1% +26.0%
MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1 48.8% +35.6%
BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1 44.8% +76.5%

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
18835218 METHODS OF REPEAT DOSING AND ADMINISTRATION OF LIPID PARTICLES OR VIRAL VECTORS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND USES CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE
18720534 MODIFIED PARAMYXOVIRIDAE FUSION GLYCOPROTEINS MOORE, JOHN DAVID
18682798 GENETICALLY MODIFIED CELLS FOR ALLOGENEIC CELL THERAPY MOORE, JOHN DAVID

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
17632026 DUX4 EXPRESSING CELLS AND USES THEREOF BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 45d overdue
17637789 CD24 EXPRESSING CELLS AND USES THEREOF MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 63d
18720534 MODIFIED PARAMYXOVIRIDAE FUSION GLYCOPROTEINS MOORE, JOHN DAVID
18682798 GENETICALLY MODIFIED CELLS FOR ALLOGENEIC CELL THERAPY MOORE, JOHN DAVID
18561682 HYPOIMMUNOGENIC RHD NEGATIVE PRIMARY T CELLS BUTTICE, AUDREY L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1638 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18835218 METHODS OF REPEAT DOSING AND ADMINISTRATION OF LIPID PARTICLES OR VIRAL VECTORS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND USES CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18720534 MODIFIED PARAMYXOVIRIDAE FUSION GLYCOPROTEINS MOORE, JOHN DAVID §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18682798 GENETICALLY MODIFIED CELLS FOR ALLOGENEIC CELL THERAPY MOORE, JOHN DAVID §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2024
18561682 HYPOIMMUNOGENIC RHD NEGATIVE PRIMARY T CELLS BUTTICE, AUDREY L §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
17637789 CD24 EXPRESSING CELLS AND USES THEREOF MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1638 §102 Final Rejection 63d AI Ready Feb 23, 2022
17632026 DUX4 EXPRESSING CELLS AND USES THEREOF BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §103Other Final Rejection 45d overdue AI Ready Feb 01, 2022

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