Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sanofi

69 pending office actions • 27 art units • 57 examiners • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 113 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

69
Total Pending OAs
49
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 69 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

32
Overdue
1
Due this week
27
Due this month
7
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 69 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (32)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (27)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (2)

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%)
56
Medium (81%)
4
Easy (6%)
9
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only43 (62%)
§102 only13 (19%)
§112 only4 (6%)
No statute on record9 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
23% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
2
Semiconductors
3% of docket
48
Mechanical / Eng
70% 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.

690 h
Manual time on pending OAs
138 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
241 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 5 58.7% +36.4%
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3 69.2% +49.7%
TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 3 65.1% +49.7%
PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 2 58.1% +27.8%
BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 2 63.7% +39.7%
HALL, DEANNA K 2 75.8% +15.4%
GRAY, PHILLIP A 2 74.0% +10.6%
HIGGS, STELLA EUN 1 39.1% +34.9%
HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 1 53.6% +61.9%
ACKUN, JACOB K 1 56.5% +2.3%

Interview Candidates (21)

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
18016941 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 99d overdue
17916144 Injector Device SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 44d overdue
17956570 DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 44d overdue
18039110 ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE HALL, DEANNA K 43d overdue
18039455 User Device, System and Method for Determining a Threshold Time for an Injection Device to Transition to an Operational Temperature HALL, DEANNA K 32d overdue
18018226 Drive Assembly for a Drug Delivery Device TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 31d overdue
17914600 Injection Device with Needle Obscuring Element SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 16d overdue
18267025 Electrode System, Electronic System, Drug Delivery Device, and a Method of Manufacturing an Electronic System MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 8d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 40
1777 2
1643 2
3651 2
3681 1
3682 1
3736 1
2433 1
1671 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19043336 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING NEW INDICATIONS FOR DRUGS HIGGS, STELLA EUN 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 31, 2025
18987022 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DIAGNOSE RARE DISEASES HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 19, 2024
18843946 MECHANICAL CONNECTOR FOR INJECTION DEVICES ACKUN, JACOB K 3736 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 04, 2024
18705693 USER AUTHENTICATION FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE ANDERSON, MICHAEL D 2433 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18620385 ELECTRONIC ADD-ON MODULE AND ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRONIC ADD-ON MODULE AND A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18597028 Integrating Electronics into the Stopper of a Cartridge SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18411568 Ferritin Proteins HILL, MYRON G 1671 Other Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18576846 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING TITRATION OF BASAL AND BOLUS INSULIN JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18289008 Coded Housing Components for an Injection Device PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18557721 METHODS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ADAMTS BINDING IMMUNOGLOBULINS CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18288092 Implantable Device and Therapeutic System with Active Oxygenation CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18288087 Implantable Device and Therapeutic System with Passive Oxygenation MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18287256 HOUSING COMPONENTS AND MEDICAMENT CONTAINER FOR AN INJECTION DEVICE PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18286510 Combination Comprising Ribociclib and Amcenestrant HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18241669 METHODS OF DETERMINING PROTEIN REDUCTION SUSCEPTABILITY MOORE, JOHN DAVID 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18353589 COLLECTION OF INJECTION DEVICE DATA USING ENERGY HARVESTED FROM AN EXTERNAL DEVICE MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18338540 Injection Device with a Vibration Generator KIM, SUN U 1777 Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18268840 EFFECTORLESS FC MOLECULES BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18267025 Electrode System, Electronic System, Drug Delivery Device, and a Method of Manufacturing an Electronic System MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18267055 AUTOINJECTOR WITH GAS LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18039455 User Device, System and Method for Determining a Threshold Time for an Injection Device to Transition to an Operational Temperature HALL, DEANNA K 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18039110 ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE HALL, DEANNA K 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18039019 ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 26, 2023
18039045 DRIVE SUBASSEMBLY FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, CONTAINER-HOLDER SUBASSEMBLY FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, KIT AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE GRAY, PHILLIP A 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 26, 2023
18324668 ANTI-BCMA ANTIBODIES PETERS, ALEC JON 1641 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending May 26, 2023
18038745 Drug Delivery Device VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18038748 Drug Delivery Device FARRELL, KATHLEEN PAIGE 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18038368 Drug Delivery Device SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §112 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 23, 2023
18034523 Electronic system for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device STIGELL, THEODORE J 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18305751 Medicament Delivery Device GRAY, PHILLIP A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18248974 RNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING LIPOPROTEIN(A) ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA 1635 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18248988 NOVEL LIGANDS FOR ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 13, 2023
18296088 Drug Delivery Device SHAH, NILAY J 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18178692 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ON THE USE OF AN INJECTION DEVICE SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
18018345 A monitoring system RODRIGUEZ, ANTHONY JASON 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 27, 2023
18018226 Drive Assembly for a Drug Delivery Device TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023
18016941 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18013769 Needle Shield Removal Assembly, Method for Assembling Thereof and Drug Delivery Device SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18013479 GLP-1R AGONISTIC PEPTIDES WITH REDUCED ACTIVITY HIBBERT, CATHERINE S 1658 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
18011362 Drug Delivery Device Recognition DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 19, 2022
18011246 Drug Delivery Device Recognition SMALE, AVERY E 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022
17926290 WEARABLE INJECTION DEVICE BUI, ANDREW THANH 3745 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17921276 Supplemental Device for an Injection Device GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17971118 CARTRIDGE WITH DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 21, 2022
17920157 MECHANISM UNIT FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AHMED, TASNIM M 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17916144 Injector Device SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17956570 DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17915344 INJECTION DEVICE STORAGE CONTAINER OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T 3651 §102 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17914897 Injector Device RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 27, 2022
17914600 Injection Device with Needle Obscuring Element SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2022
17943514 CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2022
17782944 Drug delivery device, system comprising a drug delivery device, and associated method WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17782682 Electronic Module and Modular System for a Drug Delivery Device FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17781940 A Drug Delivery Device RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 02, 2022
17776553 A wireless data communication accessory for a drug delivery device TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN 2648 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending May 12, 2022
17776312 Securing communication between a wireless data communication accessory for a drug delivery device and an external device YOUSSEF, MENATOALLAH M 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 12, 2022
17772560 Packaging Assembly RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17732132 MOLECULE IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION USING MOLECULAR SURFACE PROPERTIES LUO, JAMMY NMN 1686 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17771288 Label for an Injection Device ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Apr 22, 2022
17696469 MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 3783 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Mar 16, 2022
17625194 FLUID DISPENSING DEVICE WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2022
17620415 Injection Device THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Dec 17, 2021
17611849 EXPRESSION OF ANTIGEN-BINDING PROTEINS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM DONOGHUE, BRITTNEY ERIN 1675 §103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Nov 16, 2021
17607581 Rotation Sensing Arrangement for an Injection Device TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 29, 2021
17600654 Assembly for a Drug Delivery Device MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 01, 2021
17481578 SERUM ALBUMIN-BINDING IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE DOMAINS BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 Other Final Rejection 19d Pending Sep 22, 2021
17408937 TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTING, DETECTING AND REDUCING ASPECIFIC PROTEIN INTERFERENCE IN ASSAYS INVOLVING IMMUNOGLOBULIN SINGLE VARIABLE DOMAINS ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1647 Other Final Rejection 16d Pending Aug 23, 2021
17046381 Drug Delivery Device DOUBRAVA, JOHN A 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Oct 09, 2020
16725079 ACTIVATING MECHANISM FOR A MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE AND MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 23, 2019

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