Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Seattle Children'S Hospital D/B/A Seattle Children'S Research Institute

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Seattle Children'S Hospital (D/B/A Seattle Children'S Research Institute) currently has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio. This 1 action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. YU, DAVID TUYANG is the busiest examiner for the hospital, currently handling 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the only active office action recorded for the portfolio.

The portfolio shows 1 distinct examiner and 0 distinct art units. This indicates that while an examiner is assigned, the specific art unit classification is not recorded in the current data set. With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the hospital's current patent office interactions are concentrated. This suggests a focused scope of pending examination activity for the hospital at this time.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

4
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (17%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (33%)
§103 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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
NICKOL, GARY B 1 47.1% +31.1%
KUDO, KEN 1 — —
HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1 64.0% +37.9%
FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1 45.7% +35.3%
BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1 31.0% +80.0%
BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1 64.2% +27.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18560903 ACTIVITY-INDUCIBLE FUSION PROTEINS HAVING A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AND A HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 BINDING DOMAIN NICKOL, GARY B —
18463683 Processing Images to Associate with Stages of a Surgical Procedure KUDO, KEN —
18546199 ACTIVITY-INDUCIBLE FUSION PROTEINS HAVING A HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 BINDING DOMAIN HOWARD, ZACHARY C —
18044752 DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR KAWASAKI DISEASE FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M —

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
18042448 SINGLE-DOMAIN ANTIBODIES THAT BIND SARS-COV-2 BARRERA, IMMACULADA 10d overdue
17998206 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS (CARS) TARGETING NATURAL KILLER CELLS BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 34d
18560903 ACTIVITY-INDUCIBLE FUSION PROTEINS HAVING A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AND A HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 BINDING DOMAIN NICKOL, GARY B —
18546199 ACTIVITY-INDUCIBLE FUSION PROTEINS HAVING A HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 BINDING DOMAIN HOWARD, ZACHARY C —
18044752 DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR KAWASAKI DISEASE FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1643 1
2671 1
1674 1
1758 1
1671 1
1644 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18560903 ACTIVITY-INDUCIBLE FUSION PROTEINS HAVING A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AND A HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 BINDING DOMAIN NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18463683 Processing Images to Associate with Stages of a Surgical Procedure KUDO, KEN 2671 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18546199 ACTIVITY-INDUCIBLE FUSION PROTEINS HAVING A HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 BINDING DOMAIN HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18044752 DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR KAWASAKI DISEASE FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 09, 2023
18042448 SINGLE-DOMAIN ANTIBODIES THAT BIND SARS-COV-2 BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1671 Other Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
17998206 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS (CARS) TARGETING NATURAL KILLER CELLS BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1644 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 08, 2022

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