Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

4
Hard (44%)
2
Medium (22%)
2
Easy (22%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OH, TAYLOR V 2 81.2% +15.3%
KOSAR, ANDREW D 1 41.4% +31.8%
MOORE, SUSANNA 1 67.9% +31.6%
CHAO, ALLEN 1 66.7% +0.0%
ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1 32.4% +49.2%
RONEY, CELESTE A 1 62.8% +17.7%
HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 1 55.7% +39.6%
KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1 63.3% +51.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18693319 SPIROHETEROCYCLE DERIVATIVE HAVING SEROTONIN RECEPTOR BINDING ACTIVITY OH, TAYLOR V

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
18278876 METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING NUCLEIC ACID FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES ALLEN, MICHAEL D 2d overdue
18014097 COMBINED USE OF ANTI-CCR8 ANTIBODY AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 30d
18729630 PHARMACEUTICAL FOR TREATMENT OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS INFECTION OH, TAYLOR V
18684486 NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVES AND PRODRUGS THEREOF HAVING VIRAL GROWTH INHIBITORY ACTION CHAO, ALLEN

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
18024459 LIPOSOME FORMULATION CONTAINING ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT RONEY, CELESTE A 5d overdue
18278876 METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING NUCLEIC ACID FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES ALLEN, MICHAEL D 2d overdue
18014097 COMBINED USE OF ANTI-CCR8 ANTIBODY AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 30d
18578932 NITROGEN-CONTAINING TRICYCLIC COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF KOSAR, ANDREW D 84d
18729630 PHARMACEUTICAL FOR TREATMENT OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS INFECTION OH, TAYLOR V
18755191 POLYCYCLIC CARBAMOYLPYRIDONE DERIVATIVE MOORE, SUSANNA
18693319 SPIROHETEROCYCLE DERIVATIVE HAVING SEROTONIN RECEPTOR BINDING ACTIVITY OH, TAYLOR V
18171844 SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1625 2
1622 1
1671 1
1612 1
3791 1
1674 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18578932 NITROGEN-CONTAINING TRICYCLIC COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF KOSAR, ANDREW D 1625 Final Rejection 84d Pending Aug 22, 2024
18729630 PHARMACEUTICAL FOR TREATMENT OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS INFECTION OH, TAYLOR V §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18755191 POLYCYCLIC CARBAMOYLPYRIDONE DERIVATIVE MOORE, SUSANNA DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18693319 SPIROHETEROCYCLE DERIVATIVE HAVING SEROTONIN RECEPTOR BINDING ACTIVITY OH, TAYLOR V 1625 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18684486 NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVES AND PRODRUGS THEREOF HAVING VIRAL GROWTH INHIBITORY ACTION CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18278876 METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING NUCLEIC ACID FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18024459 LIPOSOME FORMULATION CONTAINING ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT RONEY, CELESTE A 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18171844 SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2023
18014097 COMBINED USE OF ANTI-CCR8 ANTIBODY AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 30, 2022

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