Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The portfolio spans 5 examiners and 4 art units, indicating both examiner diversity and some concentration within technical groups.

SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That assignment is the clearest examiner concentration in the portfolio, but other matters require coordination across additional examiner relationships.

The 4 art units support technical grouping for internal review. Counsel can compare recurring claim and prior-art issues within those groups while preserving responses that address each examiner’s record.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

1
Hard (25%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)
No statute on record1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1 63.1% +33.8%
TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1 59.1% +36.8%
FISCHER, JOSEPH 1 43.4% +45.6%
KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1 74.8% +23.3%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18135314 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES FISCHER, JOSEPH —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18285570 SILICA-BASED FORMULATIONS OF THERAPEUTIC OLIOGPEPTIDES AND PEPTIDOMIMETICS TIEN, LUCY MINYU 7d
18672743 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, PARKINSON’S DISEASE, PARKINSON’S DISEASE WITH DEMENTIA, DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES, AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 20d
18011354 PRODRUGS OF MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETING OLIGOPEPTIDES KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 26d
18135314 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES FISCHER, JOSEPH —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1658 2
1615 1
1612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18672743 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, PARKINSON’S DISEASE, PARKINSON’S DISEASE WITH DEMENTIA, DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES, AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1615 Other Final Rejection 20d Pending May 23, 2024
18285570 SILICA-BASED FORMULATIONS OF THERAPEUTIC OLIOGPEPTIDES AND PEPTIDOMIMETICS TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 §103DP Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18135314 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2023
18011354 PRODRUGS OF MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETING OLIGOPEPTIDES KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 19, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc. have?

Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc. applications?

Shirley V Gembeh has the most, with 1 of Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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