Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

18 pending office actions • 11 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

5
Hard (28%)
10
Medium (56%)
3
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only6 (33%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only2 (11%)
Double-patenting + other4 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
3
Business / Other
17% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOORE, SUSANNA 2 67.9% +31.6%
NIEBAUER, RONALD T 2 41.1% +33.7%
HUTTER, GILLIAN A 1 54.2% +46.9%
WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1 23.3% +36.8%
KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1 54.7% +48.6%
SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1 56.6% +21.7%
CHEN, PO-CHIH 1 74.3% +14.4%
JOHNSON, NICOLE F 1 87.5% +7.2%
O DELL, DAVID K 1 57.7% +36.0%
MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 1 50.0% +35.4%

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
18707320 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY ILLUMINATOR DEVICES AND METHODS JOHNSON, NICOLE F

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18278583 DEXAMETHASONE FOR TREATMENT OF BLEPHARITIS KIDWELL, MICHELE M 156d overdue
19294542 METHODS OF TREATMENT OF JAK INHIBITION RESPONSIVE CONDITIONS WITH DEUTERATED JAK INHIBITORS HUTTER, GILLIAN A 9d overdue
19273752 ORAL FORMULATIONS OF DEURUXOLITINIB WESTERBERG, NISSA M 40d
18683943 STABLE CYCLOSPORINE OPHTHALMIC FORMULATION AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 70d
18666084 PROCESS FOR PREPARING ENANTIOMERICALLY ENRICHED JAK INHIBITORS CHEN, PO-CHIH

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18002478 LONG ACTING GLP-1/GIP DUAL AGONISTS NIEBAUER, RONALD T 125d overdue
17981237 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY ILLUMINATOR DEVICES AND METHODS MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 51d overdue
18078571 DEUTERATED DERIVATIVES OF RUXOLITINIB MOORE, SUSANNA 31d overdue
19294542 METHODS OF TREATMENT OF JAK INHIBITION RESPONSIVE CONDITIONS WITH DEUTERATED JAK INHIBITORS HUTTER, GILLIAN A 9d overdue
19273752 ORAL FORMULATIONS OF DEURUXOLITINIB WESTERBERG, NISSA M 40d
18905925 DEUTERATED DERIVATIVES OF RUXOLITINIB MOORE, SUSANNA
18755253 TREATMENT OF HAIR LOSS DISORDERS WITH DEUTERATED JAK INHIBITORS KOSTURKO, GEORGE W
18731580 DEUTERATED ANALOGS OF D-SERINE AND USES THEREOF SCHMITT, MICHAEL J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1624 2
1621 2
1658 2
1615 2
1625 1
1618 1
3796 1
3792 1
1613 1
3781 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19294542 METHODS OF TREATMENT OF JAK INHIBITION RESPONSIVE CONDITIONS WITH DEUTERATED JAK INHIBITORS HUTTER, GILLIAN A 1625 §101§102§103DP Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2025
19273752 ORAL FORMULATIONS OF DEURUXOLITINIB WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103§112Other Final Rejection 40d Pending Jul 18, 2025
18905925 DEUTERATED DERIVATIVES OF RUXOLITINIB MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 03, 2024
18755253 TREATMENT OF HAIR LOSS DISORDERS WITH DEUTERATED JAK INHIBITORS KOSTURKO, GEORGE W DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18731580 DEUTERATED ANALOGS OF D-SERINE AND USES THEREOF SCHMITT, MICHAEL J §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18666084 PROCESS FOR PREPARING ENANTIOMERICALLY ENRICHED JAK INHIBITORS CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §102§103Other Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2024
18707320 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY ILLUMINATOR DEVICES AND METHODS JOHNSON, NICOLE F 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18013380 METHODS AND INTERMEDIATES FOR PREPARING JAK INHIBITORS O DELL, DAVID K 1621 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 28, 2022
18078571 DEUTERATED DERIVATIVES OF RUXOLITINIB MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
17981237 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY ILLUMINATOR DEVICES AND METHODS MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2022
18812726 LONG ACTING GLP-1/GIP DUAL AGONISTS NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18705130 METHOD OF INJECTING DIHYDROERGOTAMINE INTO THE BODY ULSH, DUNG T DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18683943 STABLE CYCLOSPORINE OPHTHALMIC FORMULATION AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18683932 STABLE CYCLOSPORINE OPHTHALMIC FORMULATION AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18278583 DEXAMETHASONE FOR TREATMENT OF BLEPHARITIS KIDWELL, MICHELE M 3781 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 156d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18317625 MULTI-PARTICULATE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF QUETIAPINE MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 §103 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18002478 LONG ACTING GLP-1/GIP DUAL AGONISTS NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022
17603921 Methods for Treatment of Subjects with Psoriatic Arthritis FORD, VANESSA L 1674 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2021

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