Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

16 pending office actions • 8 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

5
Hard (31%)
5
Medium (31%)
6
Easy (38%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (19%)
§112 only6 (38%)
Double-patenting + other2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 2 51.4% +17.1%
PURDY, KYLE A 1 41.0% +36.5%
TAO, BIN 1 100.0% +0.0%
BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1 77.0% +30.2%
JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1 53.3% +42.5%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.3% +20.3%
FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 1 61.8% +56.5%
YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1 61.9% +40.0%
RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1 33.1% +20.0%
HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1 50.9% +28.8%

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
18704901 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A BENZOATE SALT OF A 1-(3-AMINOPYRROLIDINE-1-CARBONYL)-3,4-DIPHENYLBENZENE COMPOUND TAO, BIN

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
17788847 AGENT FOR ADJUVANT THERAPY KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 88d overdue
18563058 TREATMENT METHODS FOR SUBJECTS WITH CANCER HAVING AN ABERRATION IN EGFR AND/OR HER2 FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 9d
16627146 CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CANCER USING AZABICYCLO COMPOUND MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 22d
18026515 METHODS OF TREATING RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE-RELATED DISEASES WITH A RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 23d
18549249 TREATING CANCER IN PATIENT HAVING CO-OCCURRING GENETIC ALTERATION IN FGFR2 AND A CANCER DRIVER GENE WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18015616 PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND-CONTAINING COMBINATION TO BE USED IN TUMOR TREATMENT HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 238d overdue
18563058 TREATMENT METHODS FOR SUBJECTS WITH CANCER HAVING AN ABERRATION IN EGFR AND/OR HER2 FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 9d
18253521 Crystalline Forms of 4-amino-N-[4-(methoxymethyl)phenyl]-7-(1-methylcyclopropyl)-6-(3-morpholinoprop-1-yn-1-yl)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5-carboxamide, Methods of Preparation, and uses Thereof FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 15d
18026515 METHODS OF TREATING RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE-RELATED DISEASES WITH A RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 23d
18253273 BRAIN-MIGRATING TUMOR THERAPEUTIC AGENT CONTAINING FUSED PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 75d
18873090 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING PIMITESPIB PURDY, KYLE A
18422511 COMBINATION THERAPY USING AZABICYCLO COMPOUND FOR CANCER BAKSHI, PANCHAM
18512528 SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF EXON 20 INSERTION MUTANT EGFR JOHANNSEN, DIANA B

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1626 5
1627 2
1628 2
1623 1
1682 1
1629 1
1658 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18873090 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING PIMITESPIB PURDY, KYLE A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18704901 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A BENZOATE SALT OF A 1-(3-AMINOPYRROLIDINE-1-CARBONYL)-3,4-DIPHENYLBENZENE COMPOUND TAO, BIN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18422511 COMBINATION THERAPY USING AZABICYCLO COMPOUND FOR CANCER BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18563058 TREATMENT METHODS FOR SUBJECTS WITH CANCER HAVING AN ABERRATION IN EGFR AND/OR HER2 FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18512528 SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF EXON 20 INSERTION MUTANT EGFR JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1682 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18549249 TREATING CANCER IN PATIENT HAVING CO-OCCURRING GENETIC ALTERATION IN FGFR2 AND A CANCER DRIVER GENE WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18253521 Crystalline Forms of 4-amino-N-[4-(methoxymethyl)phenyl]-7-(1-methylcyclopropyl)-6-(3-morpholinoprop-1-yn-1-yl)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5-carboxamide, Methods of Preparation, and uses Thereof FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 18, 2023
18253273 BRAIN-MIGRATING TUMOR THERAPEUTIC AGENT CONTAINING FUSED PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 1626 §103DPOther Final Rejection 75d Pending May 17, 2023
18253229 Methods of Using 4-Amino-N-[4-(Methoxymethyl)Phenyl]-7-(1-Methylcyclopropyl)-6-(3-Morpholinoprop-1-YN-1-YL)-7H-Pyrrolo[2,3-D]Pyrimidine-5-Carboxamide for the Treatment of Tumors YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 §102DPOther Final Rejection Pending May 17, 2023
18026515 METHODS OF TREATING RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE-RELATED DISEASES WITH A RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1628 §103§112Other Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 15, 2023
18015616 PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND-CONTAINING COMBINATION TO BE USED IN TUMOR TREATMENT HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 §112Other Non-Final OA 238d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
17917765 CANCER THERAPY USING 3,5-DISUBSTITUTED BENZENE ALKYNYL COMPOUND AND MEK INHIBITOR HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103Other Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17788847 AGENT FOR ADJUVANT THERAPY KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2022
17786504 THERAPEUTIC AGENT CONTAINING FUSED PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17432158 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND THERAPEUTIC METHOD FOR TREATING FGFR1 VARIANT-POSITIVE BRAIN TUMOR COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 19, 2021
16627146 CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CANCER USING AZABICYCLO COMPOUND MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §103§112Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 27, 2019

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