Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

48 pending office actions • 28 art units • 45 examiners • 1 of 48 (2%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

48
Total Pending OAs
33
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (4)

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.

18
Hard (38%)
20
Medium (42%)
10
Easy (21%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (8%)
§103 only12 (25%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only7 (15%)
Double-patenting only3 (6%)
Double-patenting + other6 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

36
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
9
Business / Other
19% 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.

480 h
Manual time on pending OAs
96 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
168 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 2 62.7% +36.9%
HADDAD, MAHER M 2 50.5% +53.9%
KIM, YUNSOO 2 65.8% +34.8%
DAVIS, RUTH A 1 60.7% +31.2%
SHIM, DAVID M. 1 57.8% +55.9%
EISENBERG, REBECCA E 1 81.0% +12.2%
ORWIG, KEVIN S 1 25.2% +39.8%
DROUIN, STEVE HOANG 1 100.0% +0.0%
TAVERNINI, BREANNA MARIE 1
MOORE, JOHN DAVID 1 65.4% +23.5%

Hard Cases (19)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17769452 METHOD FOR EVALUATING DRUG TOXICITY MARTIN, RACHEL E 127d overdue
17169835 SEPARATION OF VWF AND VWF PROPEPTIDE BY CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS STEELE, AMBER D 89d overdue
18037834 FLUID DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF LANGE, ERIC A 28d overdue
18029026 PARATHYROID GLAND CELLS BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 24d overdue
17778611 T-CELL MASTER CELL BANK ZHU, JIANJIAN 23d overdue
17596421 METHODS OF PRODUCING AN ANTI-a4B7 ANTIBODY FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 8d overdue
17995198 Subcutaneous Port With Locking Member STIGELL, THEODORE J 9d
18266848 CONDITIONALLY BISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS BUTTICE, AUDREY L 16d

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
18030901 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR IMMUNE/INFLAMMATORY DISEASE SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 8d
18046450 FORMULATION FOR ANTI-ALPHA4BETA7 ANTIBODY KIM, YUNSOO 54d
18952409 STABILIZED LIQUID AND LYOPHILIZED ADAMTS13 FORMULATIONS DAVIS, RUTH A
18850466 TYK2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF SHIM, DAVID M.
18723698 PARTICLE PREVENTION ADAPTER SYSTEM FOR INJECTION PEN EISENBERG, REBECCA E
18662935 COMBINATIONS AND METHODS FOR SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNE GLOBULIN AND HYALURONIDASE ORWIG, KEVIN S
18695720 METHOD FOR PRODUCING T CELL MOORE, JOHN DAVID
18544966 EVALUATION, ASSAYS AND TREATMENT OF PKALMEDIATED DISORDERS SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1641 5
1627 2
1656 2
1622 2
1631 2
1647 2
3783 2
1657 2
1658 2
1699 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18952409 STABILIZED LIQUID AND LYOPHILIZED ADAMTS13 FORMULATIONS DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18850466 TYK2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF SHIM, DAVID M. §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18723698 PARTICLE PREVENTION ADAPTER SYSTEM FOR INJECTION PEN EISENBERG, REBECCA E 3781 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18662935 COMBINATIONS AND METHODS FOR SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNE GLOBULIN AND HYALURONIDASE ORWIG, KEVIN S 3991 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18657004 PIPERIDINYL-3-(ARYLOXY)PROPANAMIDES AND PROPANOATES DROUIN, STEVE HOANG 1627 §101DP Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18697196 METHOD FOR MEASURING CELL CONCENTRATION TAVERNINI, BREANNA MARIE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18695720 METHOD FOR PRODUCING T CELL MOORE, JOHN DAVID §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18691573 FACILITATED DELIVERY OF CONCENTRATED ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS USING HYALURONIDASE HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18689723 INFUSION PUMP SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18592897 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF HABTE, KAHSAY 1624 DP Non-Final OA AI Ready Mar 01, 2024
18684541 SELECTIVE MEASUREMENT OF HUMAN FACTOR VIII THOMPSON, CURTIS A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18292586 ENGINEERED IMMUNE CELL THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGETS MESOTHELIN AND USES THEREOF TAYLOR, LIA ELAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18544966 EVALUATION, ASSAYS AND TREATMENT OF PKALMEDIATED DISORDERS SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18545528 REMOVAL OF SERINE PROTEASES BY TREATMENT WITH FINELY DIVIDED SILICON DIOXIDE NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 §102§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18379047 VIRAL INHIBITORS, THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF, AND INTERMEDIATES THERETO LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §103Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18482522 ANTIBODIES TARGETING COMPLEMENT FACTOR D AND USES THEROF REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18550571 PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1627 §112DP Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18550486 POLYCYCLIC INHIBITORS OF PLASMA KALLIKREIN ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 1622 §102§112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18231982 FORMULATIONS COMPRISING GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE AND ISOFAGOMINE CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1651 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18361790 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CRYOPRESERVATION OF IMMUNE CELLS HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18266848 CONDITIONALLY BISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18256565 COMPOSITIONS OF GUANYLYL CYCLASE C (GCC) ANTIGEN BINDING AGENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF HADDAD, MAHER M 1641 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2023
18037834 FLUID DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF LANGE, ERIC A 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18318218 CONSTRAINED CONDITIONALLY ACTIVATED BINDING PROTEINS STOICA, ELLY GERALD 1647 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18029026 PARATHYROID GLAND CELLS BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18030901 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR IMMUNE/INFLAMMATORY DISEASE SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 1641 §112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18025315 SUBSTITUTED PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AS NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE RECEPTOR ALPHA 6 MODULATOR SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1622 §112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18046450 FORMULATION FOR ANTI-ALPHA4BETA7 ANTIBODY KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §103Other Final Rejection 54d Pending Oct 13, 2022
17916441 ADAMTS13 VARIANT, COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOF ROBINSON, HOPE A 1652 §112 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17995198 Subcutaneous Port With Locking Member STIGELL, THEODORE J 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 30, 2022
17759992 TREATMENT OF MENORRHAGIA IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE BY ADMINISTRATION OF RECOMBINANT VWF BARSKY, JARED 1628 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2022
17778611 T-CELL MASTER CELL BANK ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 20, 2022
17773467 METHOD FOR PRODUCING T CELLS ABBOTT, KODYE LEE 1634 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2022
17769452 METHOD FOR EVALUATING DRUG TOXICITY MARTIN, RACHEL E 1657 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2022
17672748 PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA ATTACK OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2022
17622580 TRANSFECTION METHOD MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 23, 2021
17622585 TRANSFECTION METHOD ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2021
17596422 ANTIBODY PURIFICATION METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §103Other Final Rejection 23d Pending Dec 09, 2021
17596421 METHODS OF PRODUCING AN ANTI-a4B7 ANTIBODY FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1643 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2021
17362191 METHODS OF PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT USING RECOMBINANT VWF (rVWF) AUDET, MAURY A 1654 §103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Jun 29, 2021
17416859 T-CELL RECEPTOR MODIFIED OBJECT GEORGE, DENNIS CHERIAN 1644 DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 21, 2021
17169835 SEPARATION OF VWF AND VWF PROPEPTIDE BY CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §101§102§103§112DP Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2021
17264720 FORMULATIONS FOR IMPROVED STABILITY OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN PARATHYROID HORMONE COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2021
16817671 PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA ATTACK KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §112Other Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2020
16208294 FORMULATION FOR ANTI-ALPHA4BETA7 ANTIBODY AND METHODS OF TREATMENT HADDAD, MAHER M 1641 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2018
14407174 LIQUID PREPARATIONS OF AMINES AND ORGANIC ACIDS STABILIZED BY SALTS HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2014
18687763 IMMUNOFOCUS ASSAY FOR DETERMINING THE TITER OF DENGUE VIRUSES BOESEN, AGNIESZKA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18523331 LARGE-SCALE FLAVIVIRAL VACCINE PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURE FOLEY, SHANON A 1671 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023

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