Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This broad distribution reflects a diverse range of research and development activities being prosecuted simultaneously. The involvement of 6 distinct art units indicates that each pending application falls into a different technical classification, suggesting a wide-reaching intellectual property strategy.

VILLECCO, JOHN M is identified as the busiest examiner, though he only manages 1 pending office action. With 6 distinct examiners each handling a portion of the 6 pending office actions, the workload is spread across the individuals involved. This means that no single examiner's decisions will disproportionately affect the overall portfolio. However, managing 6 distinct examiners requires a significant amount of coordination and attention to detail for each individual case.

For a practitioner, managing 6 pending office actions across 6 distinct art units requires a high level of versatility. Since VILLECCO, JOHN M only holds 1 pending action, the prosecution strategy must be tailored to the specific standards of each individual. This variety requires the practitioner to stay informed about the practices of 6 distinct art units. The lack of concentration in any single unit or examiner highlights the breadth of the company's current patent activities.

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
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
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VILLECCO, JOHN M 1 64.5% +9.5%
BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1 27.8% +48.0%
ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1 72.7% +23.3%
STEELE, AMBER D 1 58.9% +9.3%
PERSONS, JENNA L 1 50.8% +61.7%
FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 1 75.4% +29.6%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18270852 AURICULAR RECONSTRUCTION USING 3D PRINTED AUTOLOGOUS CARTILAGE TISSUE BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 28d overdue
18256747 COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING EYE DISEASES AND DISORDERS ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 5d
18223106 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING EYE BLOOD VESSELS VILLECCO, JOHN M —

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
18270852 AURICULAR RECONSTRUCTION USING 3D PRINTED AUTOLOGOUS CARTILAGE TISSUE BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 28d overdue
18256747 COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING EYE DISEASES AND DISORDERS ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 5d
17391227 METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF COMPOSITIONS TO THE EYE FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 39d
17430072 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MEDULLOBLASTOMA PERSONS, JENNA L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2671 1
1613 1
1625 1
1658 1
1637 1
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18223106 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING EYE BLOOD VESSELS VILLECCO, JOHN M 2671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2023
18270852 AURICULAR RECONSTRUCTION USING 3D PRINTED AUTOLOGOUS CARTILAGE TISSUE BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jul 04, 2023
18256747 COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING EYE DISEASES AND DISORDERS ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 §101§102 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jun 09, 2023
17989817 TARGETING G3BP AGGREGATION TO PREVENT NEURODEGENERATION STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17430072 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MEDULLOBLASTOMA PERSONS, JENNA L 1637 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 11, 2021
17391227 METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF COMPOSITIONS TO THE EYE FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 02, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd. have?

Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd. applications?

John M Villecco has the most, with 1 of Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd.'s patent applications in?

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

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