Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Terasaki Institute For Biomedical Innovation

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
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.

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
WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1 18.2% +69.4%
GHALI, ISIS A D 1 27.8% +41.3%
JOHNSON, KARA D 1 69.3% +24.4%
TRAN, LIEN THUY 1 28.2% +26.8%
WESTON, ALYSSA G 1 60.6% +50.7%
MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1 6.7% -7.1%

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
18281000 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING FAT TISSUE FOR CELL-BASED MEAT PRODUCTS TRAN, LIEN THUY 127d overdue
18281033 GROWTH FACTORS FOR LABORATORY GROWN MEAT AND OTHER APPLICATIONS JOHNSON, KARA D 23d overdue
18868963 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHEAR-THINNING HEMOSTATS, INCLUDING THERMORESPONSIVE HEMOSTATS WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES
18286309 ANTIMICROBIAL ARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME GHALI, ISIS A D
18280994 CONSTRUCTS COMPRISING FIBRIN OR OTHER BLOOD PRODUCTS FOR MEAT CULTIVATION AND OTHER APPLICATIONS MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18281000 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING FAT TISSUE FOR CELL-BASED MEAT PRODUCTS TRAN, LIEN THUY 127d overdue
18281033 GROWTH FACTORS FOR LABORATORY GROWN MEAT AND OTHER APPLICATIONS JOHNSON, KARA D 23d overdue
18868963 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHEAR-THINNING HEMOSTATS, INCLUDING THERMORESPONSIVE HEMOSTATS WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES
18286309 ANTIMICROBIAL ARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME GHALI, ISIS A D
18281032 PRODUCTION OF HEME FOR CELL-BASED MEAT PRODUCTS WESTON, ALYSSA G

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1611 1
1632 1
1793 1
1633 1
1791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18868963 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHEAR-THINNING HEMOSTATS, INCLUDING THERMORESPONSIVE HEMOSTATS WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18286309 ANTIMICROBIAL ARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2023
18281033 GROWTH FACTORS FOR LABORATORY GROWN MEAT AND OTHER APPLICATIONS JOHNSON, KARA D 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18281000 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING FAT TISSUE FOR CELL-BASED MEAT PRODUCTS TRAN, LIEN THUY 1793 §102§112 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18281032 PRODUCTION OF HEME FOR CELL-BASED MEAT PRODUCTS WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18280994 CONSTRUCTS COMPRISING FIBRIN OR OTHER BLOOD PRODUCTS FOR MEAT CULTIVATION AND OTHER APPLICATIONS MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 08, 2023

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