Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

The Brigham And Women`S Hospital Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The Brigham And Women`S Hospital Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing complete distribution across the recorded examination assignments.

WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner concentration appears in the data, so effective management depends on coordinated docket control and separate substantive strategies for each application.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
6
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
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

1
Hard (14%)
4
Medium (57%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1 0.0% +0.0%
JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1 0.0% +0.0%
SHIAO, REI TSANG 1 79.9% -33.5%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.5% +40.8%
MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1 34.6% +49.4%
MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1 50.0% +23.3%
CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1 54.5% +34.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18477970 LONG-TERM STABILIZATION, FORMULATION AND TABLETING OF LIVE MICROBIAL CELLS WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE —
18283266 METHODS FOR PREDICTING TREATMENT OUTCOME TO CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS IN CANCER JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE —

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
18012111 Single Molecule Assays for Ultrasensitive Detection of Biomolecules MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 8d overdue
18276540 Pectin Compositions and Methods of Use CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 3d overdue
17698617 METHODS OF SUPPRESSING MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 22d
17766945 Activators of Heme Regulated Inhibitor Kinase (HRI) MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1653 1
1682 1
1691 1
1613 1
1677 1
1625 1
1644 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18477970 LONG-TERM STABILIZATION, FORMULATION AND TABLETING OF LIVE MICROBIAL CELLS WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1653 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18283266 METHODS FOR PREDICTING TREATMENT OUTCOME TO CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS IN CANCER JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1682 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 21, 2023
18278078 INHIBITORS OF EPHB3 SIGNALING SHIAO, REI TSANG 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18276540 Pectin Compositions and Methods of Use CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18012111 Single Molecule Assays for Ultrasensitive Detection of Biomolecules MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1677 §103Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
17766945 Activators of Heme Regulated Inhibitor Kinase (HRI) MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 06, 2022
17698617 METHODS OF SUPPRESSING MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1644 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 18, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does The Brigham And Women`S Hospital Inc. have?

The Brigham And Women`S Hospital Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most The Brigham And Women`S Hospital Inc. applications?

Emmalee Rae Williams has the most, with 1 of The Brigham And Women`S Hospital Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are The Brigham And Women`S Hospital Inc.'s patent applications in?

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

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