Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Broad Institute Inc.

9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
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
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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 (11%)
6
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only3 (33%)
§102 only3 (33%)
§112 only1 (11%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
89% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1 44.7% +68.6%
SAHAND, SANA 1 62.3% +26.9%
HALVORSON, MARK 1 48.0% +21.6%
IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 1 50.5% +51.9%
POPA, ILEANA 1 21.0% +14.9%
BAUSCH, SARAE L 1 29.0% +43.8%
ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 1 38.5% +30.2%
NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT 1 55.9% +33.6%
JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1 53.2% +41.1%

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
17906115 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING GLUTAMINASE INHIBITOR-SENSITIVE CANCERS BAUSCH, SARAE L 118d overdue
19197587 METHOD AND DEVICE TO PREDICT EXERCISE PEAK VO2, CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES AND FUTURE DEATH USING ECG DEEP LEARNING MODELS SAHAND, SANA 32d overdue
18446945 COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING SECRETION AND METHODS OF USE POPA, ILEANA 26d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17776961 SUBSTITUTED HYDANTOINAMIDES AS ADAMTS7 ANTAGONISTS ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 127d overdue
17906115 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING GLUTAMINASE INHIBITOR-SENSITIVE CANCERS BAUSCH, SARAE L 118d overdue
19197587 METHOD AND DEVICE TO PREDICT EXERCISE PEAK VO2, CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES AND FUTURE DEATH USING ECG DEEP LEARNING MODELS SAHAND, SANA 32d overdue
19355121 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR PRNP MODULATION MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 9d overdue
19074044 FORMULATIONS FOR NEOPLASIA VACCINES HALVORSON, MARK 5d
17280380 HLA SINGLE ALLELE LINES NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT 21d
18446945 COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING SECRETION AND METHODS OF USE POPA, ILEANA 26d
18548580 FABI INHIBITORS FOR GRAM-NEGATIVE PATHOGENS IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 54d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1635 1
3796 1
1646 1
1627 1
1633 1
1699 1
1622 1
1686 1
1682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19355121 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR PRNP MODULATION MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 Other Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2025
19197587 METHOD AND DEVICE TO PREDICT EXERCISE PEAK VO2, CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES AND FUTURE DEATH USING ECG DEEP LEARNING MODELS SAHAND, SANA 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 02, 2025
19074044 FORMULATIONS FOR NEOPLASIA VACCINES HALVORSON, MARK 1646 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 07, 2025
18548580 FABI INHIBITORS FOR GRAM-NEGATIVE PATHOGENS IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 1627 §102 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18446945 COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING SECRETION AND METHODS OF USE POPA, ILEANA 1633 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Aug 09, 2023
17906115 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING GLUTAMINASE INHIBITOR-SENSITIVE CANCERS BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §102 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17776961 SUBSTITUTED HYDANTOINAMIDES AS ADAMTS7 ANTAGONISTS ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 1622 §102 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending May 13, 2022
17280380 HLA SINGLE ALLELE LINES NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT 1686 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 26, 2021
17029684 NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING ASSAY FOR GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE DETECTION IN THE BONE MARROW, PERIPHERAL BLOOD, AND URINE OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND SMOLDERING MYELOMA PATIENTS JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Sep 23, 2020

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