Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

18 pending office actions • 15 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (61%)
3
Easy (17%)
4
Unknown (22%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (44%)
§102 only3 (17%)
§112 only3 (17%)
No statute on record4 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHIN, DANA H 2 27.2% +27.6%
MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 2 33.3% +65.1%
RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 1 20.0% +9.8%
TSAY, MARSHA M 1 45.6% +52.3%
CHO, DAVID H 1 38.2% +75.0%
GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1 45.8% +50.0%
MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 1 71.7% +30.8%
KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1 46.6% +52.8%
YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1 63.5% +38.8%
WANG, CHANG YU 1 33.6% +53.0%

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
18033627 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER SHIN, DANA H 37d overdue
18181226 NEEDLE-FREE INJECTOR, ASSOCIATED RELOADABLE AND DISPOSABLE NOZZLES, AND METHODS OF INJECTION RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 37d overdue
18047189 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING WEIGHT LOSS SHIN, DANA H 2d overdue

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
17916998 DECELLULARIZED MENISCAL CARTILAGE AND USES THEROF MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 111d overdue
18176546 Compositions and Methods for Modulating Factor IX Function TSAY, MARSHA M 73d overdue
18033627 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER SHIN, DANA H 37d overdue
17596622 USE OF SRRD IN THE INHIBITION OF PROTEIN AGGREGATION WANG, CHANG YU 28d overdue
17931184 System And Method Configured To Provide Extracorporeal Support For Premature Fetus MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 18d overdue
17641665 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH CLEC16A DYSFUNCTION OR LOSS YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 11d overdue
18047189 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING WEIGHT LOSS SHIN, DANA H 2d overdue
18007407 NOVEL THERAPEUTIC USES OF COMPOUNDS FOR ENHANCING MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND TREATING MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES CHO, DAVID H 12d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1635 3
1619 2
3783 1
1656 1
1693 1
1637 1
3791 1
1683 1
1629 1
1675 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18033627 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER SHIN, DANA H 1635 §102 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18181226 NEEDLE-FREE INJECTOR, ASSOCIATED RELOADABLE AND DISPOSABLE NOZZLES, AND METHODS OF INJECTION RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2023
18176546 Compositions and Methods for Modulating Factor IX Function TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18007407 NOVEL THERAPEUTIC USES OF COMPOUNDS FOR ENHANCING MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND TREATING MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES CHO, DAVID H 1693 Other Final Rejection 12d Pending Jan 30, 2023
17970503 PHYSIOLOGICAL SALINE SOLUTION AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 Other Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 20, 2022
18047189 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING WEIGHT LOSS SHIN, DANA H 1635 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022
17938857 Compositions and Methods for Treating Huntington's Disease and Related Disorders GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1637 §102 Final Rejection 40d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17916998 DECELLULARIZED MENISCAL CARTILAGE AND USES THEROF MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2022
17931184 System And Method Configured To Provide Extracorporeal Support For Premature Fetus MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17787433 NOVEL DRUGGABLE TARGETS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES SUCH AS SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT USING THE SAME KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 20, 2022
17641665 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH CLEC16A DYSFUNCTION OR LOSS YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 Other Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17596622 USE OF SRRD IN THE INHIBITION OF PROTEIN AGGREGATION WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2021
17594651 CRISPR/CAS9 GENE EDITING OF ATXN2 FOR THE TREATMENT OF SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2 BABIC, CHRISTOPHER M 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2021
17289877 T CELLS FROM LYMPHATIC FLUID FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC USE REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2021
17242665 Cannula Insertion System And Methods Of Using The Same DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2021
17272005 SCALABLE TAGGING OF ENDOGENOUS GENES BY HOMOLOGY-INDEPENDENT INTRON TARGETING REGA, KYLE THOMAS 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Feb 26, 2021
17265302 ALTERNATIVE SPLICING REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2021
17055075 CRISPR INTERFERENCE BASED HTT ALLELIC SUPPRESSION AND TREATMENT OF HUNTINGTON DISEASE NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2020

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