Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

The Children's Medical Center Corporation

26 pending office actions • 20 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

14
Hard (54%)
8
Medium (31%)
4
Easy (15%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (12%)
§103 only4 (15%)
§112 only3 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other4 (15%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

21
Life Sciences
81% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
19% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEIGER, RACHAEL L 1 84.5% +15.4%
PYLA, EVELYN Y 1 55.7% +47.6%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1 45.9% +40.9%
JOHNSON, KARA D 1 69.1% +24.6%
MARTIN, PAUL C 1 41.8% +21.7%
GABEL, GAILENE 1 75.6% +44.9%
HAMA, JOANNE 1 25.1% +38.8%
GU, QINHUA 1 77.3% +27.6%
POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1 64.0% +17.9%
CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (15)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17767340 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 89d overdue
18508057 CARDIOMYOCYTES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME JOHNSON, KARA D 30d
18703100 SUBCUTANEOUS ABRASION TREATMENT FOR STRETCH MARKS GEIGER, RACHAEL L 54d
18286405 CARDIOMYOCYTES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME MARTIN, PAUL C 61d
18532745 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN PEDIATRICS (SUDP) GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE
18549676 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE GABEL, GAILENE
18280547 METHODS OF PREDICTING RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF BLOCKADE IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE HAMA, JOANNE
18279336 STROMA-FREE NK CELL DIFFERENTIATION FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS GU, QINHUA

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
18508057 CARDIOMYOCYTES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME JOHNSON, KARA D 30d
18703100 SUBCUTANEOUS ABRASION TREATMENT FOR STRETCH MARKS GEIGER, RACHAEL L 54d
18286405 CARDIOMYOCYTES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME MARTIN, PAUL C 61d
18404389 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO CHONDRISOMES FROM BLOOD PRODUCTS PYLA, EVELYN Y
18532745 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN PEDIATRICS (SUDP) GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE
18549676 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE GABEL, GAILENE
18280547 METHODS OF PREDICTING RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF BLOCKADE IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE HAMA, JOANNE
18279336 STROMA-FREE NK CELL DIFFERENTIATION FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS GU, QINHUA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1633 2
1632 2
1653 2
1647 2
1631 2
3715 2
3771 1
1682 1
1678 1
1637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18703100 SUBCUTANEOUS ABRASION TREATMENT FOR STRETCH MARKS GEIGER, RACHAEL L 3771 §102§103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18404389 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO CHONDRISOMES FROM BLOOD PRODUCTS PYLA, EVELYN Y 1633 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 04, 2024
18532745 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN PEDIATRICS (SUDP) GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18508057 CARDIOMYOCYTES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME JOHNSON, KARA D 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18286405 CARDIOMYOCYTES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18549676 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE GABEL, GAILENE 1678 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18280547 METHODS OF PREDICTING RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF BLOCKADE IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE HAMA, JOANNE 1647 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18279336 STROMA-FREE NK CELL DIFFERENTIATION FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS GU, QINHUA 1633 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18360505 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DISORDERS POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18352730 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NEUROPROTECTION AND/OR NEUROREGENERATION CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1634 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18346720 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING NUCLEIC ACIDS TO COCHLEAR AND VESTIBULAR CELLS HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1631 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2023
18341584 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMPRINTING DEFECT ANDERSON, JAMES D 1629 §112 Non-Final OA 171d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18206830 METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2023
18320921 SURGICAL REPAIR SIMULATION DEVICES MCCLELLAN, JAMES S 3715 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending May 19, 2023
18320927 SURGICAL REPAIR SIMULATION DEVICES HULL, JAMES B 3715 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18042292 INTUBATION SHIELD DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2023
18019627 COMPOSITIONS FOR ALTERING A MICROGLIAL CELL, AND METHODS OF USE THEREFORE SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2023
18016190 TARGETING ZNF410 FOR FETAL HEMOGLOBIN INDUCTION IN BETAHEMOGLOBINOPATHIES VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2023
18005286 NOVEL ANTI-PD1 ANTIBODIES FOR INHIBITING T-CELL ACTIVITY CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2023
18002633 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2022
17921802 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PROMOTING MYELINATION TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 27, 2022
17801238 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING AN ALLERGY OR ANAPHYLAXIS BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1647 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2022
17794747 STROMA-FREE T CELL DIFFERENTIATION FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2022
17728927 THERAPEUTIC USES OF GENOME EDITING WITH CRISPR/Cas SYSTEMS WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 25, 2022
17767340 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2022
16806587 METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR LIGAMENT REPAIR MANNAN, MIKAIL A 3774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 02, 2020

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