Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Queensland Institute of Medical Research

10 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)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 (10%)
5
Medium (50%)
3
Easy (30%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only2 (20%)
§102 only3 (30%)
§112 only3 (30%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

10
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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1 70.7% +30.6%
BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1 75.0% +17.5%
GILL, RACHEL B 1 65.6% +27.7%
EMCH, GREGORY S 1 49.0% +44.3%
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 42.8% +67.6%
MOORE, JOHN DAVID 1 70.5% +18.1%
DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1 55.8% +69.0%
TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1 35.4% +66.3%
JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1 53.2% +41.1%
DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1 43.3% +41.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17274126 BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER THERAPY JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 33d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
16938214 IMMUNORECEPTOR MODULATION FOR TREATING CANCER AND VIRAL INFECTIONS DIBRINO, MARIANNE 100d overdue
18025763 Methods of Determining Immune Response EMCH, GREGORY S 66d overdue
17581617 IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR POLYOMAVIRUSES DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 59d overdue
17440081 CARDIOMYOCYTE PROLIFERATION TRAN, KHOA NHAT 37d overdue
18273200 NOVEL BICYCLIC PEPTIDES BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 25d overdue
17782544 DEFECTIVE INTERFERING PARTICLES MOORE, JOHN DAVID 7d
18393160 HUMAN HERPESVIRUS IMMUNOTHERAPY BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 26d
17913937 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TARGETING HPV-INFECTED CELLS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 26d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1671 2
1654 2
1632 2
1678 1
1638 1
1682 1
1641 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18393160 HUMAN HERPESVIRUS IMMUNOTHERAPY BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18273200 NOVEL BICYCLIC PEPTIDES BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1654 §112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18030892 HERPESVIRUS POLYEPITOPE VACCINES GILL, RACHEL B 1671 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18025763 Methods of Determining Immune Response EMCH, GREGORY S 1678 §102 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
17913937 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TARGETING HPV-INFECTED CELLS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17782544 DEFECTIVE INTERFERING PARTICLES MOORE, JOHN DAVID 1638 §102 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jun 03, 2022
17581617 IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR POLYOMAVIRUSES DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jan 21, 2022
17440081 CARDIOMYOCYTE PROLIFERATION TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 §112 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2021
17274126 BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER THERAPY JOHANNSEN, DIANA B 1682 §101 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 05, 2021
16938214 IMMUNORECEPTOR MODULATION FOR TREATING CANCER AND VIRAL INFECTIONS DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1641 §112 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2020

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