Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

The Hospital for Sick Children

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

4
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (38%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only1 (12%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting + other2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, JAY M 1 64.7% +38.7%
COFFA, SERGIO 1 61.1% +33.2%
PARK, EVELYN GRACE 1 53.5% +46.0%
XIAO, YAN 1 67.8% +51.6%
MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND 1 62.7% +37.7%
MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 1 12.0% +24.8%
CLOW, LORI A 1 64.0% +28.6%
MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1 69.7% +41.8%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17543169 Method of Determining Disease Causality of Genome Mutations CLOW, LORI A 77d
18800528 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CANCER-CELL SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION IDENTIFICATION PATEL, JAY M
18371847 APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PAIN TESTING IN RODENTS PARK, EVELYN GRACE
18003256 MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED CAPSULE MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN
17598272 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CYSTIC FIBROSIS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17543169 Method of Determining Disease Causality of Genome Mutations CLOW, LORI A 77d
18800528 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CANCER-CELL SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION IDENTIFICATION PATEL, JAY M
18703101 RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDE FOR DISRUPTING INTERACTION OF EAG2 AND KVß2 AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS THEREOF IN CANCER TREATMENT COFFA, SERGIO
18371847 APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PAIN TESTING IN RODENTS PARK, EVELYN GRACE
18263217 MULTABODY CONSTRUCTS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS XIAO, YAN
18253483 POLYPEPTIDES TARGETING DR4 AND/OR DR5 AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND
18003256 MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED CAPSULE MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN
17598272 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CYSTIC FIBROSIS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
3681 1
1642 1
1658 1
1687 1
1635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18800528 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CANCER-CELL SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION IDENTIFICATION PATEL, JAY M 3681 §101DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18703101 RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDE FOR DISRUPTING INTERACTION OF EAG2 AND KVß2 AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS THEREOF IN CANCER TREATMENT COFFA, SERGIO §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18371847 APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PAIN TESTING IN RODENTS PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2023
18263217 MULTABODY CONSTRUCTS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS XIAO, YAN 1642 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18253483 POLYPEPTIDES TARGETING DR4 AND/OR DR5 AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND 1658 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2023
18003256 MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED CAPSULE MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 23, 2022
17543169 Method of Determining Disease Causality of Genome Mutations CLOW, LORI A 1687 §103§112 Final Rejection 77d Pending Dec 06, 2021
17598272 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CYSTIC FIBROSIS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1635 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2021

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