Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

The Jackson Laboratory

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

3
Hard (27%)
6
Medium (55%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only4 (36%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
73% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POHNERT, STEVEN C 2 12.2% +18.7%
PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA 1 74.2% +21.8%
BRETZ, COREY LANE 1 0.0% +0.0%
BAUSCH, SARAE L 1 29.6% +44.2%
NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 1 67.0% +40.3%
WILSON, MICHAEL C 1 41.4% +17.5%
MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP 1 51.5% +57.0%
BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1 44.8% +76.5%
HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 1 55.7% +39.6%
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 42.8% +67.4%

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
18035319 MODIFIED ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TARGETING SPLICING FACTORS POHNERT, STEVEN C 38d overdue
17813561 METHOD OF SELECTING A TREATMENT FOR AN MS PATIENT HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 72d
18454192 TARGETED DNA DEMETHYLATION AND METHYLATION BRETZ, COREY LANE
18001841 Small Deletion Signatures BAUSCH, SARAE L
18272260 PROGNOSTIC METHODS FOR PLATINUM-BASED CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS POHNERT, STEVEN C

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
18327976 MURINE-MHC-DEFICIENT HLA-TRANSGENIC NOD-MOUSE MODELS FOR T1D THERAPY DEVELOPMENT NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 49d overdue
18035319 MODIFIED ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TARGETING SPLICING FACTORS POHNERT, STEVEN C 38d overdue
18560081 Determining Visual Frailty Index Using Machine Learning Models PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA 30d overdue
18007429 Automated Phenotyping of Behavior MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP 14d
17813561 METHOD OF SELECTING A TREATMENT FOR AN MS PATIENT HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 72d
18001841 Small Deletion Signatures BAUSCH, SARAE L
18272260 PROGNOSTIC METHODS FOR PLATINUM-BASED CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS POHNERT, STEVEN C
18019999 SINGLE GENERATION TARGETED GENE INTEGRATION WILSON, MICHAEL C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1683 2
1632 2
2669 1
1635 1
1699 1
1638 1
3797 1
1631 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18560081 Determining Visual Frailty Index Using Machine Learning Models PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA 2669 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18454192 TARGETED DNA DEMETHYLATION AND METHYLATION BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2023
18001841 Small Deletion Signatures BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2023
18272260 PROGNOSTIC METHODS FOR PLATINUM-BASED CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18327976 MURINE-MHC-DEFICIENT HLA-TRANSGENIC NOD-MOUSE MODELS FOR T1D THERAPY DEVELOPMENT NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 1632 §112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18035319 MODIFIED ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TARGETING SPLICING FACTORS POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §102§103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18019999 SINGLE GENERATION TARGETED GENE INTEGRATION WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2023
18007429 Automated Phenotyping of Behavior MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP 3797 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 30, 2023
18015042 TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODELS SUPPORTING HUMAN INNATE IMMUNE FUNCTION BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2023
17813561 METHOD OF SELECTING A TREATMENT FOR AN MS PATIENT HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102§112 Final Rejection 72d Pending Jul 19, 2022
17767311 HIGH FREQUENCY TARGETED ANIMAL TRANSGENESIS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2022

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