Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

The Rockefeller University

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (36%)
3
Medium (27%)
4
Easy (36%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only1 (9%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only3 (27%)
Double-patenting only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

11
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.

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
PARKIN, JEFFREY S 2 63.7% +21.3%
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1 67.2% +37.0%
VARADARAJ, ARCHANA 1 100.0% +0.0%
LU, CHENG 1 53.7% +66.2%
SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1 58.5% +60.8%
GUSSOW, ANNE 1 57.3% +43.0%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1 45.9% +40.9%
DEBERRY, REGINA M 1 50.0% +30.4%
LEITH, NANCY J 1 74.7% +43.8%
ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA 1 45.3% +72.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18557654 MACOLACINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF VARADARAJ, ARCHANA

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18255043 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID PRODUCTION OF VERSATILE SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY REPERTOIRES LU, CHENG 17d overdue
18015452 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SALIVA TESTING FOR VIRUS INCLUDING COVID-19 SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH
17928424 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RNA ISOLATION FROM SELF-COLLECTED AND SMALL VOLUME SAMPLES GUSSOW, ANNE
17994090 MARKERS AND CELLULAR ANTECEDENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FLARES GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

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
17995401 PHAGE-ENCODED AcrVIA1 FOR USE AS AN INHIBITOR OF THE RNA-TARGETING CRISPR-Cas13 SYSTEMS PARKIN, JEFFREY S 28d overdue
18255043 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID PRODUCTION OF VERSATILE SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY REPERTOIRES LU, CHENG 17d overdue
18294336 PYRROLOPYRIDINE-3- AND 4-CARBOXAMIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CELLULAR PROLIFERATION PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT
18340008 HIV VACCINE IMMUNOGENS PARKIN, JEFFREY S
18015452 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SALIVA TESTING FOR VIRUS INCLUDING COVID-19 SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH
17928424 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RNA ISOLATION FROM SELF-COLLECTED AND SMALL VOLUME SAMPLES GUSSOW, ANNE
17994090 MARKERS AND CELLULAR ANTECEDENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FLARES GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE
17794724 PHASE SEPARATION SENSORS AND USES THEREOF DEBERRY, REGINA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1671 2
1683 2
1627 1
1653 1
1642 1
1682 1
1647 1
1636 1
1635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18294336 PYRROLOPYRIDINE-3- AND 4-CARBOXAMIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CELLULAR PROLIFERATION PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18557654 MACOLACINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF VARADARAJ, ARCHANA 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18340008 HIV VACCINE IMMUNOGENS PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1671 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18255043 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID PRODUCTION OF VERSATILE SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY REPERTOIRES LU, CHENG 1642 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18015452 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SALIVA TESTING FOR VIRUS INCLUDING COVID-19 SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2023
17928424 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RNA ISOLATION FROM SELF-COLLECTED AND SMALL VOLUME SAMPLES GUSSOW, ANNE 1683 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2022
17994090 MARKERS AND CELLULAR ANTECEDENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FLARES GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§102§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2022
17995401 PHAGE-ENCODED AcrVIA1 FOR USE AS AN INHIBITOR OF THE RNA-TARGETING CRISPR-Cas13 SYSTEMS PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1671 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2022
17794724 PHASE SEPARATION SENSORS AND USES THEREOF DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2022
17503928 CRISPR-CAS COMPONENT SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SEQUENCE MANIPULATION LEITH, NANCY J 1636 DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2021
17442790 FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOR NON-INVASIVE FOCAL GENE DELIVERY TO THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA 1635 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2021

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