Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc.

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HILL, MYRON G 1 66.3% +20.1%
HELM, CARALYNNE E 1 28.8% +49.6%
PYLA, EVELYN Y 1 55.8% +47.5%
WANG, CHANG YU 1 33.4% +53.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18271250 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) AND THE AAV RECEPTOR (AAVR) FOR ALTERED BIO-DISTRIBUTION OF AAV HILL, MYRON G 22d
18256277 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MUCOSAL DRUG DELIVERY HELM, CARALYNNE E

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17310235 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION PYLA, EVELYN Y 5d overdue
18271250 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) AND THE AAV RECEPTOR (AAVR) FOR ALTERED BIO-DISTRIBUTION OF AAV HILL, MYRON G 22d
18256277 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MUCOSAL DRUG DELIVERY HELM, CARALYNNE E
16609184 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS WANG, CHANG YU

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1671 1
1615 1
1633 1
1675 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18271250 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) AND THE AAV RECEPTOR (AAVR) FOR ALTERED BIO-DISTRIBUTION OF AAV HILL, MYRON G 1671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 07, 2023
18256277 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MUCOSAL DRUG DELIVERY HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2023
17310235 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION PYLA, EVELYN Y 1633 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2021
16609184 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2019

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