Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

The Translational Genomics Research Institute

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
1
Communications
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROSARIO, DENNIS 1 68.9% +28.8%
PHAM, TUAN A 1 83.8% +26.9%
VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY 1 55.6% +30.6%
JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1 50.0% +47.1%
SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1 58.5% +60.8%
BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 1 47.6% +50.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18111875 Methods of Profiling Mass Spectral Data Using Neural Networks PHAM, TUAN A 98d overdue
17922315 NEOANTIGEN-INFORMED TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY
17911341 METHODS AND KITS FOR THE DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18111875 Methods of Profiling Mass Spectral Data Using Neural Networks PHAM, TUAN A 98d overdue
18656551 METHODS OF DETECTING SOMATIC AND GERMLINE VARIANTS IN IMPURE TUMORS ROSARIO, DENNIS 22d
17922315 NEOANTIGEN-INFORMED TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY
17911341 METHODS AND KITS FOR THE DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING
17625333 METHODS OF DETECTING DISEASE AND TREATMENT RESPONSE IN cfDNA SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH
17621528 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF RESIDUAL DISEASE USING CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA ANALYSIS BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2676 1
2163 1
1643 1
1672 1
1683 1
1682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18656551 METHODS OF DETECTING SOMATIC AND GERMLINE VARIANTS IN IMPURE TUMORS ROSARIO, DENNIS 2676 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 06, 2024
18111875 Methods of Profiling Mass Spectral Data Using Neural Networks PHAM, TUAN A 2163 §101§103Other Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2023
17922315 NEOANTIGEN-INFORMED TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY 1643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2022
17911341 METHODS AND KITS FOR THE DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2022
17625333 METHODS OF DETECTING DISEASE AND TREATMENT RESPONSE IN cfDNA SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2022
17621528 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF RESIDUAL DISEASE USING CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA ANALYSIS BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2021

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