Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Wave Life Sciences Ltd.

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

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

4
Hard (40%)
4
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other3 (30%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (40%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

10
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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1 77.0% +30.2%
DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1 58.9% +34.1%
WILSON, MICHAEL C 1 41.4% +17.5%
ZARA, JANE J 1 70.8% +16.1%
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1 47.0% +22.0%
LAU, JONATHAN S 1 64.0% -18.2%
O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1 53.3% +66.7%
CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1 46.8% +27.2%
MCKILLOP, JOHN CHARLES 1 56.3% +40.7%
TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1 48.2% +45.5%

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
18022509 CELLS AND NON-HUMAN ANIMALS ENGINEERED TO EXPRESS ADAR1 AND USES THEREOF WILSON, MICHAEL C 8d overdue
17426511 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF TRAN, CHRISTINA L 14d
17926987 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF LAU, JONATHAN S
17953292 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18022509 CELLS AND NON-HUMAN ANIMALS ENGINEERED TO EXPRESS ADAR1 AND USES THEREOF WILSON, MICHAEL C 8d overdue
18313032 CHIRAL CONTROL BAKSHI, PANCHAM 3d overdue
17426511 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF TRAN, CHRISTINA L 14d
18178470 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE
18072296 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS ZARA, JANE J
17926967 DOUBLE STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING THERETO VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE
17953292 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN
17881956 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PHOSPHORAMIDITE AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1637 3
1636 2
1623 1
1638 1
1693 1
1633 1
1699 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18313032 CHIRAL CONTROL BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18178470 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2023
18022509 CELLS AND NON-HUMAN ANIMALS ENGINEERED TO EXPRESS ADAR1 AND USES THEREOF WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18072296 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS ZARA, JANE J 1637 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2022
17926967 DOUBLE STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING THERETO VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022
17926987 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022
17953292 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1633 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2022
17881956 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PHOSPHORAMIDITE AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 05, 2022
17766677 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF MCKILLOP, JOHN CHARLES 1637 §102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2022
17426511 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1637 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 28, 2021

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