Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Arentfox Schiff, LLP & Dfci

13 pending office actions • 4 clients • 12 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=33105 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=33105
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=33105
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=22173
-0.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=22173
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=22173
+7.4pp
Interview Lift
n=33105
28.9%
RCE Rate
n=33105
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=33105

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.6%
§101 Overcome
n=3320
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=9027
80.9%
§103 Overcome
n=14466
81.1%
§112 Overcome
n=8656

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04W, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=33105
20
Practitioners
n=33105
1655.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=33105

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

2
Hard (15%)
8
Medium (62%)
2
Easy (15%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (23%)
§102 only4 (31%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (15%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
92% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 2 57.0% +47.9%
CESARE, JOSEPH DAVID 1
BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1 68.5% +39.7%
CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1 63.2% +45.9%
HUI, SAN MING R 1 59.3% +19.9%
ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1 73.3% +23.8%
ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1 50.4% +40.1%
HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1 63.9% +41.7%
HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1 52.2% +73.3%
GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 1 57.9% -8.8%

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
17801709 POTENT AND SELECTIVE DEGRADERS OF ALK HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 182d overdue
17773992 SELECTIVE DUAL HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6/8 (HDAC6/8) DEGRADERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 49d overdue

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
17801709 POTENT AND SELECTIVE DEGRADERS OF ALK HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 182d overdue
17773992 SELECTIVE DUAL HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6/8 (HDAC6/8) DEGRADERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 49d overdue
18215286 INHIBITORS OF TRIM33 AND METHODS OF USE ANDERSON, REBECCA L 42d overdue
17284250 DEGRADERS OF WILD-TYPE AND MUTANT FORMS OF LRRK2 LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 25d overdue
18033872 COMPOUNDS FOR TARGETED PROTEIN DEGRADATION OF KINASES ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 22d
18281861 INHIBITORS OF THE PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS/TRANS ISOMERASE (PIN1) AND USES THEREOF CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 54d
18567873 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12D MUTANT BELL, SARA ELIZABETH
18280877 EP300 DEGRADER AND USES THEREOF IN NEUROBLASTOMA HUI, SAN MING R

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16223
16262
16272
16212
16251
16231
16291

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18572972 INHIBITORS OF THE PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS/TRANS ISOMERASE (PIN1), COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. CESARE, JOSEPH DAVID §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18567873 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12D MUTANT DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2023
18281861 INHIBITORS OF THE PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS/TRANS ISOMERASE (PIN1) AND USES THEREOF Yeda Research And Devlopment Co. Ltd. CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1626 §102Other Non-Final OA 54d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18280877 EP300 DEGRADER AND USES THEREOF IN NEUROBLASTOMA DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. HUI, SAN MING R 1627 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18215286 INHIBITORS OF TRIM33 AND METHODS OF USE DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1626 §102 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18033872 COMPOUNDS FOR TARGETED PROTEIN DEGRADATION OF KINASES Korea Institute Of Science And Technology (Kist) ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 26, 2023
17801709 POTENT AND SELECTIVE DEGRADERS OF ALK DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1621 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 182d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17773992 SELECTIVE DUAL HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6/8 (HDAC6/8) DEGRADERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending May 03, 2022
17774002 SELECTIVE HISTONE DEACETYLASE (HDAC) DEGRADERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 1629 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending May 03, 2022
17621057 HCK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 1622 DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2021
17419965 SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF FKBP12 VIA RECRUITMENT OF VON HIPPEL-LINDAU E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE (VHL) E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE, AND USES IN dTAG SYSTEMS DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. YOO, SUN JAE 1621 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2021
17284250 DEGRADERS OF WILD-TYPE AND MUTANT FORMS OF LRRK2 DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 1622 §103Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2021
17265139 HISTONE DEMETHYLASE 5 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2021

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