Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Arentfox Schiff, LLP & Dfci

17 pending office actions • 5 clients • 16 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
5
Unknown (29%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (65%)
§102 only1 (6%)
No statute on record5 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

17
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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 2 41.2% +74.1%
CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1 64.1% +44.9%
ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1 73.2% +24.0%
RAO, PADMAJA S 1 69.5% +35.9%
ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1 50.4% +41.3%
TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1 25.3% +48.6%
PURDY, KYLE A 1 40.8% +36.8%
LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1 32.5% +62.8%
HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1 65.5% +30.4%
GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 1 62.5% -14.3%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18031077 PIPERIDINYL SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF HELIOS AND METHODS OF USE TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 13d

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
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
17772384 SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF HELIOS AND METHODS OF USE HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 23d overdue
18269122 SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-5-PHOSPHATE 4-KINASE TYPE 2 AND USES THEREOF RAO, PADMAJA S 4d overdue
18031077 PIPERIDINYL SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF HELIOS AND METHODS OF USE TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 13d
18033872 COMPOUNDS FOR TARGETED PROTEIN DEGRADATION OF KINASES ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 22d
18001995 PROTEIN TAG TO INDUCE LIGAND DEPENDENT DEGRADATION OF PROTEIN/PROTEIN-FUSIONS PURDY, KYLE A 26d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16213
16262
16272
16222
16292
16232
16111
16281
16251
16311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18281861 INHIBITORS OF THE PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS/TRANS ISOMERASE (PIN1) AND USES THEREOF Yeda Research And Devlopment Co. Ltd. CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1626 Other Non-Final OA 54d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18215286 INHIBITORS OF TRIM33 AND METHODS OF USE DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18269122 SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-5-PHOSPHATE 4-KINASE TYPE 2 AND USES THEREOF Cornell University RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18033872 COMPOUNDS FOR TARGETED PROTEIN DEGRADATION OF KINASES Korea Institute Of Science And Technology (Kist) ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18031077 PIPERIDINYL SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF HELIOS AND METHODS OF USE Neomorph, Inc. TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1629 Final Rejection 13d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18001995 PROTEIN TAG TO INDUCE LIGAND DEPENDENT DEGRADATION OF PROTEIN/PROTEIN-FUSIONS DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 15, 2022
17926074 PIPERIDINE-2,6-DIONES AS SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF HELIOS AND METHODS OF USE DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 17, 2022
17801709 POTENT AND SELECTIVE DEGRADERS OF ALK DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1621 §103 Final Rejection 182d overdue Pending Aug 23, 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
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 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending May 03, 2022
17772384 SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF HELIOS AND METHODS OF USE DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 Other Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2022
17642495 KDM INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1625 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17580190 TUNABLE ENDOGENOUS PROTEIN DEGRADATION DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1631 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Jan 20, 2022
17601605 DEGRADERS OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (FGFR2) DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. BAUER, NICOLA MARIA 1621 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Oct 05, 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 §103 Non-Final OA 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 Other 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 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2021

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