Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Arrigo, Lee, Guttman & Mouta-Bellum LLP

33 pending office actions • 25 clients • 32 examiners • 25 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1818 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1818
+0.94σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1818
4.4
OAs to Allowance
n=943
+0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=943
1126 days
Time to Allowance
n=943
+21.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1818
32.3%
RCE Rate
n=1818
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=1818

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.8%
§101 Overcome
n=36
80.7%
§102 Overcome
n=135
76.5%
§103 Overcome
n=604
86.5%
§112 Overcome
n=282

Specialization & Scale

A61K, C12N, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
49%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1818
4
Practitioners
n=1818
454.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1818

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (4)

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.

1
Hard (3%)
22
Medium (67%)
7
Easy (21%)
3
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only19 (58%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only3 (9%)
Double-patenting only4 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
No statute on record3 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

27
Life Sciences
82% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
4
Business / Other
12% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 2 66.7% +100.0%
WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 1 57.4% +42.6%
HAILEY, PATRICIA L 1 88.1% +10.2%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1 45.9% +40.8%
TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1 0.0% +0.0%
SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1 41.2% -19.1%
CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT 1 55.9% +29.9%
DAVIS, RUTH A 1 60.8% +31.2%
YU, TIAN NMN 1 56.1% +13.6%
SHAHNAN SHAH, KHATOL S 1 62.6% +53.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18692624 PHOTOCATALYTIC AEROBIC OXIDATION OF YPERITE OR AN ANALOG THEREOF HAILEY, PATRICIA L

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
18564121 RNA APTAMERS SPECIFIC FOR A-SYNUCLEIN PROTEIN FIBER CONFORMERS YU, TIAN NMN 82d
18556185 PRIMER SET, REAGENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK

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
18557471 COMBINATION PRODUCT AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING THE EMERGENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA UNDER ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT SHAHNAN SHAH, KHATOL S 97d overdue
18546024 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING NUCLEIC ACID DIVERSITY SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 27d
18253977 USE OF AMINOQUINOLINE COMPOUNDS FOR HIGHER GENE INTEGRATION SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 63d
18564121 RNA APTAMERS SPECIFIC FOR A-SYNUCLEIN PROTEIN FIBER CONFORMERS YU, TIAN NMN 82d
18744060 Use of a Vaccine Targeting a Cryptic Tert Epitope, for Treating Cancer in a HLA-A*0201-Positive Patient Having a Non-Immunogenic Tumor Expressing Tert WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA
18692624 PHOTOCATALYTIC AEROBIC OXIDATION OF YPERITE OR AN ANALOG THEREOF HAILEY, PATRICIA L
18577040 PRIMER SET, REAGENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE
18532790 DIPEPTIDYLPEPTIDASE 4 INHIBITION ENHANCES LYMPHOCYTE TRAFFICKING, IMPROVING BOTH NATURALLY OCCURRING TUMOR IMMUNITY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT

Client Portfolio (25 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16823
16712
16362
16322
16161
16991
16811
16451
16471
39911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18744060 Use of a Vaccine Targeting a Cryptic Tert Epitope, for Treating Cancer in a HLA-A*0201-Positive Patient Having a Non-Immunogenic Tumor Expressing Tert Kriptic Pharmaceuticals Limited WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18692624 PHOTOCATALYTIC AEROBIC OXIDATION OF YPERITE OR AN ANALOG THEREOF COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES HAILEY, PATRICIA L §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18577040 PRIMER SET, REAGENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS Genomtec S.A. GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2024
18556185 PRIMER SET, REAGENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) Genomtec S.A. TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18571952 COMPOSITION COMPRISING POTASSIUM BICARBONATE AND USE THEREOF FOR TREATING AND/OR PROTECTING CROPS Scea Du Chateau Montrose SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 19, 2023
18532790 DIPEPTIDYLPEPTIDASE 4 INHIBITION ENHANCES LYMPHOCYTE TRAFFICKING, IMPROVING BOTH NATURALLY OCCURRING TUMOR IMMUNITY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY INSERM CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18566310 ASSOCIATION OF A VEGETAL ACTIVE EXTRACT CONTAINING SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (SOD) AND A FENUGREEK EXTRACT AND USES THEREOF Robertet SA DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18564121 RNA APTAMERS SPECIFIC FOR A-SYNUCLEIN PROTEIN FIBER CONFORMERS Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (Cnrs) YU, TIAN NMN 1681 §101 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18557471 COMBINATION PRODUCT AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING THE EMERGENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA UNDER ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris SHAHNAN SHAH, KHATOL S 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18288115 HUMAN NEUTRALIZING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST SARS-COV-2 AND USES THEREOF Institut Pasteur BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18547274 AN ARTIFICIAL PROTEIN-CAGE DECORATED WITH PARTICULAR MOLECULES ON THE EXTERIOR UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18547471 ANTIBODIES, FRAGMENTS OR DERIVATIVES SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO A PROTEIN ANTIGEN CAPABLE OF BINDING TO NUCLEIC ACIDS AND USES OF SAME COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART 3991 §112 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18236260 COMPOSITION COMPRISING FLAVIN ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (FAD), L-GSH, ATP AND MYRISTIC ACID, ALONE OR WITH A DRUG BIO EVEN SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18547256 AN ARTIFICIAL TRAP-CAGE, ITS USE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THEREOF UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1657 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18546024 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING NUCLEIC ACID DIVERSITY Institut Pasteur SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1636 Other Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18264965 IMMUNOLOGICAL TEST FOR THE DETECTION OF VIRAL INFECTIONS BIOSPEEDIA LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18259979 DRUG ELUTING STENT Sino Medical Sciences Technology Inc. LYNCH, ROBERT A 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18258931 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS Plant Bioscience Limited PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F 1651 DPOther Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18257727 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING USHER SYNDROME Assistance Publique-Hopitaux De Paris THUESON, HANNA MARIE 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
17997439 POROUS BONE SUBSTITUTION MATERIAL Etat Francais Represente Par La Direction Centrale Du Service De Sante Des Armées BLANCO, JAVIER G 3774 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18253977 USE OF AMINOQUINOLINE COMPOUNDS FOR HIGHER GENE INTEGRATION Cellectis SA SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 23, 2023
18044008 ANTI-ARGONAUTE PROTEIN AUTOANTIBODIES AS BIOMARKERS OF AUTOIMMUNE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES INSERM COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2023
18005284 T-CELLS EXPRESSING IMMUNE CELL ENGAGERS IN ALLOGENIC SETTINGS Cellectis S.A. NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18005146 SARS-COV-2 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS, VACCINES, AND METHODS Theravectys CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2023
18004782 SYSTEM Gtinvent Limited STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18002814 INHIBITORS OF ACID SPHINGOMYELINASE FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING THE COVID-19 DISEASE UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1622 Other Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 21, 2022
17996127 BACTERIAL STRAINS FOR USE AS PROBIOTICS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, DEPOSITED STRAINS AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY PROBIOTIC BACTERIAL STRAINS Institut Pasteur ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Oct 13, 2022
17742173 VITRO ISOLATION AND ENRICHMENT OF NUCLEIC ACIDS USING SITE-SPECIFIC NUCLEASES Depixus GRAY, JESSICA 1682 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending May 11, 2022
17702592 Use of a Warmer For Promoting a Biological Reaction Ibsa Pharma SAS SMALL, KATHERINE R 1633 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 23, 2022
17620819 ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVES Almac Discovery Limited HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE 1641 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2021
17055061 SUBSTITUTION OF THE MESSENGER RNA CAP WITH TWO RNA SEQUENCES INTRODUCED AT THE 5-PRIME END THEREOF Messenger Biopharma VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR 1637 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2020
16611172 Use of a Vaccine Targeting a Cryptic Tert Epitope, for Treating Lung Cancer in a HLA-A*0201-Positive Never-Smoker or Light-Former Smoker Patient Kriptic Pharmaceuticals Limited COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2019
15713347 WIDESPREAD GENE DELIVERY TO MOTOR NEURONS USING PERIPHERAL INJECTION OF AAV VECTORS Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2017

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