Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Clark+Elbing LLP - Genentech And Roche

13 pending office actions • 2 clients • 13 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=11172 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

67.8%
Allowance Rate
n=11172
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=11172
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=3971
-0.06σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3971
1159 days
Time to Allowance
n=3971
+28.2pp
Interview Lift
n=11172
27.1%
RCE Rate
n=11172
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=11172

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.8%
§101 Overcome
n=135
78.2%
§102 Overcome
n=766
73.4%
§103 Overcome
n=2317
84.2%
§112 Overcome
n=1002

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
50%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=11172
4
Practitioners
n=11172
2793.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=11172

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (23%)
6
Easy (46%)
4
Unknown (31%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (23%)
§112 only2 (15%)
Double-patenting only4 (31%)
No statute on record4 (31%)

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
GUSTILO, ESTELLA M 1 53.3% +34.5%
MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1 68.0% +41.2%
O'BRIEN, LEA S 1 51.4% +13.9%
LUNDE, GRACE HENRY 1 65.4% +35.9%
CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1 59.6% +67.3%
DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART 1 31.6% +20.1%
NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1 73.1% +18.3%
DEBERRY, REGINA M 1 49.8% +30.6%
HAM, JIEUN 1 60.0% +53.3%
HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1 63.9% +38.2%

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
18799503 THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR BLADDER CANCER GUSTILO, ESTELLA M
18504041 ANTI-LY6G6D ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE MOSELEY II, NELSON B
18338985 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA WITH MOSUNETUZUMAB AND LENALIDOMIDE O'BRIEN, LEA S
18324863 PREVENTION OR MITIGATION OF T-CELL ENGAGING AGENT-RELATED ADVERSE EFFECTS LUNDE, GRACE HENRY
18324406 METHODS FOR MODULATING HOST CELL SURFACE INTERACTIONS WITH HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY
18319406 ANTI-CD3 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART
18309003 RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF PROTEIN LEVELS NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE
18301180 HYALURONIC ACID BINDING DERIVATIVES OF VERSICAN (VG1) FOR LONG ACTING DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS DEBERRY, REGINA M

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
GENENTECH, INC. 8
Roche 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16464
16412
16432
16421
39911
16561
16471
16741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18799503 THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR BLADDER CANCER Genentech, Inc. GUSTILO, ESTELLA M 1646 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18504041 ANTI-LY6G6D ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE Genentech, Inc. MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1642 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18338985 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA WITH MOSUNETUZUMAB AND LENALIDOMIDE Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. O'BRIEN, LEA S 1646 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2023
18324863 PREVENTION OR MITIGATION OF T-CELL ENGAGING AGENT-RELATED ADVERSE EFFECTS Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. LUNDE, GRACE HENRY 1641 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
18324406 METHODS FOR MODULATING HOST CELL SURFACE INTERACTIONS WITH HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS Genentech, Inc. CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1646 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
18319406 ANTI-CD3 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE Genentech, Inc. DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART 3991 Other Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2023
18309003 RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF PROTEIN LEVELS Genentech, Inc. NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18301180 HYALURONIC ACID BINDING DERIVATIVES OF VERSICAN (VG1) FOR LONG ACTING DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2023
18300169 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. HAM, JIEUN 1643 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 13, 2023
18174889 METHODS FOR PRODUCING ANTIBODIES Genentech, Inc. HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2023
18066529 PROTEASE-ACTIVATED T CELL BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. CHATTIN, AMY MARIE 1643 Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 15, 2022
17783229 ANTI-PD-L1 ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS Genentech, Inc. KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2022
17473401 TREATMENT OF CANCER WITH HER2XCD3 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN COMBINATION WITH ANTI-HER2 MAB Genentech, Inc. CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2021

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