Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Cozen O'Connor (Alnylam)

6 pending office actions • 2 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=19236 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.6%
Allowance Rate
n=19236
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=19236
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=12624
-0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=12624
1066 days
Time to Allowance
n=12624
+5.0pp
Interview Lift
n=19236
24.9%
RCE Rate
n=19236
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=19236

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.6%
§101 Overcome
n=1334
78.7%
§102 Overcome
n=5502
80.5%
§103 Overcome
n=8781
82.9%
§112 Overcome
n=5784

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04W, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=19236
0
Practitioners
n=19236
Apps / Practitioner
n=19236 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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
Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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 (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% 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
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHO, DAVID H 1 37.5% +73.5%
BRETZ, COREY LANE 1 0.0% +0.0%
LEE, RIP A 1 83.5% -4.3%
NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 1 74.4% +18.7%
SCOTT, ANGELA C 1 62.5% +18.9%
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
17611761 ORAL DELIVERY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TRAN, CHRISTINA L 49d
18142313 PROCESS FOR MODIFYING AN OLEFIN POLYMER COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTS THEREOF LEE, RIP A 54d
18259887 2'-MODIFIED NUCLEOSIDE BASED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PRODRUGS BRETZ, COREY LANE 69d
17983593 ETHYLENE POLYMER BLEND COMPOSITION FOR ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURE FEEDSTOCK SCOTT, ANGELA C

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17611761 ORAL DELIVERY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TRAN, CHRISTINA L 49d
18613537 3'-OH RNA-CONTAINING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DEPROTECTION CHO, DAVID H
18142234 INORGANIC SOLID PARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN
17983593 ETHYLENE POLYMER BLEND COMPOSITION FOR ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURE FEEDSTOCK SCOTT, ANGELA C

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 3
Braskem 3

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16351
17621
17611
17671
16371

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18613537 3'-OH RNA-CONTAINING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DEPROTECTION Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CHO, DAVID H §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18259887 2'-MODIFIED NUCLEOSIDE BASED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PRODRUGS Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 §102§103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18142313 PROCESS FOR MODIFYING AN OLEFIN POLYMER COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTS THEREOF Braskem America, Inc. LEE, RIP A 1762 §102§103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending May 02, 2023
18142234 INORGANIC SOLID PARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Braskem America, Inc. NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 1761 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2023
17983593 ETHYLENE POLYMER BLEND COMPOSITION FOR ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURE FEEDSTOCK Braskem America, Inc. SCOTT, ANGELA C 1767 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2022
17611761 ORAL DELIVERY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1637 §103§112Other Final Rejection 49d Pending Nov 16, 2021

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