Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Epimed LLC

9 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=158 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

55.1%
Allowance Rate
n=158
+0.29σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=158
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=38
-0.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=38
1241 days
Time to Allowance
n=38
+69.6pp
Interview Lift
n=158
18.8%
RCE Rate
n=158
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=158

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=9 (min 20)
54.3%
§102 Overcome
n=35
40.9%
§103 Overcome
n=44
50.8%
§112 Overcome
n=59

Specialization & Scale

A61K, C07K, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
60%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=158
0
Practitioners
n=158
Apps / Practitioner
n=158 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

5
Hard (56%)
2
Medium (22%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting + other2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
89% 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
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AEDER, SEAN E 2 56.9% +19.9%
DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 2 64.2% +43.7%
HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH 1 49.4% +63.9%
PATEL, SAGAR S 1 76.1% +34.1%
BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1 63.5% +39.8%
ESSEX, LAURA ANN 1 59.6% +36.8%
KELLY, ROBERT M 1 73.7% +24.8%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17773240 GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL PROTEINS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 259d overdue
17909358 GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL (GNC) ANTIBODY-LIKE PROTEINSAND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 168d overdue
18039272 STABLE SEMI-SOLID CHEWABLE GEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH
18008798 Camptothecin Drug Having High-Stability Hydrophilic Connecting Unit And Conjugate Thereof ESSEX, LAURA ANN
16760466 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF AEDER, SEAN E

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
17773240 GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL PROTEINS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 259d overdue
17909358 GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL (GNC) ANTIBODY-LIKE PROTEINSAND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 168d overdue
18030757 Deuterated Camptothecin Derivative And Antibody-drug Conjugate Thereof PATEL, SAGAR S 72d overdue
17909360 MINIATURE GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL (miniGNC) ANTIBODY-LIKE PROTEINS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF KELLY, ROBERT M 33d
18693507 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS THEREOF AEDER, SEAN E
18039272 STABLE SEMI-SOLID CHEWABLE GEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH
18027583 EGFR BINDING COMPLEX AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE
18008798 Camptothecin Drug Having High-Stability Hydrophilic Connecting Unit And Conjugate Thereof ESSEX, LAURA ANN

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16442
16111
16261
16431
16751
16381
16421

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18693507 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS THEREOF Systimmune, Inc. AEDER, SEAN E §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18039272 STABLE SEMI-SOLID CHEWABLE GEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Seattle Gummy Company HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH 1611 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2023
18030757 Deuterated Camptothecin Derivative And Antibody-drug Conjugate Thereof BAILI-BIO (CHENGDU) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. PATEL, SAGAR S 1626 §103§112DP Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18027583 EGFR BINDING COMPLEX AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF BAILI-BIO (CHENGDU) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2023
18008798 Camptothecin Drug Having High-Stability Hydrophilic Connecting Unit And Conjugate Thereof Sichuan Baili Pharm Co., Ltd. ESSEX, LAURA ANN 1675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2022
17909360 MINIATURE GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL (miniGNC) ANTIBODY-LIKE PROTEINS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF BAILI-BIO (CHENGDU) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. KELLY, ROBERT M 1638 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 03, 2022
17909358 GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL (GNC) ANTIBODY-LIKE PROTEINSAND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF BAILI-BIO (CHENGDU) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 1644 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 168d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2022
17773240 GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL PROTEINS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF BAILI-BIO (CHENGDU) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 1644 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 259d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
16760466 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. AEDER, SEAN E 1642 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2020

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