Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Global Patent Group - Mda

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=200 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.7%
Allowance Rate
n=200
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=200
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=71
-0.56σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=71
864 days
Time to Allowance
n=71
+24.2pp
Interview Lift
n=200
22.7%
RCE Rate
n=200
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=200

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=15 (min 20)
60.9%
§103 Overcome
n=23
95.2%
§112 Overcome
n=21

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
77%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=200
0
Practitioners
n=200
Apps / Practitioner
n=200 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
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.

2
Hard (40%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (40%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% 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
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1 57.5% +42.7%
DAVIS, BRIAN J 1 84.8% -4.2%
AEDER, SEAN E 1 56.7% +20.0%
XU, XIAOYUN 1 59.7% +32.2%
JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1 59.4% +22.8%

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
18193917 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER AEDER, SEAN E
18145602 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER XU, XIAOYUN

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
17310262 METAL CHELATOR COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER JOHANSEN, PETER N. 14d
18787216 INHIBITORS OF MUTANT IDH1 AND IDH2 ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL
18193917 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER AEDER, SEAN E
18145602 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER XU, XIAOYUN

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
University of Texas 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16141
16421
17971
16441

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18787216 INHIBITORS OF MUTANT IDH1 AND IDH2 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18734176 CYCLIC DINUCLEOTIDES AS AGONISTS OF STIMULATOR OF INTERFERON GENE DEPENDENT SIGNALLING BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM DAVIS, BRIAN J 1614 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18193917 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM AEDER, SEAN E 1642 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2023
18145602 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM XU, XIAOYUN 1797 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022
17310262 METAL CHELATOR COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 27, 2021

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