Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Grimes & Yvon LLP

18 pending office actions • 12 clients • 17 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
2
Due this week
7
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due later (3)

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%)
14
Medium (78%)
1
Easy (6%)
3
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (72%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record3 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
89% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAMANA, ANURADHA 2 82.7% +22.5%
YU, HONG 1 31.2% +5.7%
TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 1 55.4% +46.6%
BARSKY, JARED 1 50.2% +23.0%
SCHUBERG, LAURA J 1 23.7% +36.7%
GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 1 29.8% +42.1%
HILL, KEVIN KAI 1 36.2% +33.4%
BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1 62.4% +10.9%
WANG, RUIXUE 1 57.6% +23.2%
GILL, RACHEL B 1 65.6% +27.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18099486 MAGNETIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF RAMANA, ANURADHA 29d
18099505 MAGNETIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF RAMANA, ANURADHA 30d

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
18003124 ENDOTHELIAL CELLS FOR MITIGATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED TOXICITY SCHUBERG, LAURA J 25d overdue
18066567 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 69d

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
18138058 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION BARSKY, JARED 89d overdue
18009320 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR CELL HILL, KEVIN KAI 86d overdue
18050834 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS BURKHART, MICHAEL D 45d overdue
18003124 ENDOTHELIAL CELLS FOR MITIGATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED TOXICITY SCHUBERG, LAURA J 25d overdue
18099486 MAGNETIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF RAMANA, ANURADHA 29d
17821884 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS FORMULATIONS GILL, RACHEL B 29d
18411193 Pharmaceutical Composition and Method for Improving Biomechanical Integrity of the Pelvic Floor TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 30d
18099505 MAGNETIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF RAMANA, ANURADHA 30d

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37752
16312
16382
16141
16151
16281
16721
16711
16341
17921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18622971 Pharmaceutical Composition and Method for Treating or Preventing Candidiasis Fempharma, LLC YU, HONG 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 31, 2024
18411193 Pharmaceutical Composition and Method for Improving Biomechanical Integrity of the Pelvic Floor Fempharma, LLC TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 1615 §112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18138058 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION Georgetown University BARSKY, JARED 1628 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2023
18099505 MAGNETIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF Gomboc, LLC RAMANA, ANURADHA 3775 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jan 20, 2023
18099486 MAGNETIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF Gomboc, LLC RAMANA, ANURADHA 3775 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 20, 2023
18003124 ENDOTHELIAL CELLS FOR MITIGATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED TOXICITY Angiocrine Bioscience, Inc. SCHUBERG, LAURA J 1631 Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18066567 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS Oxford Biomedica (Us) LLC GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Dec 15, 2022
18009320 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR CELL UCL Business Ltd HILL, KEVIN KAI 1638 §103 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
18050834 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS Oxford Biomedica (Us) LLC BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1638 Other Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022
17909427 Replication Competent Virus Assay Oxford Biomedica (Uk) Limited WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Sep 05, 2022
17821884 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS FORMULATIONS Oxford Biomedica (Us) LLC GILL, RACHEL B 1671 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 24, 2022
17775922 Production System Oxford Biomedica (Uk) Limited PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1634 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending May 11, 2022
17724493 PLANT-BASED BABY FOOD COMPOSITIONS Nunona Inc. NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 20, 2022
17509889 Methods of Reducing Tau in Human Subjects Janssen Pharmaceutica NV WANG, CHANG YU 1675 Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2021
17503088 Gene Therapy Ospedale San Raffaele S.R.I. CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Oct 15, 2021
17476148 PREDICTIVE BIOMARKERS FOR ADVERSE EFFECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. LIMBAUGH, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 1797 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Sep 15, 2021
17435634 CCR8 EXPRESSING LYMPHOCYTES FOR TARGETED TUMOR THERAPY Klinikum Der Universitat Munchen WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2021
17196631 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTION OF HPV DNA AND DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF HPV-ASSOCIATED CANCERS Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 09, 2021

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