Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Howson & Howson LLP

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

89 pending office actions • 37 clients • 78 examiners • 41 art units • 0 of 89 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

HOWSON & HOWSON LLP maintains a focused practice in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. With 4022 career applications, the firm has extensive experience navigating the specific legal and technical hurdles of the life sciences sector. Its resolved allowance rate pct of 78.22 provides a measure of its success in obtaining patent protection for its clients. This rate reflects the firm's capability in a field known for rigorous examination standards.

The firm is currently handling 74 pending office actions, indicating a steady flow of active prosecution work. The firm averages 3.6 avg office actions per allowance, which suggests a rigorous examination process that often requires multiple responses to the patent office. This 3.6 avg office actions per allowance, combined with the 78.22 resolved allowance rate pct, characterizes the firm's persistent approach to securing grants for its 4022 career applications. For practitioners, these metrics provide a baseline for evaluating the firm's performance and the typical prosecution timeline in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=4022 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.2%
Allowance Rate
n=4022
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4022
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=2105
-0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2105
1151 days
Time to Allowance
n=2105
+18.4pp
Interview Lift
n=4022
24.0%
RCE Rate
n=4022
3.2%
Appeal Rate
n=4022

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

67.8%
§101 Overcome
n=211
72.2%
§102 Overcome
n=873
76.7%
§103 Overcome
n=1486
76.4%
§112 Overcome
n=1316

Specialization & Scale

A61K, C12N, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4022
7
Practitioners
n=4022
574.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=4022

Portfolio Summary

89
Total Pending OAs
57
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
4
Due this week
3
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (2)

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.

55
Hard (62%)
20
Medium (22%)
14
Easy (16%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other13 (15%)
§103 only8 (9%)
§112 only12 (13%)
Double-patenting only2 (2%)
Double-patenting + other12 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)42 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

66
Life Sciences
74% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
17
Business / Other
19% 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.

890 h
Manual time on pending OAs
178 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
312 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 4 73.0% +6.6%
SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 3 42.4% +54.0%
KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 2 46.5% +53.5%
BARRON, SEAN C 2 52.9% +30.9%
SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 2 58.1% +40.9%
KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 2 58.1% +65.0%
MYERS, CARLA J 2 49.3% +46.1%
SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 2 22.2% +35.7%
MILLER, DANIEL A 1 34.3% +57.8%
HELM, CARALYNNE E 1 28.9% +49.6%

Hard Cases (56)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17995539 REAWAKENING OF DORMANT TUMOR CELLS BY MODIFIED LIPIDS DERIVED FROM STRESS ACTIVATED NEUTROPHILS KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 182d overdue
17601542 The Treatment of Protein Aggregation Diseases JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 125d overdue
18863982 Hybrid Solar Panel and Photovoltaic and Thermal Roof CANNON, RYAN SMITH 120d overdue
18042730 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF OSTEOPOROSIS LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 79d overdue
18257504 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CRISPR-CAS13 GUIDE RNAS KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 38d overdue
17356146 IN VIVO DETECTION OF EGFR MUTATION IN GLIOBLASTOMA VIA MRI SIGNATURE CONSISTENT WITH DEEP PERITUMORAL INFILTRATION SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE 36d overdue
18250459 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL SUSTENANCE AND WASTE SCAVENGING IN TISSUE INJURIES AND WOUNDS AL-AWADI, DANAH J 26d overdue
18560153 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DEBULKING VIRUS OR MICROORGANISM LOAD IN THE ORAL CAVITY MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (17)

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
17995539 REAWAKENING OF DORMANT TUMOR CELLS BY MODIFIED LIPIDS DERIVED FROM STRESS ACTIVATED NEUTROPHILS KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 182d overdue
18257504 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CRISPR-CAS13 GUIDE RNAS KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 38d overdue
17997110 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NUCLEASE EXPRESSION AND OFF-TARGET ACTIVITY USING A PROMOTER WITH LOW TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 6d
17787433 NOVEL DRUGGABLE TARGETS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES SUCH AS SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT USING THE SAME KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 56d
18306548 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING LUNG CANCERS USING GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 83d
19165958 WOUND DRESSINGS WITH ADHESIVE BORDERS MILLER, DANIEL A —
18575738 SOLUTION FOR DESTROYING BIOFILMS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF HELM, CARALYNNE E —
18833257 PHAGE MEDIATED IMMUNO-PCR FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS —

Client Portfolio (37 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16357
16826
16316
16386
16723
16743
16332
16252
16362
16372

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19165958 WOUND DRESSINGS WITH ADHESIVE BORDERS Plastod S.p.A. MILLER, DANIEL A 3786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2025
18575738 SOLUTION FOR DESTROYING BIOFILMS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF Misera Co., Ltd. HELM, CARALYNNE E §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
18992645 COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Optibiotix Limited PAK, JOHN D §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18874238 COMBINED USE OF A PROBIOTIC AND BUTYRIC ACID TO INCREASE THE ENTEROCYTE'S HEALTH AND CONSEQUENTLY THE WELLNESS OF PETS AND LIVESTOCK Cerbios-Pharma SA UNDERDAHL, THANE E §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18869792 ENERGY OPTIMIZATION OF A HEAT TRANSPORT SYSTEM Grundfos Holding A/S LIN, JASON §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18863982 Hybrid Solar Panel and Photovoltaic and Thermal Roof Sic Divisione Elettronica S.R.L.U. CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2024
18925333 PIPELINE INSPECTION SYSTEM Catholic Kwandong University Industry Foundation SINGER, DAVID L §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18854774 JOINT LEAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM Integrity Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd. PLUMB, NIGEL H §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18853162 BIODEGRADABLE LIPIDOIDS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR LIVER TARGETED DELIVERY The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18820706 FASORACETAM CRYSTALLINE FORMS The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia AULAKH, CHARANJIT §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18833257 PHAGE MEDIATED IMMUNO-PCR FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Universita’ Degli Studi Di Messina KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18779936 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WASHING/CLEANING GRANULAR MATERIAL FROM SLAG AND WASHING/CLEANING BOTTOM/BOILER ASH FROM A THERMAL WASTE TREATMENT, AND MINERAL RESIDUE AND RECYCLING MATERIAL H-U-R Hamburg GmbH Hamburger-Umwelt-Recyclingtechnologien AYALEW, TINSAE B 1711 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jul 22, 2024
18770804 SAFETY QUICK-REFILL COMPACT PUMP FOR ADMINISTERING DRUGS Cane' S.p.A. BOUCHELLE, LAURA A §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18727953 COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN TREATMENT OF METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania WILSON, MICHAEL C §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18737396 SEQUENTIAL APPLICATION OF MACROPHAGES FOR WOUND HEALING Drexel University NICOL, ALEXANDER W §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18713342 FLAVANOID CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 24, 2024
18712323 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF FABRY DISEASE The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania BARRON, SEAN C §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18709415 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS IIIA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania ALLEN, SARAH ELIZABETH §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 10, 2024
18702258 COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN TREATMENT OF CDKL5 DEFICIENCY DISORDER (CDD) The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2024
18700437 METHODS FOR INCREASING FAT ABSORPTION Structured Lipid Nutrition, LLC SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18698524 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF AMELIORATING AVERSIVENESS OF AVERSIVE STIMULI BY INHIBITION OF PURINERGIC RECEPTORS Paul Breslin CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1626 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18687571 METHODS FOR EVALUATING TREATMENTS FOR BESTROPHINOPATHIES The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18578997 MODIFIED ADAPTERS FOR ENZYMATIC DNA DEAMINATION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR EPIGENETIC SEQUENCING OF FREE AND IMMOBILIZED DNA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1682 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18570181 AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT CAPPING TESTS Arol S.p.A. PARCO JR, RUBEN C 2853 §112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18567629 RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES FOR LESCH-NYHAN DISORDERS AND USES THEREOF The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2023
18567168 VESSEL PROVIDED WITH AN IMPROVED AIR CIRCULATION SYSTEM 3J Marine S.r.l. BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18519972 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING METASTATIC BREAST CANCER AND OTHER CANCERS IN THE BRAIN The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania ARON, KIMBERLY A 1633 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2023
18513571 FILTER MESH Markert Filtration GmbH MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 1772 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Nov 19, 2023
18562293 SPUTTERING TARGET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME JX Metals Corporation OTT, PATRICK S 1794 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 18, 2023
18560153 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DEBULKING VIRUS OR MICROORGANISM LOAD IN THE ORAL CAVITY The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1652 §103§112Other Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18497386 METHODS OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CONDUCT DISORDER The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia KOSAR, ANDREW D 1625 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18557834 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING SEPSIS IN PATIENTS USING ANTI-LIGHT ANTIBODIES The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania SCHWECHTER, BRANDON ROSS 1798 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18556944 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO NUCLEASE-MEDIATED GENE TARGETING FOR THE TREATMENT OF GENETIC DISORDERS The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18556668 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING RSV AND PIV3 INFECTIONS UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2023
18287150 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF H-ABC LEUKODYSTROPHY The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1636 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2023
18487647 Foetal Monitoring System Vitaltrace Pty Ltd. GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2023
18555189 ANTI-FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN ANTIBODIES Philogen S.P.A BERHANE, SELAM 1675 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 12, 2023
18554748 COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR TREATING SPINAL AND BULBAR MUSCULAR ATROPHY (SBMA) The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania SHIBUYA, MARK LANCE 1631 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2023
18546321 Composition and Use Thereof Axisbiotix Limited DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 14, 2023
18264885 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) AND OTHER DISORDERS The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2023
17906173 TARGETED DELIVERY OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES Evox Therapeutics Ltd. HAMA, JOANNE 1647 §103§112 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18263085 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF NIEMANN PICK TYPE A DISEASE The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania TATGE, LEXUS MARC 1637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2023
18260786 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL 1631 §103DP Final Rejection 27d Pending Jul 09, 2023
18259964 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR INHALATION Shanghai Huilun Jiangsu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. RAMOS LEWIS, JOSMALEN MILAGROS 1621 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 29, 2023
18257504 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CRISPR-CAS13 GUIDE RNAS New York University KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1635 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18041627 Methods and Compositions for Inhibiting Viral Infection New York University OH, TAYLOR V 1625 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2023
18252115 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING RISK OF MODERATE TO SEVERE COVID-19 DISEASE The Wistar Institute ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1672 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 08, 2023
18250471 VIRAL VECTORS ENCODING CANINE INSULIN FOR TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISEASES IN DOGS The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania LI, BAO Q 1654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2023
18306548 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING LUNG CANCERS USING GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES The Wistar Institute SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18250459 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL SUSTENANCE AND WASTE SCAVENGING IN TISSUE INJURIES AND WOUNDS New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18249591 BORONIC ESTERS AND COATINGS COMPRISING THEM Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2023
18246872 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF FABRY DISEASE The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §103§112DP Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18246604 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN SITU IMMUNE PROFILING OF HEART TRANSPLANT BIOPSIES The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT 1674 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2023
18044471 GENETIC ALTERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2023
18042730 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF OSTEOPOROSIS New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 §101§112 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
18042726 VIRAL VECTORS ENCODING GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONIST FUSIONS AND USES THEREOF IN TREATING METABOLIC DISEASES The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1631 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Feb 23, 2023
18040971 RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS FOR TREATMENT OF GRN-ASSOCIATED ADULT-ONSET NEURODEGENERATION The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania THUESON, HANNA MARIE 1638 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18040648 NOVEL AAV CAPSIDS AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2023
18006975 IN UTERO AND POSTNATAL GENE EDITING AND THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF MONOGENIC DISEASES, INCLUDING MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS TYPE 1H AND OTHER DISORDERS The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2023
18004618 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN IDO-2 Lankenau Institute For Medical Research STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 §112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2023
18061633 GENE THERAPY FOR OCULAR DISORDERS The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2022
18000010 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING, PREVENTING THE ONSET AND/OR SLOWING PROGRESSION OF OSTEOARTHRITIS New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special LI, RUIXIANG 1674 §112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Nov 28, 2022
18057359 EXOSOMES COMPRISING THERAPEUTIC POLYPEPTIDES Oxford University Innovation Limited HASAN, KHALEDA B 1636 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2022
17998330 COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN TREATMENT OF KRABBE DISEASE The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO 1634 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 09, 2022
17922196 Method, System and Apparatus for Investigating or Assessing Eye or Pupil Movement Neurotologix Pty Ltd. WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 28, 2022
17997110 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NUCLEASE EXPRESSION AND OFF-TARGET ACTIVITY USING A PROMOTER WITH LOW TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 25, 2022
17997004 COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF ANGELMAN SYNDROME The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 24, 2022
17996379 LIPOSOMAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR EARLY TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC INFECTION Statens Serum Institut BROWE, DAVID 1617 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2022
17995539 REAWAKENING OF DORMANT TUMOR CELLS BY MODIFIED LIPIDS DERIVED FROM STRESS ACTIVATED NEUTROPHILS The Wistar Institute KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 182d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2022
17904903 TREATING AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE BESTROPHINOPATHIES AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING SAME The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §102§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 24, 2022
17904899 TREATING AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT BESTROPHINOPATHIES AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING SAME The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §102§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 24, 2022
17867335 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS FROM INDUCIBLE PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROGRESSIVE OPTIC NEUROPATHIES, INCLUDING GLAUCOMA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2022
17787433 NOVEL DRUGGABLE TARGETS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES SUCH AS SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT USING THE SAME The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 20, 2022
17761027 STABILIZED C-FMS INTRACELLULAR FRAGMENTS (FICD) PROMOTE OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION AND ARTHRITIC BONE EROSION New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 16, 2022
17641502 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RARE GENETIC SEQUENCE VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY FUNCTION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ASTHMA IN AFRICAN AMERICAN PATIENTS The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 09, 2022
17641650 NOVEL GENETIC MARKERS FOR POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME (POTS) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE SAME The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 09, 2022
17672438 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING BIOFILM DEPOSITION AND PRODUCTION The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2022
17634968 NOVEL LOX-1 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS, LOX1 NEUTRALIZATION ASSAY AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING SAME The Wistar Institute SHUPE, ELIZABETH A 1643 §112 Non-Final OA 162d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2022
17523492 Methods and Compositions for Treatment of Disorders and Diseases Involving RDH12 The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania YU, DAVID TUYANG 1635 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 10, 2021
17601542 The Treatment of Protein Aggregation Diseases Pharmakure Limited JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 1638 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2021
17601581 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN UTERO GENE EDITING FOR MONOGENIC LUNG DISEASE The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Oct 05, 2021
17424363 MICROCATHETER FOR THERAPEUTIC AND/OR DIAGNOSTIC INTERVENTIONS IN THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 3795 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 20, 2021
17356146 IN VIVO DETECTION OF EGFR MUTATION IN GLIOBLASTOMA VIA MRI SIGNATURE CONSISTENT WITH DEEP PERITUMORAL INFILTRATION The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE 1685 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2021
17336180 BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTING RISK OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 01, 2021
17279542 2' FANA MODIFIED FOXP3 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2021
17097997 COMPOSITIONS FOR DRG-SPECIFIC REDUCTION OF TRANSGENE EXPRESSION The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN 1638 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2020
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