Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hoxie & Associates LLC

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

68 pending office actions • 41 clients • 63 examiners • 38 art units • 0 of 68 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

HOXIE & ASSOCIATES LLC has 71 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 2168 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 82.3%, with an average of 3.78 office actions per allowance.

The profile combines a substantial current docket with a sizable historical application record. The resolved allowance rate describes completed outcomes, while the office-action average indicates the examination effort associated with matters that reached allowance. These measures give practitioners a basis for evaluating both prosecution results and the likely need for sustained response work.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2168 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.3%
Allowance Rate
n=2168
+1.00σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2168
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1093
+0.01σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1093
1066 days
Time to Allowance
n=1093
+14.5pp
Interview Lift
n=2168
26.6%
RCE Rate
n=2168
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2168

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.2%
§101 Overcome
n=109
74.9%
§102 Overcome
n=395
77.2%
§103 Overcome
n=701
79.1%
§112 Overcome
n=885

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
59%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2168
2
Practitioners
n=2168
1084.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2168

Portfolio Summary

68
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
2
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

21
Hard (31%)
27
Medium (40%)
19
Easy (28%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (6%)
§103 only8 (12%)
§102 only1 (1%)
§112 only15 (22%)
Double-patenting only4 (6%)
Double-patenting + other18 (26%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (25%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

66
Life Sciences
97% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
3% 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.

680 h
Manual time on pending OAs
136 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
238 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PALENIK, JEFFREY T 2 53.5% +27.0%
COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 2 74.8% +15.7%
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 2 68.1% +36.1%
PUTTLITZ, KARL J 2 69.2% +18.5%
SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 2 55.4% +27.3%
MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1 67.9% +41.7%
HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1 51.3% +28.3%
HUYNH, PHUONG N 1 65.8% +53.6%
YU, HONG 1 31.1% +5.7%
MARTIN, PAUL C 1 41.8% +21.7%

Hard Cases (21)

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
18548719 Method of Evaluating the Biofilm Detachment Efficacy of Compositions SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 2d overdue
17917337 USE OF BROMODOMAIN INHIBITORS FOR TREATMENT OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SIMMONS, CHRIS E 15d
18873307 MINOXIDIL ADJUVANT THERAPIES TRUONG, QUANGLONG N —
18868080 APROCITENTAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION SEUDIEU SEUDIEU, CARINE PATRICIA —
18866978 NOVEL METHODS KIFLE, BRUCK —
18851893 A FREEZE-DRYING PROCESS FOR AN ADC EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA —
18820161 FRAGRANCE AND FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NEW FLAVOR AND FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS AHVAZI, BIJAN —
18838517 PROCESS FOR RECOVERING AND PURIFYING VANILLIN ARIANI, KADE —

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18007018 NOVEL USES SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 60d overdue
18066883 METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH S1P RECEPTOR MODULATORS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 60d overdue
17342057 METHODS AND INTERMEDIATES FOR THE PREPARATION OF BILE ACID DERIVATIVES PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 26d
18504472 BI-FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED UBIQUITINATION OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 27d
19539095 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING A PRMT5 INHIBITOR AND AN EGFR INHIBITOR MOSELEY II, NELSON B —
19539109 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING PRMT5 INHIBITOR AND PD-1/PD-L1 INHIBITOR HAVLIN, ROBERT H —
19540268 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF DRY EYE DISEASE PALENIK, JEFFREY T —
19374186 NOVEL PI3K AND/OR PIKK INHIBITORS, ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES COMPRISING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF HUYNH, PHUONG N —

Client Portfolio (41 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16266
16154
16244
16423
16293
16223
16412
16142
16182
16252

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19539095 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING A PRMT5 INHIBITOR AND AN EGFR INHIBITOR Apeiron Therapeutics (Hong Kong) Ltd. MOSELEY II, NELSON B 1642 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2026
19539109 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING PRMT5 INHIBITOR AND PD-1/PD-L1 INHIBITOR Apeiron Therapeutics (Hong Kong) Ltd. HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2026
19540268 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF DRY EYE DISEASE Novaliq GmbH PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1615 §102Other Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2026
19374186 NOVEL PI3K AND/OR PIKK INHIBITORS, ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES COMPRISING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF Hutchmed Limited HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2025
19274087 O/W-EMULSIONS COMPRISING SEMIFLUORINATED ALKANES Novaliq GmbH YU, HONG 1614 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2025
19203107 PARTICLE SEPARATOR SYSTEM, MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF USE Levitasbio, Inc. MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2025
19194059 ORAL POLYPEPTIDE COMPOSITION Shenzhen Oralead Pharma Co., Ltd. YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2025
18873307 MINOXIDIL ADJUVANT THERAPIES Jupiter Wellness, Inc. TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18869588 TREATMENT OF CANCER WITH S1P RECEPTOR AGONISTS Priothera Limited COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1624 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18868772 CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF SODIUM (5-(4-BROMOPHENYL)-6-(2-((5-BROMOPYRIMIDIN-2-YL)OXY)ETHOXY)PYRIMIDIN-4-YL)(SULFAMOYL)AMIDE Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. KOSACK, JOSEPH R 3991 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 24, 2024
18868080 APROCITENTAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. SEUDIEU SEUDIEU, CARINE PATRICIA 1626 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18867252 IMPROVED SYNTHETIC METHODS FOR MAKING LACTONES P2 Science, Inc. CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §112Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2024
18952990 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL INTOXICATION Safety Shot, Inc. MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18866978 NOVEL METHODS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. KIFLE, BRUCK 1624 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18851893 A FREEZE-DRYING PROCESS FOR AN ADC Genequantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18897877 SEMIFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS AND THEIR COMPOSITIONS Novaliq GmbH PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18847126 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1629 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18847121 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18843308 MODULATORS OF ACKR3 AND USES THEREOF Stichting VU SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1625 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18820161 FRAGRANCE AND FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NEW FLAVOR AND FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS Osmo Labs, Pbc AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18819236 CRYSTALS Aeromics, Inc. COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18838517 PROCESS FOR RECOVERING AND PURIFYING VANILLIN International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. ARIANI, KADE 1651 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18800808 FARNESOID X RECEPTOR MODULATORS Alfasigma S.p.A. KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18833346 NOVEL COMPOSITIONS Tulex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE 1612 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18784569 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF DRY EYE DISEASE Novaliq GmbH PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1615 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18777765 NOVEL METHODS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. SHIAO, REI TSANG 1691 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18729674 PROMOTER FOR THE EXPRESSION OF GENES IN PARTICULAR EGR2-POSITIVE CELLS IN LAYER 2/3 OF MOUSE CORTEX Friedrich Miescher Institute For Biomedical Research DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18755795 HETEROARYL HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF Hutchison Medipharma Limited WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 DPOther Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18714302 Rapid T-Cell Manufacturing Kure Cells, Inc. EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18670391 NOVEL METHODS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. JAVANMARD, SAHAR 1622 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2024
18709201 ESTER DERIVATIVES OF N4-HYDROXYCYTIDINE AND USE THEREOF Suzhou Spring-Sea Bio-Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. BERRY, LAYLA D 1693 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 10, 2024
18705346 CCR6 RECEPTOR MODULATORS Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1623 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18703113 SILYL ETHER DERIVATIVES OF POLYETHER POLYMERS P2 Science, Inc. BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 1692 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18693766 FORMULATIONS AND USES OF RESVERATROL Danstar Ferment AG HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18690068 GENE THERAPY CONSTRUCT FOR TREATING POMPE DISEASE, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND METHOD Beijing Genecradle Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 1634 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2024
18686381 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE Osivax Belgique KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18290928 THERAPEUTIC MUTEINS Institut National De La Santé Et De Al Recherche Médicale (Inserm) MIDDLETON, DANAYA L 1674 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2024
18410200 STABLE ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF Genequantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1646 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 11, 2024
18408826 STABLE ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF Genequantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1646 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2024
18564510 ANTIBODY SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO ASM PROTEIN Isu Abxis Co., Ltd. PRIEST, JESSICA MARIE 1642 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2023
18504472 BI-FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED UBIQUITINATION OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR Montelino Therapeutics, Inc. COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18022051 BACTERIAL TARGETING VECTOR CARRYING CYTOKINE OR POLYNUCLEOTIDE THEREOF AND USE THEREOF IN TUMOR TREATMENT Shenzhen Synthetica Pioneering Co., Ltd. XU, QING 1656 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Oct 12, 2023
18481168 NOVEL METHODS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1600 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Oct 04, 2023
18551396 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DRY MOUTH USING BIOMARKERS The Regents of the University of California SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 1699 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18550088 THE OXIDATION OF CARBON-HYDROGEN BONDS USING OZONE P2 Science, Inc. CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE 1692 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2023
18464129 MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE IMPROVING RNA STABILITY Team Medical, LLC SHIN, DANA H 1635 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18549446 Anti-HER2 Antibody-Immune Agonist Conjugate and Applications Thereof Brightgene Bio-Medical Technology Co., Ltd. STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 Other Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18548719 Method of Evaluating the Biofilm Detachment Efficacy of Compositions The Ohio State University SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1657 §101§103§112DP Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548833 TRIAZOLYL-METHYL SUBSTITUTED ALPHA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE DERIVATIVES Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. CHO, DAVID H 1693 DP Final Rejection 9d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18353653 VISUAL CONTINUOUS SPATIAL DIRECTED EVOLUTION METHOD Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology BOESEN, CHRISTIAN C §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hoxie & Associates LLC's patent allowance rate?

82.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Hoxie & Associates LLC were allowed, across 2,168 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Hoxie & Associates LLC average before allowance?

3.78 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Hoxie & Associates LLC have?

68 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 41 clients, before 63 examiners in 38 art units.

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