Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Hoxie & Associates LLC

58 pending office actions • 36 clients • 54 examiners • 25 art units • 0 of 58 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 72 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2428 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.5%
Allowance Rate
n=2428
+1.01σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2428
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1100
+0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1100
1057 days
Time to Allowance
n=1100
+14.0pp
Interview Lift
n=2428
26.9%
RCE Rate
n=2428
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=2428

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

91.7%
§101 Overcome
n=24
77.5%
§102 Overcome
n=151
80.0%
§103 Overcome
n=540
87.0%
§112 Overcome
n=331

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
60%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2428
2
Practitioners
n=2428
1214.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2428

Portfolio Summary

58
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
9
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
28
Medium (48%)
23
Easy (40%)
7
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only19 (33%)
§102 only7 (12%)
§112 only11 (19%)
Double-patenting only12 (21%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
No statute on record7 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

52
Life Sciences
90% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
6
Business / Other
10% 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.

580 h
Manual time on pending OAs
116 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
203 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 3 54.9% +50.7%
CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 2 72.6% +18.3%
SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 2 76.6% +8.0%
RAHMANI, NILOOFAR 1 77.5% -3.1%
HUYNH, PHUONG N 1 65.7% +53.7%
YU, HONG 1 31.2% +5.7%
MARTIN, PAUL C 1 41.8% +21.7%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.1% +29.9%
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 50.0% +53.3%
ABUZEINEH, HANAN ISAM 1 56.8% +50.6%

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
18299657 NOVEL INHIBITORS OF PIKFYVE AND METHODS USING SAME CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 71d overdue
18007018 NOVEL USES SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 60d overdue
18066883 METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH S1P RECEPTOR MODULATORS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 60d overdue
18043959 NOVEL SALTS, CRYSTALS, AND CO-CRYSTALS SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 37d overdue
18867252 IMPROVED SYNTHETIC METHODS FOR MAKING LACTONES CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 18d overdue
19374186 NOVEL PI3K AND/OR PIKK INHIBITORS, ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES COMPRISING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF HUYNH, PHUONG N
19203107 PARTICLE SEPARATOR SYSTEM, MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF USE MARTIN, PAUL C
19194059 ORAL POLYPEPTIDE COMPOSITION YOUNG, MICAH PAUL

Client Portfolio (36 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16294
16234
16413
16143
16183
16253
16283
16243
16583
16212

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19433491 HETEROARYL COMPOUNDS AS MULTI-TARGET PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS Fujian Haixi Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. RAHMANI, NILOOFAR 1691 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2025
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 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2025
19203107 PARTICLE SEPARATOR SYSTEM, MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF USE Levitasbio, Inc. MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2025
19194059 ORAL POLYPEPTIDE COMPOSITION Shenzhen Oralead Pharma Co., Ltd. YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2025
18867252 IMPROVED SYNTHETIC METHODS FOR MAKING LACTONES P2 Science, Inc. CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2024
18843308 MODULATORS OF ACKR3 AND USES THEREOF Stichting VU SEAMAN, D MARGARET M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18800808 FARNESOID X RECEPTOR MODULATORS Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18729669 PROMOTER FOR THE EXPRESSION OF GENES IN PARTICULAR CUX1-POSITIVE CELLS IN LAYER 2/3 OF MOUSE CORTEX Friedrich Miescher Institute For Biomedical Research ABUZEINEH, HANAN ISAM §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18741740 SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLE FUSED GAMMA-CARBOLINES SYNTHESIS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. O DELL, DAVID K 1621 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18692494 FRAGRANCE AND FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HYDROXYMELONAL FORMATE ESTER P2 Science, Inc. WALKER, AJA ARYANNA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18546831 COMPOSITION FOR SKIN REGENERATION, WHITENING, ANTIOXIDATION, OR WOUND TREATMENT, COMPRISING STEM CELL-DERIVED EXOSOME AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, AND USE THEREOF Ehlbio Co., Ltd. CLARK, AMY LYNN 1628 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18596349 NOVEL METHODS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. STEVENS, MARK V 1613 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18580492 CONJUGATE OF CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE AND MELPHALAN, AND PREPARATION CONTAINING CONJUGATE Alephoson Biopharmaceuticals Limited COFFA, SERGIO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18567743 NOVEL SALTS AND CRYSTALS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1628 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2023
18564378 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING BRAIN DISEASES COMPRISING ANTIBODY SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO ASM PROTEIN AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 DP 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
18555198 SAFE HARBOR LOCI FOR CELL ENGINEERING Hangzhou Qihan Biotech Co., Ltd. CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §102 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18377756 STABILISED PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS BASED ON SEMIFLUORINATED ALKANES Novaliq GmbH KOSACK, JOSEPH R 3991 Other Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18481168 NOVEL METHODS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1600 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 04, 2023
18550883 MACROCYCLES AS CFTR MODULATORS Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18550111 DETECTION OF BIOMARKERS USEFUL IN DIAGNOSING CHRONIC ENTEROPATHIES IN CATS Vetica Labs, Inc. ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1641 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18450240 ORAL CARE PRODUCTS AND METHODS BASF Corporation ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2023
18263318 CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A PIPERAZINYL-THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG 1624 Other Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18263302 SALT CRYSTALS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 27, 2023
18261446 CHOCOLATE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING THE SAME Barry Callebaut AG MERRIAM, ANDREW E 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 13, 2023
18256817 HDAC6 BINDING PROTEINS AND THEIR ANTI-VIRAL USE UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1641 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18266096 NOVEL METHODS The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN 1629 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2023
18320173 NOVEL METHODS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. CHONG, YONG SOO 1623 DP Final Rejection Pending May 18, 2023
18308288 INHIBITORS OF ENPP1 AND MODULATION OF BONE GROWTH Petragen, Inc. SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1625 §102 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023
18304987 USE OF FOLIC ACID AND FOLATE MODIFICATION IN INDUCING B-CELL IMMUNE TOLERANCE AND TARGETING mIgM-POSITIVELY-EXPRESSED B-CELL LYMPHOMA Fudan University MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18299657 NOVEL INHIBITORS OF PIKFYVE AND METHODS USING SAME Tme Therapeutics LLC CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §112 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18029518 Prebiotic Oral Care Compositions and Methods UNIVERSITEIT GENT LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18043959 NOVEL SALTS, CRYSTALS, AND CO-CRYSTALS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18042103 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18040618 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF AQUAPORIN INHIBITOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Aeromics, Inc. ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2023
18007018 NOVEL USES Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023
18156749 SEMIFLUORINATED ALKANE COMPOSITIONS Novaliq GmbH HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 19, 2023
18152110 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WRITING, READING, AND CONTROLLING DATA STORED IN A POLYMER Iridia, Inc. WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C 1681 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jan 09, 2023
18066883 METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH S1P RECEPTOR MODULATORS Priothera Limited SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 Other Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2022
18001764 NOVEL ISOMERIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING A RING-OPENED THIOSUCCINIMIDE GROUP, AN OLIGOPEPTIDE FRAGMENT AND A CHIRAL MOIETY Genequantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
17928381 STABLE PEPTIDES HAVING RENALASE AGONIST ACTIVITY Yale University KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022
18057650 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WRITING, READING, AND CONTROLLING DATA STORED IN A POLYMER Iridia, Inc. BASHAR, MOHAMMED A 1681 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022
17996499 MEDICAL USE OF DARIDOREXANT Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. WARD, PAUL V 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2022
17917337 USE OF BROMODOMAIN INHIBITORS FOR TREATMENT OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE Rumi Scientific Holdings, Inc. SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17995220 THE USE OF DIFFUSION ENHANCING COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF VIRAL AND BACTERIAL INDUCED RESPIRATORY DISEASE Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17758540 RSPO1 PROTEINS AND THEIR USE UNIVERSITE COTE D'AZUR REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2022
17758352 COMPOSITIONS HAVING THIOREDOXIN ACTIVITY AND RELATED METHODS Orpro Therapeutics, Inc. KOMATSU, LI N 1658 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2022
17757572 NOVEL USES Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. HSU, GRACE CHING 1627 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17673480 Prebiotic Oral Care Compositions and Methods UNIVERSITEIT GENT PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE 1612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 16, 2022
17597903 METHODS FOR TREATING TUMORS Nh Theraguix PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 1618 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2022
17579559 PARTICLE SEPARATOR SYSTEM, MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF USE Levitasbio, Inc. SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 19, 2022
17568298 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REPELLING AND KILLING TICKS AND DETACHMENT OF FEEDING TICKS The United States Department of Health and Human Services BAUER, NICOLA MARIA 1621 DP Final Rejection Pending Jan 04, 2022
17297580 SEMIFLUORINATED ALKANE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTERS Novaliq GmbH MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 27, 2021
17223551 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED DEGRADATION OF KRAS Yale University MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 06, 2021
17279518 NOVEL USES Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. CHENG, KAREN 1623 Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2021
17263440 AGENT FOR INHIBITING RECURRENCE OF HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION Priothera Limited KUCHARCZK, JED A 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2021
15533959 COMPOSITION, METHOD, USE AND PRODUCT Barry Callebaut AG KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2017

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