Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Jones Day For Merck-Pbi-Csmc

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

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

Analysis

Jones Day for Merck-PBI-CSMC operates in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. It has 12673 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 73.07 percent. It averages 3.51 office actions per allowance. There is 1 pending office action.

The 73.07 percent allowance rate is based on 12673 career applications. The average of 3.51 office actions per allowance reflects the typical interaction with the patent office. The 1 pending office action represents the firm's current workload in these sectors.

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

Quality Metrics (n=12673 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.1%
Allowance Rate
n=12673
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=12673
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=5887
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5887
1034 days
Time to Allowance
n=5887
+13.0pp
Interview Lift
n=12673
26.6%
RCE Rate
n=12673
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=12673

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.5%
§101 Overcome
n=741
75.7%
§102 Overcome
n=2223
73.9%
§103 Overcome
n=3488
76.6%
§112 Overcome
n=2958

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
29%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=12673
119
Practitioners
n=12673
106.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=12673

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

2
Hard (40%)
1
Medium (20%)
2
Easy (40%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§112 only2 (40%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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
BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1 64.5% +19.9%
STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1 85.7% +33.3%
HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1 74.9% +11.5%
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1 45.8% +40.8%
WHALEY, PABLO S 1 25.1% +21.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18546947 ANTI-TL1A ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT IN THE LUNG STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 50d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17334109 METHODS OF STRATIFYING AND TREATING A SUB-POPULATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS WHALEY, PABLO S 20d
18645261 HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES TO TNF-LIKE LIGAND 1A (TL1A) AND USES THEREOF BUNNER, BRIDGET E —
18008146 TREATMENTS FOR A SUB-POPULATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17334109 METHODS OF STRATIFYING AND TREATING A SUB-POPULATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS WHALEY, PABLO S 20d
18326912 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF STRATIFYING INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PATIENTS HUDSON, AMY ROSE 46d
18546947 ANTI-TL1A ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT IN THE LUNG STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 50d
18645261 HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES TO TNF-LIKE LIGAND 1A (TL1A) AND USES THEREOF BUNNER, BRIDGET E —
18008146 TREATMENTS FOR A SUB-POPULATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Cedars-Sinai 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16451
16361
16821
36191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18645261 HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES TO TNF-LIKE LIGAND 1A (TL1A) AND USES THEREOF Cedars-Sinai Medical Center BUNNER, BRIDGET E §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18546947 ANTI-TL1A ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT IN THE LUNG Cedars-Sinai Medical Center STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 §103DP Final Rejection 50d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18326912 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF STRATIFYING INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PATIENTS Cedars-Sinai Medical Center HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1636 §112 Final Rejection 46d Pending May 31, 2023
18008146 TREATMENTS FOR A SUB-POPULATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS Cedars-Sinai Medical Center GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2022
17334109 METHODS OF STRATIFYING AND TREATING A SUB-POPULATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS Cedars-Sinai Medical Center WHALEY, PABLO S 3619 §112 Final Rejection 20d Pending May 28, 2021

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