Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

K&L Gates LLP - Tessera

7 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=34052 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.7%
Allowance Rate
n=34052
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=34052
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=20482
+0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=20482
1083 days
Time to Allowance
n=20482
+8.9pp
Interview Lift
n=34052
32.7%
RCE Rate
n=34052
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=34052

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.3%
§101 Overcome
n=2410
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=8886
78.3%
§103 Overcome
n=15071
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=10307

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, H01M
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=34052
88
Practitioners
n=34052
387.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=34052

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

3
Hard (43%)
3
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEITH, NANCY J 2 74.8% +43.7%
MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1 69.2% +41.6%
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 42.7% +67.3%
ZARA, JANE J 1 70.8% +16.1%
LEE, JAE W 1 65.6% +39.0%
MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1 50.0% +73.0%

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
17929124 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME LEE, JAE W 6d
18282644 LTR TRANSPOSON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR
18061632 TEMPLATE GUIDE RNA MOLECULES ZARA, JANE J

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19272711 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME LEITH, NANCY J 89d overdue
19272775 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME LEITH, NANCY J 86d overdue
17929124 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME LEE, JAE W 6d
17577942 RECOMBINASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 21d
18590275 HBB-MODULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER
18282644 LTR TRANSPOSON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR
18061632 TEMPLATE GUIDE RNA MOLECULES ZARA, JANE J

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Flagship Pioneering 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16362
16352
16321
16371
16561

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19272775 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC LEITH, NANCY J 1636 §103Other Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2025
19272711 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC LEITH, NANCY J 1636 §103Other Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2025
18590275 HBB-MODULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1635 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18282644 LTR TRANSPOSON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18061632 TEMPLATE GUIDE RNA MOLECULES Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC ZARA, JANE J 1637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2022
17929124 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC LEE, JAE W 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17577942 RECOMBINASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 §112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jan 18, 2022

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