Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

K&L Gates LLP - Tessera

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (17%)
4
Unknown (67%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
No statute on record4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEITH, NANCY J 2 74.7% +43.8%
PERSONS, JENNA L 1 52.8% +65.0%
LEE, JAE W 1 65.6% +38.6%
NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 1 67.0% +40.2%
MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1 44.7% +68.6%

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 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
18469344 SERPINA-MODULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS PERSONS, JENNA L 49d overdue
17749788 RECOMBINASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 23d overdue
17929124 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME LEE, JAE W 6d
17577942 RECOMBINASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 21d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Flagship Pioneering 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16362
16371
16561
16321
16351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19272711 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC LEITH, NANCY J 1636 Other Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2025
19272775 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC LEITH, NANCY J 1636 Other Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2025
18469344 SERPINA-MODULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC PERSONS, JENNA L 1637 Other Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
17929124 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC LEE, JAE W 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17749788 RECOMBINASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi, LLC NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 1632 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 20, 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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