Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

K&L Gates - Novartis

10 pending office actions • 2 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 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

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

7
Hard (70%)
2
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (70%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

10
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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REDDIG, PETER J 3 58.0% +40.0%
STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1 44.2% +36.3%
GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE 1 59.1% +46.3%
RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1 71.3% +32.3%
CANELLA, KAREN A 1 62.2% +32.8%
BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1 46.2% +75.8%
EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1 62.3% +61.4%
BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1 63.5% +39.8%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16435257 TREATMENT OF CANCER USING ANTI-CD19 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 132d overdue
17433812 MESOPOROUS SILICA PARTICLES COMPOSITIONS FOR VIRAL DELIVERY EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 30d overdue
18061824 COMBINATION THERAPIES CANELLA, KAREN A 33d
18420525 TARGETING CYTOTOXIC CELLS WITH CHIMERIC RECEPTORS FOR ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY REDDIG, PETER J
18288345 VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION SYSTEM STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E
18009568 ZBTB32 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF RAHMAN, MASUDUR
17602730 METHODS OF MAKING CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING CELLS BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER

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
16435257 TREATMENT OF CANCER USING ANTI-CD19 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 132d overdue
18148807 TREATMENT OF CANCER USING A CD123 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR REDDIG, PETER J 66d overdue
17433812 MESOPOROUS SILICA PARTICLES COMPOSITIONS FOR VIRAL DELIVERY EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 30d overdue
18061824 COMBINATION THERAPIES CANELLA, KAREN A 33d
18339565 CD20 THERAPIES, CD22 THERAPIES, AND COMBINATION THERAPIES WITH A CD19 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR)-EXPRESSING CELL REDDIG, PETER J 55d
18420525 TARGETING CYTOTOXIC CELLS WITH CHIMERIC RECEPTORS FOR ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY REDDIG, PETER J
18288345 VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION SYSTEM STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E
18162236 METHODS OF MAKING CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING CELLS GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
University of Pennsylvania 6
Novartis 4

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16463
16322
16432
16371
16331
16311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18420525 TARGETING CYTOTOXIC CELLS WITH CHIMERIC RECEPTORS FOR ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18288345 VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION SYSTEM Novartis AG STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18339565 CD20 THERAPIES, CD22 THERAPIES, AND COMBINATION THERAPIES WITH A CD19 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR)-EXPRESSING CELL The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §103Other Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18162236 METHODS OF MAKING CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING CELLS The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE 1637 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2023
18148807 TREATMENT OF CANCER USING A CD123 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania REDDIG, PETER J 1646 Other Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
18009568 ZBTB32 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Novartis AG RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1633 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 09, 2022
18061824 COMBINATION THERAPIES Novartis AG CANELLA, KAREN A 1643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 05, 2022
17602730 METHODS OF MAKING CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING CELLS The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2021
17433812 MESOPOROUS SILICA PARTICLES COMPOSITIONS FOR VIRAL DELIVERY Novartis AG EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2021
16435257 TREATMENT OF CANCER USING ANTI-CD19 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 132d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2019

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