Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lathrop Gpm LLP | Sanofi-Aventis

33 pending office actions • 8 clients • 30 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
2
Due this week
10
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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%)
16
Medium (48%)
4
Easy (12%)
13
Unknown (39%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (45%)
§112 only4 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
No statute on record13 (39%)

Industry Mix

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

33
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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 3 77.6% +20.3%
HADDAD, MAHER M 2 50.4% +54.3%
ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1 60.5% +23.2%
WEN, SHARON X 1 56.5% +32.8%
HOLLAND, PAUL J 1 57.5% +64.7%
SHOMER, ISAAC 1 63.1% +30.7%
BEANE, RANDALL L 1 32.5% +37.8%
PETERS, ALEC JON 1 68.6% +61.7%
O'BRIEN, LEA S 1 50.0% +8.3%
BRETZ, COREY LANE 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18296283 TARGETED GENE THERAPY FOR DM-1 MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY BRETZ, COREY LANE 56d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17727309 ANTI-ICOS ANTIBODIES OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 204d overdue
18512687 METHODS, CELLS & ORGANISMS HOLLAND, PAUL J 140d overdue
18592425 ANTI-PD-L1 AND IL-2 CYTOKINES ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 42d overdue
18358601 THROMBIN CLEAVABLE LINKER WITH XTEN AND ITS USES THEREOF BEANE, RANDALL L 37d overdue
18364906 ANTIBODIES, USES & METHODS HADDAD, MAHER M 7d
18555439 "Good" buffer-based cationic lipids SHOMER, ISAAC 9d
17725228 SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS OF OX40L ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF GVHD OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 12d
18324668 ANTI-BCMA ANTIBODIES PETERS, ALEC JON 16d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16415
16353
16443
16542
16432
16372
16561
16121
16461
16741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18592425 ANTI-PD-L1 AND IL-2 CYTOKINES Kymab Limited ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1641 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18407331 METHODS FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR LIPOPROTEIN APHERESIS IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERLIPIDEMIA BY ADMINISTERING ALIROCUMAB Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. WEN, SHARON X 1641 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18512687 METHODS, CELLS & ORGANISMS Kymab Limited HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 Other Final Rejection 140d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18555439 "Good" buffer-based cationic lipids Translate Bio, Inc. SHOMER, ISAAC 1612 Other Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18459995 ANTIBODIES, COMBINATIONS COMPRISING ANTIBODIES, BIOMARKERS, USES & METHODS Kymab Limited HADDAD, MAHER M 1641 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18364906 ANTIBODIES, USES & METHODS Kymab Limited HADDAD, MAHER M 1641 Other Final Rejection 7d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18358601 THROMBIN CLEAVABLE LINKER WITH XTEN AND ITS USES THEREOF BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC. BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18324668 ANTI-BCMA ANTIBODIES Sanofi PETERS, ALEC JON 1641 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending May 26, 2023
18318425 EFFECTIVE DOSAGE OF RECOMBINANT SERPIN-FC FUSION PROTEIN FOR USE IN A METHOD OF TREATING AAT DEFICIENCY IN A SUBJECT Sanofi Aatd Inc. O'BRIEN, LEA S 1646 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending May 16, 2023
18296283 TARGETED GENE THERAPY FOR DM-1 MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY Genzyme Corporation BRETZ, COREY LANE 1635 Other Non-Final OA 56d Pending Apr 05, 2023
18130980 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-6R ANTAGONIST Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18246263 PIPERAZINE-BASED CATIONIC LIPIDS Translate Bio, Inc. ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1626 Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
17969033 METHODS FOR TREATING PRURIGO NODULARIS BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-4R ANTAGONIST Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NATARAJAN, MEERA 1643 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18174925 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY FOR ICOS AND PD-L1 Kymab Limited OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 DPOther Final Rejection 63d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18016625 LIPIDIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE TERMINAL RADICAL OF FORMULA -NH-CX-A OR -NH-CX-NH-A, COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM AND USES THEREOF Sanofi Pasteur ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 17, 2023
18045995 FGFR3 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE Genzyme Corporation ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1647 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 12, 2022
17915215 Targeted Inhibition Using Engineered Oligonucleotides Mirecule, Inc. MCKILLOP, JOHN CHARLES 1637 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17801099 PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC IMMUNE TREATMENT Sanofi Pasteur Inc. GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17872225 METHODS FOR TREATING CHRONIC SPONTANEOUS URTICARIA BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-4R ANTAGONIST Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 Other Final Rejection 30d Pending Jul 25, 2022
17843445 MULTIVALENT INFLUENZA VACCINES Sanofi Pasteur Inc. HILL, MYRON G 1671 Other Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17775446 BIPARATOPIC CD73 ANTIBODIES Genzyme Corporation AEDER, SEAN E 1642 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 09, 2022
17727309 ANTI-ICOS ANTIBODIES Kymab Limited OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 Other Non-Final OA 204d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2022
17725228 SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS OF OX40L ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF GVHD Kymab Limited OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 20, 2022
17592335 MRNA THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISEASES Translate Bio, Inc. NGUYEN, QUANG 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 238d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2022
17576562 ENGINEERED ITR SEQUENCES AND METHODS OF USE BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC. SHUKLA, RAM R 1635 Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2022
17576561 BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC. LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2022
17450629 PROCESS OF PREPARING MRNA-LOADED LIPID NANOPARTICLES Translate Bio, Inc. POPA, ILEANA 1633 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 12, 2021
17403592 GLYCOENGINEERED ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES Genzyme Corporation LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Aug 16, 2021
17291937 2,5-DIOXOPIPERAZINE LIPIDS WITH INTERCALATED ESTER, THIOESTER, DISULFIDE AND ANHYDRIDE MOIEITIES Translate Bio, Inc. AUDET, MAURY A 1654 §112 Non-Final OA 79d Pending May 06, 2021
17183904 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING IL6R ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF UVEITIS AND MACULAR EDEMA AND METHODS OF USING SAME Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1643 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 24, 2021
17172527 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MESSENGER RNA PURIFICATION Translate Bio, Inc. POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2021
17076195 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES OF MESSENGER RNA Translate Bio, Inc. SHIN, DANA H 1635 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2020
16965895 USE OF LENTIVIRAL VECTORS EXPRESSING FACTOR VIII BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC. MARVICH, MARIA 1634 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2020

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