Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Lathrop Gpm LLP | Sanofi-Aventis

34 pending office actions • 7 clients • 29 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=6713 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.6%
Allowance Rate
n=6713
+0.77σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=6713
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=3309
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3309
1063 days
Time to Allowance
n=3309
+15.6pp
Interview Lift
n=6713
29.4%
RCE Rate
n=6713
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=6713

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.2%
§101 Overcome
n=392
74.5%
§102 Overcome
n=1410
74.4%
§103 Overcome
n=2274
77.6%
§112 Overcome
n=2195

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
37%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=6713
3
Practitioners
n=6713
2237.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=6713

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

6
Hard (18%)
14
Medium (41%)
11
Easy (32%)
3
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only7 (21%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only5 (15%)
Double-patenting only6 (18%)
Double-patenting + other6 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (15%)
No statute on record3 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

31
Life Sciences
91% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
9% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AUDET, MAURY A 2 50.0% +23.8%
WEN, SHARON X 2 56.8% +32.8%
HUYNH, PHUONG N 2 65.7% +53.6%
HADDAD, MAHER M 2 50.5% +53.9%
OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 2 77.5% +20.4%
POPA, ILEANA 1 21.5% +14.6%
PIPIC, ALMA 1 54.3% +55.4%
CABRAL, ROBERT S 1 62.6% +32.4%
SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 1 57.6% +45.9%
BRETZ, COREY LANE 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18512687 METHODS, CELLS & ORGANISMS HOLLAND, PAUL J 140d overdue
18358601 THROMBIN CLEAVABLE LINKER WITH XTEN AND ITS USES THEREOF BEANE, RANDALL L 37d overdue
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 ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 6d
18045995 FGFR3 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE ALLEN, MARIANNE P 26d
18890983 STEREOCHEMICALLY ENRICHED COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS POPA, ILEANA
18729020 LIPIDIC COMPOUNDS, AND USES THEREOF PIPIC, ALMA
18626784 TARGETED GENE THERAPY FOR DM-1 MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY BRETZ, COREY LANE
18186856 MRNA THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND USE TO TREAT DISEASES AND DISORDERS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18364906 ANTIBODIES, USES & METHODS HADDAD, MAHER M 7d
17725228 SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS OF OX40L ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF GVHD OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 12d
18459995 ANTIBODIES, COMBINATIONS COMPRISING ANTIBODIES, BIOMARKERS, USES & METHODS HADDAD, MAHER M 26d
18407331 METHODS FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR LIPOPROTEIN APHERESIS IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERLIPIDEMIA BY ADMINISTERING ALIROCUMAB WEN, SHARON X 30d
17291937 2,5-DIOXOPIPERAZINE LIPIDS WITH INTERCALATED ESTER, THIOESTER, DISULFIDE AND ANHYDRIDE MOIEITIES AUDET, MAURY A 79d
18890983 STEREOCHEMICALLY ENRICHED COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS POPA, ILEANA
18888602 STABILIZED PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS OF INSULIN ANALOGUES AND/OR INSULIN DERIVATIVES AUDET, MAURY A

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16415
16543
16433
16442
16171
16141
16381
16561
16741
16371

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18890983 STEREOCHEMICALLY ENRICHED COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Translate Bio, Inc. POPA, ILEANA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18888602 STABILIZED PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS OF INSULIN ANALOGUES AND/OR INSULIN DERIVATIVES Sanofi AUDET, MAURY A 1654 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18729020 LIPIDIC COMPOUNDS, AND USES THEREOF Sanofi PIPIC, ALMA 1617 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18753746 PROCESS OF PREPARING MRNA-LOADED LIPID NANOPARTICLES Translate Bio, Inc. CABRAL, ROBERT S 1614 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18656168 METHODS OF TREATING HEMOPHILIA A BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC. SABILA, MERCY HELLEN §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18626784 TARGETED GENE THERAPY FOR DM-1 MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY Genzyme Corporation BRETZ, COREY LANE DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18440711 BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC. JACKSON III, WALTER 1638 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 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 §103Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18512687 METHODS, CELLS & ORGANISMS Kymab Limited HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 §102§103Other Final Rejection 140d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18495182 METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING ASTHMA BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-4R ANTAGONIST Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MERTZ, PREMA MARIA 1674 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2023
18286029 IMPROVED COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF MRNA Translate Bio, Inc. ZARA, JANE J 1637 DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18470507 METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING DRUG CONCENTRATION IN A PRODRUG COMPOSITION Genzyme Corporation ADAMS, MICHELLE 1797 DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2023
18463047 HYPERGLYCOSYLATED BINDING POLYPEPTIDES Genzyme Corporation HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 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§112Other Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18319279 SITE-SPECIFIC GLYCOENGINEERING OF TARGETING MOIETIES Genzyme Corporation PUTTLITZ, KARL J 1646 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2023
18308778 MULTIFUNCTIONAL NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELL ENGAGERS BINDING TO NKp46 AND CD123 Sanofi HAM, JIEUN 1643 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18186856 MRNA THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND USE TO TREAT DISEASES AND DISORDERS Translate Bio, Inc. SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2023
18185465 PSEUDOFAB-BASED MULTISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS Sanofi HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 Other Final Rejection Pending Mar 17, 2023
17969033 METHODS FOR TREATING PRURIGO NODULARIS BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-4R ANTAGONIST Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NATARAJAN, MEERA 1643 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 02, 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 §102§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 17, 2023
18052600 RESPIRATORY SYNCTIAL VIRUS RNA VACCINE Sanofi PYLA, EVELYN Y 1633 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2022
18045995 FGFR3 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE Genzyme Corporation ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1647 §101§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 12, 2022
17801099 PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC IMMUNE TREATMENT Sanofi Pasteur Inc. GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17871121 METHODS FOR PURIFICATION OF MESSENGER RNA Translate Bio, Inc. BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2022
17782930 USE OF A PCSK9 INHIBITOR TO TREAT HOMOZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA Sanofi Biotechnology STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2022
17778935 A METHOD OF FORMING A CONJUGATE OF A SULFONAMIDE AND A POLYPEPTIDE Sanofi DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2022
17727309 ANTI-ICOS ANTIBODIES Kymab Limited OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 DP Final Rejection 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
17344535 METHODS FOR PURIFICATION OF MESSENGER RNA Translate Bio, Inc. LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1683 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 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
17185469 METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE OUTCOME OF A TREATMENT WITH AFLIBERCEPT OF A PATIENT SUSPECTED TO SUFFER FROM A CANCER BY MEASURING THE LEVEL OF A PLASMA BIOMARKER Sanofi WEN, SHARON X 1600 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 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

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