Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Leason Ellis LLP (Life Sciences)

13 pending office actions • 8 clients • 13 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
4
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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%)
5
Medium (38%)
1
Easy (8%)
7
Unknown (54%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (23%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
No statute on record7 (54%)

Industry Mix

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

13
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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 51.3% +52.1%
HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1 52.8% +51.5%
HOWELL, THEODORE R 1 66.8% +25.4%
MOU, LIYUAN 1 43.2% +58.1%
HILL, MYRON G 1 66.5% +19.8%
CHANDRA, GYAN 1 71.1% +27.7%
NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1 60.8% +33.8%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.3% +24.5%
BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1 65.4% +24.5%
CHONG, YONG SOO 1 43.7% +41.6%

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
18113887 THERAPEUTIC DRUG FOR MOTOR COMPLICATIONS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 119d overdue
18235753 BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 77d overdue
18201885 CYP46A1 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF MOU, LIYUAN 10d overdue
18015445 POLYMORPHS OF A GABAA ALPHA5 AGONIST AND METHODS OF USING IN THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 8d overdue
18029806 METHODS OF DETECTING ANTI-AAV ANTIBODIES HILL, MYRON G 14d
18015439 COMBINATIONS OF GABAA ALPHA 5 AGONISTS AND SV2A INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USING IN THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 14d
17786175 BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT CHONG, YONG SOO 19d
18411753 METHODS FOR PREVENTING OR SLOWING THE PROGRESSION OF COGNITIVE DECLINE OR IMPAIRMENT IN SUBJECTS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 35d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16283
16272
16261
16711
16741
16211
16241
16231
16331
16181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18411753 METHODS FOR PREVENTING OR SLOWING THE PROGRESSION OF COGNITIVE DECLINE OR IMPAIRMENT IN SUBJECTS The Johns Hopkins University KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 Other Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18235753 BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Agenebio, Inc. HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 Other Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18216057 OXYSTEROLS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Sage Therapeutics, Inc. HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 Other Final Rejection 39d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18201885 CYP46A1 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Sage Therapeutics, Inc. MOU, LIYUAN 1628 Other Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18029806 METHODS OF DETECTING ANTI-AAV ANTIBODIES Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. HILL, MYRON G 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18026964 COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASES, DISORDERS, OR CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS OR ALL-TRANS-RETINAL, PROTECTING RETINAL THICKNESS, OR SUPPRESSING REDUCTION IN RETINAL THICKNESS OR PROGRESS OF REDUCTION IN RETINAL THICKNESS Restore Vision Inc. CHANDRA, GYAN 1674 DPOther Non-Final OA 60d Pending Mar 17, 2023
18113887 THERAPEUTIC DRUG FOR MOTOR COMPLICATIONS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1621 Other Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18015439 COMBINATIONS OF GABAA ALPHA 5 AGONISTS AND SV2A INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USING IN THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Agenebio, Inc. WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 10, 2023
18015445 POLYMORPHS OF A GABAA ALPHA5 AGONIST AND METHODS OF USING IN THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Agenebio, Inc. BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
17786175 BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Agenebio, Inc. CHONG, YONG SOO 1623 §102 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 16, 2022
17775801 METHODS AND A KIT TO REPROGRAM SOMATIC CELLS Atsuo Ochi RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1633 §112 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending May 10, 2022
17372405 COMBINATIONS OF GABAA ALPHA 5 AGONISTS AND SV2A INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USING IN THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Agenebio, Inc. BARSKY, JARED 1628 Other Final Rejection 56d Pending Jul 09, 2021
17262133 IMAGING AGENTS FOR RADIOLABELING EXOGENOUS AND ENDOGENOUS ALBUMIN Ladrx Corporation SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1618 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jan 21, 2021

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