Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Licata & Tyrrell P.C.

23 pending office actions • 13 clients • 22 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (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 (70%)
0
Easy (0%)
7
Unknown (30%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (48%)
§102 only5 (22%)
No statute on record7 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

22
Life Sciences
96% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COFFA, SERGIO 2 61.0% +33.3%
BUI, PHUONG T 1 81.6% +22.8%
VALENROD, YEVGENY 1 72.6% +25.4%
BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E 1 64.2% +29.6%
DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 1 72.3% +19.9%
RAO, PADMAJA S 1 69.5% +35.9%
GANGLE, BRIAN J 1 76.4% +15.4%
MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1 57.1% +56.3%
KETCHAM, KAREN A 1 19.6% +36.1%
LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 1 81.3% +12.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18245257 METHODS FOR TREATING OR MODULATING AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 24d overdue

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
18307253 TOPICAL FORMULATIONS KETCHAM, KAREN A 139d overdue

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
18404084 METHODS FOR IMPROVING AGRONOMIC TRAITS OF A PLANT BUI, PHUONG T 175d overdue
18500470 MOBILE DEVICE MOUNTING SYSTEM DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 147d overdue
18307253 TOPICAL FORMULATIONS KETCHAM, KAREN A 139d overdue
18633283 N-Terminal Capping Modules of Ankyrin Repeat Domains COFFA, SERGIO 86d overdue
18502249 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING NON-HUMAN TISSUE ENGINEERED MEAT PRODUCTS BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E 85d overdue
18245257 METHODS FOR TREATING OR MODULATING AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 24d overdue
18541691 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEARING LOSS VALENROD, YEVGENY 11d overdue
18280531 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING TYPE 2 DIABETES AND DEMENTIA RAO, PADMAJA S 12d

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16333
16582
16452
16631
16281
16321
36321
16271
16141
16471

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18633283 N-Terminal Capping Modules of Ankyrin Repeat Domains Athebio AG COFFA, SERGIO 1658 Other Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18404084 METHODS FOR IMPROVING AGRONOMIC TRAITS OF A PLANT The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois BUI, PHUONG T 1663 Non-Final OA 175d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2024
18541691 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEARING LOSS St. Jude Children's Research Hospital VALENROD, YEVGENY 1628 Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18502249 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING NON-HUMAN TISSUE ENGINEERED MEAT PRODUCTS Myos Corp. BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18500470 MOBILE DEVICE MOUNTING SYSTEM Peak Design DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 3632 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2023
18280531 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING TYPE 2 DIABETES AND DEMENTIA Arizona Board of Regents RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18275463 VACCINE AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING FILARIASIS AND DIROFILARIASIS Pai Life Sciences Inc. GANGLE, BRIAN J 1645 §102 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18268032 BURKHOLDERIA VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1645 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18307253 TOPICAL FORMULATIONS Proveda Corporation KETCHAM, KAREN A 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 139d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18245257 METHODS FOR TREATING OR MODULATING AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE St. Jude Children's Research Hospital LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 1647 §102 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18178736 METHODS AND MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18043136 IN SITU CELL BIOREACTOR AND DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 1798 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18042015 COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR TREATING THALASSEMIA St. Jude Children's Research Hospital WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18041873 Use of Amylase or Maltose to Treat or Prevent Neurodegeneration St. Jude Children's Research Hospital O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN 1633 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 16, 2023
17927038 Recombinant P5 Promoter for Use in Reducing DNA Contamination of AAV Preparations St. Jude Children's Research Hospital PYLA, EVELYN Y 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 22, 2022
17923029 METHODS FOR TREATING OR REDUCING THE SEVERITY OF A VIRAL INFECTION Washington University BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1644 §103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17923070 Hypoimmunogenic Cells and Uses Thereof in Immune Responses Rxcell Inc. HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 03, 2022
17919622 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICRODIALYSIS FOR IN-VITRO RELEASE TESTING OF DOSAGE FORMS Ortiv-Q3 Research Pvt. Ltd. HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 18, 2022
17778138 PENTAPEPTIDE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 19, 2022
17777385 METHOD TO INCREASE ANTIBODY YIELD DURING ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY Morphosys GmbH MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 1674 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 17, 2022
17774723 Method for Preparing Heteroleptic Triarylbismuthanes and Compounds Produced by the Same UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CHENG, KAREN 1623 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 05, 2022
17550051 Use of FOXP3 Enhancers to Modulate Regulatory T Cells St. Jude Children's Research Hospital WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2021
17616279 KIT AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SINGLE T CELLS St. Jude Children's Research Hospital TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 Other Non-Final OA 225d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2021

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