Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Mbhb - Uw

10 pending office actions • 2 clients • 10 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=611 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.0%
Allowance Rate
n=611
+0.71σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=611
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=292
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=292
1036 days
Time to Allowance
n=292
+21.2pp
Interview Lift
n=611
24.7%
RCE Rate
n=611
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=611

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=14 (min 20)
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=56
85.7%
§103 Overcome
n=161
90.6%
§112 Overcome
n=53

Specialization & Scale

C07K, A61K, C12N
Top CPC Subclasses
41%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=611
0
Practitioners
n=611
Apps / Practitioner
n=611 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 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%)
6
Medium (60%)
2
Easy (20%)
2
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (50%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
No statute on record2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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
LEE, TYLER J 1 92.1% +6.9%
POON, KING Y 1 57.1% +50.0%
CHEN, STACY BROWN 1 65.9% +40.5%
GILL, RACHEL B 1 65.5% +28.0%
TSAY, MARSHA M 1 45.7% +52.4%
BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1 64.2% +19.8%
KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1 70.2% +49.3%
BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1 70.7% +30.7%
MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH 1 58.1% +16.7%
SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1 37.9% +63.2%

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17938752 De novo designed protein homodimers containing tunable symmetric pockets TSAY, MARSHA M 169d overdue
18359154 SELF-ASSSEMBLING NANOSTRUCTURE VACCINES GILL, RACHEL B 14d
17434832 Precise Gene Activation Via Novel Designed Proteins Mediating Epigenetic Remodeling SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 20d
17760180 POLYPEPTIDES AND THEIR USE BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 21d
18708734 Camera Probe Navigation within Cavity POON, KING Y
18360190 Glycoengineered protein nanoparticles and uses thereof CHEN, STACY BROWN
17907372 DESIGNED ANTIBODY-BOUND NANOPARTICLES BUNNER, BRIDGET E
17931704 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CELIAC SPRUE DISEASE KANE, TREVOR LOGAN

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
University of Washington 9
University of California 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16712
16562
26171
16721
16471
16571
37951

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18868532 Untitled UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LEE, TYLER J Non-Final OA Pending
18708734 Camera Probe Navigation within Cavity UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON POON, KING Y 2617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18360190 Glycoengineered protein nanoparticles and uses thereof UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18359154 SELF-ASSSEMBLING NANOSTRUCTURE VACCINES UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GILL, RACHEL B 1671 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 26, 2023
17938752 De novo designed protein homodimers containing tunable symmetric pockets UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17907372 DESIGNED ANTIBODY-BOUND NANOPARTICLES UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1647 DPOther Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2022
17931704 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CELIAC SPRUE DISEASE The Regents of the University of California KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2022
17760180 POLYPEPTIDES AND THEIR USE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 04, 2022
17595946 Endoscope Steering Mechanism with Everted Tube Introducer UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH 3795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2021
17434832 Precise Gene Activation Via Novel Designed Proteins Mediating Epigenetic Remodeling UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 30, 2021

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