Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Bo)

69 pending office actions • 47 clients • 64 examiners • 40 art units • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 69 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4518 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.7%
Allowance Rate
n=4518
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4518
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=2373
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2373
1038 days
Time to Allowance
n=2373
+11.9pp
Interview Lift
n=4518
22.2%
RCE Rate
n=4518
3.8%
Appeal Rate
n=4518

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

88.5%
§101 Overcome
n=52
84.5%
§102 Overcome
n=317
82.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1439
84.7%
§112 Overcome
n=340

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4518
0
Practitioners
n=4518
Apps / Practitioner
n=4518 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

69
Total Pending OAs
44
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
11
Due this month
2
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. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

1
Hard (1%)
46
Medium (67%)
12
Easy (17%)
10
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§103 only40 (58%)
§102 only6 (9%)
§112 only6 (9%)
Double-patenting only6 (9%)
No statute on record10 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

60
Life Sciences
87% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
2
Business / Other
3% 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.

690 h
Manual time on pending OAs
138 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
241 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DOAN, HY KHANH 2 70.4% +34.8%
STEADMAN, DAVID J 2 57.6% +29.6%
GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 2 58.1% +41.7%
SCHWECHTER, BRANDON ROSS 2
PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 2 58.8% +57.9%
SONG, JIANFENG 1 56.0% +33.5%
TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1 48.1% +43.5%
MI, QIUWEN 1 68.3% +49.7%
ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1 57.1% +59.0%
CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1 73.7% +57.5%

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
17756203 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTION AND TREATMENT OF A FOOD ALLERGY ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY DRUG COLEMAN, CHARLES P. 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (13)

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
17128599 BISPECIFIC SIGNALING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 33d
19190263 AQUEOUS OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS OF PHENTOLAMINE AND MEDICAL USES THEREOF SONG, JIANFENG
17612845 ASYMMETRIC SIRNA INHIBITING EXPRESSION OF PD-1 TRAN, CHRISTINA L
18837449 USE OF BLINK REFLEX FOR ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) RESPONSE MONITORING AND/OR TREATMENT SELECTION DOAN, HY KHANH
18837441 USE OF BLINK REFLEX FOR HEADACHE RESPONSE MONITORING AND/OR TREATMENT SELECTION DOAN, HY KHANH
18766245 WILLOW EXTRACT AND ITS USE IN TREATING A VIRAL INFECTION, ALLERGIC REACTION, AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS MI, QIUWEN
18726667 STABLE FORMULATIONS OF LIPID-ENCAPSULATED RNA ANTHOPOLOS, PETER
18722982 ENZYMES, CELLS, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING LACTONES CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN

Client Portfolio (47 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16745
16294
16133
16373
16563
16783
16993
16223
16243
16753

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19190263 AQUEOUS OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS OF PHENTOLAMINE AND MEDICAL USES THEREOF Opus Genetics, Inc. SONG, JIANFENG 1613 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
17612845 ASYMMETRIC SIRNA INHIBITING EXPRESSION OF PD-1 Olix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2025
18837449 USE OF BLINK REFLEX FOR ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) RESPONSE MONITORING AND/OR TREATMENT SELECTION Blinktbi, Inc. DOAN, HY KHANH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18837441 USE OF BLINK REFLEX FOR HEADACHE RESPONSE MONITORING AND/OR TREATMENT SELECTION Blinktbi, Inc. DOAN, HY KHANH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18766245 WILLOW EXTRACT AND ITS USE IN TREATING A VIRAL INFECTION, ALLERGIC REACTION, AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS Shireen Nature Company For General Trading, Ltd. MI, QIUWEN 1655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18726667 STABLE FORMULATIONS OF LIPID-ENCAPSULATED RNA Greenlight Biosciences, Inc. ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18722982 ENZYMES, CELLS, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING LACTONES Manus Bio Inc. CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18719423 SEQUENCES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES IN VESICLES Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18663500 HYDROGEN-ENHANCED TRANSDERMAL SYSTEM H2 Universe, LLC STEVENS, MARK V 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18625774 SIRP1a TARGETED CHIMERIC PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Orionis Biosciences BV GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 03, 2024
18416004 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO INHIBIT TOLERANCE TO OPIOIDS Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical Inc. GULLEDGE, BRIAN M 1699 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18572316 4-ETHYNYL-3-HYDROXY-TETRAHYDROFURANYL-ADENINE PHOSPHORAMIDATES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE IN TREATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS Rome Therapeutics, Inc. BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1699 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18541560 Methods and Compositions to Inhibit Symptoms Associated with Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical Inc. HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18538201 DUAL-WAVELENGTH LASER SYSTEMS AND MATERIAL PROCESSING UTILIZING SUCH SYSTEMS Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18563277 ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE-BASED TREATMENTS OF CELIAC DISEASE Theriva Biologics, Inc. DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18516381 HETEROBIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF TREATING DISEASE Halda Therapeutics Opco, Inc. ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 1622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18561644 METHODS OF TREATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND INHIBITING LINE1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE USING A SUBSTITUTED 4-FLUORO-2,5-DIHYDROFURANYL PHOSPHONIC ACID OR RELATED COMPOUND Rome Therapeutics, Inc. KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18560260 ENZYMES, HOST CELLS, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF ROTUNDONE AND OTHER TERPENOIDS Manus Bio Inc. GORDON, MELENIE LEE 1651 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Nov 10, 2023
18288435 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AND RELATED CONDITIONS Opus Genetics, Inc. DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18556599 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING MYDRIASIS, GLAUCOMA, AND OTHER OCULAR CONDITIONS Opus Genetics, Inc. DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 1629 DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18553954 BUILDING MATERIALS Dmat S.r.l. GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18367631 SALTS AND ESTERS OF APX3330 AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF Opus Genetics, Inc. ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG 1624 Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2023
18280712 CHIMERIC PROTEINS IN AUTOIMMUNITY Shattuck Labs, Inc. NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18549033 USP30 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Vincere Biosciences, Inc. MCANANY, JOHN D 1625 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2023
18275880 ARYLTHIOETHER ACETAMIDE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE IN TREATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS X-Biotix Therapeutics, Inc. VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 §102 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Aug 04, 2023
18272428 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS Qsm Diagnostics, Inc. KAUR, GURPREET 1759 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 14, 2023
18269036 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO BCL2 AND BIM HETERODIMER ANTIBODIES Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18257767 TRANSGENIC ANIMALS AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF FOR BIOREMEDIATION Entozyme Pty Ltd. STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2023
18334909 COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHD2 HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING SAME Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2023
17996343 STABLE DIGLYCERIDE EMULSIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ORGAN INJURY The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York CORNET, JEAN P 1628 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18265508 MANUFACTURE OF GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE-COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR Partner Therapeutics, Inc. SCHWECHTER, BRANDON ROSS 1674 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2023
18265048 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER USING TIGIT-AND LIGHT-BASED CHIMERIC PROTEINS Shattuck Labs, Inc. ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18038067 GLYCOSIDE PRODUCT BIOSYNTHESIS AND RECOVERY Manus Bio Inc. ARIANI, KADE 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending May 22, 2023
18034120 GENOME-MODIFIED BACTERIAL STRAINS FOR LARGE SCALE BIOPROCESSES Manus Bio Inc. HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023
18030153 A PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION FOR PRESSURISED METERED DOSE INHALER Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 Other Final Rejection Pending Apr 04, 2023
18029954 CLEC9A antibodies The University of Queensland ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1641 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2023
18187943 SILICA FIBER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE American Nano, LLC BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18179178 METHODS FOR TREATING CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS Optinose, Inc. JONES, AISLINN MOIRA 3785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 06, 2023
18023912 MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF ARTEMISINIC ACID AND DERIVATIVES Manus Bio Inc. WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18020734 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF WWOX ASSOCIATED DISEASES Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 10, 2023
18163026 TARGETED MODIFIED IL-1 FAMILY MEMBERS Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Montpellier SCHWECHTER, BRANDON ROSS 1674 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2023
18017927 SAMPLE HANDLING FOR DIAGNOSTICS Qsm Diagnostics, Inc. SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18010266 USE OF BLUE LIGHT FOR INDUCTION OF ANGIOGENESIS Angio Gbr LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 14, 2022
18072385 OPHTHALMIC DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Contactrx LLC RASSAVONG, ERIC 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
17989905 CELL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS FOR ADOPTIVE THERAPY Neximmune, Inc. BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1644 Other Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17923294 FRUIT FLY CONTROL Macquarie University RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 1627 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2022
18047506 BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES AS GABA A GAMMA1 PAM Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1624 Other Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 18, 2022
17939634 METHODS OF REVERSING CACHEXIA AND PROLONGING SURVIVAL COMPRISING ADMINISTERING A GDF15 MODULATOR AND AN ANTI-CANCER AGENT Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. FORD, VANESSA L 1674 §112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Sep 07, 2022
17801067 PRESSURISED METERED DOSE INHALERS COMPRISING A BUFFERED PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. JANG, JAEICK 3785 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17786161 COMPOUNDS MODULATING PROTEIN RECRUITMENT AND/OR DEGRADATION Orionis Biosciences, Inc. YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 16, 2022
17785676 DETECTION OF NOVEL DEGRADATION-RELATED INTERACTIONS Orionis Biosciences, Inc. PAK, MICHAEL D 1674 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 15, 2022
17785359 DETECTION OF MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS Orionis Biosciences, Inc. GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2022
17756203 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTION AND TREATMENT OF A FOOD ALLERGY ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY DRUG Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. COLEMAN, CHARLES P. 3683 §101 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 19, 2022
17745307 TARGETED CHIMERIC PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF UNIVERSITEIT GENT PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 DP Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2022
17725692 ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE AGENTS FOR TREATMENT OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS Theriva Biologics, Inc. IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2022
17770747 AGENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Invictus Therapeutics, LLC KOO, BENJAMIN K 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2022
17690680 Methods and Compositions to Inhibit Symptoms Associated with Opioid Withdrawal Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical LLC NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Mar 09, 2022
17630258 INSULIN ANALOGUES WITH GLUCOSE REGULATED CONFORMATIONAL SWITCH Thermalin Inc. BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2022
17626932 INTESTINAL ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE-BASED TREATMENTS OF METABOLIC DISORDERS Theriva Biologics, Inc. DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2022
17442772 FMS-LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 3 LIGAND (FLT3L)-BASED CHIMERIC PROTEINS UNIVERSITEIT GENT PATTERSON, SARAH COOPER 1675 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2021
17412070 NON PEPTIDIC HETEROBIVALENT MOLECULES FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1629 Other Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 25, 2021
17415248 PARTICLE BASED SMALL MOLECULE-PROTEIN COMPLEX TRAP Orionis Biosciences BV RAMADAN, OMAR 1678 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 17, 2021
17415216 FLUORINATED BILE ACIDS The University Of Southampton MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2021
17348902 PROTEIN-CONTAINING ADHESIVES, AND MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF Evertree WU, ANDREA 1763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 16, 2021
17172387 LARAZOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER Institut Gustave Roussy FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2021
17128599 BISPECIFIC SIGNALING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF UNIVERSITEIT GENT GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 21, 2020
17252447 METHODS OF MAKING ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE AGENTS Theriva Biologics, Inc. RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2020
16461680 USE OF VIRAL VECTORS IN THE TREATMENT OF RETINOBLASTOMA Hospital Sant Joan De Deu HILL, KEVIN KAI 1638 §103 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending May 16, 2019
15678823 SIRNA STRUCTURE FOR MINIMIZING OFF-TARGET EFFECTS AND RELAXING SATURATION OF RNAI MACHINERY AND THE USE THEREOF Dong Ki Lee SHIN, DANA H 1635 Other Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2017

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