Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Ch)

25 pending office actions • 19 clients • 25 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=663 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

70.8%
Allowance Rate
n=663
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=663
4.5
OAs to Allowance
n=250
+0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=250
1151 days
Time to Allowance
n=250
+21.0pp
Interview Lift
n=663
37.7%
RCE Rate
n=663
2.5%
Appeal Rate
n=663

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=9 (min 20)
63.9%
§102 Overcome
n=36
70.2%
§103 Overcome
n=168
71.9%
§112 Overcome
n=57

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
58%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=663
0
Practitioners
n=663
Apps / Practitioner
n=663 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
14
Medium (56%)
8
Easy (32%)
3
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (48%)
§102 only2 (8%)
§112 only2 (8%)
Double-patenting only6 (24%)
No statute on record3 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

22
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1 64.3% +17.6%
BOESEN, AGNIESZKA 1 68.3% +21.8%
AEDER, SEAN E 1 56.7% +20.0%
KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1 74.8% +23.3%
ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1 57.8% +30.0%
LAU, JONATHAN S 1 64.0% -18.4%
WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1 0.0% +0.0%
POPA, ILEANA 1 21.3% +14.8%
SHIAO, REI TSANG 1 79.8% -34.0%
ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1 50.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18489420 PRODUCTION OF TRICHODERMA SPP FUNGI USING ALMOND HULL AS A GROWTH MEDIUM WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 12d
18555385 SIGNAL PEPTIDES POPA, ILEANA

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19245022 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF EXPRESSION OF INHIBIN SUBUNIT BETA E (INHBE) GENES POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 76d
18667046 RSV IMMUNIZATION REGIMEN BOESEN, AGNIESZKA
18688720 BISPECIFIC AND TRISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS TO PD-L1, CD137, AND/OR TGF-BETA AND USES THEREOF AEDER, SEAN E
18570551 GLUCAGON ANALOG AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR
18564584 RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS HAVING VARIANT CAPSID, AND APPLICATION THEREOF ROGERS, ERIC JASON
18555385 SIGNAL PEPTIDES POPA, ILEANA

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16932
16412
16472
16371
16581
16381
16531
16331
16911
16721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19245022 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF EXPRESSION OF INHIBIN SUBUNIT BETA E (INHBE) GENES BASECURE THERAPEUTICS LLC POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Jun 20, 2025
18667046 RSV IMMUNIZATION REGIMEN Glaxosmithkline Biologicals SA BOESEN, AGNIESZKA DP Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18688720 BISPECIFIC AND TRISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS TO PD-L1, CD137, AND/OR TGF-BETA AND USES THEREOF Novarock Biotherapeutics, Ltd. AEDER, SEAN E DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18570551 GLUCAGON ANALOG AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF BEIJING TUO JIE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18564584 RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS HAVING VARIANT CAPSID, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Shanghai Regenelead Therapies Co., Ltd. ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18564512 QUINOLINAMINE COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PHARMACEUTICALS Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18489420 PRODUCTION OF TRICHODERMA SPP FUNGI USING ALMOND HULL AS A GROWTH MEDIUM Select Harvests Limited WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1653 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18555385 SIGNAL PEPTIDES Imperial College Innovations Limited POPA, ILEANA 1633 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18286536 BORIC ACID DERIVATIVE ACTING AS Beta-LACTAMASE INHIBITOR Tuojie Biotech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. SHIAO, REI TSANG 1691 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2023
18456354 RETROVIRAL VECTORS Ip2Ipo Innovations Limited ALAM, DANYAL HASSAN 1672 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18278373 ANTIBODIES AGAINST CLAUDIN-6 AND USES THEREOF Novarock Biotherapeutics, Ltd. DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1641 Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2023
18274511 PLASMA KALLIKREIN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Astria Therapeutics, Inc. CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18272336 A PROCESS FOR RECOVERING COBALT FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Newsouth Innovations Pty Ltd PARK, LISA S 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18268104 COMPLEX OF ANTI-IL-4R ANTIBODY OR ANTIGEN-BINDING FRAGMENT THEREOF AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF Shanghai Shengdi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. LANDSMAN, ROBERT S 1647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18265217 MULTISPECIFIC ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEIN Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. HADDAD, MAHER M 1641 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18298882 COMBINATION TREATMENT BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH SHIBUYA, MARK LANCE 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 11, 2023
18024725 A PROCESS FOR PREPARING FERTILIZER COMPOSITIONS Select Harvests Limited SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18024631 DERIVATISATION OF PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health CHANDRA, GYAN 1674 §102 Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18022091 HYALURONIDASE FUSION PROTEINS COMPRISING A TARGETING SEQUENCE AND METHODS OF USING SAME TO TREAT A COSMETIC CONDITION Standard Of Care Corporation CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1651 Other Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18019763 MODIFIED SIRNA WITH REDUCED OFF-TARGET ACTIVITY Tuojie Biotech(Shanghai) Co., Ltd. SHIN, DANA H 1635 §112 Final Rejection 75d Pending Feb 03, 2023
18013524 ANTI-FXI/FXIA ANTIBODY, ANTIGEN-BINDING FRAGMENT THEREOF, AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF BEIJING TUO JIE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. ALLEN, MARIANNE P 1647 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 28, 2022
17913928 PREPARATION METHOD FOR ANTIBODY MEDICAMENT CONJUGATE Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. STONEBRAKER, ALYSSA RAE 1642 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2022
17610440 ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS FOR CANDIDA AURIS DECOLONIZATION Scynexis, Inc. GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 1693 DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2021
17399015 ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS USED IN COMBINATION Scynexis, Inc. LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 10, 2021
16971500 METHODS OF PERFORMING CLINICAL TRIALS Klaritos, Inc. ERICKSON, BENNETT S 3683 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Aug 20, 2020

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