Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C.

45 pending office actions • 38 clients • 44 examiners • 34 art units • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

45
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 45 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

22
Overdue
3
Due this week
8
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
7
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. 45 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (22)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (7)

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%)
38
Medium (84%)
4
Easy (9%)
3
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only33 (73%)
§102 only4 (9%)
§112 only4 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
No statute on record3 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

38
Life Sciences
84% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
16% 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.

450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
90 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
158 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BASQUILL, SEAN M 2 38.6% +22.5%
SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1 42.8% +67.6%
ING, MATTHEW W 1 64.8% +7.6%
CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 1 70.7% +14.8%
MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE 1 56.7% +23.2%
LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1 0.0% +0.0%
DO, ROWLAND 1 70.0% -5.7%
CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. 1 67.6% +14.2%
PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN 1 55.9% +21.3%
MI, QIUWEN 1 68.2% +49.9%

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
18701596 OPTIMIZED BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAY FOR CANNABINOID BIOSYNTHESIS LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 84d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17383941 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIR OF CRUSHED PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES WITH ERYTHROPOIETIN BASQUILL, SEAN M 24d overdue
18817610 SELF-CENTERING ENERGY DISSIPATION DEVICE AND WALL DAMPING ASSEMBLY CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 7d
18545168 REUSABLE FOOD OR BEVERAGE CONTAINER SANITIZING AND WASHING SYSTEM PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN 14d
18949619 CELLS LACKING B2M SURFACE EXPRESSION AND METHODS FOR ALLOGENEIC ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH CELLS SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 34d
18294929 CLEAN-IN-PLACE (CIP) SYSTEM AND PROCESS CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. 40d
18571123 NOVEL COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF VIRAL INFECTIONS MI, QIUWEN 46d
18020234 A COMPOSITON COMPRISING MICROCAPSULES BASQUILL, SEAN M 49d
18714937 A PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR LINE PRODUCING SEED FILLED PLANT GROWTH MEDIUM POTS, RODS, OR BANDS MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE 76d

Client Portfolio (38 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16325
16583
17142
16112
16332
16142
16182
36371
36331
36421

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18949619 CELLS LACKING B2M SURFACE EXPRESSION AND METHODS FOR ALLOGENEIC ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH CELLS President and Fellows of Harvard College SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18931358 OUTDOOR TABLETOP SYSTEM Agio International Company, Limited ING, MATTHEW W 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18817610 SELF-CENTERING ENERGY DISSIPATION DEVICE AND WALL DAMPING ASSEMBLY National Applied Research Laboratories CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 28, 2024
18714937 A PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR LINE PRODUCING SEED FILLED PLANT GROWTH MEDIUM POTS, RODS, OR BANDS Ellepot A/S MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE 3642 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending May 30, 2024
18701596 OPTIMIZED BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAY FOR CANNABINOID BIOSYNTHESIS Cellibre, Inc. LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1652 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18598314 CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND LANYARD LOOP HAVING THE SAME Castip Industrial Co., Ltd. DO, ROWLAND 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18294929 CLEAN-IN-PLACE (CIP) SYSTEM AND PROCESS Habi Tech. I/S CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18545168 REUSABLE FOOD OR BEVERAGE CONTAINER SANITIZING AND WASHING SYSTEM Redi Technology, Inc. PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN 1714 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18571123 NOVEL COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF VIRAL INFECTIONS Sunregen Healthcare AG MI, QIUWEN 1655 §102 Final Rejection 46d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18533542 THIN-SHELL POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES AND USES THEREOF Academia Sinica PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18561712 TREATMENT OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME USING S-HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE Genovate Biotechnology Co. Ltd. VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18508761 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS ENCODING REPROGRAMMING FACTORS LINKED BY SELF-CLEAVING PEPTIDES Whitehead Institute Of Biomedical Research BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E 1632 Other Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18560883 ENGINEERED CELLS, ENZYMES, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING CANNABINOIDS Cellibre, Inc. SELWANES, JOHN PAUL 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18508057 CARDIOMYOCYTES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia JOHNSON, KARA D 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18495731 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN VIVO DIRECT GENOME EDITING IN PLANTS The Regents of the University of California KUMAR, VINOD 1663 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18287847 FLOATING STRUCTURE Seatrium (Sg) Pte. Ltd. POLAY, ANDREW 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
18382048 SERUM-FREE IN VITRO DIRECTED DIFFERENTIATION PROTOCOL FOR GENERATING STEM CELL-DERIVED BETA CELLS AND USES THEREOF President and Fellows of Harvard College MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023
18286405 CARDIOMYOCYTES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18374326 INHIBITORS OF POSITIVE STRAND RNA VIRUSES National Health Research Institutes VALLE, ERNESTO 1623 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18231009 METHOD FOR IMMUNE CELL TRACKING Megapro Biomedical Co., Ltd. LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL 1612 DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18227540 GDF11 VARIANTS AND USES THEREOF President and Fellows of Harvard College LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 §112 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18268240 METHODS OF CANCER DETECTION USING EXTRAEMBRYONICALLY METHYLATED CPG ISLANDS DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2023
18209360 POLYPHARMACEUTICAL DRUG COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS Aveta Biomics, Inc. PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18035683 METHODS Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc. WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102 Final Rejection 62d Pending May 05, 2023
18034669 DUAL TARGETING CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SWARTWOUT, BRIANNA KENDALL 1644 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18135773 PATCH SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND ENHANCING SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM ALIGNMENT Circadian Positioning Systems, Inc. DORNA, CARRIE R 3791 Other Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18023086 METHODS OF PREPARING IRON COMPLEXES LG Bionano, LLC LIU, SUE XU 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18020234 A COMPOSITON COMPRISING MICROCAPSULES Teagasc -The Agriculture And Food Development Authority BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Feb 07, 2023
18019188 GRIP FOR RACKET Gripfixer Holding Aps LEGESSE, NINI F 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 01, 2023
18009731 A CELLULAR MARKER OF COVID SEVERITY Sorbonne Universite QIAN, CELINE X 1637 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 11, 2022
17945709 METHOD OF BIOMARKER DETECTION IN COMPANION ANIMALS Uni Pharma Co., LTD. HUANG, MICKEY NMN 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 15, 2022
17894333 METHODS OF TREATING CDGSH IRON SULFUR DOMAIN 2 INSUFFICIENCY-ASSOCIATED DISORDERS Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 24, 2022
17786517 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CORRECTION OF DMD MUTATIONS President and Fellows of Harvard College FOX, ALLISON M 1633 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17783573 ALDH3A2 INHIBITION AND FERROPTOSIS INDUCTION FOR CANCER THERAPY Shrikanta Chattopadhyay HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1636 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 08, 2022
17782908 INFLAMMATION-RESPONSIVE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY HYDROGELS Nanyang Technological University JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17778382 ANTI-PD-L1/ANTI-B7-H3 MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF I-Mab NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §102 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 19, 2022
17772913 NOVEL PROLYLFK506 DERIVATIVES HAVING NEURITE GROWTH AND SYNAPSE FORMATION ACTIVITIES AND USES THEREOF Molgenbio Co. Ltd. RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Apr 28, 2022
17641059 TRANSDUCTION EFFICIENCY ASSAY Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc. JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2022
17608463 PEPTIDE DERIVATIVES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF FOR TREATING CANCER The University of Sydney REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2021
17598963 METHODS TO ENHANCE T CELL REGENERATION President and Fellows of Harvard College BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2021
17383941 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIR OF CRUSHED PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES WITH ERYTHROPOIETIN Shu-Tung And Alice Li Foundation Inc. BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2021
17418305 METHOD FOR STABILIZING BIOACTIVITY OF GROWTH FACTOR National Cheng Kung University NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §102 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2021
17182044 GENE EXPRESSION-BASED BIOMARKER FOR THE DETECTION AND MONITORING OF BRONCHIAL PREMALIGNANT LESIONS Trustees Of Boston University GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M 1684 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2021
17040967 METHODS AND ASSAYS FOR MODULATING GENE TRANSCRIPTION BY MODULATING CONDENSATES Massachusetts Institute Of Technology PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 23, 2020
16924158 RNA WITH A COMBINATION OF UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED NUCLEOTIDES FOR PROTEIN EXPRESSION Ethris GmbH NGUYEN, QUANG 1631 §103 Final Rejection 154d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2020

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