Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Squire Pb (T. Lorenz)

11 pending office actions • 7 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (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%)
5
Medium (45%)
2
Easy (18%)
4
Unknown (36%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (18%)
§102 only3 (27%)
§112 only2 (18%)
No statute on record4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
91% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOYLE, ROBERT C 2 69.4% -2.6%
SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1 82.9% +13.9%
HOWELL, THEODORE R 1 66.8% +25.4%
CHEN, STACY BROWN 1 65.9% +40.1%
MOU, LIYUAN 1 43.2% +58.1%
OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1 77.6% +20.3%
PHAM, TUAN A 1 83.6% +27.1%
MILLER, DALE R 1 62.3% +16.5%
LI, BAO Q 1 75.9% +26.2%
SKELDING, ZACHARY S 1 59.9% +41.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17918882 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFILING ANTIBODIES WITH HIGH-CONTENT SCREENING (HCS) PHAM, TUAN A 19d overdue
18273261 ACYL ACTIVATING ENZYMES FOR PREPARATION OF CANNABINOIDS SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1d overdue

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
18038673 YEAST-BASED EXPRESSION OF THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS IN VIVO CHEN, STACY BROWN 78d overdue
18121557 INTESTINAL EXPRESSION OF PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND 1 OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 60d overdue
18033187 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEURONAL DISORDERS WITH CANNABINOIDS MOU, LIYUAN 45d overdue
18212115 Dissolved Protein Arthritis Markers HOWELL, THEODORE R 31d overdue
17918882 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFILING ANTIBODIES WITH HIGH-CONTENT SCREENING (HCS) PHAM, TUAN A 19d overdue
17612179 Yeast-Based Oral Vaccination LI, BAO Q 17d overdue
17298903 METHODS FOR SELECTIVE IN VIVO EXPANSION OF GAMMA DELTA T-CELL POPULATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF SKELDING, ZACHARY S 2d overdue
18273261 ACYL ACTIVATING ENZYMES FOR PREPARATION OF CANNABINOIDS SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1d overdue

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17642
16282
16442
16521
16721
21631
16931
16711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18417258 NOVEL AMINE FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION The University of British Columbia BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §102 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18273261 ACYL ACTIVATING ENZYMES FOR PREPARATION OF CANNABINOIDS BAYMEDICA, INC. SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1652 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18268464 METHODS FOR HYDROAMINOALKYLATION OF OLEFINS AND GROUP 4 METAL COMPLEXES USEFUL IN SUCH METHODS The University of British Columbia BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §102 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18212115 Dissolved Protein Arthritis Markers The University of British Columbia HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18038673 YEAST-BASED EXPRESSION OF THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS IN VIVO Esperovax Inc. CHEN, STACY BROWN 1672 Other Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18033187 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEURONAL DISORDERS WITH CANNABINOIDS Inmed Pharmaceuticals Inc. MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18121557 INTESTINAL EXPRESSION OF PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND 1 Engene, Inc. OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 Other Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
17918882 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFILING ANTIBODIES WITH HIGH-CONTENT SCREENING (HCS) Phenomic AI PHAM, TUAN A 2163 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2022
17794577 LOCALIZED EXPRESSION OF THERAPEUTIC NUCLEIC ACIDS IN LUNG EPITHELIAL CELLS Engene, Inc. MILLER, DALE R 1693 Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 21, 2022
17612179 Yeast-Based Oral Vaccination Esperovax Inc. LI, BAO Q 1671 §112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2021
17298903 METHODS FOR SELECTIVE IN VIVO EXPANSION OF GAMMA DELTA T-CELL POPULATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF Adicet Therapeutics, Inc. SKELDING, ZACHARY S 1644 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2021

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