Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Firm Of Hueschen And Sage

9 pending office actions • 8 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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 (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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%)
5
Medium (56%)
1
Easy (11%)
3
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
No statute on record3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHHAY, BONIRATH 1 100.0% +0.0%
SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1 76.6% +8.0%
SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1 71.4% +0.0%
SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1 69.0% +29.4%
HUMPHREY, LOUISE WANG ZHIYING 1 47.1% +30.0%
MOORE, SUSANNA 1 68.1% +31.8%
TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1 46.8% +51.2%
ORWIG, KEVIN S 1 25.3% +39.6%
WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 1 49.7% +27.0%

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
17336491 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TRAMADOL AND CELECOXIB IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN ORWIG, KEVIN S 89d overdue

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
17413973 RECOMBINANT VECTORS FOR THE LONG TERM TREATMENT OF MUCCHOPOLYSACHARIDOSIS TRAN, CHRISTINA L 372d overdue
18317386 ATTENUATED POXVIRUS VECTOR BASED VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19 SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 155d overdue
17834232 HIGH FREQUENCY APPLICATION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN THERAPY HUMPHREY, LOUISE WANG ZHIYING 146d overdue
17609452 USE OF CO-CRYSTALS OF TRAMADOL AND CELECOXIB FOR TREATING PAIN WHILE REDUCING THE ABUSE LIABILITY OF TRAMADOL MOORE, SUSANNA 100d overdue
17336491 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TRAMADOL AND CELECOXIB IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN ORWIG, KEVIN S 89d overdue
16632453 STENTED VALVE WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 85d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16242
16451
16251
16721
16571
16371
39911
37741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18555103 A COMBINATION COMPRISING A SPECIFIC HDAC6 INHIBITOR AND AT LEAST ONE CTLA4 CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR Italfarmaco Spa CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18551033 NEW PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 5-{5-CHLORO-2-[(3S)-3-[(MORPHOLIN-4-YL)METHYL]-3,4-DIHYDROISOQUINOLINE-2(1H)- CARBONYL]PHENYL}-1,2-DIMETHYL-1H-PYRROLE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND ITS APPLICATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS Novartis AG SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1625 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18262231 SPIROCYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM AND THEIR USES AS ANTI-APOPTOTIC INHIBITORS Vernalis (R&D) Ltd. SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1624 DPOther Final Rejection 70d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18317386 ATTENUATED POXVIRUS VECTOR BASED VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19 Sementis Limited SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §103 Final Rejection 155d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
17834232 HIGH FREQUENCY APPLICATION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN THERAPY Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. Kgaa HUMPHREY, LOUISE WANG ZHIYING 1657 §103 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2022
17609452 USE OF CO-CRYSTALS OF TRAMADOL AND CELECOXIB FOR TREATING PAIN WHILE REDUCING THE ABUSE LIABILITY OF TRAMADOL Esteve Pharmaceuticals, S.A. MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 Other Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2021
17413973 RECOMBINANT VECTORS FOR THE LONG TERM TREATMENT OF MUCCHOPOLYSACHARIDOSIS UNIVERSITA AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1637 §103 Final Rejection 372d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2021
17336491 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TRAMADOL AND CELECOXIB IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN Esteve Pharmaceuticals, S.A. ORWIG, KEVIN S 3991 Other Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2021
16632453 STENTED VALVE National University Of Ireland, Galway WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §112 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Jan 20, 2020

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