Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Firm Of Hueschen And Sage

15 pending office actions • 10 clients • 15 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1284 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1284
+0.76σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1284
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=844
-0.26σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=844
910 days
Time to Allowance
n=844
+10.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1284
18.5%
RCE Rate
n=1284
2.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1284

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.5%
§101 Overcome
n=63
76.7%
§102 Overcome
n=193
78.8%
§103 Overcome
n=411
84.3%
§112 Overcome
n=440

Specialization & Scale

A61P, A61K, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
61%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1284
0
Practitioners
n=1284
Apps / Practitioner
n=1284 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

2
Hard (13%)
11
Medium (73%)
2
Easy (13%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (47%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other3 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
73% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
13% of docket
2
Business / Other
13% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.8% +19.6%
CHENG, KAREN 1 76.5% +27.3%
BORI, IBRAHIM D 1 44.2% +38.7%
BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 1 27.5% +34.8%
SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1 37.2% +16.0%
PIHONAK, SARAH 1 61.1% +42.9%
CHHAY, BONIRATH 1 100.0% +0.0%
FISCHER, JOSEPH 1 43.3% +45.9%
SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1 76.6% +8.0%
SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1 68.9% +29.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18555103 A COMBINATION COMPRISING A SPECIFIC HDAC6 INHIBITOR AND AT LEAST ONE CTLA4 CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR CHHAY, BONIRATH 13d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18317386 ATTENUATED POXVIRUS VECTOR BASED VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19 SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 155d overdue
18687962 METHODS AND COMPISITIONS FOR AMELIORATING BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCUALR RISK USING (R)-2-AMINO-3-PHENYLPROPYL CARBAMATE BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA
18580322 BUDESONIDE 21-PHOSPHATE SODIUM SALT FOR USE AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY OR ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L

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
18317386 ATTENUATED POXVIRUS VECTOR BASED VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19 SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 155d overdue
18816347 HYDROGEN SULFATE SALT OF A BCL-2 INHIBITOR, RELATED CRYSTALLINE FORM, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY
18702363 TRIMETAZIDINE SALTS CHENG, KAREN
18692906 OXADIAZASPIRO COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF MOTONEURON DEGENERATION OR IN NEUROPROTECTION BORI, IBRAHIM D
18687962 METHODS AND COMPISITIONS FOR AMELIORATING BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCUALR RISK USING (R)-2-AMINO-3-PHENYLPROPYL CARBAMATE BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA
18580322 BUDESONIDE 21-PHOSPHATE SODIUM SALT FOR USE AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY OR ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L
18579645 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BUDESONIDE 21-PHOSPHATE PIHONAK, SARAH
18554511 TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC CORNEAL PAIN WITH NGF FISCHER, JOSEPH

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16232
16291
37861
16281
16271
16451
16581
16251
16721
16931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18816347 HYDROGEN SULFATE SALT OF A BCL-2 INHIBITOR, RELATED CRYSTALLINE FORM, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME Vernalis (R&D) Ltd. WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18702363 TRIMETAZIDINE SALTS Les Laboratoires Servier CHENG, KAREN 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18692906 OXADIAZASPIRO COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF MOTONEURON DEGENERATION OR IN NEUROPROTECTION Esteve Pharmaceuticals, S.A. BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18687962 METHODS AND COMPISITIONS FOR AMELIORATING BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCUALR RISK USING (R)-2-AMINO-3-PHENYLPROPYL CARBAMATE Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 3786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 29, 2024
18580322 BUDESONIDE 21-PHOSPHATE SODIUM SALT FOR USE AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY OR ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT Genetic S.p.A. SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18579645 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BUDESONIDE 21-PHOSPHATE Genetic S.p.A. PIHONAK, SARAH 1627 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18555103 A COMBINATION COMPRISING A SPECIFIC HDAC6 INHIBITOR AND AT LEAST ONE CTLA4 CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR Italfarmaco Spa CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 §103Other Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18554511 TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC CORNEAL PAIN WITH NGF Tufts Medical Center, Inc. FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 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
18317386 ATTENUATED POXVIRUS VECTOR BASED VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19 Sementis Limited SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §103§112 Final Rejection 155d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18004468 DIOSMIN PREPARATION METHOD Les Laboratoires Servier LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2023
17998368 PARA-AMINO-BENZYL LINKERS, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE IN CONJUGATES Les Laboratoires Servier VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY 1643 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2022
17968253 CO-CRYSTALS OF TRAMADOL AND COXIBS Esteve Pharmaceuticals, S.A. LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2022
17336491 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TRAMADOL AND CELECOXIB IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN Esteve Pharmaceuticals, S.A. ORWIG, KEVIN S 3991 §103Other 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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