Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

White & Case LLP

12 pending office actions • 7 clients • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

1
Hard (8%)
5
Medium (42%)
2
Easy (17%)
4
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only5 (42%)
§112 only2 (17%)
No statute on record4 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MIKNIS, ZACHARY J 2 68.5% +32.6%
SHIAO, REI TSANG 1 80.0% -34.5%
RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1 57.4% +45.0%
BROWE, DAVID 1 25.8% +28.7%
CABRAL, ROBERT S 1 62.3% +32.6%
KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1 54.2% +49.1%
FISCHER, JOSEPH 1 43.2% +45.2%
SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1 61.8% +56.5%
SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1 41.9% +54.1%
REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1 27.5% +55.9%

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
18270361 TEMPLATE DIRECTED IMMUNOMODULATION FOR CANCER THERAPY BROWE, DAVID 26d
17602936 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTICS REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 27d
17590986 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASIAS AND/OR METAPLASIAS IN THE ESOPHAGUS SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 56d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18270001 METHODS OF METABOLIZING METOPIMAZINE AND ITS SALTS KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 99d overdue
18280774 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ANEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH A RIBOSOMAL DISORDER RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 18d overdue
18215550 NANOPARTICLES AND TEMPLATE DIRECTED RIG-I AGONIST PRECURSOR COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR CANCER THERAPY CABRAL, ROBERT S 12d
18011261 ACTRII PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) MIKNIS, ZACHARY J 21d
18270361 TEMPLATE DIRECTED IMMUNOMODULATION FOR CANCER THERAPY BROWE, DAVID 26d
18035329 FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ACTRII POLYPEPTIDE VARIANTS FISCHER, JOSEPH 26d
17602936 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTICS REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 27d
17590986 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASIAS AND/OR METAPLASIAS IN THE ESOPHAGUS SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 56d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16583
16911
16251
16171
16141
16211
16831
16821
16321
16351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18954145 ACTRII PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) Acceleron Pharma, Inc. MIKNIS, ZACHARY J 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18280837 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING POLYCYTHEMIA Disc Medicine, Inc. SHIAO, REI TSANG 1691 Other Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18280774 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ANEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH A RIBOSOMAL DISORDER Disc Medicine, Inc. RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1625 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18270361 TEMPLATE DIRECTED IMMUNOMODULATION FOR CANCER THERAPY Transcode Therapeutics, Inc. BROWE, DAVID 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18215550 NANOPARTICLES AND TEMPLATE DIRECTED RIG-I AGONIST PRECURSOR COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR CANCER THERAPY Transcode Therapeutics, Inc. CABRAL, ROBERT S 1614 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18270001 METHODS OF METABOLIZING METOPIMAZINE AND ITS SALTS Neurogastrx, Inc. KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1621 Other Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18035329 FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ACTRII POLYPEPTIDE VARIANTS Acceleron Pharma, Inc. FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 04, 2023
18111070 METHODS OF ANCHORING FRAGMENTED NUCLEIC ACID TARGETS IN A POLYMER MATRIX FOR IMAGING Vizgen, Inc. SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Feb 17, 2023
18011261 ACTRII PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) Acceleron Pharma, Inc. MIKNIS, ZACHARY J 1658 §112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17590986 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASIAS AND/OR METAPLASIAS IN THE ESOPHAGUS Case Western Reserve University SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §101 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 02, 2022
17602936 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTICS Encoded Therapeutics, Inc. REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 11, 2021
17442057 MULTIPLEXING REGULATORY ELEMENTS TO IDENTIFY CELL-TYPE SPECIFIC REGULATORY ELEMENTS Encoded Therapeutics, Inc. RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES 1635 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2021

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