Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

White & Case LLP

9 pending office actions • 6 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2796 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.0%
Allowance Rate
n=2796
+0.36σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2796
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=1815
-0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1815
851 days
Time to Allowance
n=1815
+5.7pp
Interview Lift
n=2796
16.2%
RCE Rate
n=2796
0.7%
Appeal Rate
n=2796

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.0%
§101 Overcome
n=120
87.4%
§102 Overcome
n=731
86.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1011
84.8%
§112 Overcome
n=684

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, H01L
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2796
21
Practitioners
n=2796
133.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=2796

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)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 (22%)
5
Medium (56%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
89% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
KIM, YUNSOO 1 65.8% +34.8%
LEE, SIN J 1 68.9% +25.4%
CHANDRA, GYAN 1 71.3% +27.4%
NOLAN, JASON MICHAEL 1 66.3% -28.0%
PATEL, SAGAR S 1 76.1% +34.1%
D' AMBROSIO, THEA 1 55.9% +56.4%
SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1 60.0% +59.3%
MIKNIS, ZACHARY J 1 68.3% +32.5%
REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1 29.8% +49.7%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17602936 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTICS REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 27d
18111070 METHODS OF ANCHORING FRAGMENTED NUCLEIC ACID TARGETS IN A POLYMER MATRIX FOR IMAGING SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 71d

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
18011261 ACTRII PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) MIKNIS, ZACHARY J 21d
17602936 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTICS REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 27d
18111070 METHODS OF ANCHORING FRAGMENTED NUCLEIC ACID TARGETS IN A POLYMER MATRIX FOR IMAGING SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 71d
19401802 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING IDURONATE 2-SULFATASE ACTIVITY IN THE CNS KIM, YUNSOO
18797689 GAMMA-POLYGLUTAMIC ACID AND ZINC COMPOSITIONS LEE, SIN J
18443985 METHOD FOR PROMOTING BONE GROWTH USING ACTIVIN-ACTRIIA ANTAGONISTS CHANDRA, GYAN
18290403 METHODS OF TREATING ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA, X-LINKED PROTOPORPHYRIA, OR CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA WITH GLYCINE TRANSPORT INHIBITORS PATEL, SAGAR S
18280899 ACTRII PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF D' AMBROSIO, THEA

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16411
16131
16231
16261
16541
16831
16581
16321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19401802 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING IDURONATE 2-SULFATASE ACTIVITY IN THE CNS ArmaGen, Inc. KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 26, 2025
18797689 GAMMA-POLYGLUTAMIC ACID AND ZINC COMPOSITIONS Xylonix Pte. Ltd. LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18443985 METHOD FOR PROMOTING BONE GROWTH USING ACTIVIN-ACTRIIA ANTAGONISTS Acceleron Pharma, Inc. CHANDRA, GYAN DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18562510 METHODS OF TREATING ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA, X-LINKED PROTOPORPHYRIA, OR CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA WITH A SOLID FORM OF BITOPERTIN Disc Medicine, Inc. NOLAN, JASON MICHAEL 1623 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18290403 METHODS OF TREATING ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA, X-LINKED PROTOPORPHYRIA, OR CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA WITH GLYCINE TRANSPORT INHIBITORS Disc Medicine, Inc. PATEL, SAGAR S 1626 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18280899 ACTRII PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Acceleron Pharma, Inc. D' AMBROSIO, THEA 1654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18111070 METHODS OF ANCHORING FRAGMENTED NUCLEIC ACID TARGETS IN A POLYMER MATRIX FOR IMAGING Vizgen, Inc. SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103§112 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 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17602936 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTICS Encoded Therapeutics, Inc. REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 11, 2021

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