Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Abs Global Inc. currently manages 6 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 6 actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, which suggests a diverse range of examiner perspectives across the active docket of 6 cases. The portfolio also spans 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's biotechnology innovations are being reviewed across multiple specialized divisions within the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KIM, KIHO, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. Given that there are 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly 1 case. This distribution means the company does not have a high concentration of cases with any single examiner, requiring a broad strategy to address the 6 different individuals involved. With 5 distinct art units involved in the 6 pending office actions, the company's prosecution is relatively concentrated in terms of technical classification.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, KIHO | 1 | 85.4% | +4.4% |
| HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1 | 60.0% | +48.0% |
| BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E | 1 | 64.1% | +30.3% |
| VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | 1 | 40.0% | +58.4% |
| RIGGS II, LARRY D | 1 | 46.3% | +32.2% |
| TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1 | 41.9% | +50.5% |
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.
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922821 | MODULAR FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING SAMPLES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | — |
| 18729004 | Cell-free DNA for Use in Genotyping | BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E | — |
| 18562222 | In Vitro Breeding Systems and Methods in Livestock | VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | — |
| 18066940 | COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING UNOBSERVED HEREDITARY INFORMATION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF LIMITED DATA | RIGGS II, LARRY D | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922821 | MODULAR FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING SAMPLES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | — |
| 18729004 | Cell-free DNA for Use in Genotyping | BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E | — |
| 18562222 | In Vitro Breeding Systems and Methods in Livestock | VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | — |
| 18066940 | COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING UNOBSERVED HEREDITARY INFORMATION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF LIMITED DATA | RIGGS II, LARRY D | — |
| 17501716 | PORCINE SEXED SEMEN AND METHODS OF USE | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1632 | 2 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18958213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELL KILL CONFIRMATION | KIM, KIHO | 2884 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18922821 | MODULAR FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING SAMPLES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18729004 | Cell-free DNA for Use in Genotyping | BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E | 1632 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18562222 | In Vitro Breeding Systems and Methods in Livestock | VAN BUREN, LAUREN K | 1638 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18066940 | COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING UNOBSERVED HEREDITARY INFORMATION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF LIMITED DATA | RIGGS II, LARRY D | 4100 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17501716 | PORCINE SEXED SEMEN AND METHODS OF USE | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialAbs Global Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Kiho Kim has the most, with 1 of Abs Global Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
