Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
16 pending office actions • 11 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days
Academia Sinica maintains a significant presence in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area with 14 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 14 distinct examiners, suggesting a broad and diverse examination process. The portfolio spans 9 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's research and development efforts cover a wide range of specialized sub-disciplines within the biotechnology sector. Practitioners can expect to interact with a variety of examination styles and art unit cultures given the breadth of 9 distinct art units involved in the current 14 pending office actions.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is PARK, EVELYN GRACE, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This number of pending actions for the busiest individual highlights the high degree of fragmentation across the 14 distinct examiners. This diversity requires a flexible prosecution strategy to accommodate the various procedural preferences encountered across the 9 different units. The 14 distinct examiners ensure that almost every case is subject to a unique individual review. Such a distributed environment requires a versatile approach to address the varying perspectives of the patent office staff across the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field.
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.
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.
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 | 5 (31%) |
| §103 only | 3 (19%) |
| §112 only | 2 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 1 | 51.6% | +40.5% |
| CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1 | 45.5% | +80.0% |
| STOFFA, WYATT A | 1 | 79.4% | +22.8% |
| JOHNSON, KARA D | 1 | 69.5% | +24.6% |
| MOU, LIYUAN | 1 | 42.9% | +59.0% |
| HOWARD, ZACHARY C | 1 | 64.0% | +37.9% |
| KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1 | 33.3% | +29.9% |
| PRIEST, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | — | — |
| TURNER, FELICIA C | 1 | 26.3% | +30.1% |
| GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA | 1 | 26.6% | +38.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17806932 | METHOD AND BIOMARKER FOR DETECTION OR DIAGNOSIS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | BROWN, MINDY G | 13d |
| 18286943 | BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DISEASES, PROMOTING GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AN ANIMAL BY USING THE SAME | TURNER, FELICIA C | 21d |
| 18645166 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING GROWTH OF PLANTS | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 33d |
| 18854965 | Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Prediction by Deduction Learning System | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | — |
| 18689852 | COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USES FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE | MOU, LIYUAN | — |
| 18686862 | METHODS OF TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | HOWARD, ZACHARY C | — |
| 18429813 | CONVERSION OF BETA-HYDROXY CARBONYL SPECIES AND PREPARATION OF AMINO ALCOHOL PRECURSOR USING BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS DERIVED FROM LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | — |
| 18572564 | COMBINED CANCER THERAPY WITH AN EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE (EPCAM) INHIBITOR AND A WNT INHIBITOR | PRIEST, JESSICA MARIE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286943 | BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DISEASES, PROMOTING GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AN ANIMAL BY USING THE SAME | TURNER, FELICIA C | 21d |
| 18645166 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING GROWTH OF PLANTS | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 33d |
| 18854965 | Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Prediction by Deduction Learning System | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | — |
| 18701598 | HIGH RESOLUTION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| 18697799 | CELL CULTURE PLATFORMS, METHODS AND USES THEREOF | JOHNSON, KARA D | — |
| 18689852 | COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USES FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE | MOU, LIYUAN | — |
| 18686862 | METHODS OF TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | HOWARD, ZACHARY C | — |
| 18429813 | CONVERSION OF BETA-HYDROXY CARBONYL SPECIES AND PREPARATION OF AMINO ALCOHOL PRECURSOR USING BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS DERIVED FROM LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1662 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| 1628 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1625 | 1 |
| 1642 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18854965 | Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Prediction by Deduction Learning System | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18645166 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING GROWTH OF PLANTS | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1662 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18701598 | HIGH RESOLUTION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18697799 | CELL CULTURE PLATFORMS, METHODS AND USES THEREOF | JOHNSON, KARA D | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18689852 | COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USES FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE | MOU, LIYUAN | 1628 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18686862 | METHODS OF TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | HOWARD, ZACHARY C | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18429813 | CONVERSION OF BETA-HYDROXY CARBONYL SPECIES AND PREPARATION OF AMINO ALCOHOL PRECURSOR USING BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS DERIVED FROM LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18572564 | COMBINED CANCER THERAPY WITH AN EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE (EPCAM) INHIBITOR AND A WNT INHIBITOR | PRIEST, JESSICA MARIE | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18286943 | BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DISEASES, PROMOTING GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AN ANIMAL BY USING THE SAME | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18267996 | CELL CULTURE SYSTEMS, METHODS AND USES THEREOF | GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA | 1631 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18266882 | ANTAGONIST OF INTERLEUKIN-17B RECEPTOR (IL-17RB) AND USE THEREOF | BRADLEY, CHRISTINA | 1654 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18116952 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MODULATING FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3 ACTIVATION | RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW | 1625 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
| 18010647 | ANTIBODIES TO INTERLEUKIN-1BETA AND USES THEREOF | LU, CHENG | 1642 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17946651 | METAL OXIDES-SILICA COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
| 17806932 | METHOD AND BIOMARKER FOR DETECTION OR DIAGNOSIS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | BROWN, MINDY G | 1681 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
| 17630929 | METHODS OF TREATING POMPE DISEASE | CHONG, YONG SOO | 1623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
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