Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ageronix SA maintains 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. Prosecution is distributed across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The presence of 1 distinct examiner suggests a streamlined interaction with the USPTO for this portfolio. Because the workload is limited to 1 pending office action, the company can focus its resources on addressing the requirements of this 1 examiner to secure patent rights.
SUDHAKAR KATAKAM is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. This individual is currently the sole gatekeeper for the company's pending intellectual property in the United States. Practitioners should observe that the involvement of 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative burden but also means the company's success is tied to the specific examination culture of that unit. The focus on 1 pending office action may indicate a strategic emphasis on a core technology.
The data reflects a lean prosecution profile where every decision made in response to SUDHAKAR KATAKAM carries significant weight. With no other pending actions to manage, the legal team can provide a highly targeted response. This environment is conducive to resolving complex technical rejections that often arise in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals area. Maintaining a single point of contact within 1 distinct art unit allows for a cohesive narrative throughout the prosecution process.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | 1 | 74.7% | +23.3% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288654 | ALPHA-1-ANTITRYPSIN (AAT) IN THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18288654 | ALPHA-1-ANTITRYPSIN (AAT) IN THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | 1658 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
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