Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Ageronix SA

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

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.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1 74.7% +23.3%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18288654 ALPHA-1-ANTITRYPSIN (AAT) IN THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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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