Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Alfasigma S.p.A.

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Double-patenting + other2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% 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
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 50.0% +53.3%
CHHAY, BONIRATH 1 100.0% +0.0%
XU, QING 1 50.7% +54.7%
KASSA, TIGABU 1 36.6% +28.4%
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1 67.2% +37.0%

Quick Wins (1)

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.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18579158 USE OF LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI BACTERIAL STRAINS IN THE TREATMENT OF NEWBORNS CHHAY, BONIRATH 2d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17998534 COMPOSITION COMPRISING METHYLFOLATE KASSA, TIGABU

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17342057 METHODS AND INTERMEDIATES FOR THE PREPARATION OF BILE ACID DERIVATIVES PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 26d
18493221 USE OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING MICROORGANISMS TO INCREASE THE INTESTINAL PRODUCTION OF BUTYRIC ACID, FOLIC ACID OR NIACIN AND/OR DECREASE THE INTESTINAL PRODUCTION OF SUCCINIC ACID XU, QING 63d
18800808 FARNESOID X RECEPTOR MODULATORS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE
17998534 COMPOSITION COMPRISING METHYLFOLATE KASSA, TIGABU

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1645 1
1656 1
1619 1
1627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18800808 FARNESOID X RECEPTOR MODULATORS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18579158 USE OF LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI BACTERIAL STRAINS IN THE TREATMENT OF NEWBORNS CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 §103§112DP Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18493221 USE OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING MICROORGANISMS TO INCREASE THE INTESTINAL PRODUCTION OF BUTYRIC ACID, FOLIC ACID OR NIACIN AND/OR DECREASE THE INTESTINAL PRODUCTION OF SUCCINIC ACID XU, QING 1656 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Oct 24, 2023
17998534 COMPOSITION COMPRISING METHYLFOLATE KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2022
17342057 METHODS AND INTERMEDIATES FOR THE PREPARATION OF BILE ACID DERIVATIVES PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §103Other Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 08, 2021

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