Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Allergan Sales, LLC

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Allergan Sales, LLC has 6 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 6 examiners and 6 art units, so each action presents a separate examiner and technical setting.

FUBARA, BLESSING M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner carries a larger assignment, which makes the docket evenly distributed at the examiner level. Counsel should use centralized review for consistent pharmaceutical claim positions while handling each response on its own record.

The one-to-one relationship between actions, examiners, and art units makes matter-specific deadline and prior-art tracking essential. There is no shared art-unit concentration identified in the profile to support broad consolidation of prosecution issues.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

4
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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FUBARA, BLESSING M 1 62.2% +34.1%
PRONZATI, GINA 1 65.9% +48.3%
CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1 50.9% +57.4%
CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1 23.7% +45.5%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18798138 CONDITIONED MEDIUM FROM CELLS CULTURED UNDER HYPOXIC CONDITIONS AND USES THEREOF PRONZATI, GINA —
17607842 CONDITIONED MEDIUM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CORDAS, EMILY ANN —
17393356 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INFLAMMATION CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F —

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
18947213 TOPICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE FUBARA, BLESSING M —
18798138 CONDITIONED MEDIUM FROM CELLS CULTURED UNDER HYPOXIC CONDITIONS AND USES THEREOF PRONZATI, GINA —
17607842 CONDITIONED MEDIUM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CORDAS, EMILY ANN —
17393356 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INFLAMMATION CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1613 1
1633 1
1632 1
1634 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18947213 TOPICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18798138 CONDITIONED MEDIUM FROM CELLS CULTURED UNDER HYPOXIC CONDITIONS AND USES THEREOF PRONZATI, GINA 1633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
17607842 CONDITIONED MEDIUM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Oct 29, 2021
17393356 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INFLAMMATION CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 03, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Allergan Sales, LLC have?

Allergan Sales, LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Allergan Sales, LLC applications?

Blessing M Fubara has the most, with 1 of Allergan Sales, LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Allergan Sales, LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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