Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Applied Biomedical Science Institute is currently prosecuting 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This single matter constitutes the entire active workload for the institute at the USPTO. The focus on 1 pending office action suggests a highly targeted approach to securing intellectual property, where all current legal resources are dedicated to a specific application.
The examination is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE. As the only official assigned to the portfolio, HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action under her review. This prosecution is taking place within 1 distinct art unit, which further emphasizes the concentrated nature of the institute's current patent activities in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field.
For a practitioner, the presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action simplifies the interaction with the USPTO. There is no requirement to manage different examiner styles or art unit interpretations, as all activity is localized. This Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals portfolio benefits from a direct line of communication with HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE, ensuring a consistent prosecution path for the 1 pending office action.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE | 1 | 60.7% | +61.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18285827 | METHODS OF SCREENING AND EXPRESSION OF DISULFIDE-BONDED BINDING POLYPEPTIDES | HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18285827 | METHODS OF SCREENING AND EXPRESSION OF DISULFIDE-BONDED BINDING POLYPEPTIDES | HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1641 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18285827 | METHODS OF SCREENING AND EXPRESSION OF DISULFIDE-BONDED BINDING POLYPEPTIDES | HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE | 1641 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialApplied Biomedical Science Institute has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Samantha Lake Hopkins has the most, with 1 of Applied Biomedical Science Institute's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
