Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Arbor Biotechnologies Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Arbor Biotechnologies Inc. has 9 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The docket spans 7 examiners and 4 art units, indicating meaningful examiner dispersion alongside repeated art-unit involvement.

LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That examiner holds the largest identified share of the docket, making the assignment a useful point for monitoring recurring issues while maintaining separate strategies across the remaining matters.

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

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (44%)
4
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other3 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

9
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 3 47.2% +63.6%
HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1 74.8% +11.7%
ZARA, JANE J 1 71.0% +16.1%
CHONG, KIMBERLY 1 72.3% +13.1%
SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1 66.7% +66.7%
KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1 57.5% +66.2%
TINSLEY, BRENDAN THOMAS 1 60.4% +74.3%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18682774 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A VARIANT CAS12I3 POLYPEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE —
18565567 GENE EDITING SYSTEMS COMPRISING AN RNA GUIDE TARGETING TRANSTHYRETIN (TTR) AND USES THEREOF HUDSON, AMY ROSE —
18274698 CRISPR-ASSOCIATED TRANSPOSON SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE —
18274697 CRISPR-ASSOCIATED TRANSPOSON SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18251183 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN RNA GUIDE TARGETING BCL11A AND USES THEREOF KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 50d
18682774 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A VARIANT CAS12I3 POLYPEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE —
18565567 GENE EDITING SYSTEMS COMPRISING AN RNA GUIDE TARGETING TRANSTHYRETIN (TTR) AND USES THEREOF HUDSON, AMY ROSE —
18565575 GENE EDITING SYSTEMS COMPRISING AN RNA GUIDE TARGETING HYDROXYACID OXIDASE 1 (HAO1) AND USES THEREOF ZARA, JANE J —
18281201 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A VARIANT POLYPEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF CHONG, KIMBERLY —
18274698 CRISPR-ASSOCIATED TRANSPOSON SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE —
18274697 CRISPR-ASSOCIATED TRANSPOSON SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE —
18262086 CAS12I2 FUSION MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1637 4
1636 3
1635 1
1634 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18682774 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A VARIANT CAS12I3 POLYPEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2024
18565567 GENE EDITING SYSTEMS COMPRISING AN RNA GUIDE TARGETING TRANSTHYRETIN (TTR) AND USES THEREOF HUDSON, AMY ROSE 1636 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18565575 GENE EDITING SYSTEMS COMPRISING AN RNA GUIDE TARGETING HYDROXYACID OXIDASE 1 (HAO1) AND USES THEREOF ZARA, JANE J 1637 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18281201 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A VARIANT POLYPEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18274698 CRISPR-ASSOCIATED TRANSPOSON SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 27, 2023
18274697 CRISPR-ASSOCIATED TRANSPOSON SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 27, 2023
18262086 CAS12I2 FUSION MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1636 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2023
18251183 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN RNA GUIDE TARGETING BCL11A AND USES THEREOF KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1635 §103DP Final Rejection 50d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18010680 CELLS MODIFIED BY A CAS12I POLYPEPTIDE TINSLEY, BRENDAN THOMAS 1634 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 15, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Arbor Biotechnologies Inc. have?

Arbor Biotechnologies Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Arbor Biotechnologies Inc. applications?

Alexandra Rose Lippolis has the most, with 3 of Arbor Biotechnologies Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Arbor Biotechnologies Inc.'s patent applications in?

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

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