Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units.

KOSAR, ANDREW D is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because each of the 3 actions is in a different art unit with a different examiner, there is no shared personnel or unit-level oversight across the 3 matters.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
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%)
2
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Double-patenting only1 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOSAR, ANDREW D 1 41.9% +31.9%
MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C 1 73.3% +14.1%
CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1 47.3% +27.2%

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18957362 DOSAGE REGIMENS FOR TREATMENT OF DENGUE INFECTION KOSAR, ANDREW D —
18828972 Beta-D-2'-DEOXY-2'-alpha-FLUORO-2'-Beta-C-SUBSTITUTED-2-MODIFIED-N6- SUBSTITUTED PURINE NUCLEOTIDES FOR HCV TREATMENT MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C —
18592037 2'-CHLORO-2'-FLUORO-N2-AMINO-N6-METHYLAMINO PURINE NUCLEOTIDES FOR FLAVIVIRUS TREATMENT CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1625 1
1693 1
1699 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18957362 DOSAGE REGIMENS FOR TREATMENT OF DENGUE INFECTION KOSAR, ANDREW D 1625 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18828972 Beta-D-2'-DEOXY-2'-alpha-FLUORO-2'-Beta-C-SUBSTITUTED-2-MODIFIED-N6- SUBSTITUTED PURINE NUCLEOTIDES FOR HCV TREATMENT MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C 1693 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18592037 2'-CHLORO-2'-FLUORO-N2-AMINO-N6-METHYLAMINO PURINE NUCLEOTIDES FOR FLAVIVIRUS TREATMENT CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 29, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have?

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. applications?

Andrew D Kosar has the most, with 1 of Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Atea Pharmaceuticals, 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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