Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Baebies Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 art units, so the active work is divided across separate examination settings.
HOBBS, MICHAEL L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile supports individualized response planning, with coordination focused on any shared technical or claim positions shown in the records.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBBS, MICHAEL L | 1 | 68.7% | +28.4% |
| GRAFF, SHARON LEVINE | 1 | — | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287954 | CULTURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — |
| 17925340 | DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES | GRAFF, SHARON LEVINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287954 | CULTURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1683 | 1 |
| 1687 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18287954 | CULTURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | 1683 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 17925340 | DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES | GRAFF, SHARON LEVINE | 1687 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBaebies Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michael L Hobbs has the most, with 1 of Baebies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
