Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Cambridge Enterprise Limited

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

33 pending office actions • 30 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Cambridge Enterprise Limited has 35 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 34 distinct examiners and 31 distinct art units, reflecting broad dispersion across both examiner assignments and technical examination groups. This profile favors centralized docket oversight supported by matter-level technical analysis.

MONTGOMERY, ANN Y is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The modest examiner concentration means that counsel should not rely on one examiner relationship, while the art-unit distribution can help organize recurring claim, prior-art, and amendment issues.

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

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

21
Hard (64%)
9
Medium (27%)
2
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other7 (21%)
§103 only7 (21%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (42%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

23
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
4
Semiconductors
12% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
15% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 2 69.1% +27.6%
VAZQUEZ, ANA M 1 80.0% +17.7%
FLORA, NURUN N 1 86.0% +1.9%
WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1 50.0% +0.0%
STEPHENS, MATTHEW 1 65.1% +21.6%
WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C 1 61.0% +20.3%
MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1 77.8% +49.3%
CHESTNUT, BARRY A 1 73.9% +6.3%
DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1 57.0% +35.3%
D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1 68.3% +41.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18993158 3D SCENE CAPTURE SYSTEM FLORA, NURUN N —

Hard Cases (21)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17764145 MULTIDIMENSIONAL MICROFLUIDIC PROTEIN CHARACTERISATION VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 126d overdue
18033225 GHOST IMAGE FREE PROJECTION AT ARBITRARY DISTANCE JORDAN, DANIEL JEFFERY 11d overdue
18485192 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING EMBRYOS IN VITRO FROM EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS JACKSON III, WALTER 4d overdue
18460022 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING EMBRYOS IN VITRO FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 12d
18001655 THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT USING PROTEIN KINASE C (PKC) INHIBITORS AND CYTOTOXIC AGENTS BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 34d
19115426 Absorption Induced Caloric Effects and Uses Thereof VAZQUEZ, ANA M —
18868448 GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN FOR IMPROVING NITROGEN FIXATION IN PLANTS WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD —
18787165 WORKING OF SHEET METAL STEPHENS, MATTHEW —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19115426 Absorption Induced Caloric Effects and Uses Thereof VAZQUEZ, ANA M —
18787165 WORKING OF SHEET METAL STEPHENS, MATTHEW —
18714695 ASSAY WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C —
18706270 METHOD OF DETECTING PROTEIN AGGREGATES MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER —
18696136 NUCLEIC ACID CHARACTERISATION DAUNER, JOSEPH G —
18690688 Lithium Sulfur Cell D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P —
18277000 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A METHOD OF ANALYSING A COMPONENT IN A SAMPLE MONTGOMERY, ANN Y —
17923594 CARRIER SYSTEM AND METHOD MONTGOMERY, ANN Y —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1798 2
1678 2
1693 2
3763 1
2619 1
1663 1
3725 1
1681 1
1672 1
1682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19115426 Absorption Induced Caloric Effects and Uses Thereof VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
18993158 3D SCENE CAPTURE SYSTEM FLORA, NURUN N 2619 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18868448 GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN FOR IMPROVING NITROGEN FIXATION IN PLANTS WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1663 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18787165 WORKING OF SHEET METAL STEPHENS, MATTHEW 3725 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18714695 ASSAY WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C 1681 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18706270 METHOD OF DETECTING PROTEIN AGGREGATES MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1798 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18699032 INFLUENZA VACCINES CHESTNUT, BARRY A 1672 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18696136 NUCLEIC ACID CHARACTERISATION DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18690688 Lithium Sulfur Cell D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1725 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18685450 TRANSMEMBRANE DEVICE NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18568457 METHODS OF EUKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION KNIGHT, TERESA E 1634 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18568243 Treatment or Prevention of Ischaemia Reperfusion Injury NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Dec 07, 2023
18287686 Method and System for Robot Navigation in Unknown Environments LEVEL, BARBARA HENRY 2875 §101§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2023
18485192 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING EMBRYOS IN VITRO FROM EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS JACKSON III, WALTER 1638 §101§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18460022 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING EMBRYOS IN VITRO FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18546761 Methods of Expanding Cholangiocytes STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2023
18277000 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A METHOD OF ANALYSING A COMPONENT IN A SAMPLE MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1678 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18276848 RNA Trans-Splicing Molecule TRAN, CHRISTINA L 1637 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 10, 2023
18320150 PROTEINS FOR REGULATION OF SYMBIOTIC NODULE ORGAN IDENTITY DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN 1662 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 18, 2023
18033225 GHOST IMAGE FREE PROJECTION AT ARBITRARY DISTANCE JORDAN, DANIEL JEFFERY 2872 §102§103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18014701 INTERFEROMETRIC SCATTERING CORRELATION (ISCORR) MICROSCOPY AMARA, MOHAMED K 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18001655 THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT USING PROTEIN KINASE C (PKC) INHIBITORS AND CYTOTOXIC AGENTS BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 13, 2022
17999478 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PHASE TRANSITION CHARACTERISTICS OF MACROMOLECULES GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17926915 MODE LOCALISED ACCELEROMETER PARCO JR, RUBEN C 2853 §103 Final Rejection 65d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17923594 CARRIER SYSTEM AND METHOD MONTGOMERY, ANN Y 1678 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2022
17917165 METHOD OF ADDITIVE LAYER MANUFACTURING SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 3774 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 05, 2022
17916323 INFLUENZA VACCINES BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2022
17799320 USE OF COMPOUNDS THAT ARE ABLE TO CROSS-LINK THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX FOR PREVENTING OR INHIBITING THE MIGRATION OF CANCER CELLS CHO, DAVID H 1693 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 12, 2022
17772526 AN EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE D' AMBROSIO, THEA 1654 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 28, 2022
17764145 MULTIDIMENSIONAL MICROFLUIDIC PROTEIN CHARACTERISATION VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2022
17633889 LIQUID DRESSING COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USES COHEN, MICHAEL P 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2022
17626058 MEDICAL DEVICE LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 10, 2022
17398221 INTEGRATED CLOSED-LOOP MEDICATION DELIVERY WITH ERROR MODEL AND SAFETY CHECK VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 10, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Cambridge Enterprise Limited have?

Cambridge Enterprise Limited has 33 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 30 art units and 32 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Cambridge Enterprise Limited applications?

Ann Y Montgomery has the most, with 2 of Cambridge Enterprise Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are Cambridge Enterprise Limited's patent applications in?

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

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