Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Nancy has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KAILEY ELIZABETH CASH, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. This concentration means the company's current patent prosecution is entirely dependent on the review of a single examiner within the patent office. For the practitioner, this suggests that the prosecution strategy should be highly tailored to the specific preferences and history of this one examiner.
The prosecution is contained within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific and narrow technical focus for the current patenting activity, as all pending work is localized to a single examiner and a single administrative unit. This lack of distribution across different art units or examiners suggests a highly specialized invention that falls squarely within a single regulatory niche, requiring a focused and consistent legal approach during prosecution. Success in this matter will depend on a deep understanding of the assigned examiner's past rulings and technical standards.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH | 1 | 28.6% | +64.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701785 | DNA METHYLATION SIGNATURE FOR DIAGNOSING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA | CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701785 | DNA METHYLATION SIGNATURE FOR DIAGNOSING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA | CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18701785 | DNA METHYLATION SIGNATURE FOR DIAGNOSING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA | CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH | 1683 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCentre Hospitalier Regional De Nancy has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kailey Elizabeth Cash has the most, with 1 of Centre Hospitalier Regional De Nancy's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
