Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ceva Santé Animale S A

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ceva Santé Animale S A operates a patent portfolio within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, which points to a specific technical classification for the company's current intellectual property.

The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, NISSA M WESTERBERG. This examiner is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that there is only 1 pending office action, the entire prosecution effort is concentrated with the 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners can see that the 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the total volume of pending matters for the portfolio. The use of the 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company is not currently navigating multiple technical divisions at the patent office. This streamlined prosecution environment means that the 1 pending office action is the sole focus of the company's current patent office interactions.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
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%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1 23.4% +37.3%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17621959 METHOD FOR CARING FOR THE SKIN OR COAT OF ANIMALS WESTERBERG, NISSA M —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17621959 METHOD FOR CARING FOR THE SKIN OR COAT OF ANIMALS WESTERBERG, NISSA M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17621959 METHOD FOR CARING FOR THE SKIN OR COAT OF ANIMALS WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ceva Santé Animale S A have?

Ceva Santé Animale S A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ceva Santé Animale S A applications?

Nissa M Westerberg has the most, with 1 of Ceva Santé Animale S A's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ceva Santé Animale S A's patent applications in?

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

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