Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Clearside Biomedical Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Clearside Biomedical Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, showing examiner-level dispersion within a narrower technical-unit structure.

BARSKY, JARED is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate around the shared art-unit context while preserving separate examiner-specific response plans.

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (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
BARSKY, JARED 1 50.3% +22.8%
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1 68.1% +36.1%
HUI, SAN MING R 1 59.6% +20.0%

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
18776683 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AXITINIB AND METHODS OF TREATING OCULAR DISORDERS BARSKY, JARED —

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
18776683 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AXITINIB AND METHODS OF TREATING OCULAR DISORDERS BARSKY, JARED —
18726889 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MACULAR EDEMA ASSOCIATED WITH UVEITIS PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT —
17478112 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NONINFECTIOUS UVEITIS HUI, SAN MING R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1627 2
1628 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18776683 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AXITINIB AND METHODS OF TREATING OCULAR DISORDERS BARSKY, JARED 1628 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18726889 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MACULAR EDEMA ASSOCIATED WITH UVEITIS PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
17478112 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NONINFECTIOUS UVEITIS HUI, SAN MING R 1627 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Clearside Biomedical Inc. have?

Clearside Biomedical Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Clearside Biomedical Inc. applications?

Jared Barsky has the most, with 1 of Clearside Biomedical Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Clearside Biomedical 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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