Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is managing 9 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct art units, indicating a range of pharmaceutical subject matter. The portfolio involves 9 distinct examiners, meaning every pending action is assigned to a different individual. This distribution suggests that the applicant must address a variety of examination styles.

The busiest examiner, CHONG, YONG SOO, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the workload is spread across many individuals, no single examiner holds a concentration of the cases. Practitioners must navigate the specific preferences of the distinct examiners across the 5 distinct art units involved in these proceedings. Success in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals area will require consistent strategies that can be adapted for the different examiners currently assigned to the cases.

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

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

2
Hard (22%)
5
Medium (56%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting + other3 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
56% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHONG, YONG SOO 1 43.8% +41.6%
COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1 74.9% +15.5%
SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1 36.8% +72.6%
REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN 1 0.0% +0.0%
WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1 48.4% +60.3%
ALAM, AYAAN A 1 38.4% +35.6%
KOSAR, ANDREW D 1 42.0% +31.8%
SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1 37.3% +16.2%
CHENG, KAREN 1 76.3% +26.7%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18577071 Pharmaceutical Composition for Preventing or Treating Systemic Sclerosis KOSAR, ANDREW D 21d
18728531 METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTERMEDIATE USEFUL FOR SYNETHESIS OF SGLT INHIBITOR REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN —
18696065 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ENAVOGLIFLOZIN ALAM, AYAAN A —

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
17610303 PREPARATION FOR PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION COMPRISING HIGH DOSE OF DONEPEZIL OR SALT THEREOF CHENG, KAREN 79d overdue
18577071 Pharmaceutical Composition for Preventing or Treating Systemic Sclerosis KOSAR, ANDREW D 21d
18560968 NEW FORMULATION FOR INJECTION COMPRISING 1-(5-(2,4-DIFLUOROPHENYL)-1-((3-FLUOROPHENYL)SULFONYL)-4-METHOXY-1H-PYRROL-3-YL)-N-METHYLMETHANAMINE SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 26d
18866386 ARGINASE INHIBITOR AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME CHONG, YONG SOO —
18859206 POTASSIUM-COMPETITIVE ACID BLOCKERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL HYPERSECRETORY CONDITIONS COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY —
18730278 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ENAVOGLIFLOZIN FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING OBESITY IN CANINE ANIMALS SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN —
18718904 NOVEL ACID ADDITION SALT AND CRYSTALLINE FORM OF (2R, 3S)-2-(3-(4,5-DICHLORO-1H-BENZO[d]IMIDAZOL-1-YL)PROPYL)PIPERIDIN-3-OL WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN —
18696065 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ENAVOGLIFLOZIN ALAM, AYAAN A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1629 1
1611 1
1625 1
1628 1
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18866386 ARGINASE INHIBITOR AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME CHONG, YONG SOO — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18859206 POTASSIUM-COMPETITIVE ACID BLOCKERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL HYPERSECRETORY CONDITIONS COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1629 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18730278 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ENAVOGLIFLOZIN FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING OBESITY IN CANINE ANIMALS SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18728531 METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTERMEDIATE USEFUL FOR SYNETHESIS OF SGLT INHIBITOR REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER EVAN — §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18718904 NOVEL ACID ADDITION SALT AND CRYSTALLINE FORM OF (2R, 3S)-2-(3-(4,5-DICHLORO-1H-BENZO[d]IMIDAZOL-1-YL)PROPYL)PIPERIDIN-3-OL WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18696065 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ENAVOGLIFLOZIN ALAM, AYAAN A 1611 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18577071 Pharmaceutical Composition for Preventing or Treating Systemic Sclerosis KOSAR, ANDREW D 1625 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 05, 2024
18560968 NEW FORMULATION FOR INJECTION COMPRISING 1-(5-(2,4-DIFLUOROPHENYL)-1-((3-FLUOROPHENYL)SULFONYL)-4-METHOXY-1H-PYRROL-3-YL)-N-METHYLMETHANAMINE SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §103DP Final Rejection 26d Pending Nov 15, 2023
17610303 PREPARATION FOR PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION COMPRISING HIGH DOSE OF DONEPEZIL OR SALT THEREOF CHENG, KAREN 1623 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2021

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