Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Duette Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Duette Inc. maintains 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This specific matter is assigned to VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates a narrow technical focus for the current filings.

With a distinct examiner involved, the prosecution is currently centralized under a single individual's review. This arrangement suggests that the company's intellectual property strategy in this sector is highly concentrated. VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE serves as the primary point of contact for the pending matter within the assigned art unit.

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

Portfolio Summary

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (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
VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1 52.9% +26.8%

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
19002119 Skin Protection Compositions VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE —

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
19002119 Skin Protection Compositions VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19002119 Skin Protection Compositions VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Duette Inc. have?

Duette Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Duette Inc. applications?

Toriana Nichole Vigil has the most, with 1 of Duette Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Duette 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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