Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Fablife

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

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

Analysis

Fablife currently has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, showing no current diversification in the company's prosecution efforts. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's active patent work is focused on a specific technical area. With 1 pending office action, the company can dedicate its full attention to resolving this single matter with the patent office.

BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner oversees the entirety of the portfolio's 1 pending office action, acting as the primary point of contact for the company's pending matters. Since the busiest examiner pending count equals the total number of pending office actions, the decisions of BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE will determine the immediate outcome of the company's patent filings. There are no other distinct examiners or art units currently influencing the prosecution, making this a highly centralized process.

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
§101 + 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
BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE 1 43.9% +65.7%

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
17798768 METHOD FOR GENERATING A COMPOSITE NUTRITIONAL INDEX, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE —

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
17798768 METHOD FOR GENERATING A COMPOSITE NUTRITIONAL INDEX, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17798768 METHOD FOR GENERATING A COMPOSITE NUTRITIONAL INDEX, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE 1685 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 10, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Fablife have?

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

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Fablife applications?

Dawn Marie Bickham has the most, with 1 of Fablife's pending office actions.

What technology area are Fablife's patent applications in?

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

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