Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

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

Analysis

Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa is managing 2 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. KOSTURKO, GEORGE W is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending action.

The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the university's pharmaceutical innovations are being evaluated by different technical teams. This distribution requires the university to navigate 2 separate sets of examiner expectations and art unit policies. Practitioners must ensure that arguments remain consistent across these 2 different examiners.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

2
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1 54.6% +49.0%
MOORE, SUSANNA 1 68.0% +31.6%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18837191 USE OF AN ORGANOMETALLIC RUTHENIUM COMPOUND FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND/OR CONDITIONS RELATED TO CANCER IN AN INDIVIDUAL KOSTURKO, GEORGE W —
18717702 CATIONIC STEROID COMPOUNDS, METHOD OF OBTAINING THEREOF, FORMULATIONS COMPRISING THEREOF AND THEIR USES MOORE, SUSANNA —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18837191 USE OF AN ORGANOMETALLIC RUTHENIUM COMPOUND FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND/OR CONDITIONS RELATED TO CANCER IN AN INDIVIDUAL KOSTURKO, GEORGE W —
18717702 CATIONIC STEROID COMPOUNDS, METHOD OF OBTAINING THEREOF, FORMULATIONS COMPRISING THEREOF AND THEIR USES MOORE, SUSANNA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1621 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18837191 USE OF AN ORGANOMETALLIC RUTHENIUM COMPOUND FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND/OR CONDITIONS RELATED TO CANCER IN AN INDIVIDUAL KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1621 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18717702 CATIONIC STEROID COMPOUNDS, METHOD OF OBTAINING THEREOF, FORMULATIONS COMPRISING THEREOF AND THEIR USES MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa have?

Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa applications?

George W Kosturko has the most, with 1 of Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa's pending office actions.

What technology area are Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa's patent applications in?

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

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