Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fu Jen Catholic University has 2 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN is the named busiest examiner, with 1 pending action.
The profile calls for separate review of examiner positions. Counsel should coordinate the applications at the portfolio level while addressing the distinct art-unit contexts reflected in the pending actions.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1 | 25.6% | +48.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18663673 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING EPILEPTIC SEIZURE AND THE USE THEREOF | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| 18696148 | METHOD FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY PULMONARY DISEASE | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696148 | METHOD FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY PULMONARY DISEASE | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18663673 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING EPILEPTIC SEIZURE AND THE USE THEREOF | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18696148 | METHOD FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY PULMONARY DISEASE | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1629 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFu Jen Catholic University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Robert Franklin Spaine has the most, with 1 of Fu Jen Catholic University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
