Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Glac Biotech Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Glac Biotech Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 3 examiners and 2 art units, showing distinct examiner assignments with some shared technical-unit context.

ARIANI, KADE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should compare recurring claim and disclosure issues across the matters, while adapting each response to the specific examiner and art-unit setting.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
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 (33%)
1
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ARIANI, KADE 1 75.0% +32.0%
GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1 31.7% +46.5%
EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1 38.3% +47.2%

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
18806076 METHOD FOR INCREASING CALCIUM ABSORPTION USING CULTURE OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM PL-02 GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19051381 BACTERIAL STRAIN COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL NUMBER AND REDUCING CORTISOL LEVEL ARIANI, KADE —
18806076 METHOD FOR INCREASING CALCIUM ABSORPTION USING CULTURE OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM PL-02 GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN —
18444872 USE OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM STRAIN, ITS METABOLITE, OR COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME STRAIN FOR REPAIRING OR PREVENTING RETINAL DAMAGE EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1651 2
1657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19051381 BACTERIAL STRAIN COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL NUMBER AND REDUCING CORTISOL LEVEL ARIANI, KADE 1651 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
18806076 METHOD FOR INCREASING CALCIUM ABSORPTION USING CULTURE OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM PL-02 GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18444872 USE OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM STRAIN, ITS METABOLITE, OR COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME STRAIN FOR REPAIRING OR PREVENTING RETINAL DAMAGE EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Glac Biotech Co. Ltd. have?

Glac Biotech Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Glac Biotech Co. Ltd. applications?

Kade Ariani has the most, with 1 of Glac Biotech Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Glac Biotech Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

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

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