Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

H. Lundbeck A/S

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

H. Lundbeck A/S has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners but 2 distinct art units, showing examiner dispersion across a narrower set of technical examination groups.

LEE, CHIHYI NMN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate across the shared art-unit landscape while retaining separate response strategies for the individual examiner assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
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 (67%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)
No statute on record1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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
LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1 33.3% +61.1%
PAK, MICHAEL D 1 58.6% +29.9%
CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1 54.5% +34.0%

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
18679695 SPIROMACROCYCLIC OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS LEE, CHIHYI NMN —
18683790 TREATMENT OF CLUSTER HEADACHE USING ANTI-CGRP ANTIBODIES PAK, MICHAEL D —

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
18679695 SPIROMACROCYCLIC OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS LEE, CHIHYI NMN —
18683790 TREATMENT OF CLUSTER HEADACHE USING ANTI-CGRP ANTIBODIES PAK, MICHAEL D —
18511241 TREATMENT OF MEDICATION OVERUSE HEADACHE USING ANTI-CGRP OR ANTI-CGRP-R ANTIBODIES CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1628 1
1675 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18679695 SPIROMACROCYCLIC OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §101§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18683790 TREATMENT OF CLUSTER HEADACHE USING ANTI-CGRP ANTIBODIES PAK, MICHAEL D — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18511241 TREATMENT OF MEDICATION OVERUSE HEADACHE USING ANTI-CGRP OR ANTI-CGRP-R ANTIBODIES CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1675 Other Final Rejection — Pending Nov 16, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does H. Lundbeck A/S have?

H. Lundbeck A/S has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most H. Lundbeck A/S applications?

Chihyi Nmn Lee has the most, with 1 of H. Lundbeck A/S's pending office actions.

What technology area are H. Lundbeck A/S's patent applications in?

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

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