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
Henan Agricultural University has 2 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. The one-to-one ratio between pending actions and examiners indicates that each application is receiving independent review from different officials. This structure prevents the portfolio from being overly dependent on the tendencies of a single examiner.
BYRNES, DAVID R is the busiest examiner for the university, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending actions in total, this examiner is responsible for half of the active workload. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the university's biotechnology innovations are being evaluated under different technical frameworks within the patent office. Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the specific nuances of each art unit and examiner involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNES, DAVID R | 1 | 78.2% | +20.9% |
| KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | 1 | 46.5% | +53.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18762681 | SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM MOLECULAR MARKER COMBINATION FOR IDENTIFYING ARBOR ACRES BROILER, DETECTION KIT AND APPLICATION THEREOF | KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18883889 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING, SELECTING, AND PRODUCING SOUTHERN CORN RUST RESISTANT CROPS | BYRNES, DAVID R | — |
| 18762681 | SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM MOLECULAR MARKER COMBINATION FOR IDENTIFYING ARBOR ACRES BROILER, DETECTION KIT AND APPLICATION THEREOF | KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1662 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18883889 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING, SELECTING, AND PRODUCING SOUTHERN CORN RUST RESISTANT CROPS | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18762681 | SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM MOLECULAR MARKER COMBINATION FOR IDENTIFYING ARBOR ACRES BROILER, DETECTION KIT AND APPLICATION THEREOF | KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | 1683 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHenan Agricultural University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
David R Byrnes has the most, with 1 of Henan Agricultural University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
