Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Hsf Pharmaceuticals SA

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Hsf Pharmaceuticals SA operates within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area and currently has 1 pending office action. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner and is housed within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner identified for the company is NGUYEN, QUANG, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This single matter is processed through 1 distinct art unit, which is consistent with the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area designation.

The portfolio's current activity is limited to the active workload managed by 1 distinct examiner. The busiest examiner pending 1 action covers the company's entire active docket. The data indicates a highly concentrated prosecution stage for Hsf Pharmaceuticals SA, with only the current matter requiring attention. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's current interactions with the patent office are centralized.

NGUYEN, QUANG represents the sole point of examiner contact for the pending matter currently in the system. This concentration ensures that the company's legal progress is tied to a specific technical and procedural path within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. Practitioners should observe that the 1 distinct art unit provides a singular framework for the evaluation of the company's current patent application.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, QUANG 1 38.0% +52.6%

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
19086509 REPLICATION-COMPETENT CONTROLLED ALPHA-HERPESVIRUS VECTORS AND USES THEREFORE NGUYEN, QUANG —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19086509 REPLICATION-COMPETENT CONTROLLED ALPHA-HERPESVIRUS VECTORS AND USES THEREFORE NGUYEN, QUANG —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19086509 REPLICATION-COMPETENT CONTROLLED ALPHA-HERPESVIRUS VECTORS AND USES THEREFORE NGUYEN, QUANG 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2025

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