Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Huigene Therapeutics Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

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

Analysis

Huigene Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This single active case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The company's current prosecution activity is focused on a single point of contact within the patent office, reflecting a specialized approach to their pharmaceutical filings.

LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. This busiest examiner pending count of 1 represents the entirety of the company's current pending workload. This data highlights a concentrated effort within a single art unit for the company's current pharmaceutical filings. For practitioners, this indicates that the outcome of the company's current pipeline is entirely dependent on the examination style of LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS.

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
LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1 57.1% +60.0%

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
17836175 ENGINEERED CRISPR/CAS13 SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS —

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
17836175 ENGINEERED CRISPR/CAS13 SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1652 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17836175 ENGINEERED CRISPR/CAS13 SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1652 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 09, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Huigene Therapeutics Co. Ltd. have?

Huigene Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Huigene Therapeutics Co. Ltd. applications?

George Themistoclis Lountos has the most, with 1 of Huigene Therapeutics Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Huigene Therapeutics 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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