Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Institute Of Animal Sciences Of Caas

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Institute Of Animal Sciences Of Caas is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This prosecution activity is split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a lack of concentration in the current workload. Such a distribution suggests that the applications in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals are diverse enough to be assigned to different specialized groups within the USPTO. Each of the 2 pending office actions is being handled in a separate administrative environment, which may lead to different prosecution timelines and requirements.

The examiner GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. For practitioners, this means that the strategy for the institute must be tailored to 2 different individuals across 2 distinct art units. There is no single examiner or art unit that dominates the portfolio, requiring the legal team to monitor and respond to the specific nuances of each separate prosecution path for the 2 pending office actions.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
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 (50%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (50%)
§112 only1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1 45.4% +40.5%
KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1 46.5% +53.8%

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
18398681 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM (SNP) MOLECULAR MARKER COMBINATION FOR GENETIC RELATIONSHIP IDENTIFICATION OF HUAXI CATTLE, USE, AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18398681 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM (SNP) MOLECULAR MARKER COMBINATION FOR GENETIC RELATIONSHIP IDENTIFICATION OF HUAXI CATTLE, USE, AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE —
18224725 GENOMIC SELECTION (GS) BREEDING CHIP OF HUAXI CATTLE AND USE THEREOF KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1682 1
1683 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18398681 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM (SNP) MOLECULAR MARKER COMBINATION FOR GENETIC RELATIONSHIP IDENTIFICATION OF HUAXI CATTLE, USE, AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18224725 GENOMIC SELECTION (GS) BREEDING CHIP OF HUAXI CATTLE AND USE THEREOF KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Institute Of Animal Sciences Of Caas have?

Institute Of Animal Sciences Of Caas has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Institute Of Animal Sciences Of Caas applications?

Jeanine Anne Goldberg has the most, with 1 of Institute Of Animal Sciences Of Caas's pending office actions.

What technology area are Institute Of Animal Sciences Of Caas's patent applications in?

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

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