Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Institute Of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy Of Chinese Medical Sciences

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Institute Of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy Of Chinese Medical Sciences has 4 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are distributed across 4 examiners and 4 art units, giving each matter a distinct examination setting.

SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Prosecution management should emphasize matter-level preparation and avoid assuming that an approach developed for one assignment will transfer across the portfolio.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1 40.8% +70.6%
SUN, XIUQIN 1 72.5% +4.2%
OH, TAYLOR V 1 81.3% +15.3%
OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1 62.4% -11.9%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19048825 FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE LbUGT71BX1 IN LAPORTEA BULBIFERA AS WELL AS THE CODING GENE AND THE USE THEREOF SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN —
19026531 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING MULTIPLY COMPOUNDS WITH SAME CHROMOPHORE USING SINGLE STANDARD SUN, XIUQIN —
18833602 CYCLIC(ALKYL)(AMINO)ALKOXY-SUBSTITUTED ARYL-PYRONE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF OH, TAYLOR V —
18646814 APPLICATION OF TYPHANEOSIDE IN PREPARATION OF MEDICINE FOR URIC ACID-LOWERING AND/OR KIDNEY INJURY OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL —

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
19048825 FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE LbUGT71BX1 IN LAPORTEA BULBIFERA AS WELL AS THE CODING GENE AND THE USE THEREOF SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN —
18833602 CYCLIC(ALKYL)(AMINO)ALKOXY-SUBSTITUTED ARYL-PYRONE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF OH, TAYLOR V —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1656 1
2857 1
1625 1
1693 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19048825 FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE LbUGT71BX1 IN LAPORTEA BULBIFERA AS WELL AS THE CODING GENE AND THE USE THEREOF SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19026531 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING MULTIPLY COMPOUNDS WITH SAME CHROMOPHORE USING SINGLE STANDARD SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18833602 CYCLIC(ALKYL)(AMINO)ALKOXY-SUBSTITUTED ARYL-PYRONE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF OH, TAYLOR V 1625 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18646814 APPLICATION OF TYPHANEOSIDE IN PREPARATION OF MEDICINE FOR URIC ACID-LOWERING AND/OR KIDNEY INJURY OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1693 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Institute Of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy Of Chinese Medical Sciences have?

Institute Of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy Of Chinese Medical Sciences has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Institute Of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy Of Chinese Medical Sciences applications?

Joseph Rankin Spangler has the most, with 1 of Institute Of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy Of Chinese Medical Sciences's pending office actions.

What technology area are Institute Of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy Of Chinese Medical Sciences's patent applications in?

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

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