Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 24, 2026

Institute Of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy Of Chinese Medical Sciences

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

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (75%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
50% 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
OH, TAYLOR V 2 81.2% +15.4%
SUN, XIUQIN 1 72.5% +4.2%
OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1 62.3% -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
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 —
18226226 Application of Aristolochic Acid IVa in Preparation of Antihistamine or Drug for Treating Pneumonia OH, TAYLOR V —

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
18833602 CYCLIC(ALKYL)(AMINO)ALKOXY-SUBSTITUTED ARYL-PYRONE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF OH, TAYLOR V —
18226226 Application of Aristolochic Acid IVa in Preparation of Antihistamine or Drug for Treating Pneumonia OH, TAYLOR V —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 1
1625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19026531 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING MULTIPLY COMPOUNDS WITH SAME CHROMOPHORE USING SINGLE STANDARD SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18833602 CYCLIC(ALKYL)(AMINO)ALKOXY-SUBSTITUTED ARYL-PYRONE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF OH, TAYLOR V — §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 — §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18226226 Application of Aristolochic Acid IVa in Preparation of Antihistamine or Drug for Treating Pneumonia OH, TAYLOR V 1625 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2023

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