Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The examiner responsible for this case is WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY, who is also listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the entire prosecution profile for the company at this moment rests with WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY. This concentration means that the outcome of the company's current patenting activity is entirely dependent on the interaction with this 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history of WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY within the 1 distinct art unit to anticipate potential hurdles for this single pending action.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector suggests a focused technical review for the pending matter. With 1 pending office action, the company can dedicate its resources to addressing the specific concerns of the assigned examiner. WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY, as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, represents the sole point of contact for the company's active prosecution. This structure allows for a direct and focused interaction between the practitioner and the examiner to resolve the 1 pending office action.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 1 | 62.4% | +24.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18860199 | DRUG SUSTAINED-RELEASE TABLET FOR TREATING LIVER DISEASE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18860199 | DRUG SUSTAINED-RELEASE TABLET FOR TREATING LIVER DISEASE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18860199 | DRUG SUSTAINED-RELEASE TABLET FOR TREATING LIVER DISEASE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 1629 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInstitute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Dawanna Shar-Day White has the most, with 1 of Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
